Bariatric IQ vs BariBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bariatric IQ
This app helps individuals undergoing or recovering from weight loss surgery understand and adhere to new dietary guidelines. It allows users to check product suitability for their post-surgery stage, discover tailored meal ideas, and monitor nutrient intake. Users can also track their diet and receive feedback, all while connecting with a supportive community.
- Post-surgery product suitability checker
- Tailored daily menu ideas
- Nutrient intake monitoring
- Diet tracking and feedback
- Bariatric nutrition pyramid guide
- Patient community access
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Bariatric IQ is a specially designed app for patients preparing for or after weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, gastric band, and gastric plication. The app was developed especially for post-bariatric patients to help them comprehend and remember all new diet rules after such surgeries. For example, you can check if a certain product is good for eating after a certain time post-surgery, or what type of products are still missing from your daily menu. Such features make the Bariatric IQ unique worldwide. With Bariatric IQ you can: - Check, if you can eat a certain product at a particular stage after surgery - Find daily menu ideas tailored to time after surgery - Know if you are getting enough of each essential nutrient - Track your diet and get useful feedback on it - Know which product belongs to which bariatric nutrition pyramid level - Join a community of thousands of other previous and future patients of Nordbariatric clinic The app was made by Nordbariatric clinic - a leader in medical tourism for bariatric patients in Europe.
BariBuddy
This app supports individuals on their bariatric surgery journey with motivational tools, educational content, and community support. It helps track routines, offers dietitian-approved recipes, and provides access to expert FAQs. Engage in challenges and monitor progress with integrated tracking features.
- Bariatric surgery information
- Dietitian-developed recipes
- Expert Q&A
- Vitamin tracking and challenges
- Weight and measurement tracking
- Eating speed timer
- HealthKit integration for step data
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Your motivational Buddy after bariatric surgery who keeps track of your journey and routines along the way! BariBuddy is an interactive app that inspires, educates, reminds and motivates you! Everything is better together, so BariBuddy's focus is: Together we are strong! In the app, you’ll hear from others who’ve had WLS and been through similar ups and downs, so you will never be alone. Examples of features in the app: - Information about your bariatric surgery. - Recipes developed by dieticians tailored to your needs after WLS. - FAQ’s answered by doctors, dieticians, nurses, and psychologists. - Motivational tools such as the vitamin journey to make it fun and easy to take and register your vitamins every day. - Join motivating walking and vitamin challenges together with others! - Weight and body measurement trackers with graphs. - Eating timer to keep track of your eating speed. - A notification board with news, events, and other information related to life after bariatric surgery. HealthKit: Baribuddy is connected to HealthKit to provide you with a better understanding of your general health by collecting and presenting your step counter data within the app. This data may (in the future) be accessed by your doctor on a need to know basis upon your consent.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bariatric IQ at 79% against BariBuddy's 20%. Bariatric IQ also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (120 vs 13). BariBuddy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bariatric IQ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bariatric IQ has 120 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Bariatric IQ's written reviews are positive against 20% of BariBuddy's.
Bariatric IQ ships an update monthly, BariBuddy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bariatric IQ | BariBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (120 ratings) — better | 3.2 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nordclinic UAB | FitForMe Nordics AB |
Customer experience
Bariatric IQ
BariBuddy
In-app purchases
Bariatric IQ
No in-app purchases
BariBuddy
No in-app purchases






