Reviews of ARFID & Picky Eaters - Pitaya

By: Gerard Konopielko App

List of user reviews and ratings for ARFID & Picky Eaters - Pitaya

Total ratings

4.80 (Rating count: 125)

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Review summary

Overall, reviewers praise Pitaya as a lifesaver and a valuable, easy-to-use tool for ARFID that helps track foods, provides helpful descriptions and photos, and facilitates sharing progress with clinicians and family. Common requests focus on improving the food list organization, adding personal/custom foods, and adding features like optional journaling, reminders, and more nuance for uncertain foods. The app is highly regarded, with room for practical feature improvements.

Pros

A lifesaver and highly valuable tool for ARFID, helping users manage and reflect on their food lists.
Helpful for collaborating with dietitians and therapists; supports sharing progress and explanations with providers.
Easy to use and straightforward to build and manage a growing list of foods.
Descriptive entries with photos that help users understand and decide about foods.
Ability to export/share lists with others and use GOAL/tracker features to monitor exposure and progress.

Cons

Disorganized food list makes it hard to find items; navigation can feel cluttered.
Lack of ability to add custom foods not currently listed in the app.
Option to mark a food as a journal entry should be optional.
Missing reminders/notifications for goals and progress tracking.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.60

All time rating average: 4.80

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Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-15	Ap*****	Way easier than a spreadsheet to share food preferences with others and catalogue them for myself. Fantastic ARFID resource. On top of it all, there aren’t a million ads in my face; it’s got a clean, unobtrusive interface that focuses on doing what the app is supposed to: incredible. My only complaint is that it’s not in many languages but translation is really hard to do. It could also be nice to have a roulette-style mode where it can serve a random food and then you rate it since scrolling through the list takes a lot of time.
Way easier than a spreadsheet to share food preferences with others and catalogue them for myself. Fantastic ARFID resource. On top of it all, there aren’t a million ads in my face; it’s got a clean, unobtrusive interface that focuses on doing what the app is supposed to: incredible. My only complaint is that it’s not in many languages but translation is really hard to do. It could also be nice to have a roulette-style mode where it can serve a random food and then you rate it since scrolling through the list takes a lot of time.
2026-07-14	Ka*****	Perfect app/tool to record all my safe/unsafe foods as well as record food intake day by day. Very simple to use, could use a little tutorial guide in the beginning. Bonus- it lets you track food without recording calories or anything else.
Perfect app/tool to record all my safe/unsafe foods as well as record food intake day by day. Very simple to use, could use a little tutorial guide in the beginning. Bonus- it lets you track food without recording calories or anything else.
2026-06-24	So*****	I have found so many more food suggestions that I had forgotten I like. It’s made eating so much easier.
I have found so many more food suggestions that I had forgotten I like. It’s made eating so much easier.
2026-06-23	Hi*****	I’ve had undiagnosed eating issues for the past few years & I suspect I have ARFID. I was writing down a list of safe & unsafe foods in my notes app for a while until I tried looking up ARFID apps, I found this one & I tried it. It’s absolutely perfect. The design, the specifications you can make to what’s safe & not safe, things you want to try, & things you just can’t have. You can even specify what type of grape is safe. (For me it’s crunchy green grapes.) I never leave reviews on apps but this one deserves to be more well known for people with a bad relationship with food. & the app is free as well!! I was so excited when I found this app. Thank you! It’s helped me tremendously.
I’ve had undiagnosed eating issues for the past few years & I suspect I have ARFID. I was writing down a list of safe & unsafe foods in my notes app for a while until I tried looking up ARFID apps, I found this one & I tried it. It’s absolutely perfect. The design, the specifications you can make to what’s safe & not safe, things you want to try, & things you just can’t have. You can even specify what type of grape is safe. (For me it’s crunchy green grapes.) I never leave reviews on apps but this one deserves to be more well known for people with a bad relationship with food. & the app is free as well!! I was so excited when I found this app. Thank you! It’s helped me tremendously.
2026-05-12	Pl*****	I hope you can offer categories to easily find items to limit mental overwhelm. We should be apple to add our own items without requests. Would like to add photos of our food to the item we create as visual support.
I hope you can offer categories to easily find items to limit mental overwhelm. We should be apple to add our own items without requests. Would like to add photos of our food to the item we create as visual support.
2026-03-26	Sa*****	Thank you devs. Seriously!!! You are a lifesaver!!!!
Thank you devs. Seriously!!! You are a lifesaver!!!!
2025-12-09	Hi*****	It’s great to finally see some sort of tool dedicated to tackling ARFID especially considering how much it’s ruined my life thus far. That said, the structure of the list of foods is incredibly disorganized, and its longevity makes it harder to find anything. Yes there’s a search function, but I myself am trying to fill the list and it’s a mammoth task. I also don’t particularly like the fact that marking a food puts it on the food journal; I think this could be useful to some people but I think this should be optional. Regardless, thanks for making this app because it’s such a valuable resource.
It’s great to finally see some sort of tool dedicated to tackling ARFID especially considering how much it’s ruined my life thus far. That said, the structure of the list of foods is incredibly disorganized, and its longevity makes it harder to find anything. Yes there’s a search function, but I myself am trying to fill the list and it’s a mammoth task. I also don’t particularly like the fact that marking a food puts it on the food journal; I think this could be useful to some people but I think this should be optional. Regardless, thanks for making this app because it’s such a valuable resource.
2025-07-02	Ka*****	This is so helpful to my dietitian. I forget the foods off the top of my head I would forget to put on my list. As an adult with ARFID plus!
This is so helpful to my dietitian. I forget the foods off the top of my head I would forget to put on my list. As an adult with ARFID plus!
2025-06-25	Ha*****	This is a great app for anybody
This is a great app for anybody
2025-06-10	al*****	i am a big fan of the pitaya app! as someone with arfid, it is really great to have this app that includes a variety of foods that are challenging and others that are safe for me. i would love if i had the ability to add foods that aren’t listed on the app as not all of my like foods/tolerate foods/uncertain foods/dislike foods/restrictive foods are included in the app. i also go through phases where i may like to try a more specific food (ex: apples with cinnamon vs. just an apple / just cinnamon) and would appreciate it if i had the opportunity to also type in the food i want to try (along with the foods i like/restrictive/etc.) i do really enjoy and appreciate this app and am so glad that i found it and that it is available and free! i highly recommend this app for those with arfid as it’s a great tool to reflect where you are in terms of food and it helps a lot in social situations such as going out with friends to a restaurant. 😊thank you to the creator, it’s an excellent tool for me!
i am a big fan of the pitaya app! as someone with arfid, it is really great to have this app that includes a variety of foods that are challenging and others that are safe for me. i would love if i had the ability to add foods that aren’t listed on the app as not all of my like foods/tolerate foods/uncertain foods/dislike foods/restrictive foods are included in the app. i also go through phases where i may like to try a more specific food (ex: apples with cinnamon vs. just an apple / just cinnamon) and would appreciate it if i had the opportunity to also type in the food i want to try (along with the foods i like/restrictive/etc.) i do really enjoy and appreciate this app and am so glad that i found it and that it is available and free! i highly recommend this app for those with arfid as it’s a great tool to reflect where you are in terms of food and it helps a lot in social situations such as going out with friends to a restaurant. 😊thank you to the creator, it’s an excellent tool for me!