We're a very small outfit with a simple gripe.
Vitals is built by Byzantine Technologies LLC — and "we" really is a very small outfit. There's no venture capital behind this, no growth team, and no plan to nickel-and-dime you for the rest of your life.
Why we built Vitals
We got tired of watching other outfits take advantage of people who simply want to eat better. Too many nutrition apps charge a lot of money for what amounts to a calculator and a food list — and then wrap it in a subscription that never ends. You pay month after month, year after year, and the moment you stop paying, you lose access to your own numbers.
That never sat right with us. Tracking your macros and planning your meals shouldn't require a recurring bill. So we built Vitals as a workbook you actually own. You buy it once (or grab the free Lite edition), and it's yours to keep. It lives in a spreadsheet on your computer — no account to manage, no app to update, no subscription quietly draining your card.
How we keep it honest
Because Vitals is just a workbook, there's no copy protection locking it down, and we don't want there to be. We'd rather treat you like an adult than build a wall around a spreadsheet.
We operate on the honor system. The free Lite edition is genuinely free, and the paid editions are priced to be fair. If Vitals is useful to you, we'd simply ask that you don't abuse that trust — please don't redistribute the paid workbooks or pass them around. A small outfit like ours only keeps the lights on when people play fair, and your honesty is what lets us keep prices low and skip the subscriptions everyone hates.
What you can expect from us
- One-time pricing, not endless subscriptions. Buy it, own it, keep it.
- Your data stays yours. The workbooks run offline, with no tracking and no phone-home behavior.
- Real support from real people. Email us and you'll hear back — typically within 1–2 business days.
That's it. No funnel tricks, no dark patterns — just a tool we'd want to use ourselves, sold the way we'd want to be sold to.