Corrections

Last updated May 21, 2026

Our corrections policy

Independent Reviews addresses factual inaccuracies in a clear manner and adheres to a specific timeline. This policy aims to serve two purposes: to assist readers who may have relied on the initial information (and could be in the midst of making a decision when the error is identified), and to render our error rate something that can be verified by readers rather than something they must accept without question.

72-hour fix policy

Upon receiving a significant factual error report from a reader, vendor, contributor, or through our internal review process, we confirm receipt within 72 hours. This acknowledgment consists of a written response that verifies we have received the report and indicates whether the claim is being looked into, accepted, or dismissed.

If a correction is accepted, we will release the updated version of the page within 72 hours of acknowledgment (which equates to 144 hours, or six days, from the initial report in the most extreme scenario). The revised page will include a visible correction notice; refer to the following section for more details.

Visible correction notices

When a page is amended, it will feature a prominent correction notice at the top, above the main content, within the standard correction-notice block of the publication. The notice will contain:

• The date when the correction was made public.
• A straightforward description of what was amended (the original incorrect claim and the corrected information).
• The reason for the correction (for example, "the original cited a 2023 vendor pricing page that did not reflect the late-2025 plan change").
• The identity of the person who reported the error, if they have agreed to be named.

We do not remove substantial errors without acknowledgment. If a change is merely cosmetic, such as a typo, a broken link, or a misformatted reference, we may rectify it without a notice. In cases where we are uncertain if a change is cosmetic or substantial, we will publish a notice.

What counts as a correction

Substantive corrections (notice required):

• Incorrect factual statements regarding an app's pricing, features, accuracy score, database, or platform availability.
• Incorrect attribution of a quotation, study, or position statement.
• Misrepresentation of a clinical fact (for instance, the incorrect protein-target range in a body-recomposition context).
• Changes in scores resulting from recalculation rather than retesting.
• Statistical inaccuracies (such as an incorrectly calculated MAPE or an incorrect confidence interval).

Updates that do not qualify as corrections (no notice required, but recorded in our update log):

• New testing data from a scheduled retest that alters a published score.
• Updates to pricing or feature-list information following a vendor product update.
• The addition of a new section in response to a reader's inquiry.
• The inclusion of a new citation to bolster an existing claim.

The key difference lies in whether the original statement was incorrect (correction) or if there have been changes in the world (update). All updates are documented in our update log.

Public correction log

Each correction is publicly recorded with the date, the affected page, and a summary of what was modified. As of the latest update to this page, Independent Reviews has issued zero corrections concerning its calorie-tracking-app coverage. The current calorie-tracking-app program has been available in this format since August 2025 (the lab itself has been in operation since 2003, and earlier coverage areas are not indexed on this site); we anticipate this number will increase by the end of 2026, and we will document each correction here when it occurs.

How to report a correction