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GLP-1 companion apps, compared honestly

A factual look at GLP-1 Coach versus generic trackers and human-coached programs. We compare categories, not individual apps here — for specific comparisons, see our blog.

Coach
$59.99/yr or $9.99/mo
  • Daily symptom tracking
  • Protein & water tracking
  • Muscle-protection focus (protein targets)
  • GLP-1 week-specific advice
  • AI-generated coaching
  • One daily focus, not a wall of advice
  • Dose-response chart (injection markers)
  • Choose your coach's tone
  • Progress charts
  • Weekly PDF report
  • Meal suggestions
  • Human coach
  • Available 24/7
  • Taper planner (stop-now vs. step-down decay curve)
  • Body measurements
  • Progress photos comparison (slider)
  • Medication & dose reminders
  • Food log — photo scan or presets
  • Electrolyte estimates from food photos
  • Injection site rotation tracking
  • Medication pen inventory (doses remaining + refill alerts)
  • Weight-vs-dose correlation chart
  • No data selling
  • Price$5–$10/mo
Generic tracker
Free–$5/mo
  • Daily symptom tracking
  • Protein & water tracking
  • Muscle-protection focus (protein targets)
  • GLP-1 week-specific advice
  • AI-generated coaching
  • One daily focus, not a wall of advice
  • Dose-response chart (injection markers)
  • Choose your coach's tone
  • Progress charts
  • Weekly PDF report
  • Meal suggestions
  • Human coach
  • Available 24/7
  • Taper planner (stop-now vs. step-down decay curve)
  • Body measurements
  • Progress photos comparison (slider)
  • Medication & dose reminders
  • Food log — photo scan or presets
  • Electrolyte estimates from food photos
  • Injection site rotation tracking
  • Medication pen inventory (doses remaining + refill alerts)
  • Weight-vs-dose correlation chart
  • No data selling
  • PriceFree–$5
Human-coached
$200–500/mo
  • Daily symptom tracking
  • Protein & water tracking
  • Muscle-protection focus (protein targets)
  • GLP-1 week-specific advice
  • AI-generated coaching
  • One daily focus, not a wall of advice
  • Dose-response chart (injection markers)
  • Choose your coach's tone
  • Progress charts
  • Weekly PDF report
  • Meal suggestions
  • Human coach
  • Available 24/7
  • Taper planner (stop-now vs. step-down decay curve)
  • Body measurements
  • Progress photos comparison (slider)
  • Medication & dose reminders
  • Food log — photo scan or presets
  • Electrolyte estimates from food photos
  • Injection site rotation tracking
  • Medication pen inventory (doses remaining + refill alerts)
  • Weight-vs-dose correlation chart
  • No data selling
  • Price$200–500
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A few honest notes on this table

  • Human-coached programs offer something AI can't: clinical judgment, relationship, and accountability with a real person. If your situation is complex or you're struggling, a human coach or dietitian is worth the cost.
  • Generic trackers are good at what they do — calorie and macro tracking. They weren't built around GLP-1 therapy specifically, and most don't give contextual advice based on your week of therapy.
  • GLP-1 Coach sits between those options: more contextual than a generic tracker, far cheaper than a human coach, and honest about what AI can and can't do.

Comparing specific apps?

We don't publish takedowns. Ask any GLP-1 companion these five questions:

  1. 1.Does it know your exact week of therapy — and does the advice change with it?
  2. 2.Does it show how your body responds to each dose, or just log numbers?
  3. 3.Does it give you one action a day, or a wall of text?
  4. 4.Does it prepare you for the day you stop?
  5. 5.Who buys your data?

If the answers don't satisfy you, keep looking. We'd rather you choose right than choose us.