Shifa vs BKTFit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shifa
Access your personal health records securely. This app provides Omani nationals and foreign residents with access to their health information. Authentication is required via OTP using your registered mobile number.
- Access personal health information
- Secure OTP authentication
- For Omani nationals and residents
- Ministry of Health developed
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The Shifa app is developed by the Ministry of Health to provide all nationals and foreign residents of the Sultanate of Oman, access to their personal health information. Using this app requires an OTP authentication with the mobile number you registered to the ministry.
BKTFit
This app pairs with a non-medical bracelet to track exercise, sleep, and sedentary habits. It offers features like call/message alerts, remote camera control, and phone finding. Users can view daily, weekly, and monthly fitness trend reports.
- Exercise tracking
- Sleep monitoring
- Sedentary reminders
- Call and message alerts
- Remote camera control
- Find my phone
- Fitness trend reports
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1. BKTFit bracelets are non-medical devices and provide reference data only, not for diagnosis or treatment. 2. The bracelet has features such as exercise tracking, sleep monitoring, and reminders to avoid prolonged sitting. 3. It can also alert users to important calls, messages, and locate misplaced phones. 4. Remote control photography mode and wrist turn-to-light up screen are additional functions. 5. The bracelet generates sports data reports for easy tracking of daily, weekly, and monthly fitness trends. Remember to consult a doctor before making any medical decisions based on the data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BKTFit at 3.8 against Shifa's 3.2. BKTFit also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 15%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Shifa's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (61 vs 11). 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.
BKTFit holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shifa has 61 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Shifa's written reviews are positive against 24% of BKTFit's.
Shifa ships an update every 9 days, BKTFit every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shifa | BKTFit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (61 ratings) | 3.8 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 23.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman | Shenzhen United Power Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Shifa
BKTFit
In-app purchases
Shifa
No in-app purchases
BKTFit
No in-app purchases
