Comparison

iLoseWeight vs Alexa

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iLoseWeight

Track your weight, body fat, and measurements with this comprehensive health and fitness app. Monitor progress with graphs and calculated BMI/WHR values. Customize your tracking experience with user-defined entries and optional in-app purchase modules for blood values and GPS fitness tracking.

Highlights
  • Weight tracking
  • Body fat and muscle proportion monitoring
  • Circumference measurements (hip, waist, arm, leg)
  • User-defined entries for customization
  • Progress graphs
  • BMI and WHR calculation
  • Optional blood values and GPS tracking modules
Features
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Did you make a New Year’s bet with your friend? The person to drop 25 pounds first wins. It isn’t just about the small amount of money being wagered, it’s more a matter of pride that you hit that new weight the fastest. You’ve been trying so hard and you’re starting to look really good but are you winning? So maybe the only person that you’re competing against is you. A good health regime is extremely important to you and you like to keep a check on your weight, fat proportion or hip circumferences. In fact, you’ve been monitoring your stats for a while now to see the changes and emerging patterns. Whether you like to lose or to gain weight, you are going to love this iPhone and iPod Touch app! Need to document your weight, fat, water or muscle proportion? iLoseWeight can do that. Want to document the hip, waist, arm or leg circumferences? iLoseWeight can do that, too. The easy to use interface allows you to record and document everything important to your overall fitness regime. The iLoseWeight app also gives you user defined entries for adding your specific info for a totally customized experience. To help you view your progress quickly, it can show your stats in a graph. Also the calculated BMI and WHR values. This is the app you must have if you’re serious about losing or gaining weight. With the new in-app-purchase modules "blood values" and "Fitness and GPS-Tracking" you are able to switch easily to a complete health and fitness app. Each module is bookable separately. Please note: continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Terms of use: https://www.ihanwel.net/nidra/eula.html Privacy Police: https://www.ihanwel.net/nidra/privacypolicy .html

About

Alexa

This app helps users remember to take their medication by sending notifications. It can also scan drug bottles to read their names and instructions, ensuring accurate dosage information.

Highlights
  • Medication reminders
  • Drug bottle scanning
  • Instruction reading
  • Notification system
Features
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App manages the time to take drug. If people forgets to take medicine, there will be an notification for user. If people open the bottle to get drug, app will read the drug name, and instruction/description about that drug. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

iLoseWeight4 screens
Alexa1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alexa at 100% against iLoseWeight's 53%. Alexa also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). iLoseWeight's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iLoseWeight sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Alexa asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alexa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLoseWeight has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of iLoseWeight's written reviews are positive against 100% of Alexa's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iLoseWeight versus Alexa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriLoseWeightAlexa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (20 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerihanwel.comNousLogic Telehealth Inc

Customer experience

iLoseWeight

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews213 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral7.5%
Negative39.9%

Alexa

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

iLoseWeight

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription$6.991 Year
One-time5
  • Export Module$0.99
  • Remove advertising$1.99
  • multi user module$1.99
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  • Blood Values Module$2.99
  • add-on module fitness$2.99
None

Alexa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iLoseWeight free?
iLoseWeight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alexa free?
Alexa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iLoseWeight or Alexa?
Alexa is rated higher. iLoseWeight averages 4.5 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Alexa averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iLoseWeight or Alexa have ads?
Neither iLoseWeight nor Alexa shows ads.

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