nib vs Gretel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
nib
Manage your health insurance, travel insurance, and free membership benefits. Access health and wellbeing support, discounts, and rewards. Make claims, check cover, and find healthcare providers.
- Manage health and travel insurance
- Make and track claims
- Check insurance cover and balances
- Access nib Rewards and discounts
- Book telehealth and get medical certificates
- Online health and skin checks
- Symptom checker
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Download the nib App to manage your cover or if you’re new to nib, sign up for a free nib membership. Unlock everyday health and wellbeing support, discounts and more. For members with health insurance, you can: • Make a claim and check its status • Check your Extras to see how much you’ve got left to claim • Search our healthcare networks to get the best value from your cover • Manage your cover and update personal details • Make authenticated voice calls to customer support Plus, those with a health insurance policy or a free nib membership can: • Access nib Rewards and save with offers from major brands • Book telehealth or get a medical certificate • Get treatments delivered to your door • Try our online skin check for personalised insights
Gretel
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Keep your story. Notice your patterns. Gretel is a calm, private health journal for iPhone and Apple Watch. Say how you feel in a short, natural conversation — Gretel writes it down in your own words and keeps it beside the signals your devices already record, so the small things aren't lost by the time you're sitting in the doctor's office. Speak, and it's noted Tap once and talk. A short, warm conversation turns "my head hurts and I slept badly" into a tidy journal entry — in your words, never a diagnosis. No forms, no fuss. Prefer to type or tap? That works too. Your entries, beside your own signals Every note lands on one timeline next to what your Apple Watch already saw — heart rate, heart-rate variability, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, wrist temperature. When "did anything feel off lately?" comes up, you have an answer instead of a guess. Noticed, never diagnosed Gretel gently points out when things you logged tend to show up around the same time — "tired mornings often followed short sleep." Co-occurrence isn't causation, and Gretel says so. What you do with a pattern — a small habit change, a question for your clinician — stays yours. On the wrist Log a feeling or a quick note straight from Apple Watch. It syncs to your iPhone, where your trail lives. Yours, handled honestly Your journal and health signals stay on your iPhone. There's no account and no cloud copy of your journal. Cloud voice features send only the words you speak, through Gretel's own gateway — never your raw Apple Health data. Export everything to a file, or erase it all, anytime — right from the app. Free & Pro Journaling, your trail, on-device insights, and Apple Watch capture are free. Gretel Pro unlocks unlimited live voice conversations. (On-device voice notes and journaling stay free.) Gretel is a personal health journal — not a medical device. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and it is not for emergencies. If something feels urgent, contact a clinician or your local emergency services. Terms of Use: https://gretel.lemomo.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://gretel.lemomo.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: nib at none against Gretel's 2. Gretel's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Gretel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. nib asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | nib | Gretel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (113 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 113 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nib health funds limited | XIAYANG ZHANG |
In-app purchases
nib
No in-app purchases
Gretel
- Gretel Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
- Gretel Pro (Yearly)$39.991 Year









