BlueLoop vs AcuApp® Acupressure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlueLoop
This app facilitates real-time logging and sharing of diabetes information between children, caregivers, and healthcare providers. It offers an insulin calculator for consistent dosing and detailed reports for clinicians, providing peace of mind and improving care coordination.
- Real-time diabetes data logging
- Share information via email/text
- Online clinician portal
- Insulin calculator
- Dosing consistency
- Clinical outcome reports
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BlueLoop® is the one and only tool that allows kids and their caregivers to log and share diabetes information - both online and with the app – real time, via instant e-mail and text message, giving peace of mind to parents, more class time for students, and fewer phone calls and paper logs for school nurses. Online, parents can share real-time BG logs with their clinicians, who can see logs (in the format THEY prefer), current dosages, and reports, all in one place. Our insulin calculator provides accurate and consistent dosing information between multiple caregivers both at home and at school. This precise dosing and documentation will aid providers in insulin dose adjustments to improve clinical outcomes. About the MyCareConnect Foundation: We are a non-profit, run by parents of a child with type 1 diabetes. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions, suggestions, or concerns. We’re just a phone call or email away! (302) 4 Our Kids (302-468-7543) or support@mycareconnect.com. "We engage families and their children when they are first diagnosed, at the most critical point in their journey with diabetes. And we equip them with the tools, peer support and education that is so important for families as they juggle coordinating care at home and at school" – Pam Henry, Founder and mom of a child with Type 1 Diabetes.
AcuApp® Acupressure
This app offers a guided approach to self-healing through acupressure, providing instructions and visual aids for specific points. It's designed for personal use or as a supplementary tool for health professionals.
- Acupressure point identification
- Visual aids for point location
- Detailed treatment instructions
- Symptom-based search
- Meridian information
- Empirical knowledge-based
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AcuApp© Acupressure AcuApp© Acupressure is the best opportunity to test the AcuApp© before you decide to use the premium version (555 illness indications). It gives you an insight into the functionality of the AcuApp© Premium and includes 8 symptoms, which you can treat by acupressure. Health on demand without medicaments! AcuApp® has been created by Maitri Hillebrecht® and her empirical knowledge of 25 years. It has been developed for people who want to heal themselves or their family and friends and it also is an essential support for physiotherapists, healers and sports people. Acupressure is considered to be the big sister of acupuncture, because everybody is able to apply it. Instructions: Please download the AcuApp© Acupressure app on your iPhone. Tap into your disease in the search box above. After that your numbered acupressure point appears. Tap on the point, which is equipped with a photo and an illustration, as well. Below you see the original Chinese name and the appropriate meridian at which your point is situated. In the box underneath, you’ll find the location of your point. On some points the measure unit called CUN appears, which can be accessed separately. The box below shows the treatment techniques, which are highlighted in red and you can click on it to get more treatment information. There you’ll find the detailed description to treat your points. Particularities of the respective points are indicated. Please touch the pictures to view the exact position of your point on the photo and the illustration. In case many points are given please choose the ones, which are the most convenient for you, at that moment. AcuApp® can be applied comfortably in the office, at home, on the train, on the airplane or in the morning after showering. You'll need nothing else but this app and your hands. Also children react fast to this uncomplicated method of treatment. A useful app which can be applied any time, no matter where you are. Previous knowledge is not required. Here we go: “AcuApp® and its path of well-being!”
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BlueLoop at 4.0 against AcuApp® Acupressure's 3.5. BlueLoop also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 36 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 2). AcuApp® Acupressure's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.4). 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.
BlueLoop holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlueLoop has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of BlueLoop's written reviews are positive against 100% of AcuApp® Acupressure's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BlueLoop ships an update every 9 days, AcuApp® Acupressure every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlueLoop | AcuApp® Acupressure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (22 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 36 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. | Maitri Hillebrecht |
Customer experience
BlueLoop
AcuApp® Acupressure
In-app purchases
BlueLoop
No in-app purchases
AcuApp® Acupressure
No in-app purchases







