Comparison

Basic Intake vs Four by Four (fa7b3d)

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

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About

Basic Intake

This app helps you track your pills, vitamins, and medications. It provides reminders, analyzes your supplement stack with AI, and generates reports for your doctor. You can also track medications for family members and pets.

Highlights
  • AI supplement stack analysis
  • Pill and vitamin reminders
  • Barcode scanning for supplements
  • Adherence tracking and streaks
  • Printable medication reports
  • Family and pet medication tracking
  • Lab report analysis
Features
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Track every pill, vitamin, and medication you take for free. Scan a barcode or type it in, then get reminders, streaks, and sync across your devices. The AI advisor is optional and needs your OK. Most supplement apps just remind you to swallow pills. Basic Intake tells you which ones to keep, which to adjust, and which to stop paying for. No bro science. No 47-pill stacks. A tracker that earns its place. REVIEW MY STACK Tap once and your AI advisor audits everything you take, then ranks each item KEEP, ADJUST, or DROP, with a plain-English reason and a confidence level. It weighs real adherence from your check-offs, your own "is it working?" answers, how your lab values moved, your mood and energy trend, and with Apple Health, your sleep and activity. Hand any suggestion to the assistant and it makes the change for you, then marks it done once your stack reflects it. Clinical calls go to your doctor. SOMETHING TO HAND YOUR DOCTOR One tap turns your regimen into a printable PDF: every supplement and medication, the dose, the schedule, and how consistently you have taken it. Bring that to an appointment instead of trying to remember the name of the thing in the blue bottle. The people you care for go on the same report. FOR THE PEOPLE YOU CARE FOR Track a parent's medications, a kid's vitamins, and the dog's heartworm pill alongside your own, each with its own schedule, reminders, and history. The AI advisor works for their lists too. If you are the one who keeps everyone else's pills straight, this is built for you. TOOK IT, FORGOT TO TAP IT Open your adherence history, tap any day in the past week, and fill in what you took. Your streak survives, and your stack review stops counting a forgotten tap as a missed dose. A HEADS UP BEFORE IT COSTS YOU With Pro, add anything and Basic Intake re-checks the whole stack. If it finds an absorption clash (calcium blocking iron), a duplicate pushing one nutrient past its upper limit, or a timing conflict costing you effectiveness, a card names the items, the consequence, and the fix. READ YOUR BLOODWORK Import a lab report as a PDF. Your advisor pulls your biomarkers (vitamin D, B12, ferritin), charts each over time against its reference range, flags anything out of range, and ties it to your stack. WHAT ELSE YOU GET • Scan a barcode and the name, brand, and dose fill in. Not recognized? Snap or pick a photo of the Supplement Facts panel and the AI reads it. Barcodes and tracking never cost an AI interaction. • Schedules that fit real life: vitamin D on weekends, a B12 shot on Mondays, every few days, or a 10-day course. Anything not due stays hidden, so an off day never breaks your streak. • Skipping on purpose is its own thing: long-press to mark the day handled without logging a dose you did not take. • Take all logs the rest of a time of day, in the app with Undo or from a reminder. • Once a month it asks whether something is helping, and each week a short read on which time of day your doses slip. • Nutrient Totals: every vitamin and mineral against the RDA, gaps and limits flagged • Weight tracking: your weekly trend shows green toward your goal, amber away from it • Restock Reminders track your supply, refill in one tap • iCloud sync across iPhone and Apple Watch, plus backup and restore • Apple Health: your doses send the vitamins and minerals Health tracks, weigh-ins send weight, and sleep and activity feed the advice • Interactive widget, full VoiceOver, unlockable streak flames Basic Intake is an informational tool, not medical advice. Always consult your doctor before starting or changing any supplement regimen. SUBSCRIPTION Free 7-day trial includes up to 15 AI chat interactions and 15 label photo scans. Barcode scans are always unlimited and free. After the trial, Basic Intake Pro is $59.99/year or $7.99/month. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://basicapps.tech/privacy

About

Four by Four (fa7b3d)

Features
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Norwegian 4x4 interval training is the gold standard for improving VO2 max -- and Four by Four is the only app built specifically to coach you through every second of it, live from your Apple Watch. The protocol is simple: four rounds of 4-minute high-intensity intervals at 85-95% of your max heart rate, separated by 3-minute active recovery periods. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology proved this method delivers dramatic cardiovascular gains in just weeks. Four by Four turns that science into a guided workout you can do anywhere. HOW IT WORKS Strap on your Apple Watch and tap Start. Four by Four reads your heart rate in real time and tells you exactly what to do. Speed up. Slow down. You are in the zone. Audio coaching cues play through your headphones so you never have to look at your wrist. The app walks you through a complete session: warm-up, four high-intensity intervals, three recovery periods, and a cool-down. Every phase is timed. Every transition is announced. All you have to do is run. REAL-TIME HEART RATE COACHING Your heart rate zone is front and center. A large, color-coded display shows whether you are below, inside, or above your target zone. Audio cues adapt in real time -- if you drift too low, the app pushes you. If you spike too high, it tells you to ease off. Zones are calculated from your age and resting heart rate using the Karvonen formula, the same method used in the original Norwegian research. APPLE WATCH INTEGRATION Four by Four runs a native watchOS companion app. Heart rate data streams directly from the watch sensor to the phone over WatchConnectivity. The workout is recorded as an official HealthKit workout, so it counts toward your Activity rings and appears in Apple Health. WHAT'S INCLUDED - Guided Norwegian 4x4 interval workouts - Real-time heart rate monitoring via Apple Watch - Audio coaching cues during every phase - Personalized heart rate zones based on your age - Warm-up and cool-down phases included - Workout summary with interval breakdown - Phase-by-phase timeline of your heart rate - Interval consistency tracking across sessions - HealthKit integration for workout recording - No account required -- just set your age and go BUILT FOR RUNNERS Whether you are training for a 5K or building your aerobic base, the Norwegian 4x4 protocol is one of the most time-efficient ways to improve your cardiovascular fitness. Three sessions a week, 35 minutes each. That is all it takes. Download Four by Four and start your first workout today.

Screenshots

Basic Intake4 screens
Four by Four (fa7b3d)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Four by Four (fa7b3d) at none against Basic Intake's 2. Four by Four (fa7b3d) also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Basic Intake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Four by Four (fa7b3d) asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Basic Intake versus Four by Four (fa7b3d): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic IntakeFour by Four (fa7b3d)
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSean TrapaniBhavik Patel

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Basic Intake

Subscriptions2
  • Basic Intake Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Basic Intake Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Four by Four (fa7b3d)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basic Intake free?
Basic Intake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Four by Four (fa7b3d) free?
Four by Four (fa7b3d) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Basic Intake or Four by Four (fa7b3d) have ads?
Neither Basic Intake nor Four by Four (fa7b3d) shows ads.

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