MOVE! Coach vs A&D Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MOVE! Coach
This 16-week program guides users to successful weight loss or management through education and tools. Monitor, track, and receive feedback on progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals. It offers self-management modules, tracking tools, and support resources.
- 16-week guided weight loss program
- Self-management modules with videos and games
- Daily weight tracking and progress reports
- Goal setting and SMART goal features
- Stress management tools
- Identification of support resources
- HealthKit integration for data syncing
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MOVE! Coach Mobile is a weight loss app for Veterans, service members, their families, and others who want to lose weight. This 16-week program guides users to successful weight loss or weight management through education, and use of tools, in an easy and convenient way. Users can monitor, track, and receive feedback regarding their progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals. Some Key Features: Self-Management Modules – Educate users on a variety of weight-management success strategies using videos, worksheets, games, and other tools. Modules are made available weekly based on your progression through the 16-week program. Tracker – Assists users to track weight daily, set weight loss and SMART goals, and see progress reports and summaries Tools – Provides users with calculation tools and tools to manage stress Support – Helps users identify supports and resources for successful weight loss This app can be used by itself, but additional benefit may be achieved if used in combination with treatment with your healthcare provider and by tracking health & fitness activity with third-party HealthKit compatible apps. If you’re just starting out, MOVE! Coach can access your existing HealthKit height and weight data, and synchronize your progress recording weight entries with Apple’s Health app. MOVE! Coach Mobile was created by the National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NCP), under VHA’s Office of Patient Care Services.
A&D Connect
Consolidate your health data from connected devices into one secure app. Track blood pressure, weight, activity, and sleep to monitor your progress and share insights with loved ones or healthcare providers.
- Device setup guidance
- Health data dashboard
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Weight tracking
- Activity and sleep monitoring
- Data sharing and reporting
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"Now, all your important health info is in one place, WellnessConnected. WellnessConnected gives you a complete view of your health combining the current line of three essential wellness devices connected to one easy to use app - A&D Connect. Lose weight, get in shape, monitor your blood pressure - all with one secure system from a trusted worldwide leader in connected health. A&D Connect guides you through the easy device setup process and provides at-a-glance results, goals, and trends for you or your whole family. The app automatically connects to your account securely stored in the WellnessConnected cloud allowing you to sync to multiple mobile devices. The WellnessConnected device suite consists of the Bluetooth Smart enabled A&D Deluxe Connected Blood Pressure Monitor and Weight Scale, as well as the LifeTrak family of activity monitors. We will be incorporating new sensors into our growing suite of supported devices so stay tuned. Monitor Blood Pressure: Manage your hypertension with instant indication, trending, and the ability to share results with your physician or family member. Gone are the days of manually recording your daily readings. Lose Weight: Track your calories burned, set goals and see your progress instantly with a daily weight history. Improve Fitness: Track your daily activity and heart rate. Monitor your sleep patterns to get more active, improve your rest, and feel better. Share and Report: Share with friends and family via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram through your own. WellnessConnected account or a shared one for the family. Email reports to keep medical professionals informed about how you’re doing between office visits. Features: -Easy step-by-step device setup instructions. -Comprehensive dashboard provides at-a-glance info for all of your preferred devices. -Tap on the desired device in your dashboard to expose a more extensive view of your results, graphs, trends, and progress towards goals. -Set goals to help you keep moving forward towards your health and wellness objectives. -Social, email, and message based sharing of your results. -Multi-account capability allows your family members to use your app and devices. For more information about our WellnessConnected device suite visit our website." -Health app This app can send measurement data to Apple Health app. To enable send data to Health app, turn on each parameters you want to send "Health Access" at first launch this app. You can cancel to send data from Health app setting at any time if you don't send to data to Health later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MOVE! Coach at 4.2 against A&D Connect's 1.8. MOVE! Coach also leads on review sentiment (21% vs 9%) and ratings volume (497 vs 103). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MOVE! Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 497 and 103 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of MOVE! Coach's written reviews are positive against 9% of A&D Connect's.
MOVE! Coach ships an update every 3 months, A&D Connect every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | MOVE! Coach | A&D Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (497 ratings) — better | 1.8 (103 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.0% of reviews — better | 8.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 497 — better | 103 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | A&D Company, Limited |
Customer experience
MOVE! Coach
A&D Connect
User reviews
MOVE! Coach
From 497 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Allows custom food info
- 💪 Helps with healthier eating
- 📈 Aids in weight loss
- 🏃♂️ Increases physical activity
- ✅ Free tool for accountability
Room to improve
- 📱 Clunky interface
- 📉 Difficult food entry
- 🚫 No back button
- 🗑️ Outdated design
- 😵 Confusing navigation
A&D Connect
From 103 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🔒 Privacy-focused, doesn't collect personal data
- 📱 Works reliably when functioning properly
- 🏥 Integrates with Apple Health app
- 👤 Guest login option available
- 📊 Generates weekly graphs of readings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent Bluetooth connection failures
- 🐛 App crashes on startup or during pairing
- ❌ Account creation consistently fails
- 🔐 Password reset functionality broken or hidden
- 📱 Incompatible with newer iOS versions
Bugs and requests
MOVE! Coach
Reported bugs
46 issues- Half screen taken by crisis support
- Scrolling one line at a time
- Food entry errors (e.g., 190 calories showing as 1400)
- Cannot enter smaller increments of time for activities
- Difficulty editing recipes
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- No back button to change or edit entries
- Cannot see entire option when entering food
- Cannot delete added food entries
- No way to back up, requires closing and reopening app
- Squished interface on iPhone
- Screens with no way to exit or submit answers (e.g., goal weight)
- Cannot report problems
- Apple Watch Health data not loading directly
- Weight data reset after 6 months
- Graph not working properly (only shows two days)
- App does not function on iPhone 15 Pro Max
- App breaks at week 12 chapter 2, repeatedly shuts down
- No diet or exercise tracker found
- Cannot get past EULA prompt
- Crashes during modules, data lost upon restart
- Cannot unlock Module 16
- Cannot add height/weight to proceed
- Dark selections, barely readable
- Difficult to navigate
- Cannot see information when setting up (height, age)
- App crashes during Week 2, Chapter 2
- Cannot go back to add foods from previous day
- App crashes when trying to enter food info
- App crashes regularly on iPhone 6s Plus
- App closes when clicking on Self Assessment Guide Week 2
- Cannot see custom item entry screen (number entry in the way)
- App not updated for nearly a year
- Weekly diet report annoying
- App charges double calories for almond milk
- Entering recipes assumes whole recipe is one serving
- Favorites function is useless
- Cannot manually enter calories
- Food categories don't match package labels
- Difficult to find specific foods
- App crashes too much
- Diet and activity logs removed in updates
- Module 16 cannot be unlocked
- Cannot see information on screen
- Week 2 crashes the whole app
- Cannot change date for dietary entries
- Exercise calorie count is generic and inaccurate
Requested features
16 requests- Barcode scanner for food
- Integration with other health apps (Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, Fitbit)
- Ability to edit previous entries/dates
- More conversational serving sizes
- Allow smaller increments of time for activities
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- Sync data from other health apps
- Update app for newer iPhones
- Improve search function for food tracker
- QR scanner for food
- Link to MyFitnessPal
- Customizable exercise calorie counts (incline, speed)
- Ability to edit recipe entries
- Add missing foods
- Sync with My Healthy Vet
- Dark mode option
- Ability to report bugs directly
A&D Connect
Reported bugs
18 issues- Account creation fails with error messages
- Bluetooth pairing works once then never again
- App crashes on iOS 18 and newer versions
- Synced data doesn't match device readings
- Password reset emails never arrive
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- Keyboard appears slowly during registration
- Text input field not visible during setup
- App won't launch or shows black screen
- Bluetooth connection drops immediately after pairing
- Device not visible in Bluetooth device list
- Measurement unit settings revert after updates
- Data loss after app updates or reinstallation
- Sync errors with 'sync down' messages
- App doesn't recognize already registered emails
- Incompatibility with newer device models (450BLE, UA 651BLE)
- Health app sync doesn't work or is unpredictable
- UI elements unresponsive or not clickable
- App not optimized for iPhone X and newer screen sizes
Requested features
14 requests- View full history of readings with timestamps
- Add notes or comments to individual readings
- Support for multiple users on single account
- Color-coded blood pressure categories in graphs
- Weekly, monthly, and yearly data views
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- Ability to delete incorrect entries
- Manual reading entry option
- Support for additional device models
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Easier password reset mechanism
- Store additional health metrics (medication, dosage, height, weight)
- Export data to spreadsheet or email
- Irregular heartbeat recording
- Average calculation for multiple readings
In-app purchases
MOVE! Coach
No in-app purchases
A&D Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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