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My GLP Shot vs CareClinic

Both apps can log GLP-1 medications like Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound. CareClinic is a broad medical tracker that handles many conditions and any medication. My GLP Shot is built only for the GLP-1 routine and goes deeper on it. The right choice depends on whether you are managing one specific medication or a full medical history.

Last updated: May 4, 2026. Comparisons are based on publicly available information about CareClinic as of that date. Spot something inaccurate? Email [email protected] and we will fix it.

Quick verdict

• If you ONLY track a GLP-1 weight-loss medication: My GLP Shot. Purpose-built features (active-medication chart, dose-cycle appetite trends, custom microdosing schedules) that CareClinic does not have.
• If you track multiple conditions or medications across general health: CareClinic. Its generalist design is built for that.
• If your priority is data privacy: My GLP Shot. Local-first by default with optional end-to-end encrypted sync.
• If your priority is the lowest annual cost: My GLP Shot at $19.99 per year flat for premium, or fully free tier.

Side-by-side

Specialist vs generalist: the real choice

This is the key decision. Both apps can track a GLP-1 medication. CareClinic's design assumes you might also be tracking blood pressure, glucose, mental health symptoms, several other prescriptions, doctor appointments, and so on. That breadth has real value if your medical situation is complex.

My GLP Shot's design assumes you are managing one specific routine: a weekly or custom-cadence GLP-1 injection, the weight outcome you are watching, the appetite and mood signals that come with it, and the doctor visits that hinge on those numbers. By giving up the breadth, the app can do things a generalist cannot:

• The active-medication chart models the actual half-life of tirzepatide (about 5 days) and semaglutide (about 7 days) and shows you concentration peak and trough across the week. A generalist cannot do this because it has no concept of which medications follow which pharmacokinetics.
• Appetite and mood logs are correlated to where you are in the dose cycle, so you can see whether appetite returning lines up with the medication wearing off.
• Custom dosing schedules handle the microdosing and split-dosing patterns common in this niche, including the smoother concentration curve when you split.
• Injection-site rotation tracks the four standard subcutaneous areas (abdomen, upper outer thigh, back of arm, with abdomen split into quadrants) and recommends the next site to use.

If your medical situation is just GLP-1, the depth matters more than the breadth. If you have multiple conditions to manage, the breadth matters more than the depth.

The privacy story

This is a real difference and worth understanding for any health-tracker app, not just GLP-1 trackers.

My GLP Shot defaults to local-only storage. Your shots, doses, weights, mood, body measurements, lab values, photos, and notes never leave your device unless you explicitly opt into cloud sync. If you do turn on cloud sync, the encryption happens in your browser before any byte hits the server:

• Your password is run through PBKDF2-SHA-256 with 600,000 iterations in the browser to derive both an authentication token (sent to the server) and an AES-256-GCM key (kept on your device).
• All synced data is encrypted with that AES-256-GCM key using a fresh random 12-byte IV before upload.
• The server stores opaque ciphertext only. We have no key material. We cannot read your data even if compelled to.
• Doctor-share links generate a fresh per-share AES key and place it in the URL fragment after the #. URL fragments are not sent to servers, so the share link's key never reaches us either.

CareClinic and most other cloud-based health-tracker apps store your data in the operator's database in a form they can read. That is not unusual. It is how most apps work. But for a category as sensitive as medication and symptom tracking, "the operator can read it" matters. The full privacy and security details for My GLP Shot are at /security.html.

The pricing math

Most general medical tracker apps charge a monthly subscription. At $5 to $10 per month, that is $60 to $120 per year, every year you keep the routine.

My GLP Shot charges $19.99 per year, flat. There is no monthly tier on purpose. Over five years, premium My GLP Shot is $99.95 total. A $7-per-month competitor over five years is $420.

The free tier is also fully usable on its own. Shot logging, weight tracking, mood and appetite logs, the active-medication chart, reminders, custom dosing schedules, photo logs, basic exports. Most users never need to upgrade.

When CareClinic is the better choice

• You manage multiple chronic conditions and want one app for all of them.
• You take several medications across different categories and want them all in one log.
• You want to track appointments, vitals, and symptoms beyond the GLP-1 routine.
• You prefer a polished, established native app with a long feature list.

When My GLP Shot is the better choice

• Your tracking need is the GLP-1 routine specifically and you want depth on that.
• You want a free tier that actually covers your needs without nagware.
• You want your medication data on your device, not in someone else's cloud.
• You want to verify what an app does by reading the source.
• You microdose, split doses, or use a non-standard schedule.
• You want a single web-based PWA that works on any device with a browser.

Using both

Some users use both. CareClinic for the broad medical history, doctor appointments, and other medications. My GLP Shot for the GLP-1 specifics where the depth pays off. There is no rule that says you have to pick one.