Shotsy vs JabKeeper: which GLP-1 tracker should you use?

Choosing between JabKeeper and Shotsy comes down to the kind of diary you want. Both organise weekly GLP-1 injections, including Mounjaro, Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound. Shotsy offers broader tracking, cloud storage and a substantial free tier. JabKeeper focuses on a private iPhone routine, with a single payment to unlock its complete diary.

Neither choice is best for everyone. A useful comparison should consider ongoing cost, what happens to your records when you change phones, and whether you actually need advanced charts. Here are the differences that matter in everyday use.

JabKeeper vs Shotsy at a glance

Pricing: free tracking or a lifetime unlock?

Shotsy's free version includes dose logging, reminders, injection-site rotation, side effects and weight charts, without a time limit. If those features meet your needs, you can keep using it without subscribing. Shotsy+ adds estimated medication levels and health integrations, according to its free-feature guide.

JabKeeper lets you try two dose entries and reminders. Its one-time $9.99 US purchase unlocks unlimited history, weight and goals, symptoms, food, Apple Health and Calendar. There is no subscription renewal. The App Store displays your local price before purchase.

Shotsy's US listing currently includes monthly purchases at $9.99, $14.99 and $19.99, and annual purchases at $39.99 and $59.99. These are listed options, not a guarantee of your offer. At $39.99 annually, three annual payments total $119.97; JabKeeper's listed unlock remains $9.99. However, Shotsy's free tier remains cheaper than either paid option.

Doses, reminders and injection sites

JabKeeper records your chosen medicine, prescribed strength, injection date, time, site and notes. Its countdown and local reminders support a weekly routine, with an optional reminder the day before. The site rotation gives you a record to consult alongside your medicine's instructions.

Shotsy supports a wider treatment range, including oral GLP-1 tracking on iOS and custom doses. That flexibility matters if your prescription does not fit one weekly injection. Both apps keep a history, but their purpose is recording your routine. Follow your prescriber's dose and timing rather than changing treatment because of an app display.

Weight, symptoms and nutrition

JabKeeper Pro combines weight charts, BMI, a goal and a weekly planning pace. It now supports kilograms, pounds and stones/pounds, with height in centimetres or feet/inches. Switching units preserves the underlying measurements. Goal dates are estimates based on records and your selected plan, not predictions of treatment results.

Its symptom diary records severity and notes; its food log tracks calories and protein against daily goals. This keeps the routine compact: log the injection, record how you felt, and review progress. See our side-effect diary guide for ideas about useful notes.

Shotsy adds broader nutrition and hydration tracking and detailed charts. It also offers PDF reports and CSV exports, which are useful when preparing records for appointments. JabKeeper currently lacks these exports. Shotsy is the stronger fit if sharing a structured report is central to how you use a tracker.

Health integrations and medication estimates

With permission, JabKeeper Pro reads and writes weight in Apple Health and writes dietary energy from logged meals. It can add the next injection to Calendar. These optional exports may sync through Apple or your calendar provider; they are separate from the local diary.

It does not write injection records to Apple Health: HealthKit does not provide a writable medication-dose type. Read and write permissions are separate, so you control the connection. Entries already exported to Health can remain after uninstalling JabKeeper. Calendar adds one event for the next injection, rather than transferring your whole dose history. These details help distinguish health integration from a backup of your diary.

Shotsy+ imports health data through Apple Health on iOS or Health Connect on Android. Its medication-level chart estimates levels between doses using a model. It is not a measured blood concentration or a dosing instruction. JabKeeper does not offer this chart, so choose Shotsy if that extra context matters to you.

Privacy, backup and changing phones

JabKeeper has no account, advertising SDK or analytics SDK. The developer does not receive your diary, and its App Store label states Data Not Collected. The database stays on your iPhone and is excluded from backups. Losing the phone or uninstalling the app therefore loses that diary. Restoring your Pro purchase does not restore your history.

Shotsy's policy describes private iCloud storage on iOS without a separate user account. Android requires Google sign-in and uses Firebase. It also describes service providers for analytics and diagnostics, plus anonymous experience-data collection for US iOS users, controllable in Privacy Settings. These differences deserve consideration rather than assuming every cloud service has identical practices.

JabKeeper cannot import Shotsy history. Keep an export before switching, then start your new diary with your current prescribed routine. Our tracker privacy guide explains the storage trade-offs further.

Which app should you choose?

Choose Shotsy for ongoing free tracking, Android, oral medicines, medication estimates or shareable reports. Choose JabKeeper for one weekly iPhone routine, a small lifetime purchase and a diary kept locally. Try the free options first: the app you comfortably keep using is more valuable than features you rarely open.

Sources

• Shotsy features, free vs Shotsy+, privacy policy and US App Store listing.
• JabKeeper App Store listing, pricing and privacy policy.