GlucoPal vs Pep: Which GLP-1 Tracker Fits Your Routine?

Quick answer: Choose GlucoPal on iPhone if you want meal-level nutrition, automatic site rotation, dose-linked symptoms, Apple Health, and a doctor export in one no-account app. Choose Pep if you need Android or prioritize barcode food logging, fiber and fat, body measurements, or one of Pep's additional languages. GlucoPal is the connected health-record option; Pep is the cross-platform nutrition-detail option.

Both apps do the core job. Both log doses, rotate injection sites, estimate how much medication is still in your system, track weight and progress photos, and scan a plate of food with AI. The differences that actually decide it are platform, medication breadth, what happens to your data at an appointment, and what each app charges once you are past the free tier.

Every rating, price, and feature below was checked against primary sources (App Store listings, Google Play listings, Apple's public US customer review feed, and both companies' own sites) on August 14, 2026. App listings change often, so re-check the current listing before you download. For the wider field of options, see our Pep alternatives roundup.

GlucoPal vs Pep: what is the actual difference?

Difference summary: GlucoPal is iPhone only, holds a 4.81 average from 2,589 US App Store ratings, names more medications including daily oral GLP-1s, and describes a doctor export plus Apple Health sync. Pep runs on iPhone and Android, holds a 4.68 average from 858 US App Store ratings and adds barcode food logging, fiber, and body measurements.

Identifying the Pep app

Check the developer before you download, because at least five apps with "Pep" in the name track GLP-1s and peptides. The one this article compares is "GLP-1 Tracker: Pep" from Shred Apps, LLC (App Store ID 6504788281, site pepglp1.com, Android package `com.shredapps.glp1`). Its App Store title now renders as "GLP 1 Tracker," and the name has changed more than once.

The app people most often confuse it with is Pep AI: Peptide GLP-1 Tracker (ID 6758682710) from Zode Development LLC at pepaiapp.com. That is a different company, a different product, and a larger ratings base: 4.75 from 3,032 US ratings, versus Pep's 858. It also ranks ahead of Pep in App Store search for "pep glp-1," which is how the mix-up happens.

There is a second naming wrinkle worth flagging. One recent US reviewer points out that "PEP" is the standard medical abbreviation for post-exposure prophylaxis and says the name "has caused some confusion in my GLP-1 community, as well as with my medical provider." That is one person's experience, not a product defect, but it is a reasonable thing to know before you say the app's name at a clinic.

Side-by-side comparison

Here is the full head-to-head, with every figure re-checked August 14, 2026.

One note on sourcing. Shotsy runs a comparison page at shotsyapp.com/alternatives/pep that marks Pep absent on fourteen items, including "English Only." We do not repeat unsourced vendor characterizations, and that one is contradicted by Pep's own listing, which lists multiple language codes. Everything above comes from each company's own primary surfaces.

What does GlucoPal do better than Pep?

GlucoPal's edges: a longer medication list that includes four daily oral GLP-1s and five compounded injectables, a doctor export you can hand to a clinician, automatic Apple Health sync, weekly weight averages, side effects charted against your dose timeline, and an estimated medication-level forecast chart. Pep describes none of the export or Apple Health functionality on any of its three public surfaces.

Medication coverage, including compounded GLP-1s and daily pills

GlucoPal's medication picker covers seven brand injections (Zepbound, Mounjaro, Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda, Victoza, Trulicity), five compounded injectables (tirzepatide, semaglutide, liraglutide, dulaglutide, retatrutide), and four oral GLP-1s (the Wegovy pill, the Ozempic pill, Rybelsus, and Foundayo, the brand name for orforglipron).

Pep names Ozempic, Wegovy as a pill or injection, Mounjaro, Zepbound, and Rybelsus, plus compounded retatrutide, tirzepatide, and semaglutide. That is a solid list and covers what most US patients are on.

The gap matters in two situations. If your clinic moved you onto a daily oral GLP-1, GlucoPal is built around daily dosing rather than weekly shots, which is a different rhythm of reminders and streaks. And if you switch medications mid-journey, which is common with supply changes and coverage changes, a broader list means you are less likely to end up logging your new drug as "other."

A doctor export and Apple Health sync

GlucoPal exports your history so you can hand organized data to your clinician, and it syncs steps, activity, weight, water, and meals from Apple Health automatically.

Pep does not describe an export of any kind. There is no mention of "export," "PDF," "report," or "provider" on pepglp1.com, in its App Store description, or in its Google Play description, checked August 14, 2026. The clearest confirmation is first-party: replying to a reviewer on its Google Play listing, Shred Apps wrote "Data export is on our roadmap." That is the developer's own word, not a competitor's claim.

Apple Health is the same story. No Pep surface describes HealthKit or Health Connect sync. If your weight already lands in Apple Health from a smart scale, or your step count comes from a watch, that is data you would re-enter by hand.

Weekly averages, side effects on the dose timeline, and a medication-level forecast chart

GlucoPal charts weight with weekly averages, which smooths out the daily swings that make a real downward trend hard to see. It also logs side effects against the dose timeline, so nausea on day two after a titration reads differently from nausea in week four. Our guide to tracking GLP-1 side effects covers what to record so the pattern is readable later.

Pep logs side effects too, per its Play description. What no Pep surface describes is connecting them to dose or dose changes, or showing week-over-week weight comparison. Both gaps also appear as requests in its recent reviews, which is worth reading as corroboration rather than proof.

Both apps estimate how much medication is still in your system, and reviewers call it Pep's most distinctive feature. GlucoPal's version is an estimated medication-level forecast chart, which projects levels forward rather than only reporting where you are now. It is part of GlucoPal Pro.

What does Pep do better than GlucoPal?

Pep's edges: it runs on Android as well as iPhone, supports several languages GlucoPal does not, adds barcode scanning against a FatSecret food database with saved favorite meals, tracks fiber and fat alongside protein and calories, and records body measurements with side-by-side progress photo comparison.

Android and additional languages

This is the decisive one for a lot of people. GlucoPal is iPhone only. Pep is on both the App Store and Google Play, where it shows 10,000+ downloads and a 4.5 average from about 1,790 ratings. If you are on Android, or you switch between an iPhone and an Android phone, GlucoPal is not an option today and Pep is.

Pep's iTunes listing and its own site FAQ list ten languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. If you track in one of those, Pep covers languages GlucoPal's listing does not.

Barcode food logging, fiber, and body measurements

Pep's food logging has three things GlucoPal does not describe. Per pepglp1.com, its database is powered by the FatSecret Platform API and supports barcode scanning and saved favorite meals, so a repeat breakfast is a two-tap entry. It tracks fiber and fat alongside calories and protein, and fiber is worth having on a medication class where constipation is one of the most common complaints.

Pep also logs body measurements, and its progress photos support side-by-side comparison. If your weight has stalled while your waist keeps shrinking, which happens often enough on a GLP-1, measurements are the number that keeps you going.

One caveat from recent reviewers rather than from us: several describe the AI food scanner and barcode scanner returning inaccurate results or missing foods, and describe not being able to correct a saved entry. Those are opinions in Apple's public review feed, and they sit inside a 4.68 average.

What do GlucoPal and Pep cost?

Cost summary: Both apps are free to download. GlucoPal is free to download and use and publishes its subscription price up front: GlucoPal Pro is $9.99/mo or $29.99/yr. Pep publishes no price on pepglp1.com; its Google Play listing shows in-app purchases from $9.99 to $39.99 per item, and its App Store description says a membership unlocks full access.

What "free" means on each app

Pep describes itself as free in three places on its own surfaces. Its homepage badge reads "Get Pep, Free." Its homepage FAQ answers "Is Pep free to use?" with "Pep is free to download and includes optional premium features for advanced tracking and insights." Its own comparison page states flatly: "Pep is free to use."

Its App Store subscription block reads: "Subscribe to a membership to unlock full access to all features." Both wordings are Pep's own. We are not going to characterize the difference for you; the reason "is Pep free" is a live search question is that those two statements are hard to reconcile from the outside, and no price appears anywhere on pepglp1.com (its `/pricing/` URL returned a 404 on August 14, 2026).

GlucoPal is free to download and use, with no account creation required to start, and an optional GlucoPal Pro subscription at $9.99/mo or $29.99/yr that unlocks advanced features including the medication-level forecast chart. Price opacity is the category norm rather than a Pep quirk, and our best free GLP-1 tracker apps guide compares what each free tier genuinely includes.

What recent Pep reviewers say about cost and support

Pep's overall sentiment is positive: 4.68 from 858 US ratings, checked August 14, 2026. The notes here are recurring themes in the 50 most recent US App Store reviews in Apple's public review feed, checked the same day. They are individual user opinions, not verified facts about the app.

On the positive side, reviewers repeatedly praise the all-in-one convenience ("no more juggling apps"), the medication-level readout, and having progress photos, measurements, and macros in one place. One reviewer who says they tried six trackers picked Pep for its low learning curve.

On the negative side, the most emotionally charged cluster is billing: several reviewers describe starting a trial and being charged for a longer plan sooner than they expected, and one review consists entirely of a complaint that the app "keeps saying to use this get the pro version." Others report slow or absent support and difficulty getting refunds. Shred Apps has responded publicly on Google Play, including "Sorry support dropped the ball; we want to make it right," and acknowledged a bug where a dose reverted to an older value with "that's not right and we're fixing it." Read these as directional signals, not verdicts.

Which one should you choose?

Choice summary: Choose GlucoPal if you are on an iPhone and want meal-level nutrition, Apple Health, dose-linked symptoms, and something you can hand to your clinician in one app. Choose Pep if you are on Android, need a language GlucoPal does not support, or want barcode food logging, fiber, fat, and body measurements.

Choose GlucoPal if

You are on an iPhone and you want one app that covers a brand injection, a compounded GLP-1, or a daily pill including Rybelsus and Foundayo, with meal-level nutrition, automatic injection-site rotation on a body map, weight trends with weekly averages, side effects tied to your dose timeline, private progress photos, Apple Health sync, and a doctor export you can bring to an appointment.

The practical limitation is platform: GlucoPal is iPhone only, so Android users are out today.

Choose Pep if

You are on Android, or you want the same app on an iPhone and an Android phone. You track in a language on Pep's ten-language list that GlucoPal does not cover. Barcode scanning and saved favorite meals are how you actually log food, and you want fiber and fat tracked alongside protein and calories. Or body measurements and side-by-side progress photos are the numbers that keep you going when the scale stalls.

Go in knowing two things its own sources confirm: there is no data export yet, per the developer's own Google Play reply, and its App Store description says a membership unlocks full access despite the free framing on its website.

How to switch without losing your history

Neither app describes an importer, so a switch means saving what matters and starting fresh from your next dose day.

1. 01.Open your current app and review medication history, dose changes, recent injection sites, weight trend, and side-effect notes.
2. 02.Screenshot the screens you would not want to lose. Since Pep's developer says export is still on the roadmap, screenshots are the practical option there.
3. 03.Install the new app, then enter your current medication, dose, schedule, and next dose date.
4. 04.Start logging from your next injection or pill rather than rebuilding months of history by hand.
5. 05.Keep the old app installed until you are sure nothing your clinician asks about is missing.

Our Pep alternatives roundup walks through three more apps worth comparing before you commit, including options with PDF export and clinical-trial benchmarking.

Neither app is medical advice. A tracker helps you remember what happened between visits, but medication changes, missed doses, severe symptoms, and dosing questions belong with your clinician or pharmacist. If you are choosing for a specific drug, see our roundups of the best Zepbound tracker apps and the best Wegovy tracker apps.

FAQ

Is GlucoPal better than Pep?

GlucoPal is the better fit on iPhone if you want meals, automatic site rotation, weekly weight averages, dose-linked symptoms, Apple Health, and a doctor export together. Pep is the better fit if you need Android, a language GlucoPal does not support, barcode food logging, fiber and fat tracking, or body measurements. Their US App Store ratings were 4.81 from 2,589 for GlucoPal and 4.68 from 858 for Pep when checked August 14, 2026.

Is Pep the same app as Pep AI?

No. Pep is "GLP-1 Tracker: Pep" from Shred Apps, LLC (App Store ID 6504788281, pepglp1.com). Pep AI: Peptide GLP-1 Tracker is a separate app from Zode Development LLC (ID 6758682710, pepaiapp.com) with 4.75 from 3,032 US ratings, checked August 14, 2026. Pep AI has the larger ratings base and ranks higher in App Store search, so check the developer name before you download.

Is Pep free?

Pep is free to download. Beyond that, its own sources say two different things: its website says "Pep is free to download and includes optional premium features," while its App Store description says "Subscribe to a membership to unlock full access to all features." No price appears on pepglp1.com, and its Google Play listing shows in-app purchases from $9.99 to $39.99 per item, checked August 14, 2026. GlucoPal is free to download and use, with an optional GlucoPal Pro subscription at $9.99/mo or $29.99/yr.

Can I export my Pep data for my doctor?

Not currently. No Pep surface describes an export, PDF, or provider report, and Shred Apps replied to a reviewer on its Google Play listing that "Data export is on our roadmap," checked August 14, 2026. GlucoPal offers a doctor export, so if appointments are where your tracking pays off, that is the feature to check for in whatever you use.

Does Pep sync with Apple Health?

No Apple Health or Health Connect integration is described on pepglp1.com, in Pep's App Store description, or in its Google Play description, checked August 14, 2026. GlucoPal syncs steps, activity, weight, water, and meals with Apple Health automatically. If a smart scale or watch already feeds Apple Health, that difference decides how much you re-type.

Sources

1. 01.App Store - GLP-1 Tracker: Pep - 4.68 average from 858 US ratings, developer Shred Apps LLC, supported medications including compounded GLP-1s and oral pills, injection site rotation, estimated medication levels, progress photos, AI Food Scanner, ten listed languages, and the statement "Subscribe to a membership to unlock full access to all features" (checked August 14, 2026)
2. 02.Google Play - GLP-1 Tracker: Pep - 4.5 average from about 1,790 ratings, 10,000+ downloads, in-app purchases from $9.99 to $39.99 per item, side-effect and fat-macro feature wording, and the developer responses stating "Data export is on our roadmap," "Sorry support dropped the ball," and the dose-reverting acknowledgment (checked August 14, 2026)
3. 03.Pep official website - the "Get Pep, Free" badge, the FAQ answer "Pep is free to download and includes optional premium features for advanced tracking and insights," the FatSecret-powered food database with barcode scanning and saved favorites, body measurements, progress photos, the ten-language claim, and the absence of any published price (checked August 14, 2026)
4. 04.Pep - Pep vs Shotsy comparison page - Pep's own statement "Pep is free to use" and its description of a body-level medication effectiveness indicator (checked August 14, 2026)
5. 05.App Store - Pep AI: Peptide GLP-1 Tracker - a separate app from Zode Development LLC, 4.75 average from 3,032 US ratings, cited only to distinguish it from Pep (checked August 14, 2026)
6. 06.Apple customer review feed - Pep - recurring themes in the 50 most recent US App Store reviews, including the post-exposure prophylaxis naming comment (checked August 14, 2026)
7. 07.App Store - Zepbound Tracker by GlucoPal - iPhone availability, 4.81 average from 2,589 US ratings, supported medications including oral GLP-1s, automatic injection-site rotation map, doctor export, Apple Health sync, six listed languages, and the free-to-download-and-use plus optional Pro statement
8. 08.GlucoPal official website - positioning, 100,000+ users, GlucoPal Pro pricing, and feature overview
9. 09.Shotsy - Pep comparison page - cited only as the source of competitor characterizations this article does not repeat, including a language claim contradicted by Pep's own listing