Apps and online care
Loosid vs Bicycle Health
They differ on 9 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
Loosid
You download the app, create an account, and track your sober days while connecting with other people in recovery through posts, group chats and events.
Bicycle Health
You book a video visit with a Bicycle Health clinician, who can prescribe buprenorphine (Suboxone), often the same day, and you keep regular check-ins plus optional coaching and support groups.
Where they differ
- Kind of help
- Loosid: Peer support or coaching, An app I use on my own
- Bicycle Health: A therapist
- Good for
- Loosid: People in recovery who want an online sober community and group chats; Finding sober events and meetings near you
- Bicycle Health: Adults with opioid use disorder who want to start buprenorphine (Suboxone) quickly by video; People with commercial insurance, Medicaid or Medicare in one of Bicycle's 27 states
- Probably not for
- Loosid: Anyone who may need medical help to stop drinking or using safely (withdrawal can be dangerous)
- Bicycle Health: Anyone in crisis or overdose: call 911, or call or text 988
- Cost
- Loosid: Free version, or Free; premium $20/month
- Bicycle Health: Copay with insurance (most pay under $35/month); $249/month self-pay
- How you pay
- Loosid: Free, I'll pay myself
- Bicycle Health: Insurance
- Where
- Loosid: iPhone, Android
- Bicycle Health: Web
- Research
- Loosid: Not stated
- Bicycle Health: Limited research
- Privacy
- Loosid: Grade B+
- Bicycle Health: Grade C
- HIPAA
- Loosid: Not stated
- Bicycle Health: Yes
The same for both: sells your data (no).
In crisis or thinking about suicide? In the US, call or text 988. This page is information from our reviews, not medical advice.