Apps and online care
Oar Health vs Bicycle Health
They differ on 7 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
Oar Health
You complete an online assessment, an Oar clinician reviews it, and if appropriate you are prescribed naltrexone, which is shipped to you.
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
- Good for
- Oar Health: Adults who want medication to help them drink less, not only to quit; People who want a quick online start without in-person visits
- 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
- Oar Health: Anyone in crisis: call or text 988, or call 911
- Bicycle Health: Anyone in crisis or overdose: call 911, or call or text 988
- Cost
- Oar Health: $99/month (billed $297 every 3 months) plus $50 one-time assessment
- Bicycle Health: Copay with insurance (most pay under $35/month); $249/month self-pay
- How you pay
- Oar Health: I'll pay myself
- Bicycle Health: Insurance
- Research
- Oar Health: Early research
- Bicycle Health: Limited research
- Sells your data
- Oar Health: Not stated
- Bicycle Health: No
- HIPAA
- Oar Health: Not stated
- Bicycle Health: Yes
The same for both: kind of help (a therapist), where (web), privacy (grade c).
In crisis or thinking about suicide? In the US, call or text 988. This page is information from our reviews, not medical advice.