Apps and online care
Sunnyside vs Bicycle Health
They differ on 8 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
Sunnyside
You answer a short quiz, get a weekly drinking goal, and log drinks by text or in the app, with daily tips and messages from a coach.
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
- Sunnyside: Peer support or coaching
- Bicycle Health: A therapist
- Good for
- Sunnyside: Adults who want to cut back on drinking rather than quit; People who would rather log drinks by text message than open an app
- 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
- Sunnyside: Anyone in crisis: call or text 988
- Bicycle Health: Anyone in crisis or overdose: call 911, or call or text 988
- Cost
- Sunnyside: 15-day free trial, then about $99/year or $12/month
- Bicycle Health: Copay with insurance (most pay under $35/month); $249/month self-pay
- How you pay
- Sunnyside: I'll pay myself
- Bicycle Health: Insurance
- Where
- Sunnyside: iPhone, Android
- Bicycle Health: Web
- Sells your data
- Sunnyside: Not stated
- Bicycle Health: No
- HIPAA
- Sunnyside: Not stated
- Bicycle Health: Yes
The same for both: research (limited research), 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.