Vida Health alternatives
Vida Health users often seek alternatives due to app bugs, poor customer service, and issues with medication access. Alternatives like Strava, Da Fit, myCigna, Sweat, and Health First Colorado offer solutions for fitness tracking, insurance management, and workout programs, each catering to different user needs.
Why users look for alternatives to Vida Health
- Users experience frequent app freezing and poor functionality, making it frustrating to use.R3R30
- The food logging feature is often criticized for being inaccurate with nutritional facts and difficult to navigate, with some users wishing for integration with other apps like MyFitnessPal.R6R20R27
- Many users report extremely poor customer service, including non-responsive providers, ghosting, and difficulty getting issues resolved.R4R7R16R22
- A significant number of users feel the app and service are designed to gatekeep access to prescribed medications, particularly GLP-1s, causing delays and interruptions in treatment.R12R13R18R28
- The app's interface is often described as clunky, unintuitive, and lacking customization options, making it hard to find and log information.R2R9R15R23
- Some users feel the program is an unnecessary layer imposed by insurance companies or employers, rather than genuinely helping with patient care.R1R13R16R26
The alternatives
Strava is a popular app for tracking various workouts, particularly running and walking, providing motivation and a centralized place for activity data . It offers a free version and helps users stay accountable for their fitness goals .
Better for: Strava is better for individuals who want a dedicated app for tracking runs, walks, and other workouts, especially if they value motivation and seeing their activity in one place . It suits users who are looking for a simple, easy-to-use fitness tracker and don't mind a free version with optional paid features .
Head-to-head: Vida Health vs StravaDa Fit is an app designed to connect with smartwatches, offering features like blood pressure monitoring and other health tracking . Users appreciate its functionality for tracking various health metrics, though some desire more customization options for watch faces .
Better for: Da Fit is better for users who own a compatible smartwatch and want to track basic health metrics like blood pressure and steps . It suits individuals who are looking for a companion app for their wearable device, provided they are aware of potential issues with step accuracy and app advertisements R67.
Head-to-head: Vida Health vs Da FitmyCigna is an insurance app that provides convenient access to insurance information, allows users to find providers like nutritionists, and can help manage benefits R80. It aims to make managing health insurance easier for Cigna members .
Better for: myCigna is better for Cigna insurance policyholders who need to manage their health benefits, find healthcare providers, or access their insurance card conveniently R80. It suits users who are looking for a functional, albeit sometimes slow or glitchy, tool for insurance-related tasks R81.
Head-to-head: Vida Health vs myCignaSweat offers a variety of structured workout programs, including strength and postpartum plans, making it easy for users to follow planned routines without having to guess their workouts . Users find the app motivating and user-friendly .
Better for: Sweat is better for individuals who want guided, structured workout programs, especially those looking for strength training or postpartum fitness plans . It suits users who prefer having their workouts planned out and appreciate a motivating, easy-to-use interface .
Head-to-head: Vida Health vs SweatHealth First Colorado is an app for Medicaid beneficiaries in Colorado, providing easy access to benefits information, the ability to chat with real people, and help finding healthcare providers like dentists R108R110. Users appreciate its convenience for managing their healthcare records and benefits R110.
Better for: Health First Colorado is better for residents of Colorado who are Medicaid beneficiaries and need to manage their healthcare benefits, access their insurance card, or find providers R108. It suits users who prioritize easy access to their health information and the ability to communicate with support staff R110.
Head-to-head: Vida Health vs Health First ColoradoYou should stick with Vida Health if you value personalized coaching and accountability for weight loss and general health goals, and if you have a positive experience with your assigned health coach and dietician . The app can be effective for tracking calories, carbs, protein, fats, and sugar, and for setting and tracking daily goals, especially if the food picture upload feature is working correctly R19.
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R3] Vida Health Keeps freezing: I don’t know why it keeps freezing. Great potential but it’s frustrating to use. Perhaps a bug fix?
- [R30] Vida Health Poor functionality: Unable to verify connected devices or see permissions assigned. No way to connect my bp cuff, verification email never sends, clunky ui, slow response times when submitting form. Frankly this app isn’t ready for production imo.
- [R6] Vida Health Food logging: The nutritional facts are incorrect. If you are someone watching your sodium intake you will get depress, most of the time it’s on the high side as well as the protein. Don’t trust it.
- [R20] Vida Health Food Logging: This is the worst app to log food. Why don’t you find a way to link it to my fitness pal to make things easier. Also, the food logging is inaccurate with calories, fiber, protein etc
- [R27] Vida Health The AI chatbot is utterly useless: This app and coaching is provided free by my employer. I’ve been giving it a go for about a week and a half now, maybe a little longer. I appreciate the ability to have video calls with a health coach who works of specific goals. But the food logging is very limited, poor interface. I will stick to using My Fitness Pal for food logging. The AI chatbot keeps sugge
- [R4] Vida Health worst service ever: The worst service I’ve ever had in my entire life, nonprofessional medical associates not easy to work with very hard to navigate system and process overall horrible horrible service
- [R7] Vida Health Worst experience ever since I have had health care coverage: The absolute worst i have ever experienced in a health management company. They only care about costs not about patient care or needs being met. No follow ups continued run around. They simply do not care what’s best for the patient! Never recommending this company to ANYONE!
- [R16] Vida Health First provider ghosted me then sent a text she quit!: I absolutely do not like this app. It’s another layer of decay in our health care system. They don’t want you to see your primary care physician that knows you. I did try to start with someone, because I’m not given a choice if I want help . They were a no show. No responses to my several texts - it was beyond aggravating- definitely not i
- [R22] Vida Health Ok until it was harmful: I had trouble getting appointments and responses to chats. Then I got some care, enough to get to trade to a large dose of medication but not given enough pills to last until the next appointment. And then the chat was unresponsive again. Working with my primary care doctor to manage adverse effects of suddenly stopping the medication due to lack of support from Vida prov
- [R12] Vida Health Issue resolved: When things go well pleasant individuals, however when there is a glitch there is NO ONE to speak with NO recourse at all. Employers partnering with this program are simply looking to reduce costs. It’s not employee friendly. Medication runs out - that’s your problem. They will not allow more than one month refill at a time. Connected with live agent who escalated issue, receive
- [R13] Vida Health Terrible: It is awful that you have attached yourself as a requirement to insurance plans to make money off glp1s. This is so unnecessary and the format of having webinars during working hours is extremely inconvenient and unacceptable. This is a waste of time and not necessary. You are impeding on patient’s ability to have resources just to make a dollar and piggy back off a pharmaceutical drug.
- [R18] Vida Health Worst Medical Care Possible: Vida should honestly be ashamed of itself. Completely unethical how they deny medication based on 20 minutes. They are a perfect example of the failure and corruption of the American health insurance industry. Oh and if you tell your assigned RN that they have disrupted your progress through stopping your medication they’ll just drop you and leave you with nothing. Sha
- [R28] Vida Health Worste company ever: This has been the most terrible experience I have ever had. Their customer service team is non existent, and they prevent you from getting medication you need. Prior to them I could just go to my pcp and they could actually help me. Now they control every aspect of my medical needs, and don’t have anything to do with my actual care. It makes no sense. I will be contacting my h
- [R2] Vida Health Format: This app would be much better if the layout was customizable. I hate scrolling down to the bottom to log food and other stuff.
- [R9] Vida Health Decent app, but could use a couple of upgrades.: I like the Vida app, but I wish it tracked my steps, like MyFitnessPal. Instead it wants to know how many minutes I walked, which I’ve never worried about. I walk 4-5 miles every day, but I do it over the course of the day, not in one session. Also, the food diary is good, but not as good as MyFitnessPal.
- [R15] Vida Health Program is great, app experience is lacking…: Love my team I’m working with! They’re the best!! That said, the Home Screen on this app needs an overhaul…tracking my food is a HEADACHE due to having to scroll through all the different “goal trackers” I don’t even use. An option to customize this by keeping only the trackers you want and being able to order them according to your needs would be a ga
- [R23] Vida Health Daily calories: Only thing lacking is a total calories for the day and a diagram breakdown of the total. Only has total calories for each meal. Unless I am missing something somewhere.
- [R1] Vida Health Absolute Garbage: Be prepared to jump through 20 hoops to get anywhere. These people don’t want to help they want to track ALL of your life. I can do this on my own. It’s a scam stay away
- [R26] Vida Health Terrible experience: Nothing more than insurance company proxy getting paid for doing nothing.
- [R51] Strava Recording issues (Lies and deceit): Often times this app will begin recording my run and then will stop midway through for no reason whatsoever. Also the times are not entirely accurate when compared to the times an actual marathon will give you. Horrible.
- [R52] Strava Music Playlists would make better!: I love this app. But ADDING MUSIC PLAYLISTS TO OUR WALJS WOULD MAKE THIS 6/5 STARS! Anyone agree? Please help me make make some noise about this and hopefully the developers will add this feature!
- [R53] Strava Won’t let me follow people: It is pretty good for tracking all my workouts but every time I try to follow someone it instantly unfollows. I have restarted my phone and I still have this problem.
- [R54] Strava Atrocious customer support!: Their AI bot “Miles” has no ability to solve anything and closes chats with you. There is no way to talk to customer support. Even when the bot says someone will be in touch you just get an email saying they can’t help you. I am a paying subscriber and you are ducking answering any questions or actually helping me with the fact that you are letting another user in a di
- [R65] Da Fit Not accurate: Not recommended
- [R66] Da Fit Smartwatch: P72z
- [R67] Da Fit Annoying ads: Loved the watch and features. Works beautifully, but I did remove the app from my iPhone last year because every time I open the app I get a full spread advertisement for games and I can’t stop it to get to the app itself. Just restarted the app the other day and I still have the same issue. Frustrating. Thinking about deleting the app and sell the watch.
- [R68] Da Fit Fitness and motion tracker impossible!: This app does not ask my iPhone 17 Pro Max to accept the fitness and motion tracker so it does not track simple walking. You must shake the watch. I’m disabled so I walk moderately, not run. The watch and app thinks I’m not moving. Useless. I deleted and reinstalled. I reset watch. I removed from Bluetooth and added. Nothing worked. It’s the app. Will return
- [R79] myCigna Cost Estimator Tool: The cost estimator tool does not work. Every code I enter returns zero results.
- [R80] myCigna It’s totally fine: I mean it’s an insurance app. For what it is, it’s fine. I was able too get a nutritionist from inside the app really easily. My copays end up being more than my card says but that seems like life.
- [R81] myCigna Glitchy: Personify Wellness section of the app is very glitchy. It’s difficult to navigate forward and backward without being taken all the way back to the log-in screen. Needs improvement.
- [R82] myCigna Horrible: Horrible
- [R93] Sweat Please fix this: The app easily makes it so you skip the superset and then once you start the cooldown you can’t go back and do the superset. PLEASE FIX THIS You should be able to go back to a section of your workout!
- [R94] Sweat Keep moving and sweat’n!: I’m really enjoying this app and all the workouts it has to offer. One thing I’d like to see is an eating plan for women in their 40+ years of age. This would help give variety at all levels of fitness and stages of life.
- [R95] Sweat Doesn’t work without equipment: I spent 30 minutes setting up the app and answering questions. I was so excited for this app because I needed something to use to help me keep on track and build back up postpartum. However, I made sure I said I didn’t have equipment when answering the questions and it still recommended a program with lots of equipment needed. I then went and manually adjusted it in
- [R96] Sweat This app changed my life!: This app changed my life!
- [R107] Health First Colorado Forced PIN code hijacked or blocked: Created new acct.. force to resign in a second time code hijacked or blocked and cannot access the account I just gave sensitive data to?? Privacy?? Probably not
- [R108] Health First Colorado Review: I love the app for Health First Colorado!
- [R109] Health First Colorado Cant log in: Havent been able to log in for momths due to a glitch. Can never get ahold of anyone when i call
- [R110] Health First Colorado Colorado health first!: Bringing extreme comfort allowing me to rest easy knowing, my information is protected and easily accessible for needed records.
- [R19] Vida Health Great app for tracking food: The food tracking is informative and helps hold you accountable
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