Shotsy alternatives: what to check before you switch

Shotsy reviewers have repeatedly reported features that were previously free moving behind the subscription: a chart, a level estimate, or a report that existed on install and later needed payment. That pattern, more than any single bug, is the one that shows up again and again across storefronts as the reason someone starts searching for something else.

Two other clusters come up often. Multiple Shotsy reviewers across several storefronts have reported losing their history after an app update, sometimes after a routine reinstall. And separately, one Shotsy reviewer reports being told by support that data does not transfer between iOS and Android, which matters if you're changing phones as well as apps.

None of this makes Shotsy a bad app: its review base is the largest in the category by a wide margin, which is its own kind of evidence. It means a meaningful slice of a large user base has had a specific, recognisable bad experience, and it's worth reading their own words before deciding whether that experience is likely to be yours too.

Whatever you switch to, get your existing history out of Shotsy first rather than trusting an importer to do it retroactively. Shotsy's App Store version history documents CSV export as a shipped feature. Any migration has to go through a file you export yourself, so do that step before you delete anything.

On the receiving end, Glapp shipped a Shotsy importer during onboarding in a spring update, and Pokii's own release notes reference a Shotsy-importer fix from earlier the same year; its importer predates Glapp's. Neither vendor documents exactly what a Shotsy import carries across and what it drops, so treat an import as a head start, not a guarantee, and hold on to your exported file until you've confirmed the new app has everything you expect. Whether Glapp offers its own export once your history is inside it is something we haven't been able to confirm either way, so we're not stating an answer here.

Glapp launched free with no in-app purchases and introduced paid tiers, under the name "Glapp Max", later. Its standout feature is vial-level supply tracking; reviewers describe it as the reason they switched, replacing a habit of estimating remaining medication by eye. It's also the only app covered here with an Apple Watch app.

Be fair-minded about the trade-off, though. Glapp's own reviewers, including people who describe themselves as beta testers, have reported that most of the app's functionality moved behind a subscription without warning and without grandfathering existing users in, echoing the pattern driving people away from Shotsy in the first place.

Reviewers repeatedly describe choosing Pokii because they were able to use it without subscribing, citing the absence of a paywall as the reason they chose it over the alternatives they'd tried.

It's a thinner client than Shotsy or Glapp by design, leaning on Apple Health for food data rather than trying to replace a dedicated food-logging app, which some reviewers treat as a feature, not a gap.

GlucoPal requires no account to use, which is a genuine differentiator if you'd rather not hand over an email address to track your own shots. It also runs on the oldest iOS version of any app covered here, so it's the one to consider if you're on an older iPhone the others won't install on.

Reviewers who chose it describe doing so specifically because it's simple: fewer screens, fewer things to configure, and a free tier they describe as genuinely usable rather than a taster for the paid version.

MeAgain is the app covered here with the most genuinely integrated food logging: photo, barcode and manual entry alongside fibre tracking, which reviewers say measurably changed how they eat. It's the closest thing to a single-app solution if a separate food-tracking app is the actual source of your frustration with Shotsy.

MeAgain reviewers repeatedly report being unable to use the app without subscribing, having first completed an onboarding questionnaire: a large complaint cluster in its own reviews. To MeAgain's credit, its developer has publicly replied to reviews stating that most features are in fact free, which suggests a presentation problem in the paywall screen rather than deliberate hard gating. That distinction won't be obvious to you in the moment though, so go in expecting a firm upsell early on.

It's worth saying plainly: not every complaint calls for switching apps. If your issue is fixable rather than structural, such as a bug, a missing feature or a confusing setting, it may be worth one email to support before you start again somewhere else. Reviewers have reported quick, personal responses from Shotsy's team when they raised a specific problem directly.