It’s a question we get asked often: What makes January AI different from Nutrisense, and does January offer features Nutrisense does not? Is January the Nutrisense alternative you’ve been looking for? Let’s dive in.

While both January AI and Nutrisense deliver a way to view your real-time blood glucose levels, there are numerous differences worth highlighting. Below is a high-level overview of the primary differences between the two products — and keep reading as we delve deeper into exactly what this means and what you get (or don’t get) as a user. 

January AI vs Nutrisense: at-a-glance

January AI vs Levels Health: the details

The primary difference between January and Nutrisense lies in our name — “AI”. January is the only company in the space to use AI technology to create a ‘digital twin’ of yourself in order to accurately predict how your blood glucose will respond to foods before you even eat them. 

What’s more, January combines glucose tracking and prediction with industry-leading food logging (utilizing a database of 32M foods), so you can track your macros and calories to hit your goals. January combines this with activity and sleep tracking, so you get a holistic view of your total metabolic health.

Head-to-head: AI

Virtual CGM

The AI is where January sets itself apart from the competition. Our Virtual CGM technology means you wear a CGM (continuous glucose monitor) just once to train the AI, and then you can remove the CGM and see your predicted glucose curve. This means you don’t need to buy expensive CGMs every 14 days, saving you thousands of dollars each year, making January far more cost-effective and an ideal solution for those looking for the best Nutrisense alternative. 

Continuous Glucose Prediction (CGP)

Additionally, thanks to our Continuous Glucose Prediction (CGP) technology, we project your predicted glucose curve two hours into the future, and enable you to look up the impact of foods on your glucose before you eat them — and compare the predicted curve with alternative foods so you can make smarter, more informed choices.

With January, you can test foods on your ‘digital twin’ to see how you’ll respond and choose the best option before eating, whereas with options like Nutrisense, you have to use a trial and error approach – testing it on yourself and hope it doesn’t spike your blood sugar too much in the process.

Food Detect

Our Food Detect feature will sense when you’ve eaten (even if you haven’t logged your meal).

24/7 AI health coach

As part of the January app experience, you’ll get access to your personalized AI health coach, named “Jan.” Jan learns about your unique metabolism, how your body responds to food and activity, and can provide personalized insight any time of the day, at no additional cost. And Jan is constantly learning about you, with every meal, every sleep, every activity. Nutrisense offers human coaching, at a price (you get your first month free). The reason January chose an AI health coach versus human coaching, however, is with Jan (our AI health coach), she’s available to answer your questions 24/7, in seconds — no waiting; help when you need it most. And with Jan, she knows you better than you know yourself and can provide truly unique, personalized health insights and tips that you won't find in other apps. 

Head-to-head: Nutritional Intelligence

January enables you to look up the nutritional value of foods by simply scanning the barcode or searching for it in our database of 32M foods. You can even find your favorite local restaurants and select meals from their menu, ensuring you track your calories and macros, avoid spiking foods, and make healthier choices. 

Our “Quick Add” food logging option allows you even to look up foods via speech. Just say “lobster ravioli,” for example, and we’ll log your meal for you. January AI has one of the most sophisticated food logging experiences on the market. Nutrisense does have a food logging feature, but it arguably lacks the depth of January’s database. 

Head-to-head: Activity Insights

As mentioned earlier, January is far more than simply a glucose monitoring app. We provide insights into things like how long you should walk for after a meal to flatten your glucose curve. We also connect to your Apple Health or Fitbit to provide activity tracking and heart rate data, so you can understand the impact activity has on your unique body. Nutrisense tracks activity too; the difference with January comes in the insights it shares. January also modifies your calorie goal based on your daily activity level, so you know you’re getting the right amount of calories for your personal health goals.

Head-to-head: Recharge

January also has in-depth data to help you recharge, an essential aspect of becoming metabolically healthy. Nutrisense, too, has a sleep-tracking function. Not only does January track sleep data, however, but we also track your Last Meal Sleep Gap (how long the gap is between your last meal and when you go to sleep — hint: it should be 3 hours or more). The January app also tracks how long you fast, providing guidelines you can monitor and optimize each and every day. 

Head-to-head: Published Science

And finally, January is backed by science and research. We have published numerous white papers around our AI and machine learning technology and are active in furthering the metabolic health space. This is something we’re proud of as a team and it clearly differentiates us from the competition. 

You can read some of our published research here:

• Virtual blood glucose monitoring and prediction using machine learning (2022)
• Machine learning-based digital health application integrating wearable data and behavioral patterns improves metabolic health (2022)
• Improvement in Glucose Regulation Using a Digital Tracker and Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Healthy Adults and Those with Type 2 Diabetes (2021)
• Heart Rate and CGM Feature Representation Diabetes Detection From Heart Rate: Learning Joint Features of Heart Rate and Continuous Glucose Monitors Yields Better Representations (2021)
• Machine-Learned Prediction of Glucose Response for 1000 Subjects (2020)

With January, you get a plethora of technology (and 1 CGM to train the AI) for just $288. This makes January not only the most advanced platform on the market, but also one of the most affordable too. And when you consider that with January you don’t need to buy costly CGMs every $14 days, the savings are enormous over a given year.

Nutrisense has plans starting from $225, but the kicker is you need to pay that amount each and every month. With January, if you purchase our annual plan for $380, you don’t need to pay another penny for the rest of the year. If you purchase our monthly plan at $288, you pay just $28 each month thereafter. 

If you’re looking for a Nutrisense alternative, see why Business Insider called January “a game-changer” in the space. Try January now, and welcome to a new you. Use code “METABOLIC20” to save 20%!