Head-to-head · WeighScore
No BS RX vs Nova
The verdict
No BS RX takes it — 82.8/100 to 64/100.
No BS RX grades higher on WeighScore, our editorial score across cost value, dose & formulation, clinical oversight, labs & monitoring, fulfillment and contract terms. Twenty-four prices on one public page, four dispensing pharmacies named with street addresses, and a no-intro-rate promise the arithmetic actually supports.
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Factor by factor
The same six graded dimensions, side by side. See the methodology.
The numbers
| Metric | No BS RX | Nova |
|---|---|---|
| WeighScore | 82.8/100 | 64/100 |
| Grade | B− | C |
| Scorecard rank | #26 | #268 |
| Semaglutide | $179/mo month-to-month (a separate low-dose program is $140) | $198/mo (a starting-at floor that scales with dose; the same page's FAQ says $229) |
| Tirzepatide | $249/mo month-to-month (a separate low-dose program is $140) | $210/mo (a starting-at floor that scales with dose; the same page's FAQ says $279) |
| Coverage | Not publicly listed | 49 states (all except California) |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
Graded #26 · B−
Strengths
- Names four dispensing pharmacies with street addresses and telephone numbers — Red Rock Compounding Pharmacy, Health Warehouse, Precision Medicine and Triad Rx
- "No Fake Intro Rate — the price on the page is the ongoing program price" is a named commitment, and the $140 in its hero really is a month-to-month rate on a real product
- Every program row prints "503A pharmacy fulfillment" and "No dose-based price changes" on the table itself
- Six programs across four terms are published with no intake and no account
- A sleep program is priced on the same page, including a diagnostic ring study at $33/mo
Where it loses points
- The same $409 twelve-week block appears under three different monthly rates — an $11 saving against one and a $128 saving against another, styled identically
- The low-dose programs stop at twelve weeks; only the standard programs carry 24- and 52-week rungs
- The Terms name four pharmacies and no operating company
- State availability is not published, and there is no FDA-approved brand lane
Graded #268 · C
Strengths
- Quotes an all-in figure that already contains the $99 monthly membership and free shipping, rather than splitting the bill in two
- Names a medical director and a nurse practitioner with credentials on the site
- States a 503A class in the weight-loss FAQ, and says which pharmacies class it uses and why
- An oral daily-dose lane sits beside the injections
- Publishes the one state it does not serve rather than claiming 50 and hedging
Where it loses points
- Three price sets are live at once: $198 and $210 in the hero and the API, $229 and $279 in the same pages' FAQ headings, and a third pair in the site's own script bundle
- The FAQ's own arithmetic does not reach the hero figure — $99 membership plus $130 medication is $229, not $198
- Every published figure is a starting-at floor that scales with dose, and no dose-to-price table exists on any surface
- One page puts “starting at $165/mo” under a note that medication is billed separately while the product page for the same item says $165 includes it
- “You are only charged if a licensed provider prescribes treatment” sits against a refund policy that keeps membership and consultation fees when the provider declines
- The how-it-works page still says clinicians are licensed in Texas and Florida on a site whose footer claims 49 states
- No compounding pharmacy and no medical group is named
Also worth a look
Neither is our top-graded pick — CoreAge Rx leads the scorecard
Across all 544 providers, CoreAge Rx grades highest at 91.8/100 (A−). Top of the scorecard: flat transparent pricing, both molecules, nationwide — no teaser-rate games.
Pricing/verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last grading; the WeighScore is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.