5 Apps to Help Track Your Diabetes
Leave your logbook at home and manage your diabetes in the palm of your hand.
For most of us, our phone is our world. It connects us, informs us, and even gets us up in the morning. So it’s no wonder that our phones can help us manage our diabetes too! With over 50 apps available, there’s the perfect app for everyone. Some apps cost you money, but you’re already spending enough on your treatments! So here’s 5 free apps to help keep you on track.
Diabetic Management Apps
mySugr tracks things like your blood sugar, carbs, food, and hypoglycemia rates. And if your blood glucose monitor is compatible, mySugr can track its data too! The app can help you estimate your HBA1c, so you don’t have to keep guessing. A personalized log in screen shows you easy to understand stats. One of its best features is data backup, so you don’t have to worry about losing your information log. Great for people living with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes!
Available for both iPhone and Android.
iTunes rating: 4.5 based on 277 reviews
Google Play rating: 4.6 based on 14,930 reviews
Glucose Buddy is another logbook manager that will sync to compatible blood monitors. The app logs your blood glucose levels, carbs, medication (insulin dosage) activities and A1C. This app was recommended by the founder of TuDiabetes.com, Manny Hernandez. What makes Glucose Buddy so appealing is how simple the dashboard is to navigate and the option to set glucose testing reminders so you don’t forget.
Available for both iPhone and Android.
iTunes rating: 4.5 based on 172 reviews
Google Play rating: 4.5 based on 13,759 reviews
Meal Management
It’s daunting to always having to worry about your carb intake or if your getting enough of a certain nutrient. MyfitnessPal allows you to track all three of your macronutrients (carbs, proteins, and fats) broken down from your daily calorie intake. The database has over 6 million foods that you can search up and log for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. The cool part about this app is the ability to scan product barcodes and have the app automatically retain those macronutrients per serving. You can also manually input an entire meal and save it if it is one of your “go-to” meals.
Available for both iTunes and Android.
iTunes Rating: 4.8 based on 32 reviews
Google Play rating: 4.5 based on 1.6 million reviews
Riafy Technologies created an app that contains a multitude of recipes for people with diabetes to cook up at home when you’re in a rut. This app is meant to help those with Type 2 diabetes source out recipes with an ingredient list. The app will help you try to get as close to sugar free as possible. You can change the servings on the recipes if you are cooking for more than one. There are even some recipes you can change based on your personal preferences.
Available on Android only.
Google Play rating: 3.9 based on 2,036 reviews ( Most other diabetic recipe apps fell well below this rating or were problematic in another manner.)
This app can help you cook up something new with over 140 recipes that break down the nutrition info into your macronutrients, fibre, sodium, and cholesterol.
When it comes to managing your diabetes, use every tool you can to help you life a healthy life. These apps are a great options to help you out. They provide everything from glucose testing and tracking to carbohydrate counting. Say goodbye to packing around your paper logbook!
Available for iPhone only.
iTunes rating: 4+ Reviews not available.
