Diabetes App Reviews

Marisa Moore, MBA, RD, LD, reviews the 10 top-rated free iPhone apps for managing diabetes.

Bant
Designed to easily capture blood glucose readings and supply trend data for up to 90 days. RD rating: 4 stars
Blood Sugar Tracker
Allows user to easily log blood sugar levels, set target blood glucose ranges, and view history and simple graphs to quickly identify numbers that are out of range. RD Rating: 5 stars
Carb Master Free
Tracks carbohydrate intake plus total calories, fat, sugar, protein and fiber for the day. This app targets people with diabetes or those on a low-carb diet. RD Rating: 2 stars
Diabetes Buddy Lite
Tracks factors that influence blood glucose levels: daily carb intake, glucose measures, medication, food and water intake. RD Rating: 2 stars
Diabetes Companion
Includes complete nutrition facts for common foods, tons of recipes, informative videos, Q&A for common diabetes related issues and blood glucose tracking tools. RD Rating: 4 stars
Diabetes Log
Allows user to easily track glucose readings, carbohydrate intake and insulin dosage by date. RD Rating: 2 stars
GluCoMo
Allows user to track blood sugar levels, insulin intake and other health components like blood pressure and weight, activity and pulse. RD Rating: 4 stars
Glucose Buddy
Users can manually enter blood glucose numbers, carbohydrate intake, insulin dosage and activities. RD Rating: 4 stars
Vree for Diabetes
Includes blood glucose tracking, nutrition tracking, activity tracking, medication tracking, progress charts and blood pressure tracking. RD Rating: 5 stars
WaveSense Diabetes Manager
Tracks blood glucose results, carb intake and insulin doses. Features include a logbook, trend chart, email reports, color-coded results, video content and customizable target ranges for hypo-/hyperglycemia limits and mealtime schedules. RD Rating: 4 stars

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