New Mobile Apps For Diabetes Management
Today more with more than 30 million people dealing with Diabetes and over 90% of those people with a smartphone it was inevitable that programmers develop mobile apps to help folks better manage their diabetes. Having diabetes isn't fun, it can be a pain to manage blood sugars and tracking your glucose levels and dieting needs. Luckily there are some digital options to help people cope with the troubles that come with diabetes. Let's take a look at a few of these mobile app options...
mySugr Diabetes Logbook – Available on Android and Apple with over 500,000 downloads this app can track blood sugar, bolus, basal, shots, food, carbs, meds, pills, weight, HbA1c and more. There is an option to connect an external device and automatically import your data into the app. This is the most popular option and Alex Wender, CEO of Medicare Savings Center actually recommends this app to all of his clients who are dealing with diabetes. "mySugr Diabetes Logbook helps people improve their health gradually over time, potentially reducing insurance costs", Alex states.
Diabetes:M - Available on Android only. Over 100,000 downloads and a 4.7 rating on Android Play. This app tracks all aspects of diabetes treatment and provides in-depth reports, charts and other statistics to share via email with the your primary doctor. In addition, Diabetes:M can import data from various external devices such as glucometers and insulin pumps.
OnTrack Diabetes - Also available on Android only. Over 500,000 downloads and a 4.4 rating on the Google Play store. This app allows the user to quickly add and edit categories to suit the specific needs of the user. In addition, you can set reminders to keep you on track and keep your glucose and A1c levels in check.
Glucose Buddy – Available on both Itunes and Google Play. Glucose buddy has over 500,000 downloads in Google Play and has a 4.4 overall rating from users. Similar to the other apps mentioned; Glucose Buddy has the ability to store glucose readings, carbs, medication, A1C, blood pressure, activities and weight. The interface looks very user friendly as well.
Dieting Apps For Diabetes
There are numerous mobile apps on the market that are designed to help track and plan meals that are diabetic friendly. Because eating a diet that is not going to drastically raise your blood sugars is important, so is eating a meal that tastes good too!
Recipes for Diabetes – This app is only available on Android but there are several very similar apps on iTunes. Recipes diabetes for contains over 140 recipes that can be prepared for people with diabetes. With this app the user is able to see a nutritional analysis for calories, protein, carbs, fat, saturated fat, fiber, sodium and cholesterol.
Diabetic diet - Also only available on Android. Diabetic diet does not include recipes but will help you determine what foods you can choose to eat at meals.
Other Handy Diabetic Apps
Yoga For Diabetes – Available on Google, Yoga For Diabetes provides users with Yoga exercises that are specifically designed for people with diabetes. Also included in the app are proper Yoga techniques, poses and other useful information related to diabetes and Yoga.
Social Diabetes – Available on iTunes and Google. Social Diabetes is a self-management system for Type 1 and 2 Diabetes. With this app you are able to track blood sugar levels, diet and insulin doses. The app allows the user to reference graphs so you can easily see your progress. In addition, there over over 11,000 foods and their nutritional properties, taken from databases around the world including the U.S., the U.K. and Spain.
Social Diabetes can be connected to the cloud to share recipes, and learn from other app users. With this social aspect users can benefit from sharing information with one another. Also information can be shared with a doctor for better diabetes management.
There are many mobile apps available for people dealing with diabetes. Many of them can provide some benefit to make life easier and help track data related to diabetes. Most of the apps mentioned above are only available on Google Play, but there are many, very similar apps that are available on iTunes to help with diabetes management as well.