The 6 Best Apps for Managing Diabetes and Blood Sugar

Solana Salado
·3 min read

These are the best expert-approved free apps for managing diabetes and blood sugar.

Managing blood glucose levels, meds, meals and activity is important yet tedious work for people living with Type 1, Type 2 or gestational diabetes. For many living with diabetes, a combination of diet and exercise helps keep blood sugar under control and manage the many aspects you need to track. These do-it­-all apps for diabetics can help manage diabetes or track your prediabetes symptoms. Some of the apps help log and track your carb consumption, while others offer syncing features with your glucometer.

Want to get started? Start with the six excellent options listed below.

Best Apps for Managing Diabetes

mySugr

The mySugr Diabetes Logbook (free, iOS and Android) makes tracking blood sugars, exercise, insulin and food easy. Handily, it also includes a carb logger. Easily rated one of the top apps for managing diabetes in both app stores, the mySugr app has a clean, intuitive interface that also syncs to some glucose trackers (supported integrations listed on app landing pages) so you can track your weight and activity. Graphs and analysis show trends over a day, week or month.

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Glucose Buddy

Never forget to check your blood glucose level again. Glucose Buddy (free, iOS and Android) lets you set friendly reminders to be sent to your phone. In addition to this stand-out functionality, this diabetes and blood sugar tracking app allows you to easily track medication, A1C and carb intake. The Comprehensive 12-Week Diabetes Education Plan featured in the app is also a great beginners course for those newly managing a diabetes diagnosis.

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Health2Sync

If syncing is a priority for you, then look no further than Health2Sync (free, iOS and Android). In addition to storing blood glucose levels, carb consumption and more, this app connects with your glucometer, making it a cinch to manage your diabetes. Add in blood pressure tracking, weight tracking and a customized dashboard and this app is one of the best diabetes apps.

BlueLoop

Stress less about your child living with diabetes with BlueLoop (free, iOS and Android, $8/mo for BlueLoop account). Kids can enter their blood glucose levels and other notes into their phones, and the app instantly notifies parents via text and email. Plus, your child's school nurse or teacher can enter data into an account throughout the day. These real-time updates help kids living with diabetes and their caregivers manage dosing information, log important data and seamless track care.

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Apps for Tracking Food and Fitness

Diabetes-specific apps are important, but these food, nutrition and fitness apps are also great options for managing diabetes.

MyFitnessPal

With a truly massive database of foods available for tracking, MyFitnessPal (free, iOS and Android) makes logging every single meal easy—whether prepared fresh or bought from stores like Trader Joe's. The added exercise tracking feature makes counting calories and tracking your food consumption a breeze, helping you achieve your weight loss and weight maintenance goals.

Fooducate

Fooducate (free, iOS and Android) is a nutrition-focused tracking app that does so much more than simply log the food you eat. The app assess and recommends foods based on their ingredient quality and uses a simple grading system to indicate the most nutritious options available.

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