Whether you have type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes, managing Diabetes, understanding how food, physical activity, and your blood sugar levels interact is critical for controlling your condition. It can be overwhelming to think about carb counts, insulin doses, A1C, glucose, glycemic index, blood pressure, weight. It is common for patients to make errors in their diabetes management, by either binge eating carbohydrates on a particular day, not exercising enough, or forgetting to take their medicine. But phone apps can simplify tracking and learning.

Here are some apps that can make the lives of patients with diabetes simpler:

Health2Sync

You can manually enter your blood glucose values or buy a special cable to upload your glucometer readings to the app. For every glucose entry, add notes about medications, mood, exercise, and meals (you can even add a photo of your meal for a quick record), and then track your trends over the course of the day and long term. This app also has features for tracking blood pressure, weight, and A1C.

Diabeto

Diabeto provides a comprehensive managing Diabetes solution. The app allows users to transfer data from around 30 various glucometers via Bluetooth into the smartphone application. With this feature, the app makes self-monitoring of blood glucose extremely simple and fun. All the data is securely synced to a cloud server and can be accessed anytime.

Diabetes Connect

In this simple app, you can record your blood sugar, meals, insulin, and medications. If there’s a feature in the app you don’t need, you can switch it off to keep the interface as clean as possible. The app syncs across multiple devices and creates clear graphs and reports so you can see the big picture of your data. If simplicity is your goal, this may be the right app for you.

Apollo Sugar

This app aims at connecting diabetes care, technology, and the human touch. Users can access their prescriptions, lab reports, and vitals, and gain an understanding about the results. One can also chat with personalized health coaches and get educational information about diabetes. By tracking the patient’s daily health parameters, Apollo Sugar helps deliver superior and positive patient outcomes.