Diabetes management includes monitoring and managing blood glucose levels. This is done by controlling diet and knowing how foods affect blood sugar. For many people with diabetes, it also involves taking medications that help manage blood sugar levels.

Current diabetes apps allow patients to enter data and provide feedback on improved management. They can provide low cost, interactive and dynamic health promotion by allowing patients to track medications, set reminders, plan meals, find recipes and plan for doctor’s appointments and blood tests.

According to a story featured in The Diabetic News (Apps Could be the Answer to Self-Managing Diabetes), “A systematic review of 14 previous studies found that all had reported a reduction in average blood glucose levels in patients that used an app, compared to those who did not, with an approximate reduction in HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin) of about 0.5%.”

Dr. Ben Carter, from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine, thinks that “By the end of the decade it is predicted that global usage of mobile phones will exceed 5 billion, so apps, used in combination with other self-management strategies, could form the basis of diabetes education and self-management.”

The following diabetes apps are the top rated for iOS devices (iPhone and iPad). They can help track medications, blood sugar levels, meals and other health-related data to help you manage your diabetes easier and more effectively. They can also help when you consult with members of your diabetes care team, such as your endicrinologist or dietitian.

Diabetes Apps to Download (Newest Additions)

 

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Diabetes App – blood sugar control, glucose tracker and carb counter
Blood sugar control is often the central theme when it comes to diabetes management. Diabetes Buddy is built to help you manage your diabetes by – Tracking the factors that influence your blood sugar level.

 

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Diabetes in Check: Blood Glucose & Carb Tracker
The most comprehensive type 2 diabetes app on the market, designed by a Certified Diabetes Educator. You’ll get all the tools plus the most-up-to-date information you need to control and manage your condition every day.

 

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Glucose Wiz – Blood Sugar Log & Medication Tracker
Glucose Wiz keeps your glucose/blood sugar logs here with time, period, meds taken, weight and note, and it generates chart view to show glucose tendency for before meals, 2 hours after meals and at bedtime, and also generates histogram to show average number for each period separately. (Free)

 

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