Diabetes Diary

Seriously, this 2.99 app might have just added years of health to my life! It's so easy to use, works like a charm, and gives you everything you need without giving you the information overload of other programs that just distracts you from seeing the real patterns. Being able to filter variables and switch from list to graph views has allowed me to really understand the patterns and reasons for my highs and lows and allowed me to adjust my insulin levels to exactly where they work best. Thank you so much for this program. Literally, it's a life-saver!

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I just downloaded this app less than 2 hrs ago (in my search for the easiest & best way to manage my T2 Diabetes and already I'm having problems AND issues; problems with stability (20+ crashes in less than 2 hrs ... as they say on ESPN: "Come On Man!"); issues in the app design ... advanced T2s often take several types of insulin but in the Daily overview you lump all types of insulin together ... BOGUS! I need to know that I took 10 inits of Novolog AND 31 units of Levemir, lumping these together is a little like saying I've got 15 gallons of hydrocarbons in my car instead of 11 gals of gas and 4 gals of oil. 15 doesn't tell me how far my car will go and 41 units of Insulin doesn't tell me anything about what my body is doing. I'll hold on to this app for a while and check back to see if anything has improved (being retired on a fixed income I have issues with throwing money away) ... but for now I'm going back to using Glucose Buddy for tracking my data, Glucose Companion for showing my BG graphs, and CarbControl for predicting my Carb intake to calculate how much fast insulin I need before each meal ... the search goes on for "One App to Rule Them All."

Great app overall. Very quick and easy to enter data; time-of-day is populated based on clock time and this is tied to all entries made at same time many other apps make u select time if day...and for each event even if entered together Would like to see better exporting of data though. App will group events done at one time (BG,carb,ins) onto one line, but this grouping disappears on export to HTML or csv. Also no way to get 24-HR averages report out of the app. Can capture graphs into photos and email which is ok. Biggest problem is can't reach developer for support??? Emailed 4 days ago w/no reply and just sent f/u which came back 'undeliverable'. Bummer! Chris, are you there still? You have done a great job so hoping you will keep up with this app!! Tx

Screenshot #2 above is in the EDIT mode. Notice that the SAVE button is in blue; great. BUT, while editing the NOTE, the option buttons are {Edit Reading (back to)} and {CLEAR}. • Any CLEAR function button should be in RED. Any action that DELETEs info should be in red. Wrote a lengthy blurb and clicked "Save"; oops, that was the CLEAR button. Dang, dang, dang. ª GUI Fix: Actually, the buttons in the EDIT NOTE mode should be {left side CANCEL} and {right side SAVE}, the same as it is in Screenshot #2 above. A third, red CLEAR button could be included Why 5 stars then? Because the App is the most comprehensive!

Looks like this is the beginning of a good application. It will not work for me. I cannot get it accept my glucose readings or insulin reading. It does not seem to recognize the taps. ***SEE BELOW*** Also it appears to only accept mmol/L if it did function. There do not appear to be any user options or preferences either. 1.99 + tax is an expensive way to find out that it does not function as advertised. NOT GOOD! TRY AGAIN. MIA CULPA! It takes a little finesse to move the readings. It does work, and well, once my ham handed fingers learned to do it correctly. When I contacted the author he was quick to respond. Thanks Chris.