# Glucose Buddy+ for Diabetes

> Log Blood Sugar, Carbs, & Meds

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id533299240](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id533299240)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id533299240`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Azumio Inc.
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (3,417 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.444
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24
- **First published:** 2012-06-10
- **Size:** 110 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/glucose-buddy-for-diabetes/id533299240)
- **Website:** [https://www.glucosebuddy.com](https://www.glucosebuddy.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.azumio.com/page/privacypolicy](https://www.azumio.com/page/privacypolicy)

## Description

Glucose Buddy+ is a long-standing diabetes management app that helps you log blood glucose, medications, meals, and weight in one place. It tracks trends in glucose, insulin, and A1C, and includes a comprehensive 12-week Diabetes Education Plan with quick 5-minute lessons.

Key features include a Meal IQ, notes, hourly trend insights, a large food database, and automatic activity tracking. You can export data to PDF or CSV for sharing with your healthcare provider, and integrate with Dexcom and Apple Health. Premium adds auto A1C, custom tags, entry filters, advanced graphs, ad-free usage, and perks with partner apps.

## Rankings

- #30,940 — Overall
- #41 — diabetes

## Review summary

Users overall value Glucose Buddy+ for comprehensive diabetes logging (glucose, carbs, meds, weight, BP, activity) and useful premium features, with positive notes on Dexcom G6 and nutrition data. However, recurring themes across reviews include stability issues after updates (crashes, freezes), removal or downgrading of key features (notably Insights) in favor of paid options, persistent subscription billing problems, and uneven customer support. Interoperability gaps (Apple Health, Fitbit), data delays from connected devices, and incomplete nutrition data also recur. These tensions reflect a product with strong utility but problematic updates and billing practices that alienate long-time users.

### Pros

- Comprehensive diabetes tracking across glucose, carbs, meds, weight, blood pressure, and activity with long-term usefulness.
- Premium features add value for many users (A1C monitoring, more integrations) and some report worth the cost.
- Strong food/nutrition data with carb counting via barcode scanning and up-to-date grocery/restaurant info.
- Clear visuals and dashboards for glucose levels (circles indicating levels) and useful insights.
- Solid device/platform integrations (Dexcom G6 and Apple Health) and ability to connect external data sources.

### Cons

- Stability issues and crashes after updates (weight entry crashes, barcode scanner crashes, freezes).
- Updates often remove or degrade features (notably Insights) and push users toward paid subscriptions.
- Persistent subscription billing problems (auto-renewals, charges after cancellation, hard to cancel).
- Account access and support problems (sign-in failures, slow or missing tech support).
- Interoperability and data gaps (Apple Health and Fitbit sync issues, Dexcom delays, incomplete food carb data).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id533299240)