FreeStyle Libre 3 User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience16.4% of reviews
Neutral13.4% of reviews
Negative experience70.1% of reviews

~ Based on 67 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is FreeStyle Libre 3 Safe?

FreeStyle Libre 3 - CA has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for FreeStyle Libre 3 is 53/100.

This assessment is based on 124 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.5/5.

Safety Analysis

24.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
17.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
58.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 124 App Store ratings for FreeStyle Libre 3.

Is FreeStyle Libre 3 Legit?

FreeStyle Libre 3 - CA appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for FreeStyle Libre 3 is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Awful Product

I have used these for the last four years and consistently have problems. The filament either goes sideways, the adhesive gives out within a day or two and the monitoring is constantly going off-line, once resulting in a hospital stay as I could not monitor a low glucose episode. I would strongly recommend trying something else. I really hope they get their act together because this is a very necessary product!
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Compatibility issue

Please make the app compatible with iOS 26.6. Otherwise I can’t use my sensor

6 years and still no Apple Health integration

What the Heck Abbott?

You’ve been selling a doicky 70$+ that last 14 days and you’ve still not figured how to integrate the data, transferred via Bluetooth to my phone to Apple Health?

Most basic glucose monitoring apps are able to do so and you’re telling me that Abbott, a global medical consortium can’t negotiate a protocol with Apple? That’s just lazy.
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Accurate Readings, But critical safety grip.

The new Libre 3 device looks identical to its predecessor, and on the surface, that's where the similarities end in a good way — the reader app tracks and analyzes blood glucose levels accurately and consistently. Data logging and trend analysis work well.

However, there's a critical flaw: the high and low glucose alerts are not functioning reliably. This isn't a minor bug — real-time notifications are the entire point of a Libre 3 Without them, users lose the early warning system needed to catch dangerous highs or lows before they become emergencies, undermining the core purpose of the device for daily diabetes management.

Accurate data with no working alerts is like a smoke detector that logs smoke levels but never sounds an alarm. The manufacturer needs to treat this as a priority fix, not a footnote — and until it's resolved, this device can't be fully trusted for safe, independent glucose management.

Solid sensor technology let down by a critical safety gap. Fix the alerts, and this could be a strong product.
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Not accurate

I tried 2 of these on the advice of the pharmacist at my diabetes clinic. I didn’t do a finger prick the whole time I was wearing it, therefore I don’t know if it was accurate the first time I used it. The second one I tried was way off of my actual bs. Within minutes of it syncing I got a low bs alert, so I did the finger prick and my actual bs was high. I didn’t get one accurate reading while using the second one.
I’m going to try the dexcom g7 now. Let’s hope that one is more accurate.
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More alarm options please

Would be nice if we users could customizs their own alarm rules.

Too many problems

Crashes way too often. Needs to work with the Apple Watch. Needs an iPhone widget. You should be able to scrub through the time line / daily graph to see what time things happened.

Keeps little history and no precision

First, pairing took numerous phone restarts over 40 minutes to pair, then 1 hour to start getting data. Kept saying disconnected requiring another power cycle.
The display shows current level and an arrow showing trend. The graph is only 12 hours of history then gone. You can’t scroll to see a precise reading at a previous time nor zoom in to try to estimate
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Huge bug

It keeps crashing every time I open it

Needs a lot of improvement

Not reliable at all! Readings are off most of the time. The sensor shots itself down almost every time I change it, looses signal and doesn’t kick back in for six hours at the time. I was told this product is better than Libre 2. In reality, this product is much worse than Libre 2!!! I’m thinking of switching back, if no improvements will be made!
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More taps required? Really?

My biggest complaint about the previous version was the size of the target for text and numbers is so small, that I sometimes have to tap the same spot 3 times to enter anything. Still a problem on the most recent version. But now we have to click ‘done’ every time we enter a new value or sentence? Really annoying having to relearn data entry.
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Latest version is bugged

Overall the latest version is good except the note feature is now bugged. When adding a note you can only add one type, you can no longer add multiple types per note. So you have to log food, wait a minute, then log rapid insulin, then wait a minute, then log long acting insulin. If you edit a note to add a second type, it deletes the first note, so you can only have one entry. I’m going back to Libre 2 until they fix this.
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Nightmare

Just trying to set up this app with my email and password is a nightmare! Wow.

Password system is horrid

Let us create a password. “No sequential numbers, cannot contain this, must contain that” I cannot remember all of that. Inconvenient

Many functions missing

Many functions are missing from this app, for exemple :
- printing graphs and tables;
- being able to add comments on whatever hour we want if we forget to do it when insulin is injected, or activities take place;
- manual input of readings when having to use another glucometer
- Apple Watch support
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No logbook

App no longer tracks readings onto the logbook. A full day usage and no logbook.

Will not stay connected to my iPhone 17 pro max

Very dissatisfied

Apple Watch app missing

Disappointed that I couldn’t find Libre 3+ for my Apple Watch
Would be a smart development

Signals

Poor working and very poor signals - not a good product - waste of money

Can not scroll through past readings

The home screen graph is almost useless as it does not allow user to scroll through past readings. If want to see what the readings were two hours ago I have to log on to a website and drill down through reports. It only tells you the reading in the moment.

Update: I am encouraged by the customer care reaching out to me, my input was well received and seems to have been appreciated. I Received a prompt response to my concerns.

Second update: Decided to switch to the Dexcom D7, their app already has the ability to scroll through all measurements easily so you do not have to drill down on their website to find.
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