It’s nice to know
I love knowing my blood sugar level. Really changes my eating behavior for the good. Kinda gamifies my life for good. And, I learned how much sequencing matters! Eating protein and veg first allows me to get away with a little sugar without hitting MY blood sugar!
Not as advertised
I really wanted to like the Lingo. When it works, it’s fabulous. I love the graphics. I love the coach. But the issues below are so frustrating that I cannot recommend the Lingo. If the abbot addresses my issues below, I would be more than willing to purchase the product.
1) It takes a full hour to sync.
2) The location of where you can put the sensor is limited. It only works on the arm.
3) I have used 3 lingos and 2 times the sensor did not last even a week.
4) the sensor is larger than expected. So it easily gets bumped by walls, doors and corners.
1) It takes a full hour to sync.
2) The location of where you can put the sensor is limited. It only works on the arm.
3) I have used 3 lingos and 2 times the sensor did not last even a week.
4) the sensor is larger than expected. So it easily gets bumped by walls, doors and corners.
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Sensors fail
Almost all of my sensors have failed before the end of the two week period, I’ve not had a successful replacement from Abbott
Lingo
I love it very helpful
Good to a point
This app tracks glucose well, but remember the measure is not exactly like a finger prick measure. These measures lag the readings you get from finger pricks. The great thing about this device and app is the continuous monitoring. You can really identify what you are eating that impacts your glucose. Except the readings don’t go beyond 200. That seems like a design choice, not something beyond the app calculations capabilities. Unfortunately, the ability to log what you eat is constrained. If you eat something that is not on the list of items in the app, you have to either guess what is similar or log your food without being able to add the carbs, protein, etc. information even if you know it. I couldn’t fix an entry where I made a mistake in the time, even when I deleted it and put it in new. The exercise entries appear to be just tags, although they don’t appear to impact your Lingo score. When you download your data, you don’t get the food or exercise data! That severely limits any additional analysis you might do using online AI tools, so you have to keep that data in a separate spreadsheet. Bottom line: I love the continuous glucose readings and it has helped me greatly, but this app could do so much more!
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Game changer
Great customer service. They stand firmly behind their product.
Lingo count
Lingo count is hard to manage. Gives me high score even when i am within acceptable range. I don’t know how to keep this under control. All else is great. Very accurate readings and friendly App.
Customer service
Lingos customer service is absolutely amazing better than the competition.!Absolutely the best , please keep it that way :)
Great Data
I’ve loved the sensor. It gives me great data about how my diet and exercise are impacting my blood sugar. This has been useful for pain management for me.
Life Saving
Lingo has allowed me to change my eating habits based on my spikes. I’ve learned over time what foods to avoid to stay within my best range.
New to Lingo
I’m on my 2nd biosensor. I Decided to better keep a watch on my health. So far the process & info gained has been very insightful. I’ll keep you posted as I go.
Disappointed
So far, I’ve had one out of four that worked properly. Pretty disappointed.
5 months down
GREAT EXPERIENCE
Bluetooth sucks
Will not stay connected to iPhone even within 1 foot of device
Really bad app
I cannot open the app sign in to my account it keeps giving me erros i tried everything nothing works
Can’t even create an account
I bought a glucose biosensor and used the QR code on the box to download this app. I can’t get past the set up. The app allowed me to enter my email, phone #, and country. On the next page it asks for my 1st and last name, check the box to agree for terms & conditions. I’ve tried to hit submit numerous times (about 12). I even deleted the app and re-I stalled it… I still can’t get past this page. It just keeps saying “error, try again”. This biosensor was a lot of money and if I can’t use the app, can’t use the sensor …
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Terrible.
So inaccurate it’s crazy. Don’t waste your money
Staying within the limits
With considerable effort to learn the relationship of what i was eating and the effects of multiple prescription medicines upon my DM2 diagnosis, i am finally coming back to a “normal” a1c. Lingo has been an excellent tool in this process. The diagnosis remains but my daily life has vastly improved. This process, not metformin, should be the first step in treating diabetes.
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Need the iWatch version of this app
The app is very helpful to control the eating and exercising routines and measure the impact that they have on my glucose level. It would be great to have the readings on the watch also
Excellent Battery Killer, Terrible Battery Management
Lingo has become an absolute battery hog. Despite spending just 8 minutes actively using the app, iOS reported nearly 2 hours of background activity, with Lingo accounting for 30% of my daily battery consumption.
That’s an absurd amount of power for an app that primarily communicates with a Bluetooth Low Energy glucose sensor.
I’ve recently upgraded iOS and installed Abbott’s mandatory October 2026 security update, so I can’t definitively identify which change introduced the problem. But the battery consumption is unacceptable, particularly on an iPhone with a brand-new battery.
Until Abbott addresses its background power consumption, I’ll be force-closing Lingo and periodically reconnecting to retrieve my glucose data.
A continuous glucose monitor shouldn’t require continuously draining your phone.
That’s an absurd amount of power for an app that primarily communicates with a Bluetooth Low Energy glucose sensor.
I’ve recently upgraded iOS and installed Abbott’s mandatory October 2026 security update, so I can’t definitively identify which change introduced the problem. But the battery consumption is unacceptable, particularly on an iPhone with a brand-new battery.
Until Abbott addresses its background power consumption, I’ll be force-closing Lingo and periodically reconnecting to retrieve my glucose data.
A continuous glucose monitor shouldn’t require continuously draining your phone.
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