Terrible and Unusable UI for InPen Users
How’s it possible to build an app worse than the old Inpen. Being able to build a functional, integrated, reliable app is fundamental for diabetes care. Forcing diabetics to migrate to a new half baked app who rely on an insulin pen to LIVE is utterly dangerous!
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Feature parity needed:
-App load time needs to be quicker
-Total insulin injected
-Notification popup action to confirm Long acting insulin or delay at reminder without opening app.
Feature request:
-More prominent IoB display/UI; prioritise legible information over arbitrary graph display. Users need to view information much frequently than than need to analyse the information.
- Reintroduce widget; Inpen app removed it with the introduction of Live widgets in IOS. Was one of the best features! Need IOB and calculator back asap!
- Dark mode! I don’t need to be blinded when my glucose is high at 3am and I need to calculate how much insulin I need in 10s and get back to sleep quick.
Edit:
Feature parity needed:
-App load time needs to be quicker
-Total insulin injected
-Notification popup action to confirm Long acting insulin or delay at reminder without opening app.
Feature request:
-More prominent IoB display/UI; prioritise legible information over arbitrary graph display. Users need to view information much frequently than than need to analyse the information.
- Reintroduce widget; Inpen app removed it with the introduction of Live widgets in IOS. Was one of the best features! Need IOB and calculator back asap!
- Dark mode! I don’t need to be blinded when my glucose is high at 3am and I need to calculate how much insulin I need in 10s and get back to sleep quick.
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RBR. B
Good Reminder For Us
Medical corporation greed is always a great reminder that patients are treated like customers to profit from than people who depend on these devices to manage a lifelong disease. We didn’t choose to have Type 1 diabetes, yet we’re constantly expected to adapt to unnecessary changes just to manage our health.
What a brilliant idea to replace an app that already worked with Dexcom with a new one that no longer supports it. And how convenient that we’re now encouraged to switch to a different CGM, such as Abbott’s sensor, instead of continuing to use the one we’ve relied on and been happy with for years.
Rather than improving compatibility and making diabetes management easier, Medtronic managed to make it more inconvenient. We get a fancier-looking app that requires more clicks, removes Dexcom integration, and doesn’t even offer the Apple Health connectivity we previously had.
I’m well aware that writing this review won’t change anything. We are the ones forced to deal with these decisions, while the corporations making them face none of the daily inconvenience.
We don’t have the luxury of simply opting out of diabetes management. We depend on these products, and the companies making them should prioritize compatibility, reliability, and patient convenience over forcing unnecessary changes.
Just another reminder that corporate priorities always come first ($$$), the people actually living with this disease are left to deal with the consequences.
What a brilliant idea to replace an app that already worked with Dexcom with a new one that no longer supports it. And how convenient that we’re now encouraged to switch to a different CGM, such as Abbott’s sensor, instead of continuing to use the one we’ve relied on and been happy with for years.
Rather than improving compatibility and making diabetes management easier, Medtronic managed to make it more inconvenient. We get a fancier-looking app that requires more clicks, removes Dexcom integration, and doesn’t even offer the Apple Health connectivity we previously had.
I’m well aware that writing this review won’t change anything. We are the ones forced to deal with these decisions, while the corporations making them face none of the daily inconvenience.
We don’t have the luxury of simply opting out of diabetes management. We depend on these products, and the companies making them should prioritize compatibility, reliability, and patient convenience over forcing unnecessary changes.
Just another reminder that corporate priorities always come first ($$$), the people actually living with this disease are left to deal with the consequences.
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Aacj100
What happened?
This app that MiniMed is forcing on inPen users is absolutely horrible. The original inPen app has been truly life changing for my management of Type 1 diabetes. Now, all that will be coming to an end in November 2026. Where is the ability to integrate Dexcom CGM data? MiniMed should have kept the original inPen app and simply expanded the option to include MiniMed CGM sensors. This app is literally going to become utterly useless if it won’t allow interoperability with other CGM sensors. PLEASE ALLOW INTEGRATION WITH DEXCOM!
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TTurbossd
Are you kidding?!
I’ve used InPen for years along with my Dexcom cgm and Apple health. I’ve suffered every year through terrible customer service with reorders because I loved the product. But this greedy elimination of interoperability to exploit a vulnerable population of users is disgusting and you should be ashamed. Luckily I’m seeing my Endo next week so I can switch to a different smart pen. Sad I will have to give up Humalog since it works well for me but there’s no way I’m switching from Dexcom G7 15. Why do tech jerks always have to ruin functionality and user experience?! The original app is far superior. But hey it’s profit and market share that matters right?? Not people…never people.
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BBlackbirdFlying13
Terrible and Unusable UI for InPen Users
How’s it possible to build an app worse than the old Inpen. Being able to build a functional, integrated, reliable app is fundamental for diabetes care. Forcing diabetics to migrate to a new half baked app who rely on an insulin pen to LIVE is utterly dangerous!
RBR. B
