Comparison

Dexcom Clarity vs PulStar Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dexcom Clarity

This app provides diabetes management insights for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) users. It helps identify glucose patterns and trends over time, aiding in better diabetes control and potentially increasing time in target glucose ranges. Users can track key metrics, share data with healthcare providers, and set personalized goals.

Highlights
  • Glucose pattern and trend analysis
  • Time in range tracking
  • Data sharing with healthcare professionals
  • Setting Time in Range goals
  • Report viewing, saving, printing, and emailing
  • Notifications and email alerts
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Dexcom Clarity is a diabetes management application for CGM users. It provides relevant insights into users’ retrospective glucose values, patterns, and trends over time. Dexcom Clarity is an important part of your Dexcom CGM system. It can help you identify glucose patterns and, with your healthcare professional, determine the potential causes of those patterns. Dexcom Clarity users experience up to 15% increased time in range (70-180mg/dL) as compared to non-users.* Log in with your Dexcom account to: • Keep tabs on your time in range, patterns and other key metrics. • Allow clinics to access to your data and reports to make appointments more efficient. • Set Time in Range goals. • Turn on daily or weekly notifications and emails. • View, save, print, and email all reports. • Connect to partner apps for more features and benefits. This app store should not be used as your first point of contact to resolve technical or customer services issues. In order to protect your privacy and personal information, and promptly resolve any technical or customer services issues you are having with any Dexcom product, please contact 1-888-738-3646. Dexcom is required to follow up with customers regarding product-related complaints. If Dexcom determines that your comment/complaint requires follow up, a technical support representative will attempt to contact you to gather more information regarding your comment/complaint. *Parker AS, Welsh J, Jimenez A, Walker T. Insights from big data (2): Benefits of self-guided retrospective review of continuous glucose monitoring reports. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2018;20(S1):A-27.

About

PulStar Mobile

Features
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The PulStar mobile app gives doctors access to the patient data for adding/editing patients and viewing previous visits.

Screenshots

Dexcom Clarity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dexcom Clarity at Free against PulStar Mobile's $24.99. PulStar Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dexcom Clarity is free to download; PulStar Mobile costs $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dexcom Clarity ships an update every 3 months, PulStar Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dexcom Clarity versus PulStar Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDexcom ClarityPulStar Mobile
PriceFree — better$24.99
Rating4.6 (13K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings13K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDexCom, Inc.Sense Technology Inc.

Bugs and requests

Dexcom Clarity

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Reports not updating
  • Clarity app crashing
  • Sensor calibration issues
  • Data not syncing between apps

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add personal notes
  • Customizable report formatting
  • More detailed data export options
  • Ability to adjust graph scales
  • Display daily high/low/average glucose

PulStar Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Dexcom Clarity

No in-app purchases

None

PulStar Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dexcom Clarity free?
Dexcom Clarity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PulStar Mobile free?
PulStar Mobile costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dexcom Clarity or PulStar Mobile have ads?
Neither Dexcom Clarity nor PulStar Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dexcom Clarity or PulStar Mobile?
Dexcom Clarity ships an update every 3 months, and PulStar Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, Dexcom Clarity was updated on November 8, 2026 and PulStar Mobile on November 7, 2026.

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