nightguard vs Eversense NOW US
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
nightguard
Monitor blood glucose levels from your Nightscout backend. Receive alerts for out-of-range values, track historical data with overlay charts, and tune basal rates with statistics. Optionally sync data to Apple HealthKit.
- Blood glucose value display
- Customizable glucose range alerts
- Alert snoozing and reactivation
- Rapid rise/fall alerts
- Historical overlay charts
- Basal rate tuning statistics
- HealthKit data sync
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Disclaimer! Don't use this App for medical decisions. It comes with absolutely no warranty. Use it at your own risk! You can use nightguard to submit your bg values to the Apple HealthKit. This is disabled by default but can be enabled in the nightguard app. Nightguard is an app that displays your blood glucose values from the Nightscout backend. It is a native iOS App with support for the Apple Watch. Features are: - Define a range of acceptable blood glucose values. - Whenever your values are out of range you will be alerted. - You can snooze the alerts all the time and for a defined time period. - You can reactivate the alerts all the time. - You can activate alerts if the values are rising or falling too fast. - The app displays yesterdays values as an overlay chart. This way you have a hint about how your values could behave in the future. - Tune your basal rates with the statistics function to overlay different days - Sync your bg values to HealthKit (optional) For the alarms to work the app has to be active. So you can enable a screen lock that keeps the app running all night long. Have a look at www.nightscout.info for more information about how to setup your own Nightscout backend.
Eversense NOW US
This app allows friends and family to remotely view select continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data from Eversense users. An Eversense CGM System user must invite you to access their data. It is compatible with the Eversense CGM Mobile App.
- Remote CGM data viewing
- View select data
- Requires user invitation
- Compatible with Eversense CGM Mobile App
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For friends and family of all US Eversense CGM System users, the Eversense NOW Mobile Application allows you to remotely view select CGM data from Eversense users. To use the app, an Eversense CGM System user must invite you to view their CGM data. Eversense NOW is only compatible with the Eversense CGM Mobile App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Eversense NOW US at none against nightguard's 2. Eversense NOW US also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). nightguard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. nightguard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Eversense NOW US asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for nightguard against 4.5 for Eversense NOW US. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nightguard has 882 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of nightguard's written reviews are positive against 60% of Eversense NOW US's.
nightguard ships an update monthly, Eversense NOW US every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nightguard | Eversense NOW US |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (882 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.1% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 882 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SPORTMEO | Senseonics, Incorporated |
Customer experience
nightguard
Eversense NOW US
Bugs and requests
nightguard
Reported bugs
4 issues- Readings stuck or not updating
- Nightscout URL not recognized
- Glucose data not syncing to Apple Health
- Sudden disappearance of Apple Watch app
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to view/scan graph data points
- Improve Apple Watch complication and widget
- Allow custom high/low alert thresholds
- Provide more detailed user manual/documentation
Eversense NOW US
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
nightguard
- Nightguard Pro$1.991 Month
- Nightguard Max Subscription$3.991 Month
Eversense NOW US
No in-app purchases
Questions
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