nightguard vs SugarPixel Hub
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.
SugarPixel Hub
Configure your dedicated blood glucose pixel clock for real-time BG readings and alerts. Connect multiple devices and customize alert levels with audio, vibration, and visual cues. Select your preferred display and update firmware seamlessly.
- Configure multiple SugarPixels
- Connect Dexcom, Libre, Nightscout, Gluroo
- Customize alert levels
- Select preferred display
- Over-the-air firmware updates
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Use SugarPixel Hub to configure your SugarPixel dedicated blood glucose pixel clock for BG readings and alerts (sold separately). - Configure multiple SugarPixels from the same app - Add blood glucose data sources for Dexcom, Libre, Nightscout, or Gluroo to follow up to two continuous glucose monitors. - Customize your alert levels with audio, vibration, and visual alerts. - Select your preferred display from the available options - Update your SugarPixel firmware over the air Dosing decisions should not be made based on the SugarPixel hardware. The user should follow instructions on the continuous glucose monitor system. SugarPixel is not intended to replace self-monitoring practices as advised by a physician.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SugarPixel Hub at none against nightguard's 2. SugarPixel Hub also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). nightguard's advantage is ratings volume (833 vs 102). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. SugarPixel Hub asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for nightguard against 4.5 for SugarPixel Hub. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nightguard has 833 ratings behind it against 102, 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 74% of SugarPixel Hub's.
nightguard ships an update every 2 months, SugarPixel Hub every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nightguard | SugarPixel Hub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (833 ratings) | 4.5 (102 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | 73.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 833 — better | 102 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SPORTMEO | CustomTypeOne LLC |
Customer experience
nightguard
SugarPixel Hub
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
SugarPixel Hub
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
nightguard
- Nightguard Pro$1.991 Month
- Nightguard Max Subscription$3.991 Month
SugarPixel Hub
No in-app purchases
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