Comparison

Diabetes Pro vs Glucomate

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

Head to head
About

Diabetes Pro

This app helps manage Type I and II diabetes with quick data entry and comprehensive tracking. It offers features like inventory management, statistical analysis, and location tracking for blood glucose tests. Designed for speed and ease of use, it aids in identifying trends and managing medication.

Highlights
  • Fast data entry
  • Finger testing location tracker
  • Inventory tracking with alerts
  • Customizable auto-alerts
  • Apple Health integration
  • Statistical analysis
  • iCloud syncing and backups
Features
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Diabetes Pro is a simple, powerful management tool for all diabetics. It differs from other apps in that it's designed to get your entries in as quickly as possible, with controls close to your thumbs. It's also packed with features to help with all areas of your diabetes, from inventory tracking to statistical analysis to tracking your testing locations. FEATURES: • Finger Tracker to help you rotate testing locations easily • Inventory Tracker with low-supply alerts • Customizable auto-alerts • Integration with Apple's Health app for saving blood glucose entries • Daily, weekly, and monthly averages • Automatic syncing and backups to iCloud • Controls that are close to the keyboard for fast, easy input • Designed around keywords to help you identify trends and properly dose for future foods and events If you have any questions or feedback, please tap Support/Suggestions in the app or email us at diabetespro-support@intelliviv.com.

About

Glucomate

Log and visualize your blood glucose levels with elegant summaries and detailed charts. Integrate with HealthKit for seamless data import from monitoring devices. Review trends, compare with sleep and workouts, and gain insights into your health.

Highlights
  • Blood glucose logging
  • HealthKit integration
  • Interactive widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Daily summaries
  • Sleep and workout comparisons
  • Customizable charts
Features
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Glucomate presents your blood glucose data in an elegant way with glanceable summaries and more detailed charts and lists of data. It can be used to record your blood sugar if you check manually – like a logbook – or it can read your glucose readings from HealthKit. Glucomate helps you review history and trends later on with beautiful summaries and charts, a detailed history view, along with sleep and workout comparisons. Glucomate is your go-to companion for staying on top of your blood glucose. It works seamlessly with HealthKit on your device. It can access data from a CGM or other glucose monitoring device as long as it exists in HealthKit. Since any readings entered into Glucomate are stored in HealthKit, these readings become available to other apps that use the data. Glucomate offers a completely free, full-featured Demo Mode. It lets you get a feel for the app before subscribing, or allows you to try out the app even if you don't record your own blood glucose in HealthKit. Main features: • Quick entry of blood glucose data into HealthKit on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch • An interactive widget for an even quicker way of entering a new blood glucose reading • Complications on Apple Watch, widgets on iOS (may require your device to be unlocked for updates to come through) • A summary of the current day, highlighting the most recent glucose reading, along with highs, lows, and time in range • Look at glucose readings during workouts or sleep, and compare your waking glucose across days • Detailed insights and analysis with information and trends from the last 7, 14, 30, 90, 180, or 365 days • History view with averages, high/low information, time in range, and the ability to view all readings for a given day, along with readings during any sleep or workout from that day • Customizable charts that you can show, hide, and reorder to personalize your app experience • A full-featured Demo Mode allowing you to get a feel for the app without having real blood glucose readings in HealthKit • Support for mmol/L and mg/dL units Glucomate tries to be the perfect companion for people who monitor their blood glucose. Is something missing? Got an idea? We're always looking for feedback or new ideas. Feel free to get in touch via the "Contact" button in the app. We'd love to chat! --- Glucomate contains an optional yearly subscription and/or lifetime in-app purchase unlock. A taste of some features is available for free, and some features can be trialed through a Demo Mode. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions and trials renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to expiration of the current period. To turn off auto-renew, and/or to manage your subscription, visit your iTunes/App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://glucomate.app/privacy Terms: https://glucomate.app/terms --- Glucomate respects your privacy. There's no third-party code, and potentially sensitive information such as data read from or written to HealthKit doesn't leave your device.

Screenshots

Diabetes Pro4 screens
Glucomate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Diabetes Pro at 84% against Glucomate's 37%. Diabetes Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Glucomate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Diabetes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diabetes Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 393 and 161 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Diabetes Pro's written reviews are positive against 37% of Glucomate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diabetes Pro ships an update fortnightly, Glucomate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Diabetes Pro versus Glucomate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiabetes ProGlucomate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (393 ratings) — better4.3 (161 ratings)
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews — better36.7% of reviews
Number of ratings393 — better161
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnimalBrainz IncHarbour City Software Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Diabetes Pro

All ratings388 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral4.7%
Negative11.6%

Glucomate

All ratings161 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative46.7%

User reviews

Diabetes Pro

From 393 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and well made
  • 💡 Tracks exercise, food, weight, blood sugar
  • 💰 Free to use
  • 💡 Versatile, tracks blood pressure, notes
  • 💡 Tracks which finger poked

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Cannot edit entries, must delete and re-enter
  • 🐛 Syncing with Libre 3 has issues
  • 🐛 Data from Apple Health appears wrong (mmol/l factor of 10)
  • 🐛 Cannot record finger pricks without BGL
  • 🐛 Graph view needs improvement (scrolling, increments)

Glucomate

From 161 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good, no ads
  • 👍 Very helpful for diabetes people
  • 👍 App is super
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Very nice

Room to improve

  • 👎 Doesn't look like paper version
  • 👎 Cannot log readings without subscription
  • 👎 App does nothing you can't do yourself
  • 👎 Not indicated how to use
  • 👎 Cannot scroll week view

Bugs and requests

Diabetes Pro

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Does not input from Apple Health
  • Data from Diabetes Pro appears wrong when linked to Apple Health App (values reduced by factor of 10)
  • Cannot record finger pricks without BGL
  • Cannot edit entries, must delete and re-enter
  • Cannot adjust time, day, date, medicine, or accu reading
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  • Submit button could be brighter
  • Averages are whack

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add Critical Notifications
  • AI prompting for stick tests
  • Sync with OneTouch Reflect
  • Integration with activity in Health
  • Add weight entry
Show 15 more
  • Chart date range vs. single day
  • Log and track insulin shot location on body
  • Improve finger tracker (hand used, total sticks, unused areas)
  • Add trackers for insulin injections, infusion cannulas, CGM sensors
  • Graph view improvements (time of boluses, adjustable axes, projections)
  • Pen needle/needle inventory option for insulin users
  • Track more medications
  • Give an idea of A1C reading
  • Graph capability on stats tab
  • Calculator for correction/carb calculations
  • Ability to read data from Apple Health app
  • Add body weight
  • Enable editing of entry times
  • Add carbs eaten to tracking
  • Add Apple Watch functionality

Glucomate

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Cannot log readings without paying
  • App doesn't provide clear instructions
  • Watch complication is time delayed
  • Cannot get it to check
  • Lock Screen widgets and Apple Watch complications not provided
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  • Older readings displayed
  • Doesn't sync with Apple Watch

Requested features

7 requests
  • FAQ available
  • Adjustable polling frequency
  • Reminder system
  • Graph instead of dots
  • Record blood pressure
Show 2 more
  • Record weight
  • See blood pressure and weight with blood sugar

In-app purchases

None

Diabetes Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Glucomate

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime unlock$49.99

Questions

Is Diabetes Pro free?
Diabetes Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glucomate free?
Glucomate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diabetes Pro or Glucomate?
Diabetes Pro is rated higher. Diabetes Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 393 ratings, while Glucomate averages 4.3 from 161 ratings.
Do Diabetes Pro or Glucomate have ads?
Neither Diabetes Pro nor Glucomate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diabetes Pro or Glucomate?
Diabetes Pro ships an update fortnightly, and Glucomate every 3 weeks. Most recently, Diabetes Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and Glucomate on October 23, 2026.

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