iOB vs Omnipod® 5 Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iOB
This app helps manage insulin doses by tracking long-acting and short-acting injections. Schedule reminders for injections and their expiration, and generate reports on average doses. It aids in understanding insulin on-board to avoid over-dosing.
- Track basal and bolus insulin doses
- Schedule injection reminders
- Set dose expiration notifications
- Save entries to iPhone calendar
- Generate average dose reports
- Calculate insulin on-board
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iOB was developed by a diabetic of 40 years and is a handy app for your iPhone to help you keep track of the insulin doses that you administer. Once you’ve spent a bit of time setting up your preferences and understanding the information iOB displays, we hope it’ll prove to be a valuable tool in making decisions on when and how much insulin to take. You can record both long acting (basal) and short acting (bolus) doses, and schedule notifications to remind you when the injections were taken, when they're going to expire and even schedule a dose for sometime in the future. Entries can be saved to the iPhone’s calendar and you can call up a report to show average doses that have been recorded. iOB is meant to help you work out how much insulin you have on-board and avoid stacking your insulin too much or knowing what kind of ‘top-up’ you could need. If you don’t understand insulin on-board or splitting doses please talk you your diabetic clinic or diabetes specialist nurse before using this app. ** iOB is not intended as a way to recommend how much insulin to take, only help you come to a decision. You must take insulin based on your experience, current circumstances and what you have been told by your clinic. *** iOB cannot magically tell you how much insulin is actually active in your body and is meant only for information purposes. Do not ignore how you feel!
Omnipod® 5 Simulator
Explore the features and benefits of an automated insulin delivery system through an interactive simulation. This app offers a demonstration of system interactions and capabilities, but is for educational purposes only and not for therapy decisions.
- Interactive system simulation
- Automated insulin delivery overview
- Feature and benefit exploration
- Demonstration of system interactions
- Local data processing
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The Omnipod® 5 Simulator is an interactive simulation and system overview of the Omnipod® 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System. It provides a simulated experience of what it’s like to interact with the system, along with overviews of the many features and benefits of automated insulin delivery with the Omnipod® 5 System. This application is for demonstration purposes only. It should not be used for therapy decisions. The functions demonstrated in this app are limited in scope and cannot fully depict the Omnipod 5 System’s capabilities. All data is for simulation purposes only. This application does not control the Omnipod 5 System, does not deliver insulin and cannot be used for treatment. To learn more about the Omnipod 5 System, please visit Omnipod.com Data Protection: Insulet Corporation operates the Omnipod® 5 Simulator app. We do not collect any personal or device information when you use the Omnipod® 5 Simulator app. Any data processing (e.g., information you enter into the app when using the simulator or checking your device settings to serve the app in the correct format) takes place locally on your device and is not shared with us. For more information on how we process personal data when you use other Insulet products or services, please refer to our Privacy Policy at: https://www.omnipod.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iOB at 77% against Omnipod® 5 Simulator's 20%. iOB also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.1) and chart position (#111 vs unranked). Omnipod® 5 Simulator's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (126 vs 10). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Omnipod® 5 Simulator is free to download; iOB costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iOB holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Omnipod® 5 Simulator has 126 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of iOB's written reviews are positive against 20% of Omnipod® 5 Simulator's.
iOB ships an update every 2 months, Omnipod® 5 Simulator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iOB | Omnipod® 5 Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better | 2.1 (126 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 20.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 126 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #111 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrightScreenTV | Insulet Corporation |
Customer experience
iOB
Omnipod® 5 Simulator
Bugs and requests
iOB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Omnipod® 5 Simulator
Reported bugs
9 issues- Bolus button falls off bottom of screen
- Confirm button obscured by system font settings
- App crashes on new iPhone models
- Simulator doesn't accurately reflect real pump behavior
- Insulin delivery appears faster than actual device
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- App glitches after updates
- Download failures
- Insulin on board numbers not updating correctly
- Dexcom connectivity issues
Requested features
11 requests- Release actual iOS app for real pump control
- Add warm-up timer after pod changes
- Implement internal font size override for accessibility
- Allow carb input functionality in simulator
- Remove pre-populated fields for better training
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- Skip pod startup simulation in everyday use mode
- Add family member viewing/sharing capabilities
- Improve app onboarding and tutorials
- Support for Omnipod Display app
- Expand geographic availability to UK and Australia
- Add more detailed menu navigation information
In-app purchases
iOB
No in-app purchases
Omnipod® 5 Simulator
No in-app purchases






