Comparison

Gmate® SMART vs Glucomate

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

Head to head
About

Gmate® SMART

This application assists individuals with diabetes in monitoring their blood glucose levels. It displays results from a connected testing device and allows users to email test data. The app also provides historical data visualization through charts.

Highlights
  • Blood glucose measurement
  • Display test results
  • Email test results with memo
  • View past test results
  • Diagram charts of glucose trends
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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Blood Glucose Monitoring System This app, Gmate Smart is designed to help diabetics measure their blood glucose. You would need an additional device that is connected to iPhone, iPad or iPod to test your blood glucose as Gmate SMART will show you. Your glucose level will be displayed on the screen after the test and you can e-mail the test results with additional memo. Gmate SMART enables you to look through past test results by date. It shows past records as well as diagram charts of average blood glucose test results within 1, 7, 14, 30 and 60-days period. *The blood glucose results can also be identified in Health app through HealthKit framework.

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

Gmate® SMART4 screens
Glucomate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Glucomate at 4.3 against Gmate® SMART's 3.0. Glucomate also leads on ratings volume (161 vs 2). Gmate® SMART's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, 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. Gmate® SMART asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Glucomate holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glucomate has 161 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 36% and 37% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gmate® SMART ships an update monthly, Glucomate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gmate® SMART versus Glucomate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGmate® SMARTGlucomate
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.3 (161 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews36.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2161 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGB Lifecare Co., Ltd.Harbour City Software Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Gmate® SMART

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral19.0%
Negative45.2%

Glucomate

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

Bugs and requests

Gmate® SMART

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Gmate® SMART

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 Gmate® SMART free?
Gmate® SMART 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, Gmate® SMART or Glucomate?
Glucomate is rated higher. Gmate® SMART averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Glucomate averages 4.3 from 161 ratings.
Do Gmate® SMART or Glucomate have ads?
Neither Gmate® SMART nor Glucomate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gmate® SMART or Glucomate?
Gmate® SMART ships an update monthly, and Glucomate every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gmate® SMART was updated on October 25, 2026 and Glucomate on October 23, 2026.

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