Tandem Mobi® mobile app vs Practice with Freeman
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tandem Mobi® mobile app
This app controls a small, durable automated insulin delivery system. It offers convenience and discretion, allowing users to manage their diabetes directly from a compatible iPhone. Prescription required for use.
- Automated insulin delivery control
- Small and durable system
- iPhone controllable
- Discreet operation
- Requires prescription
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Tandem Mobi is the world’s smallest, durable automated insulin delivery system.1 Impressively small and offering next-level convenience and discretion, Tandem Mobi is controllable with a compatible, personal iPhone.* Use of the Tandem Mobi mobile app requires a prescription. Always consult a healthcare professional for information about how to manage diabetes. Features * Mobile Control: The Tandem Mobi system is controllable from a compatible, personal iPhone, offering discreet and convenient access to therapy data and pump functions* * Advanced Therapy Visualization: View a 24-hour graphical representation of glucose readings (CGM and BGM), basal and bolus events, insulin on board, carbohydrate intake, suspensions, and other therapy-related data * Pump Status Monitoring: Real-time visibility into pump battery level, available insulin, active Personal Profile, CGM sensor and transmitter status, and more * Customizable User Experience: Personal Profiles and activity settings allow users to tailor therapy to their lifestyle, with enhanced personalization features * AutoBolus: The only system with AutoBolus to help with missed meal boluses and preventing hyperglycemia† * Seamless Data Sync: Wireless data uploads to the Tandem Source platform to ensure therapy data is securely backed up and accessible‡ ALWAYS READ THE LABEL AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE. The electronic instructions for use for the Tandem Mobi mobile app (Basic UDI-DI: 00389152690940) can be accessed through the Tandem Mobi user guide, available here: https://www.tandemdiabetes.com/support/resources/documents. Upon request, a printed copy of the user guide can be provided within seven days at no additional cost. If the language set on your smartphone is supported by the mobile app, then the mobile app will display in that language. If the language set on your smartphone is not supported by the mobile app, then the mobile app will display in English. *The mobile app requires a compatible smartphone model and operating system (sold separately). †If glucose values are predicted to be above 180 mg/dL (or 10.0 mmol/L), Control-IQ+ technology calculates an AutoBolus using the Personal Profile settings and a target of 110 mg/dL (or 6.1 mmol/L) and delivers 60% of that value. ‡Uploads to the Tandem Source platform do not take place in real time and should not be relied upon by healthcare providers, pump users, or caregivers for remote patient monitoring. Standard carrier data rates may apply. Smartphone sold separately. Reference 1. As of Dec., 2025. Data on file, Tandem Diabetes Care.
Practice with Freeman
This app provides a safe, simulated environment to practice the precise hand movements required for scanning medical device sensors. It offers spoken guidance and large, forgiving tap targets, designed for individuals with tremors or visual fatigue. The goal is to build confidence and dexterity without interacting with actual medical equipment.
- Simulated sensor scanning practice
- Spoken guidance
- Large, forgiving tap targets
- Haptic feedback
- Printable practice materials
- No interaction with real devices
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Freeman was 83. He had type 1 diabetes, and he could not reliably aim his iPhone at the small code on a Dexcom™ sensor applicator. The task is difficult to understand for him. The target is over there. The camera is on the far side of the phone. The picture is on the near side. And the hands have to move the phone in the direction that brings one into the other. Any link in that chain can break on its own. This app is named in his memory, and it does one thing: it practices that movement. It is designed to be used by diabetic patients along with their carers. It was eye-opening for me to realize that, for some, these simple code-scanning procedures were really difficult. PRACTICE, NEVER THE REAL THING in a SAFE ENVIRONMENT (Not a real sensor activation). Freeman has its own practice codes, and recognizes nothing else. Point it at a real sensor and nothing happens — the app is built so that it cannot succeed on anything but its own material. It does not start, activate, configure, control or communicate with any sensor, and it has no Bluetooth, no network connection and no health data of any kind. There is nothing here that can be set off by accident. Every practice session begins with a reminder that this is practice, and ends with a sentence that says so again: "Practice complete. No sensor was started." BUILT FOR HANDS THAT SHAKE, AND EYES THAT TIRE • Spoken guidance, slowed down, in your own language and accent where the voice exists • One instruction at a time, held long enough to act on • Buttons that light up and pause before they do anything, so you can see which one you pressed • Very large tap targets, and a second tap while a button is confirming is ignored rather than queued • Haptics for three moments only — found it, framing is good, finished — because a constantly buzzing phone is one more thing to fight • Nothing anywhere tells you that you got it wrong 3 THINGS TO PRINT A sheet to tape to a wall, where the target holds still and aiming is the only variable. A target you hold, at the angle you would really meet one. And a cut-out practice label, clearly marked, for an applicator that has already been used and finished with. Print them, or send them to whoever is helping. They are a ladder rather than a menu — start at the wall. FOR THE PERSON HELPING Freeman is often installed by somebody else: a partner, a daughter, a carer. It is free, it has no account, no sign-up, no advertising and no analytics. It stores nothing at all — no history, no results, no pictures. Close the app and there is no record that anyone practiced, because a record of somebody's declining dexterity is not a thing this app is willing to keep. PLEASE READ Practice with Freeman is an independent practice and training application. Freeman is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or associated with Dexcom, Inc. Freeman does not start, activate, configure, control, or communicate with a Dexcom G7 sensor. Freeman is not a medical device. It teaches nothing about diabetes, sensors, or treatment, it gives no medical advice, and it does not assess whether anyone is able to use real equipment. Its measurements describe one practice attempt and nothing more. iPhone only, held upright. Requires the back camera. PRIVACY Practice with Freeman does not collect, store, track, or transmit personal information or usage data. Because Practice with Freeman does not collect information about you, there is no personal data to sell, share, or use for advertising or marketing purposes. Practice with Freeman is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or associated with Dexcom, Inc. Freeman does not start, activate, configure, control, or communicate with a Dexcom G7 sensor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Practice with Freeman at 5.0 against Tandem Mobi® mobile app's 3.3. Practice with Freeman also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). Tandem Mobi® mobile app's advantage is ratings volume (250 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Practice with Freeman holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tandem Mobi® mobile app has 250 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tandem Mobi® mobile app ships an update every 2 months, Practice with Freeman daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tandem Mobi® mobile app | Practice with Freeman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (250 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 250 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | hiroshi howell |
Customer experience
Tandem Mobi® mobile app
Practice with Freeman
Bugs and requests
Tandem Mobi® mobile app
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent disconnections between pump and app
- Graph data disappearing
- Incompatibility with newer iPhone models
- Bolus timeout issues
Requested features
7 requests- Longer stop delivery alarm delay
- Ability to set exercise and activity timers
- More customization options for notifications
- Apple Watch app integration
- Home screen and lock screen widgets
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- Siri integration for checking glucose levels
- Ability to view total daily dose in app
Practice with Freeman
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tandem Mobi® mobile app
No in-app purchases
Practice with Freeman
No in-app purchases
Questions
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