Bolus Guide vs MiniMed Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bolus Guide
This app helps individuals with diabetes calculate precise insulin doses for meals and corrections. It uses user-inputted data like carb ratios and current glucose levels to provide exact and rounded insulin amounts, aiming to improve glycemic control and quality of life.
- Insulin dose calculation
- Pre-meal bolus calculation
- Correction dose calculation
- Input carb ratio
- Input sensitivity factor
- Input current blood glucose
- Input meal carbs
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Bolus Guide is a user-friendly tool designed to simplify life for those living with diabetes. This app is built with an intuitive interface to help calculate the correct amount of insulin needed for pre-meal bolus and correction doses. By inputting a few critical pieces of data - such as carb ratio, sensitivity factor, target blood glucose, current blood glucose, and meal carbs - Bolus Guide quickly generates the insulin dose you require. The calculated dose is provided as both an exact number and a rounded value for easy and safe insulin administration. The goal of Bolus Guide is to provide you with increased confidence in your insulin dosing, contribute to better glycemic control, and promote an overall improved quality of life. Please note that while Bolus Guide is a helpful tool, it should be used in conjunction with advice from medical professionals. Your health is our priority, and we aim to make living with diabetes a bit easier with Bolus Guide.
MiniMed Go
This app integrates continuous glucose monitor readings with insulin dose data from a smart insulin pen. It helps manage diabetes by displaying glucose trends, logging insulin, and providing alerts for glucose levels and doses. Treatment decisions should be made with a healthcare professional.
- Integrates CGM and smart insulin pen data
- Displays glucose readings and trend arrows
- Automatically logs insulin doses
- Tracks active insulin
- Dose calculator
- Low/high glucose and insulin dose alerts
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The MiniMed Go™ app is fully replacing the InPen™ App. The InPen App is no longer available to download. If you use the InPen smart insulin pen, please download MiniMed Go to get started. A CGM IS NOT REQUIRED to use MiniMed Go with InPen. To get started without a CGM: When prompted to select a sensor, choose either option. On the next screen, select “Start later” and continue with app setup. If you choose to add a sensor to your therapy in the future, you can do so at that time. The app can be used with InPen, Instinct sensor made by Abbott, or Simplera™ sensor CGMs, and with Apple Watch™ to view glucose readings and receive alerts. When connected to a CGM, the app supports display of Sensor Glucose (SG) values and trend arrows. The app also supports alerts or reminders for low glucose, high glucose, and insulin doses. The MiniMed Go app should only be used with supported mobile devices and operating systems. In order to access the list of the supported mobile devices and operating systems, go to https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/customer-support/app-support/device-compatibility. IMPORTANT NOTE: The MiniMed Go app is intended for use with the InPen smart insulin pen and compatible continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems and compatible rapid-acting insulins (NovoRapid, Fiasp, or Humalog) to aid in diabetes management through multiple daily injections. Instinct sensor with InPen smart insulin pen is indicated for ages 7 and up, or for ages 2-6 years under the supervision of an adult caregiver. Simplera sensor with InPen smart insulin pen is approved for ages 18 years and older. Adequate sight and hearing, compatible mobile device and operating system, pairing and connectivity, proper settings, accurate manual logging of insulin doses administered by means other than InPen, and occasional blood glucose meter (BGM) readings are all required for proper functioning of the system. Treatment decisions are to be made in consultation with a healthcare professional and on the basis of a combination of glucose readings, trend arrows, glucose target, active alerts, and recent events (such as insulin doses, exercise, meals, and medications). Failure to observe these and other details as found in the user guides can result in incorrect dosing, missed alerts and notifications, and ultimately hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia, with serious injury or death possible. For complete details, consult the appropriate system and component user guides at https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/support/download-library/user-guides, taking care to select the correct country. ©2026 Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. MiniMed and MiniMed logo are trademarks of Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. ™*Third-party brands are trademarks of their respective owners. All other brands are trademarks of a Medtronic company. Apple, App Store, and Apple Watch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Medtronic is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
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Verdict
Bolus Guide and MiniMed Go both sit at 3.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 60% of Bolus Guide's written reviews are positive against 30% of MiniMed Go's. Bolus Guide also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). MiniMed Go's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 12). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bolus Guide holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MiniMed Go has 80 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Bolus Guide's written reviews are positive against 30% of MiniMed Go's.
Bolus Guide ships an update every 5 days, MiniMed Go every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bolus Guide | MiniMed Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better | 3.6 (80 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 29.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | David Vincent | MiniMed |
Customer experience
Bolus Guide
MiniMed Go
In-app purchases
Bolus Guide
No in-app purchases
MiniMed Go
No in-app purchases
