Stash Diabetes vs Beta Cell Lab Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stash Diabetes
This app helps manage diabetes supplies by tracking inventory, estimating remaining days, and alerting to FDA recalls. It features a barcode scanner, insulin and pump tracking, site rotation logging, and a travel planner.
- Diabetes supply inventory
- Days-remaining estimates
- FDA recall alerts
- Barcode scanner with auto-fill
- Insulin and pump tracking
- Site rotation tracking
- Travel planner
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Stash is the simplest way to keep track of every diabetes supply you depend on — so you always know what you have, what's running low, what to reorder, and whether it's safe to use. Built by someone who's lived with diabetes for over 22 years, Stash is designed around how managing this condition actually works: too many supplies, too many expiration dates, and no good way to see it all in one place...until now. Whatever you use, you can track it: - Insulin: vials, pens and cartridges, rapid and long-acting - Pump supplies: infusion sets, cartridges, pods, tubing - CGM sensors and transmitters - Oral medications — log anything from metformin to statins - GLP-1s — track Ozempic, Mounjaro, and other weekly pens - Emergency supplies — glucagon, ketone strips, and more Whether you're Type 1 on a pump, Type 2 on orals or a GLP-1, or anywhere in between, Stash adapts to your routine. Know before you run out: The Stash Ring shows exactly how many days of each supply you have left, based on your real usage. Reorder reminders mean no more midnight panic when you open the last box. Add calendar reminders when your re-order window opens back up (30/60/90 days). Recall alerts: Stash automatically checks your supplies against official manufacturer and openFDA recall data. If something you own is recalled, you'll know — without scrolling through news or manufacturer emails to find out. Community Reporting: When a sensor fails early or a lot simply doesn't work, that frustration usually disappears into a support call and nothing changes. Community Reporting changes that. Report a bad device with a swipe and a tap — lot number and details fill in automatically from anything you've scanned — and you can see what others are flagging on the same lot. Your reports finally count for something, and your reporting can help spot bad lots before they spread. Reports are submitted anonymously. Spot your patterns: Log injection and infusion sites on a simple body map and see your rotation at a glance. Track wear time so you know how each site and sensor is holding up. Pack with confidence: Heading out of town? The travel planner calculates exactly what to bring based on how long you'll be gone, so you never land somewhere short a sensor. Share with people who help: Give a partner, parent, or caregiver a clear view of your supplies — useful for families managing diabetes together. Your home screen, your way: Build a widget dashboard so your most important counts are one glance away, no app-opening required. See what you've tracked: Stats turns your logging into a picture of your real-world use — insulin delivered, supplies consumed, days tracked. Private by design: Your data is yours. The only data Stash collects is opt-in only and anonymous by default. Stash is built by a person with type 1 diabetes who wanted a tool that respects the community it serves. Join the 3,000+ people in 50+ countries using Stash to keep track of their supplies and stay informed.
Beta Cell Lab Notes
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Ever finish a run wondering why your blood sugar dropped like a stone one day and climbed the next — same route, same breakfast, same dose? Beta Cell Lab Notes is the organized home where you log, chart, reflect, and finally understand what exercise does to your glucose. It doesn't guess for you. It shows what happened, so you can work it out yourself. EVERY VARIABLE, ONE TIMELINE Your workout already lives in Apple Health. Your glucose and heart rate are in there too. What's missing is everything you did around it. Log your food, insulin boluses, and basal changes, and the app lays them over your glucose trace and heart rate on one synchronized timeline. The pre-run snack, the dose two hours earlier, the temp basal at the trailhead, the moment your heart rate climbed — all beside what your blood sugar was doing right then. Now you can see the effect your food, insulin, and workout intensity actually had on you. SEE THE INPUTS, NOT JUST THE OUTPUT Each factor draws as its own curve, so you can tell them apart at a glance: • Insulin — dips as the dose takes hold, tapers as it wears off. Inhaled gets its own faster shape. • Carbs — a bell that rises and falls with digestion, running longer for higher-fat meals. • Basal — eases into its new level, because a temp basal doesn't arrive all at once. • Heart rate — with your training zones, since intensity is a variable too. • Insulin on board — how much is still working at any moment. Scrub for exact values, pinch to zoom into the interesting few minutes, and switch between a combined view and one chart per factor. Every workout gets time in range, average and range, and an intensity read from your heart-rate zones. REFLECT WHILE IT'S FRESH The chart tells you what happened. Only you know how it felt. Tag each workout with a quick emoji — good, fine, rough, or a low — and note what you'd change while it's still fresh. Search your reflections later to find every session you described the same way, and they travel with the workout into anything you export. Patterns show up in your own words long before they show up in a number. LOG FROM YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch companion logs glucose, insulin, and food in a couple of taps, so you never miss a factor mid-run or at post-workout brunch. WORKS WITH YOUR SETUP • No CGM? Enter readings by hand and they anchor your chart just the same. • No sports watch? Add a workout manually with the details you know, and leave the rest blank. • Pump doesn't share carbs or boluses? Enter them here and they're written to Apple Health for everything else to use. Supports MDI, inhaled insulin, and both manual and automated (AID) pumps — including exercise-mode markers, so a shifted target shows up on the chart. SHARE IT WITH YOUR CARE TEAM Export any workout, or a batch of them, as a PDF or image — built for a printed page and a real conversation: charts, your stats, and your reflection, with editable note fields to fill in together. Blank printable templates are included too if you want to log by hand. BUILT AROUND YOUR JUDGMENT This app tracks and shows you patterns. It does not tell you what to do. No dosing suggestions, no predictions, no nudges. Every insight belongs to you, and every decision stays between you and your care team — reflecting the Beta Cell Foundation's view that informed self-knowledge is the most powerful tool a person with type 1 diabetes has. Beta Cell Lab Notes is an educational and record-keeping tool. It is not a medical device and must not be used to make treatment decisions. PRIVACY FIRST BY DESIGN Your health data stays in Apple Health and on your devices. It's never sent to us — no account to create, no server holding your glucose history. Your logbook syncs across your own devices through private iCloud, visible only to you. FREE FOREVER The app is free with no in-app purchases or ads. Because your health should never be paywalled. From the Beta Cell Foundation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beta Cell Lab Notes at every 2 days against Stash Diabetes's every 6 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Stash Diabetes ships an update every 6 days, Beta Cell Lab Notes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stash Diabetes | Beta Cell Lab Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (95 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cory Zapatka | Beta Cell Foundation |
In-app purchases
Stash Diabetes
No in-app purchases
Beta Cell Lab Notes
No in-app purchases
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