- Messages
- 2
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi guys - I’m building an App at the moment which I hope will help my diabetic colleagues, and I’d love some feedback from you to help guide me.
I was diagnosed Type 2 diabetic 2 years ago and rather than take medication, I decided to control my condition through diet and exercise, and in doing so I managed to get my HbA1C readings in target range. However as you all know, it’s a constant battle!
The Problem
To help manage my condition, I have to log my blood glucose readings regularly to check my trend information and target ranges, and also to see how this correlates to my diet & exercise. The meters themselves (I use the SD Codefree) seem to be pretty accurate, and test strips reasonably priced, but their data analysis is pretty limited and I can't see detailed fitness and dietary data in the same place - so typically I have to find ways to export the data from the meter into a PC to analyse it alongside fitness & dietary data.
I got really fed up having to punch in data manually into Apps/Spreadsheets, or continually having to attach cables to my PC to download data. I also found it almost impossible to export this data into a format that is appropriate for food journal/fitness apps such as myfitnesspal, or Healthkit, etc - to check any correlations.
There are some new devices that integrate to your phone directly (e.g. iBGStar), but they don’t seem to be as reliable/accurate as the conventional meters, and are relatively expensive in terms of test strips. Also - exporting the data off the associated App seems to be unsupported.
My Solution
What I wanted was an App that could extract and log the data from any blood glucose meter, show me immediate trend information and correlations with health/dietary data from other Apps, and also let me export the data in CSV format, or automatically route the data to other applications, e.g. mySugr, MyFitnessPal, Healthkit.
So I decided that I’d create this - it’s called iLogg and here’s a quick video of the App in action. It’s not the best quality video ever, but hopefully conveys the idea,.
Do other people share the same problems I encountered, and would anyone else find this app useful? I would love to hear any feedback you have.
I was diagnosed Type 2 diabetic 2 years ago and rather than take medication, I decided to control my condition through diet and exercise, and in doing so I managed to get my HbA1C readings in target range. However as you all know, it’s a constant battle!
The Problem
To help manage my condition, I have to log my blood glucose readings regularly to check my trend information and target ranges, and also to see how this correlates to my diet & exercise. The meters themselves (I use the SD Codefree) seem to be pretty accurate, and test strips reasonably priced, but their data analysis is pretty limited and I can't see detailed fitness and dietary data in the same place - so typically I have to find ways to export the data from the meter into a PC to analyse it alongside fitness & dietary data.
I got really fed up having to punch in data manually into Apps/Spreadsheets, or continually having to attach cables to my PC to download data. I also found it almost impossible to export this data into a format that is appropriate for food journal/fitness apps such as myfitnesspal, or Healthkit, etc - to check any correlations.
There are some new devices that integrate to your phone directly (e.g. iBGStar), but they don’t seem to be as reliable/accurate as the conventional meters, and are relatively expensive in terms of test strips. Also - exporting the data off the associated App seems to be unsupported.
My Solution
What I wanted was an App that could extract and log the data from any blood glucose meter, show me immediate trend information and correlations with health/dietary data from other Apps, and also let me export the data in CSV format, or automatically route the data to other applications, e.g. mySugr, MyFitnessPal, Healthkit.
So I decided that I’d create this - it’s called iLogg and here’s a quick video of the App in action. It’s not the best quality video ever, but hopefully conveys the idea,.
Do other people share the same problems I encountered, and would anyone else find this app useful? I would love to hear any feedback you have.