GlucoRx 12+

This app serves a valuable role for those using the GlucoRx system for monitoring blood sugar levels. It allows reading to be uplifted from the blue sugar reading device to the phone. This actually allows a quick interpretation through graphs etc. I am changing medication and can usefully monitor the changes.

However, it is a pretty poor execution of the concept.

Firstly, the syncing seems unreliable and often seems to need a restart of the app on the phone while the Bluetooth light is flashing on the meter after one ejects the strip. It is all too complicated, poorly executed. The statement in the documentation that there may be incompatibilities in the Bluetooth is useless. If you don’t support the iPhone say so! Name phones you do support.

Secondly, the comments and faq about diabetes are stupid and patronising. Someone else commented on the “could do better” banner. Get rid of this crap and focus on making the device work.

The graphs for some reason to not link the reading at end of day to beginning next day. I have not been able to zoom to longer periods.

The app does not link to the wider health infrastructure. Fitbit, my weigh scales, lose it, they all allow information entered in one to be read in another. I monitor my food and exercise in lose it, I should be able to see my blood sugar levels there too.

Its core function is pretty valuable. It could do it much more transparently and better.

At last, added support for HealthKit. The app asks for read and write permission to HealthKit, but it only writes. I have 12 months of BG records in the HealthKit, but in this app, only readings from the GlucoRX meter shows up. It'd be nice if it read all the data in too.

I find this app really poor. The log book is totally useless. You cannot identify which meal readings are for as it needs sections for breakfast lunch and dinner. It only shows before or after meals and these display wrong even though I set up my daily routine as best I could in the clunky to use daily routine in settings. It is not possible to see patterns as the display is so inaccurate.

The questions and information it provides is really patronising for people who have diabetes. The messages when you have high readings are borderline rude telling you to put strategies in place to make improvements. The English is also poor in places.

This app really needs improving so it can be of use.