FreeStyle Libre 3 – US 4+

Having the ability to continuously monitor my blood glucose has been very valuable. For its limited capabilities, this app functions well. It doesn’t crash, or have other such problems that need fixing. It is just very limited and I want to share a list of wishes:
I wish that this app would communicate with Apple health. Apple health is what I use to track and manage all of my other health data. Now finding out that I’m diabetic is a huge health issue and I really need this data to be available along with all of my other health data in one place.
I wish this app worked with Apple Watch. The ability to view my latest glucose reading on my Apple Watch would be very valuable to me. Being able to receive notifications on my watch is a lot more private than letting my phone squelch when I need to know something so that everyone in the room also knows it.
I wish this app gave me more ways to view my historical glucose data. For example, I wish I could set up a report to show me the patterns over time of my morning glucose readings between certain hours, etc.
I’m going to stay with the Libre 3 for now and hope that Abbott is going to develop an expand the functionality. If they don’t I will eventually look at the other continuous monitoring options. There are several.

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I want to begin with my critique of the app. The critical alarm needs to be customizable. It is an ear-piercing alarm that you cannot adjust the volume of. Please allow for different volumes and allow for vibration alerts too. I understand that it’s a liability if the alarm isn’t heard, but the fact that there’s no way to lower the volume makes me uncomfortable with using it at work/in class. I can’t have this beeping when I’m attending a lecture or taking an exam. This really needs to be changed in order for diabetics to make this part of their daily life. This is my only critique as if 14 days of use. It is an amazing tool that relieves stress immensely. After 20 years of pricking my finger, it’s incredible to not constantly have to use traditional meter testing. While I still do use my meter everyday, the frequency with which I test is down by about 60%. Before Libre 3, I tested 12X a day. Now it’s around 5X. Also, the comfort of having truly accurate sensor readings upon simply opening my app is life changing. Thank you for giving diabetics some sense of normalcy and a break from the relentless guessing game of blood sugars. Even with proper management, some things just can’t be controlled. The Libre 3 has eased some anxieties and given me comfort I never thought I would have. Just please fix the alarm system. I want to enjoy this 24/7, not just when I am comfortable with a loud alarm going off in the privacy of my own home.

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I just switched from the Libre 2 to Libre 3, and I like the Libre 3 a lot. The fact it will scan automatically, without pressing "scan" and then holding it next to the sensor, is very nice. (BTW, the Libre 2 app had gotten a lot more glitchy over the past 6 months or so before I switched over, but the Libre 3 app seems a lot less so. For example, the libre 2 lately would have a significant delay on the scanning function, and sometimes I'd have to try multiple times to get a successful scan. The Libre 2 was not always like that but it was getting pretty annoying the past few months. Anyway I haven't had any of those issues with the Libre 3. It automatically scans right when you open the app, with no delay, and almost always works the first try.)

One difference I've noticed between the Libre 2 & Libre 3 is, Libre 2 app would automatically add an entry to the logbook every time you scanned, with the time & blood sugar. And of course there was the option to add a note related to insulin, exercise, or miscellaneous. But the Libre 3 seems to *only* record an entry in the logbook if (a) it is the first scan you've made after crossing from target range into high/low range, or (b) if you add a comment. This is probably to avoid adding tons of logbook entries that you don't need. Some people may like this better, others may prefer the way the Libre 2 did it.

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