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GluCalc app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 4416 ratings )
Medical Food & Drink
Developer: Louis Boyer
Free
Current version: 1.4.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 03 Nov 2013
App size: 8.36 Mb

GluCalc is a mobile app designed for diabetic patients and their family members. Its main objectiv is to ease the tasks at mealtime. GluCalc is available in three different languages (english, french and german).

The foods database, which everyone can customize, allows GluCalc to compute the sum of carbohydrates for a meal. With this result, GluCalc determines the necessary quantity of insulin based on the users personal parameters. (The correction factor or correction dose method is used).

GluCalcs key differentiating features are :
- a personal foods database
- a tailored computation of meals insulin quantity for meals
- foods import and export
- sending meal composition and diary by email or short message
- management of different blood glucose units of measurement (mmol/l, mg/l, g/l)

Time saved on computations allows to preserve a pleasant atmosphere during meals and to maintain a rich and diversified diet without compromising on therapeutic goals. GluCalcs ease of use offers kids and teens a tool to increase their autonomy and motivation in diabetes management.