Today’s truck drivers rely on their cell phones for much more than just communicating with family and dispatchers. They use mobile phones for finding good deals on fuel, finding Redbox kiosks, listening to music, cutting calories, watching videos and even tracking mileage.
One thing mobile phones can do that often isn’t discussed is helping truck drivers monitor their health signs when they have serious medical conditions like diabetes. So we set our resident health consultant Abby online and had her find the three best mobile apps for diabetics. Here’s what she found.
Blood Sugar Tracker by healthycloud.com
- Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (requires iOS 3.0 or later)
- Log blood sugar levels as many times per day as you want
- Set a target blood sugar range that you want to try and stay within
- mg/dL and mmol/L unit support
- Very simple to use and does not require Internet access.
- Export data in CSV, TEXT or both (to share with a friend, health care provider, etc.)
- Graph blood sugar levels and compare
- Compare options include (7 days, 14 days, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year window).
Vree for Diabetes by Merck & Co., Inc.
- Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (requires iOS 3.0 or later)
- Includes diabetes education resources to help you understand Type 2 diabetes and the tools you need to help manage it.
- Not only can you track your blood glucose, but you can also track nutrition intake with a food tracker (powered by ESHA Food Processor), physical activity (wide selection of both daily activities and exercise), medications, and blood pressure.
- Built in reminders for exercise, medication, blood pressure checks and more.
- Given progress charts for all of the above tracking availabilities.
- Easy to set up and personalize your experience with profile information.
- Password protection to protect privacy
- No advertisements
OnTrack Diabetes by GExperts Inc.
- Compatible with Android phones only
- Manage diabetes through tracking blood glucose, food, medication, blood pressure, pulse, exercise and weight.
- Easy to use and add new entries.
- Detailed log book with tables and graphs that you can share with your doctor.
- Supports mg/dL as well as mmol/L glucose units.
- Export data in different forms including CSV, HTML, XML
- Ability to label entries (ex: breakfast, lunch, dinner etc.)
- Activate reminders for new entries, backup and restore as needed and move from one phone to another
- Recommended to backup data before upgrading to a new version.
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