I'm not sure if you are aware, but you have something close to a name collision:<p><a href="https://www.sugarmate.io/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sugarmate.io/</a><p>There are several more in this space, at least if you are using a Dexcom CGM:<p><a href="https://www.dexcom.com/en-us/partnerships/health-apps" rel="nofollow">https://www.dexcom.com/en-us/partnerships/health-apps</a>.<p>If you are wondering about commercialization, you can get into (US, can't speak for other countries!) regulatory weeds pretty quickly, especially if your commercial plan involves informing clinicians.
What's the easiest/cheapest way to obtain a continuous glucose monitor for someone curious about how blood glucose level correlates with subjective well-being and diet/exercise behaviors, but without a medical need for it?
Disclaimer: I'm the OP, but not the app creator.<p>I posted this to HN because I've had T1D for 30 years (since I was 8) and been a heavy tech enthusiast for nearly that amount of time. It's not often that I see those worlds collide and thought others would be interested not only in the app itself, but part of the personal story behind the developer.<p>To address some of the comments about the app's functionality ands why it's compelling, here's why I like it and am giving it a shot:<p>- I use a CGM (Dexcom G6) which reports info to HealthKit (although on a 3-hour delay, don't get me started)<p>- I'm an Apple Watch user who tracks both sleep and workouts<p>- This app provides a simple way to retroactively see what my BG was doing during both sleep and workouts. Yes, you can get this information through other solutions or by time matching against a more detailed graph, but this app provides a much easier, lightweight way to do it IMO.<p>- I've played with solutions like nightscout, but found them overall to be tricky to set up and maintain and don't think they are good solutions for the average person. I'll probably take another look as a weekend project since it's been a while.<p>- Glooko, Tidepool (which I'm familiar with) and many other apps have excellent reports, but IMO are still fairly heavyweight for what I am looking to get.<p>Overall, I think that this is a great start for an app and is made by a solo, indie, T1D developer who is actively soliciting feedback.<p>I support them in those pursuits :-)
Here’s a relevant thread on Twitter announcing a dataset of glucose measurements for healthy people.<p><a href="https://twitter.com/segal_eran/status/1649061705115115521?s=46&t=2IfbOaKHoKcBLb4yWblpvg" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/segal_eran/status/1649061705115115521?s=...</a><p>The data lives here:<p><a href="http://humanphenotypeproject.org/" rel="nofollow">http://humanphenotypeproject.org/</a>
Congrats on this launch! I don't (yet) have to monitor my blood glucose but I have family who does, and I'll be sending them a link. I like how it puts a usable face on all the data squirreled away in HealthKit. I use a similar approach for weight measurements, where one (ugly, annoying, locked-in) app that came with my scale adds measurements to HealthKit, but I use Happy Scale to view and interpret the measurements.<p>Have you considered making an Android version of Glucomate? I haven't looked into HealthKit itself but I'm working on another app that has privacy-sensitive concerns. When considering whether to make an Android version of my app, I realize that as little as I know about building privacy-respecting apps for ios devices, Android seems like at least an order of magnitude harder.
I love the clean design and healthkit integration, but for me it can't beat Glooko. Mainly for the integration with my T:Slim x2 insulin pump, so I can correlate what control-IQ is doing to my insulin, with my blood glucose readings from my CGM. That's super important to me to make decisions about pump settings.
I love the nod to the "a cure is just 5 to 10 years away". Sad but true :(<p>As a T2D, I don't have a CGM but if I ever do need one I'll definitely check this out if it's still around by then. Looks amazing.