Synopsis of the App: The Dario app is a personal diabetes management tool for tracking blood glucose levels in real-time.
Price and Platform: Free. Apple and Android.
RDN Score: 4/5
Pros
Sleek, user-friendly, and cheerful design that’s easy to use.
Large, easy-to-follow graphics show the percentage of blood glucose measures in range within the last 30 days.
View the average blood glucose and the number of hypo and hyper measures at a glance from the home page.
Track basal and bolus insulin doses.
Enter additional data to help understand blood glucose trends including insulin dosages, meals and carbohydrate intake, mood, physical activity, weight, and special circumstances like travel, celebrations or vacation.
Turn on GPS reception to automatically log the location of blood glucose measures.
The logbook screen shows total carbohydrates consumed at meal times and the correlating blood glucose measure.
Easily share logbook and charts via email with family or your healthcare team as a PDF or CSV file.
Specify personal contacts to trigger an automatic hypo alert text message.
Includes a guided tutorial to walk new users through the Dario app and how to use the meter including replacing lancets.
Cons
The app only syncs with the Dario glucose meter for automatic blood glucose measure entry — all others must be entered manually.
Bottom Line: As long as you don’t mind transferring numbers from your glucose meter, the Dario app is a comprehensive app for managing diabetes. The clean and user-friendly design makes it a good pick for a variety of different users.
Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN, LD, is based in Atlanta and specializes in culinary nutrition, communications and consulting. She blogs at marisamoore.com. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.
Synopsis of the App: The Dario app is a personal diabetes management tool for tracking blood glucose levels in real-time.
