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Version
1.1.2
Size
7.38 Mb
Updated
2 weeks ago
Released
05 Jun 2026
Description
Make your iPhone and Apple Watch a tool for diabetes — not a distraction from it.
GluWink does three things, and nothing more:
1. Glucose and carbs visible everywhere. Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets in every size. Complications on every Apple Watch face. An optional glucose number on the app icon badge. Turn carb features off in settings if you don't track carbs.
2. Clear status at a glance. Green: all clear. Orange: something needs attention — glucose is high or low, sensor is stale, or (if carb tracking is on) no carbs logged yet. Red: critical high — shield locked until glucose drops below your threshold. Every surface speaks the same three-color language.
3. Optional app blocking — your call. Choose to block other apps at configurable intervals, either always or only when something needs your attention. While blocking is active and the face is orange, GluWink locks other apps until the check-in is done. When the face is red, the check-in is off the table entirely until glucose drops back below the critical threshold — no passphrase override, no disarm. When everything is green — or you've turned blocking off entirely — your phone is just your phone.
— Built for two audiences —
For parents of children with Type 1:
• Set GluWink up once on the child's iPhone using Family Sharing.
• Pick which apps stay free to use (the CGM app, school apps, phone, messages).
• A passphrase only the parent knows protects the settings.
• The child cannot delete the app or skip the check-in.
• You can always glance at the home screen badge or a widget to see how things are going.
For adults managing their own Type 1:
• Authorize GluWink for yourself — no Family Sharing required.
• Have a partner, spouse, or friend set the passphrase. The friction is the point.
• You can always uninstall — GluWink is honest about that. It nudges, it doesn't imprison.
— Where the data comes from —
GluWink reads glucose and carbs from Apple Health. Most CGM apps (Dexcom, Libre, CamAPS, xDrip, Loop, iAPS, and others) already write to Apple Health. If yours does, GluWink is a one-tap connection.
Prefer Nightscout? Connect a Nightscout site instead — handy when a parent is monitoring a child remotely, or when the diabetes system writes to Nightscout but not Apple Health.
On Medtrum? Connect EasyView — works for patients and caregivers. On FreeStyle Libre? Connect LibreLinkUp — GluWink reads direct from Abbott's cloud. Any source can be on at once; the freshest reading wins.
Want to try the app first? Demo mode shows realistic glucose and carb data without any sensor.
— What you get —
• Friendly check-in shield with action items based on the current glucose and (optionally) last carbs.
• Three-way signal: green (all clear), orange (check-in needed), red (critical — shield locked until glucose drops). Thresholds are yours to set.
• Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets in every size, tinted with the same three-color attention signal.
• Apple Watch app and complications — glucose at a glance on every watch face, with optional carbs.
• Configurable thresholds, intervals, and (when carb tracking is on) a daily carb grace period.
• Block apps always, only when attention is needed, or not at all — you decide.
• English and Dutch throughout.
— Honest about what GluWink is not —
GluWink is not a medical device. It does not replace your CGM, your pump, your endocrinologist, or your judgment. It does not make treatment decisions. It surfaces information that's already on the phone and asks one question: did you do the diabetes thing yet?
— Open source —
GluWink is open source. Your data stays on your device (with HealthKit), on the Nightscout site you control, or on the LibreLinkUp or EasyView service you connect. There are no accounts, no servers run by us, no analytics, no ads. Source code, build instructions, and the rules engine are all on GitHub.
Type 1 diabetes is relentless. The phone doesn't have to be.
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Availability
Devices
iPhone5s
iPadAir
iPadAirCellular
iPadMiniRetina
iPadMiniRetinaCellular
iPhone6
iPhone6Plus
iPadAir2
iPadAir2Cellular
iPadMini3
iPadMini3Cellular
iPodTouchSixthGen
iPhone6s
iPhone6sPlus
iPadMini4
iPadMini4Cellular
iPadPro
iPadProCellular
iPadPro97
iPadPro97Cellular
iPhoneSE
iPhone7
iPhone7Plus
iPad611
iPad612
iPad71
iPad72
iPad73
iPad74
iPhone8
iPhone8Plus
iPhoneX
iPad75
iPad76
iPhoneXS
iPhoneXSMax
iPhoneXR
iPad812
iPad834
iPad856
iPad878
Watch4
iPadMini5
iPadMini5Cellular
iPadAir3
iPadAir3Cellular
iPodTouchSeventhGen
iPhone11
iPhone11Pro
iPadSeventhGen
iPadSeventhGenCellular
iPhone11ProMax
iPhoneSESecondGen
iPadProSecondGen
iPadProSecondGenCellular
iPadProFourthGen
iPadProFourthGenCellular
iPhone12Mini
iPhone12
iPhone12Pro
iPhone12ProMax
iPadAir4
iPadAir4Cellular
iPadEighthGen
iPadEighthGenCellular
iPadProThirdGen
iPadProThirdGenCellular
iPadProFifthGen
iPadProFifthGenCellular
iPhone13Pro
iPhone13ProMax
iPhone13Mini
iPhone13
iPadMiniSixthGen
iPadMiniSixthGenCellular
iPadNinthGen
iPadNinthGenCellular
iPhoneSEThirdGen
iPadAirFifthGen
iPadAirFifthGenCellular
iPhone14
iPhone14Plus
iPhone14Pro
iPhone14ProMax
iPadTenthGen
iPadTenthGenCellular
iPadPro11FourthGen
iPadPro11FourthGenCellular
iPadProSixthGen
iPadProSixthGenCellular
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| Country | Price |
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| Canada | free |
| China | free |
| France | free |
| Germany | free |
| Italy | free |
| Netherlands | free |
| Portugal | free |
| Spain | free |
| UK | free |
| India | free |
| Japan | free |
| Korea, Republic Of | free |
| Poland | free |
| Russia | free |
| Turkey | free |
| USA | free |
| Ukraine | free |