Comparison
BeeGoodHealth and Glucose Buddy
Both are places to log glucose. The difference is how they are paid for: users describe Glucose Buddy’s free tier as ad-supported to the point of being unusable, and BeeGoodHealth runs no ads on any plan, free or paid. Here is what our research note found, and what it did not.
Facts checked July 2026. Everything in the Glucose Buddy column comes from one written research note of ours, and from nothing else. That note is a survey of published user reviews and press coverage — we have not tested Glucose Buddy ourselves. Where it recorded nothing, the row says so rather than guessing.
Side by side
Four of these rows are blank on the right. The note looked at how Glucose Buddy is monetised and how its sharing and reporting land with users; it is silent on whether it syncs a sensor, whether food and glucose share a timeline, whether there is a browser version, or whether its methods are published. We would rather leave those empty than guess in our own favour.
BeeGoodHealth on the left, Glucose Buddy on the right. Ours is every plan unless a cell says Premium.
On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to reach the Glucose Buddy column.
| What you are comparing | BeeGoodHealth | Glucose Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price |
$45.00 / year |
Premium is about $60 a year, and reviewers say it buys little beyond ad removal |
| Free tier |
$0 forever The last 60 days of history |
A free tier, which users describe as unusable after a day because of the ads |
| Ads |
No ads, on any plan, ever. |
Full-screen ads, which users report force the volume to 100% |
| CGM sync |
Dexcom CSV import today; Partner API sync once Dexcom approves us as a partner |
Not in our research |
| Food and glucose on one timeline |
All nine kinds of entry: glucose, food, medication, exercise, hydration, weight, blood pressure, labs, notes |
Not in our research |
| Share links |
Up to 10 active share links for your doctor or family — revoke one and the slot frees straight away |
Doctor-sharing of graphs capped at two weeks, with no email option |
| Doctor report |
The AGP PDF report to hand to your clinician Premium |
Reviewers call the reporting feature poorly done |
| Web access |
It runs in a browser, on a laptop or a phone |
Not in our research |
| Published formulas |
Published formulas and methodology |
Not in our research |
The same note also recorded a cluttered interface, a per-entry manual save that loses data, and unresponsive support. That is a reading of what users wrote in mid-2026, not a test we ran ourselves, and an app can be fixed. If any of it is out of date, tell us and we will correct this page.
Who should stay with Glucose Buddy
If your logbook there already holds years of entries, that history is worth more than a tidier table. We cannot move it for you, and starting again from empty is a real cost that no feature list offsets.
Stay too if what you want is a phone in your hand at a restaurant and nothing else. BeeGoodHealth is a web app first: it opens in a browser on a laptop or a phone, which is the right shape for charts and reports and the wrong shape for someone who wants a home-screen icon and no browser at all.
Our pitch is narrow: no ads on any plan, sharing you control, and the arithmetic behind every number published. If those are not what is bothering you, switching is not worth your afternoon.
If the ads are what is bothering you
BeeGoodHealth is in a closed beta. Ask for access on the home page and we’ll email you an invite when a place opens up.
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