Diabetes Diary

Diabetes Diary is a Windows software application whose purpose is to help diabetics keep track of various aspects related to the disease, like insulin doses, investigations, meals, and activities. It is Java-based so you need to have the working environment installed on your computer.

You can take advantage of the tool’s portability status and gain access to its features by opening the executable file. You can store it on USB flash drives or other devices. It does not leave entries in the Windows registry so a quick deletion job helps you get rid of it.

The GUI may look a bit overwhelming at a first glance because the program has a lot of options to offer. A help manual is not included in the package which means you need to dedicate some extra time to understand how it works.

On the downside, not all of the utility’s features are translated into English so it may prove to a bit confusing to get their exact function.

Storing a new patient in the database can be done by providing information about the name, surname, gender, and birth date. What’s more, you can set up the insulin types and configure the simulator parameters for the periphery and hepatic insulin sensitivity, renal threshold, and renal function. If you do not know how to tweak the simulation options, you can leave the default values.

You can track the doses of insulin for each day. You can add details about the insulin type, amount, user-defined note, and time when it was taken (e.g. lunch, breakfast, supper).

What’s more, you can keep track of investigations, meals (e.g. food, unit of measurement, amount, date), as well as activities like jogging or other sports-related tasks.

Diabetes Diary is able to reveal charts about the insulin and you may filter the results by date. Last but not least, you can run all types of simulations which are related to the insulin doses and characteristics of each patient.

All things considered, Diabetes Diary offers support for many handy features. However, several enhancements are needed in terms of GUI to make the entire process more intuitive.