Side by side
From each maker's own documents, checked 6 October 2026. Not stated means the documents say nothing, not that the app cannot do it. All seven apps.
| Glide | Sugarmate |
|---|---|
| Price | |
| Free, including the call. Photo carbs and My Lab are Premium: $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year for the whole profile source | Free source |
| CGMs | |
| Dexcom G7, G6 (through Share); Libre 2, 3, 3 Plus (LibreLinkUp); Medtrum EasySense (EasyFollow); any CGM on a Nightscout site (beta) source source source | Dexcom G6, G7, ONE+; Tandem Source; Nightscout source |
| Phones and other screens | |
| iPhone and Apple Watch. No Android, web, widget or CarPlay source | iPhone, Android, web. Apple Watch and CarPlay through Apple Calendar source |
| Followers per person | |
| No limit (invite codes) source | Up to 20 source |
| Low and high alerts | |
| Low. No high alert source | No plain low or high push. Lows: a push after an hour of falling, a text on an urgent low, a call in sleep hours. Highs: a push after a long rise or 2 steady hours source |
| Rise and fall alerts | |
| Falling fast, rising fast source | Extended rise, extended fall (an hour of change) source |
| Alert when readings stop | |
| Banner after 15 to 120 minutes, your choice (30 by default) source | “No New Glucose Values” push after 15 minutes, unless a sensor change is logged source |
| Sound on a silenced iPhone | |
| Banners: no, but they show during a Focus that allows Time Sensitive. Call: rings through Silent and Focus with Emergency Bypass source | Any push can be a Critical Alert source |
| Phone call | |
| On a low and on lost signal, in the night hours you set, to US, Canada and Europe numbers (free) source | On a low, during sleep hours, in the countries Sugarmate lists source source |
| Text message | |
| No source | Urgent low text to friends or family source |
| Log meals and insulin | |
| Meals, insulin, notes, fingersticks, from any family phone source | Food, insulin, notes and 7 other types source |
| Find repeats of a meal | |
| On its own, from the words you log for each meal (My Lab, Premium) source | Not stated; food entries show on the graph source |
Where Sugarmate is stronger
- Android and the web, as well as iPhone.
- A text to family on an urgent low. Glide sends no texts.
- Any alert can be a Critical Alert, which sounds on a muted phone without a call.
- Tandem Source as a data source.
Try Glide beside Sugarmate
- Connect the CGM in Glide: tap Connect a CGM and pick it. Setup for each model.
- Invite the family: Settings → Followers → Invite a follower. Each person installs Glide, taps Watch someone else's glucose, enters the code and taps Join.
- On your phone, go to Settings → Notifications, turn on Signal lost and set No reading for (30 minutes by default, 15 to 120).
- For the night: Settings → Alerts → Add a phone number. Enter a mobile number (outside the US, with its country code) and the code Glide texts you.
- Under Wake-up call, set the hours (10 PM to 8 AM by default). Under When to call, keep Call on signal loss on.
- Tap Add caller to Contacts. In Contacts, open that contact, tap Edit → Ringtone and turn on Emergency Bypass, so the call rings through Silent and Focus.
- Tap Send a test call.
What you see
- At night, a real phone call from Glide Alarm. Glide's server places it, so the app does not have to be open.
- Another call every 15 minutes by default (the Snooze setting), until readings come back.
- The chart fills in when the sensor reconnects.
Questions
Can I keep Sugarmate?
Yes. Glide reads the same data, so Sugarmate and Glide work side by side.
Does Glide replace the CGM's alarms?
No. Glide is not a medical device. Keep the alarms on in the wearer's CGM app.
What does Glide cost?
Glide is free: readings, the chart, followers, alerts, the nighttime call, the report and the Apple Watch app. Glide Premium ($4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, two weeks free) adds photo carb counting and My Lab's food groups.
More with Glide
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