Freestyle Libre App: How to download and set it up

With the Freestyles Libre app, you can easily check your blood sugar level anytime, anywhere. To have your diabetes under control as best as possible, all you need is a small sensor and your smartphone.

Freestyle Libre - help for diabetics

Freestyle Libre saves diabetic fingers from uncomfortable finger sticks and at least makes the disease a little more bearable.

• This is made possible by a sensor that is attached to the upper arm. The flat sensor is just the size of a two-euro coin and hardly affects patients in everyday life.
• With the Freestyle Libre reader, diabetes patients can then conveniently determine the blood sugar level at any time. All you have to do is hold the reader over the sensor for a few seconds.
• The measured values ​​are shown in clear graphics and saved on the reader for three months.

Determine the glucose level with the smartphone

The Freestyle Libre reader is relatively small and light, but it is even more practical if you don't have to carry it around with you.

• This is made possible by the Freestyle Libre app, which you can get for both Android and iOS devices. After you have installed the Freestyle Libre app, you can measure your blood level on the go with your smartphone.
• However, the smartphone has to fulfill an important requirement; it must be NFC-capable. NFC is the abbreviation for near field communication. You must also activate NFC if you use the Freestyle Libre app. In a separate article, we present the NFC technology in more detail.
• You can use the free Android app from Freestyle Libre from Lollipop, i.e. Android 5.0.
• You can use the free iOS app from Freestyle Libre from iOS11. You also need at least one iPhone 7.
• Another prerequisite for using the app on your smartphone is, in addition to your customer account with Freestyle Libre, registration with LibreView. To do this, your LibreView account gives you the option of sharing the data with your doctor right away if you wish.
• After you download the app and set up your account with Freestyle Libre, you can start right away.

Freestyle Libre App - measure blood sugar with your smartphone and iPhone

In order to determine your glucose value using the Freestyles Libre app, you have to do something different depending on whether you are using an Android smartphone or an iPhone.

• After opening the app, hold the back of the Android smartphone over the sensor. With an acoustic signal or a vibration, the app indicates that it has recognized the sensor.
• If there is no beep, move the smartphone back and forth a little until the NFC antenna has found the sensor. As soon as a second beep sounds, the scan of your blood sugar level is complete.
• If you have an iPhone, the procedure varies a little. After opening the app, you will see a blue button on the home screen and another gray scan button in the upper right corner of the iPhone.
• First tap one of the buttons. Then hold the top of the iPhone quietly next to the sensor. As soon as the signal tone sounds, the scan is complete.
• In general, setting up the app works without any problems, but if you still have questions, you can clarify them personally with the Freeestyle Libre customer service.