MiniMed Connect at App Store analyse

The app works great so far for me. I have no complaints about how its working. The features included work well and reliably. I hope that in the future we can get some added features and Apple Watch support. The transmitter has good distance between it and the phone. The transmitter only works relatively close to the pump, however. Id imagine thats more of a limitation with the pumps communication than the transmitter. I enjoy being able to quickly check my current ISIG without pulling out my pump. It works great in meetings and when busy with other tasks. Being able to quickly see active insulin and reservoir status is also a huge plus. The wireless uploading to CareLink once a day (or manually on demand) is great. Makes it so much easier to get data into CareLink on a timely basis.

This thing is a waste of money. I just switched to the Dexcom G5 Mobile and its so much better. I now have all my data on my Apple Watch, I have alerts on phone and watch, and the Dexcom sensor is 100 times more accurate.

I was told this was easy and would show my readings. Obviously not. Id like the convenience as a type 1 mom on the go of being able to send reports to my doctor and review it on my phone. Guess not!

It is very easy to tell that improvements to the MiniMed Connect system have been abandoned within Medtronic, if they ever existed. Just open the app for the first time, as I did a few weeks after they started to sell the connect device in November 2015. iOS 9 had recently been released and when I first opened the app I was warned that the app wasnt supporting iOS 9 - but I could use it anyway. As of the end of May 2016, I get the same warning. Medtronic has only released one software update, which was a few weeks after the the app was launched. So there was originally v. 1.0 and now there is v. 2.0. Absolutely no bug fixes, enhancements, new features - nothing. And it badly needs them. The Connect device is constantly disconnecting from the iPhone and often simply will not reconnect. It is supposed to upload its data to CareLink, which I have never gotten to work. I was initially excited about this system. It was a way to read data from my pump rather than using the reto black and white LCD screen on my pump - which hasnt been updated in 20 years! Now that I am 50 reading it is quite a chore. (The pumps have been updated of course, but they continue to use the 1990 screen technology in the newer pumps.) But ailas it proved so difficult to use the Connect device that after two weeks I stuck it in a drawer. This week while struggling to read my pump screen, I became hopeful that I had been too harsh in my initial assessment and tried it again. But no, it is the exact same version of the software, the bad connections, and it still doesnt support iOS 9. Well done Medtronic!!

Mini med connect is great and the software does what it shows it will do. I have had my share of challenges getting the mini med connect to talk to the various devices at times but generally speaking it works most of the time without any issue at all. I like the software a lot, and it is very helpful to use and you could pick up more information quicker from using the app then you can going to the various screens of your pump to get the same information. My only complaint, I wish that they would keep up with the software rollouts so that you dont have to keep acknowledging that the software is not ready for this version of the iOS software, and more importantly Im extremely anxious for the I watch to be available. When and if the I watch app becomes available, then I feel like this will be a five star set up as I could see myself using that I watch app most frequently.

When the connection is good, it seems to work about 60% of the time every time. Sometimes at night it times out, then I do not get the critical page to my phone to alert of low BG. The app has needed an update for at least 3 iOS revisions. Adding a watch partner app would also be great for those that would like to see data while exercising. Medtronic has made a good step in technology, but there is a responsibility to keep it updated. It works, but has been "non OS compliant" for some time now.

The app is ok, wish there were a few more extra features like being able to alert another person through text if you go low. Also would be great to have an Apple Watch feature that would display my Blood sugar on my watch at a glance. Instead of having to pull out my phone. Also alerts would be nice! Say for predicting lows or highs or if the battery or pump is low on insulin. Maybe make this like a remote app for the pump so I dont have to take the pump out in public to bolus. If these features were added, and work well, I would rate 5 stars and be super happy. Living with diabetes is sometimes frustrating and anything that can make day to day life easier is so much better. This is 2016. We should have stuff like this already.