About GlucoTV
Built by someone in the diabetes community, for everyone in the diabetes community.
Why GlucoTV Exists
My child was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at two years old. From that moment on, glucose monitoring became part of every hour of every day, not just for them, but for our whole family.
The checking never really stops. Receivers, phones, watches, alerts, numbers, arrows. You learn to live with it, but it is always there in the background.
At some point, I started thinking about the TV.
It is already on. It is the biggest screen in the house. Everyone can see it from across the room. Nobody has to unlock a phone, open an app, or stop what they are doing just to check a number.
So I built GlucoTV.
At first, GlucoTV was only meant to solve a problem in our own house.
But once I started sharing the idea with other people in the Type 1 diabetes community, I realized the need was bigger than our living room. Other families understood it immediately. Parents talked about watching numbers through the night. Caregivers talked about wanting to glance across the room without stopping everything. People with diabetes talked about simply wanting their glucose visible while they went about their day.
Then the idea stretched a little further.
An assistant principal I know asked if GlucoTV could work for kids at her school. Teachers and nurses wanted a simple way to follow glucose readings from their computers during the school day, without needing a Roku or a separate device. At the time, GlucoTV was Roku only, but that conversation stuck with me.
That was the moment I realized this should not just be something for the TV. It needed to work anywhere someone needed a simple, reliable way to keep an eye on a glucose reading.
That is what led to the desktop viewer and the shareable browser link.
The shareable link is free for the people you choose to share it with. They do not need an account, and they do not have to install anything. They can simply open the link and see the display.
That felt like the right approach. The people checking those numbers are usually parents, grandparents, teachers, school staff, friends, or caregivers. People who are helping someone they care about. I wanted GlucoTV to make that job a little easier, whether they are at home, at school, or somewhere in between.
That is still the goal today.
Built by a T1D parent, for families like ours.
What We Stand For
Your Privacy
We collect what's needed to run your account and show your readings, such as your email, your CGM connection (stored encrypted), recent readings and your subscription status. We don't sell your data; it is shared only with the services that run GlucoTV and the people you send a view link to.
Fair Pricing
$2/month or $18/year. Renews automatically; cancel anytime.
Community Built
Built by someone who understands the daily reality of diabetes management.
What We've Built
GlucoTV is actively developed and ships new features regularly. Here's what's available today:
On your TV
The GlucoTV Roku channel: your reading, trend arrow and chart on the biggest screen in the house, from the Roku Streaming Store.
Browser viewer
A link that works in any browser, with nothing to install. No Roku needed.
Chart history
3, 6, 12 or 24 hours with color-coded zones, so you can see the whole day at a glance.
Glucose alerts
In the browser viewer, a flashing banner and a beep for urgent low, low, high and urgent high, each on or off, while the page is open.
Share links
Free, read-only links for family and caregivers. Nobody needs an account to view.
Scheduled share links
A link for a school nurse or teacher that works only on the days and hours you choose, with holidays and snow days blocked out. Your own link always works.
Group view
Up to 4 people from one account on a single screen, each with their own color, chart and link.
Dashboard
Everyone you follow, and your own devices, on one screen, sorted into tabs such as Family and School.
Shared settings
Thresholds, units and alerts set once on your account, and every screen follows them.
Dexcom and Nightscout
Dexcom G6, G7 and G7 15-Day through Dexcom Share, or your own Nightscout site.
What's Next
Still on the roadmap:
More CGM support
FreeStyle Libre and other systems.
Alerts on Roku
A banner and a beep on the TV, to match the browser viewer.
More for the TV
Bringing more of the browser viewer to the Roku channel.
Try GlucoTV Free
7-day free trial for new subscribers (one per email address). Cancel before it ends and you won't be charged. If it works for your family, it's $2/month to keep it running, less than a coffee.
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Questions, feedback, bug reports, or just want to share how GlucoTV is helping your family? We'd love to hear from you.
General Support
Questions, feedback, or help getting set up.
support@glucotv.com
Privacy & Data
Data deletion requests or privacy questions.
support@glucotv.com
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