Glucose Widget

Your blood glucose, always in sight.

Glucose Widget is a tiny, always-on-top Windows desktop widget that shows your live Dexcom G7 reading — no more unlocking your phone every ten minutes. Readable at a glance, colour-coded, with optional pulsing alerts when things drift out of range.

$7 AUD per year · Includes updates & support · Windows 10 & 11 · Works with Dexcom G7

Cancel anytime — no lock-in, no surprise renewals.

Glucose Widget running on Windows desktop showing 10.6 mmol/L

Built for people who live with the numbers

If you’re a Type 1 diabetic who spends long hours at a computer, a parent remotely monitoring a child on Dexcom G7, or anyone who’s tired of picking up their phone every ten minutes just to check a number — this widget was built for you.

Type 1 Diabetics at a PC

Desk workers, developers, students — glance at your BGL without breaking focus.

Parents & Carers

Monitor your child’s glucose from your own PC using a Dexcom G7.

Anyone with Dexcom G7

Already using Dexcom G7? Sign in once, forget about it — your number is just there.

Place the widget anywhere on your screen

Glucose Widget running on the Windows taskbar showing a 15.9 mmol/L reading

Red edge pulsing alerts you to highs and lows

Always on top

Floats above every app — full-screen video, Excel, code editor, doesn’t matter. Drag it where you want it.

Live Dexcom readings

Checks your Dexcom account every 5, 10 or 15 minutes (your choice). Your G7 controls how often new readings reach Dexcom — typically every 5 minutes.

mmol/L or mg/dL

Flip between units with one click. Works the same way whether you’re in Melbourne or Minneapolis.

Colour-coded at a glance

Green in range, yellow high, orange low, red urgent — at either end. You’ll read the colour before you read the number.

Pulsing border alerts

Optional pulsing border on Urgent Low, Low, or Urgent High. Peripheral-vision safety net for dangerous readings.

Trend arrows

↑ ↗ → ↘ ↓ — see where your glucose is heading, not just where it is.

Your thresholds, your call

Set your own urgent-low, low, high and urgent-high values. The widget respects your targets — not a textbook’s.

Resize & restyle

Drag the corner to resize. Slide the opacity down so it fades into your wallpaper. Make it yours.

Private by design

Dexcom credentials are encrypted with Windows DPAPI and stay on your machine. We store nothing about your glucose.

A closer look

Compact on the outside. Genuinely customisable on the inside.

Glucose Widget live reading 10.6 mmol/L

The widget itself

Current reading, trend arrow, units, refresh timestamp, connection dot.

Glucose Widget display settings showing refresh interval, units, opacity, thresholds

Display settings

Refresh interval, units, opacity slider, threshold values, pulse toggles.

Glucose Widget instructions panel

Quick-start guide

Drag to move, corner to resize, right-click for the menu. That’s it.

Up and running in 60 seconds

Buy

$7 AUD per year via Stripe. License key emailed instantly.

Install

Download the Windows installer and run it. No admin rights required.

Sign in

Enter your Dexcom username and password. Encrypted with DPAPI.

Glance

Drag it into the corner of your screen and get on with your day.

$7 AUD per year, per device. No ads, no upsells. Updates and priority support included.

Need more than one device? Just subscribe again — each subscription covers one PC.

Need support or have questions?

[email protected]

Frequently asked

Do I need a Dexcom G7?

Yes — Glucose Widget requires an active Dexcom G7 CGM and your Dexcom credentials. Sign in with the same account you use in the Dexcom app.

Does it work in Australia?

Yes. The widget supports both Dexcom’s US and International Share endpoints, and auto-selects the correct one based on your region. Australian users connect via the International endpoint.

Is my glucose data stored anywhere?

No. Readings flow directly from Dexcom’s servers to your PC — we don’t touch them. Your Dexcom credentials are encrypted with Windows DPAPI and stored locally on your machine, not on our servers.

Will it use lots of battery / CPU?

No. It’s a tiny WPF app that idles almost entirely, waking only to fetch a reading every few minutes. You won’t notice it on battery.

Can I install it on more than one PC?

Each $7/year subscription covers one device. If you want it on two PCs (laptop + desktop, for example) just take a second subscription — still $7 per year each.

What Windows version do I need?

Windows 10 or Windows 11. The app is built on .NET 8 (WPF) — .NET runtime is included with the installer so there’s nothing else to download.

What if my internet drops out?

The widget keeps showing your last known reading and flags the connection dot. Licences revalidate once a week — you have a 7-day offline grace period either way, so brief outages are a non-issue.

Refunds?

If it doesn’t work for you, email us within 14 days of your first payment and we’ll refund the full amount — no questions. Cancel anytime from your billing portal to stop future renewals.

Stop unlocking your phone to check the current BGL

Seven dollars. Sixty seconds to set up. Then it’s just there — quietly, always, on top.