Piloting in rural Limpopo, South Africa

Type 1 Diabetes care that fits in a young person's pocket.

A mobile-first companion for youth living with T1DM far from a clinic — guideline-based education, a private nurse chat, insulin reminders and engaging self-care tools, all built for low-bandwidth phones.

12–30
Age group designed for
10
Education modules
<1MB
Typical page weight
5
Daily support tools
T1Gluco Buddy app on a phone showing the home dashboard with nurse chat, glucose logging, self-care education and medication reminders

The reality we are designing for

No fridge for insulin, long distances to the clinic, missed school and shared phones. Every feature answers one of these.

What's inside the app

Swipe to explore how we help you manage Type 1 Diabetes.

Self-care education

10 modules: insulin, hypos, food, school and more.

Chat with a nurse

Ask the clinic team a question between visits.

Medication reminders

Never miss an insulin dose.

Health logging

Glucose, meals and how you feel — logged.

Listen, don't just read

Hear every module as audio.

Download the pilot app

Install it directly from this page — no app store account, no large download. Android and iPhone both supported.

Android — install now

Installs straight from the browser. Works on low-end phones, uses very little data and adds an app icon to your home screen.

Android APK (pilot build)

For pilot sites that side-load the app onto clinic or learner devices without the Play Store.

Request the pilot APK

iPhone & iPad

On the iPhone, add it from Safari:

  1. Tap Share in Safari
  2. Tap Add to Home Screen

Partner with us

We are onboarding clinics, districts, funders and researchers into the pilot. Tell us how you'd like to work together and the team will respond.

  • Bring the platform to your clinic or district
  • Fund or evaluate the pilot
  • Contribute clinical or educational content
  • Request the pilot APK for your devices