HelpDiabetes is a carb counting application that runs on a cellular phone. It calculates the amount of carbohydrates in a meal.
It is the successor of the J2ME version which was released for the first time end 2007, and which you can read all about
right here.
Compared to the J2ME version :
- It is not possible yet to create your own food composition table.
- The application itself is only in English or Dutch, although a foodcomposition table is available in ten languages, which will be selected
based on the language chosen in your phone settings (hyperlinks will lead you to the Excel files with the corresponding tables) :
English,
Czech,
Dutch,
German,
French,
Italian,
Norwegian,
Romanian,
Danish,
Spanish.
The sources off these tables can be found
here.
The license terms for these tables can be found by following the linked websites..
The application has been released on the Android Market, with the support from
Androidworld.nl .
Search for 'helpdiabetes'.
HelpDiabetes is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
Since it is free software, the source code is available and can be found on
http://code.google.com/p/helpdiabetes/
Contributions are possible and wished :
- Translate the application to your own language. If you wish I'll send you the text which you can translate, or we can do it via Google Wave.
- Contribute to development of this website.
- Give comments, feedback, proposals for improvement.
- Since it is free software, you are free to redistribute the software via any means.
6 February 2010 : Version 1.0.1
Italian translations are extended. Norwegian translation is added.
25 January 2010 : Version 1.0.0
Bolus calculation based on personal carb/insuline ratio for breakfast, lunch, snack and supper.
New source used for English database : Food Standards Australia/New Zealand.
French added as application language.
15 January 2010 : Version 0.9.2
Italian added as application language.
1 January 2010 : Version 0.9.1
This is the first version which allows calculating the amount of carbs, 10 tables in 10 different languages, which will be selected based on the
phone's language settings.
You can contact me by sending an e-mail to
johan.degreave@johandegraeve.net