# What is xDrip? **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Created:** [November 28, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-xdrip/10550 "2020-11-28T16:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bostrav59](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/bostrav59/32/7281_2.png) [@bostrav59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bostrav59)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-xdrip/10550/1 "2020-11-28T16:34:32Z")
I check occasionally when a topic comes up that interests me. Looks like we’ve got a lot of Tandem users here. Like @mm2, I sometimes get impatient with CIQ responding to blood glucose variations, and just do a quick 2 unit bolus. But the pump has given me a lot better control. @richnic, what’s Xdrip? I also use the Dexcom G6 but am not familiar with that term. Welcome to everyone (from an occasional poster)! ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-xdrip/10550/2 "2020-11-28T16:49:34Z")
> [@bostrav59](#): > > what’s Xdrip? I also use the Dexcom G6 but am not familiar with that term. > **[GitHub - NightscoutFoundation/xDrip: Nightscout version of xDrip+](https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip)** > > Nightscout version of xDrip+. Contribute to NightscoutFoundation/xDrip development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-xdrip/10550/3 "2020-11-28T21:43:59Z")
> [@bostrav59](#): > > what’s Xdrip? XDrip is app to install on android phone, and provides more/better features than dexcom app. ---
**Author:** ![richnic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/richnic/32/8839_2.png) [@richnic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/richnic)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-xdrip/10550/4 "2020-11-29T09:31:02Z")
Xdrip is an app for android phones. I find the Tandem T Slim alarms are quite weak and don’t wake me up at night so I started using Xdrip and it’s much better. Also that way I can run Xdrip on my phone, G6 on my pump and If I want to use G5 I can run it on xdrip also. Plus you can do things like reset the battery day count and get an extra 1-2 months out of a g5 transmitter as well as rebatteryng them. There is an xdrip page on FB too. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/xDripG5](https://www.facebook.com/groups/xDripG5) ---
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-xdrip/10550/5 "2020-11-30T01:52:24Z")
> [@richnic](#): > > If I want to use G5 I can run it on xdrip also. Not for much longer in US. Dexcom stopped shipping G5/G4 transmitters in June, and will stop sensors end of 2020. But if you have stock of G4/G5 sensors, and replace transmitter batteries, can probably go through most of 2021. (Non-US has different discontinue dates). XDrip work with G6 also, but Dexcom limited many of the hacks that xDrip had. ---
**Author:** ![richnic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/richnic/32/8839_2.png) [@richnic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/richnic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-xdrip/10550/6 "2020-11-30T22:59:14Z")
Thank you. I’m aware of the rebattery limitations with the new G6’s. We only just got Basal IQ here (Australia) a few weeks ago so I imagine we will have the G5 as an option for a while longer here. We usually seem to be a fair bit behind the US.