# EyeDropAlarm — user reviews > 85 indexed App Store user reviews of EyeDropAlarm by Kayur Shah, rated 4.60/5 from 135 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eyedropalarm/id1226103644/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eyedropalarm/id1226103644.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 112 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of EyeDropAlarm? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface - 🎯 Comprehensive database of eye drop medications - ⏰ Reliable reminder notifications for medication timing - 🔄 Automatic spacing between multiple drops (5-minute intervals) - 📋 Ability to track different schedules for each eye - 🎨 Color-coded cap identification for easy recognition - 💰 Free app with no ads or paywalls - ⚙️ Flexible scheduling with step-down dosage options - 📱 Apple Watch integration for reminders - 🏥 Excellent for post-surgical eye care management - 👨‍⚕️ Created by ophthalmologist (Dr. Shah) - 🤝 Responsive customer support team **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent alarm notifications (sometimes fails to alert) - ⏱️ Time zone handling issues during daylight saving transitions - 🕐 Displays military time without easy conversion option - 📍 Difficulty setting different times for same medication on different eyes - 🔊 Alarm sound not loud or attention-getting enough - ⚪ App occasionally displays blank white screen (glitches) - 🌍 Limited medication database for international users (UK, New Zealand) - 🎵 Limited sound/notification options - 👁️ No font size adjustment for visually impaired users - 📊 No history or logging of completed doses **Commonly reported bugs** - Alarm notifications fail to trigger for scheduled doses - Time shifts backward one hour when switching from daylight saving time - Military time display with no easy conversion to civilian time - App displays blank white screen and becomes unresponsive - Inconsistent behavior with multiple drops scheduled at same time - Alarm still triggers after dose is marked complete - Time discrepancies when adding new schedules mid-treatment - App confusion during time zone changes **Most requested features** - Ability to add custom medications not in database - History/logging feature to track completed doses over time - Larger and bolder font options for visually impaired users - More comprehensive international medication database - Automatic alarm cancellation when dose is marked complete early - Separate scheduling for same medication at different times per eye - Time range feature to limit reminders between specific hours - Louder or customizable alarm sounds - Data export capability to share with doctors - Dose history that can be sent to healthcare providers - Adaptation for other medications (not just eye drops) ## Newest reviews (13 of 85) ### 4/5 — Great app *2025-08-05, version 2.1.2* I take artificial tears 6 times daily and prednisolone 1 time daily. I couldn’t do it without this app. At various times I’ve had other drops and this helps a lot. There were times when it was confused about time change but that seems to have straightened out. I recommend this app to people regularly. It has really been a great find for me. ### 4/5 — Great app *2025-04-06* I take artificial tears 6 times daily and prednisolone 1 time daily. It’s helpful, the alarm doesn’t consistently go off but I’ve been using for several years so it has trained me to be alert to the schedule. At various times I’ve had other drops and this helps a lot. There were times when it was confused about time change but that seems to have straightened out. Today it is suddenly on military time and I cannot find a way to correct that. Military time is confusing when you are used to living on civilian time. In fact that’s why I came to the App Store. I checked FAQ and the settings and didn’t see a way to correct it. ### 4/5 — Time lapse *2024-10-20, version 2.1.1* Can’t adjust the eyedrops reduction after the original schedule as the different meds change to two drops per day after seven days or more or they stop after the prescribed days. ### 5/5 — WOAH!! AMAZING!! *2024-06-28* I spent a couple hours creating an elaborate spreadsheet to log all of my various pre-op and post-op drops (times 2 for both eyes). Then when I went to print it out, I realized: A) I’d have to carry around the printout of the spreadsheet to manually check-off each drop; B) I’d still have to create events or reminders on my phone for multiple times a day for me to take the drops; and C) neither of these solutions sounded very simple. Then the little 5-watt bulb went off over my head and I thought “there has to be an app for this”. Well………. There is, and THIS IS IT!! This app is fantastic!! It does anything and everything you need for managing your eye drops before and after cataract surgery. The user interface is simple and straightforward. Setting up different schedules for different drops is a piece of cake. The app will alert you when it’s time for a drop; it will handle the ‘delay’ between successive drops; it will handle stepping down the number of drops per day as the weeks go by (if needed); and it will give you peace of mind that it’s all being taken care of so you don’t have to even think about it!! Some apps that purport to ‘manage’ aspects of your life are really done poorly - sloppy coding, lousy UI, unstable performance, etc. This app is totally professional - I’d gladly pay for it - BUT IT’S FREE!! What are you waiting for? Get it NOW!! ### 5/5 — So glad I found this app *2024-05-15, version 2.1.1* This app was recommended in a Facebook group for cataract surgery. It is intuitive to use and was easy to setup. It just works and is not overly complicated. I just brought my wife home after a total knee replacement, and 3 scripts to take at different times of day and for different periods of time. She gets the anti nausea med in both eyes every 6 hours. I know what it means and will track my drops (they have the pink top!” I did even look for an app for swallowed pills. Thank you for developing this app! If you find yourself in need of a project, you could adapt this app for other meds!? Thanks again!! ### 5/5 — 4th eye surgery and wish I had this app before *2024-05-11* This is my fourth eye surgery (second retina plus two cataract). The number of drops through recovery is a lot to say the least. Scheduled differ every follow up. This app is the easiest way to keep track of your drop schedule and I so wish I had it the first 3 surgeries. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review! ### 4/5 — Alarm *2023-12-10, version 2.0.3* Very nice… alarm sound could be more attention getting ### 5/5 — Absolutely AMAZING!!! 🤩🤩🤩 *2023-12-06, version 2.0.3* Thank you so very much for this amazing app. I found it today after my first cataract surgery and it has relieved my considerable angst about scheduling my eye drops. I can barely wait to tell my doctor about it at my first post-op appointment. This will be an excellent resource for all of her patients 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 ### 5/5 — An Awesome App! *2023-10-25, version 2.0.3* Perfect for me with an eye incident requiring 4 different eye drop medications on different different schedules. This app is straight forward and easy to use; drug name with cap colors with alarm setup and spacing time between multiple drops due at the same time. This an excellent program that I am glad I found! It is 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2023-09-22, version 2.0.3* Really easy to use and invaluable in reminding me to use drops ### 5/5 — Incredible App! *2023-07-22, version 2.0.3* What an amazing app! Just what I was looking for. A must download for anyone undergoing any eye surgery who will need to use eye drops pre and/or post op. Very easy to set up and use. Reminders simple to activate. A big thank you to the developers for taking the time and effort to produce such a useful app!! ### 5/5 — Great helpful app *2023-06-30, version 2.0.3* Perfect design. Really like how easy it is to set up. Nice sound options. Very reliable. Highly recommend. ### 4/5 — Great app with one issue *2023-06-26, version 1.1* I used this app for my dog who had cataract surgery and needs drops twice a day. When I had my android the app was perfect. Now on my iPhone if I have given the drop ahead of the alarm and checked the box it still sends me the alarm and notification which is kind of irritating. Not sure why it is doing that. Overall great app especially since you can set different drops per eye. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Needs fixing *2026-06-12, version 2.1.2* The idea is fantastic but it’s constantly resetting and will not alert me to take drops. I have to go in and reset each drop individually. We’ve missed drops bc the app failed ### 1/5 — Unreliable App *2025-10-12, version 2.1.2* The app fails to give me notice when my eye drops are due. It's very disappointing and concerning. ### 1/5 — Alarms *2025-03-10, version 2.1.1* Horrible ### 1/5 — Gltches *2021-04-04, version 1.1* I installed this to track my drops after my laser eye surgery. It works great, SOMETIMES, but other times the app doesn’t show anything. I try to open the app to see what’s due and there is only a completely white screen. I’ve tried updating my phone’s software, restarting the app, restarting my phone, but no luck. Sometimes the app just does not work at all. ### 1/5 — Eye drops not in database *2019-11-10* No use to me in New Zealand as the eye drops I use aren’t in the database & I cant add my own, I can only search. **Developer response:** There is a way to add drops manually if you can’t find your drops in the database. To add drops manually, click the + button while you are viewing the list of drops in the database. Please click on the ‘Help’ button in the app for detailed instructions. Click the settings icon in the app to find the ‘Help’ button. Also, most eyedrops have two names. The brand name and the generic chemical name. The brand name can vary from country to country, but usually the generic chemical name is consistent internationally. For example, there is a glaucoma drop with the brand name Xalatan in the US. The generic chemical name for this is Latanoprost. Latanoprost should have the same name in countries outside the US. For users located outside the US, try searching for your drops using the generic chemical name. ### 1/5 — Sound *2019-01-17, version 1.0* Nice idea however the alarm sound does not work. The schedule does not work ether. Waste of time. ### 3/5 — Difficult to set multiple times for same day *2025-11-03, version 2.1.2* Generally this app does what it says; alerts you when it’s time to take eye drops. Alerting at the time you want is another story. I first scheduled drops for my right eye. Great. While still taking the right drops, but starting a couple weeks later, I needed to add a separate schedule for my left eye. No matter what time I set it showed up an hour later on the schedule just for the left eye. There was no way to fix this other than to put the wrong time in and hoping the app doesn’t correct itself so I still end up putting the drops in at the wrong time. Jury still out about whether I continue using this app if it’s unreliable. ### 3/5 — Very helpful, but could be better *2025-05-23, version 2.1.2* A useful app to recommend to my patients. Some feedback however…. Can you look at listing every drop? I’m based in the uk, and drops that we commonly prescribe e.g monopost/ tiopex/ xalacom were not listed. Although their generic forms are listed, it would be too confusing reminding a patient eg to instill latanoprost when the box says monopost. Secondly, a lot of the individuals who may use this app will be visually impaired. Can you make the fonts larger and bolder. ### 3/5 — Does not always alarm *2025-01-18, version 2.1.1* I really love this app where I can space out my drops because there’s so many to take. But what disturbs me is it doesn’t always ring the alarm. For instance there are three drops. I need to take five minutes apart so it alarms the first one at 8 AM but then does not alarm the one that is set for 8:05 and does not alarm the one that is set for 8:10. Just now I have one drop that was due at 2 o’clock. It did not alarm. It’s not saying OK or snooze and it’s now 230. I had to remember it on my own. So it needs to get a little bit better at alerting to the drops. But it is a fabulous idea and something that we need. ### 3/5 — Okay *2023-10-29, version 2.0.3* I was really impressed with this, until today. For some strange reason, all the times shifted an hour backwards when British Summer Time ended and we returned to GMT, (UTC). I can’t think of any reason why this would be useful. Whilst it is relatively easy to correct from the following day, it’s a totally unnecessary step in an otherwise great and useful app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So helpful *2026-05-22, version 2.1.2* After laser cataract surgery with astigmatism correction I was starting to get so confused with all my eye drops. I also use the dry eye drops and 2 different glaucoma drops. This app has been a life saver. It’s really easy to use and great at keeping me on track. ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-09-22, version 2.1.2* Due to recent eye surgery I had to put 4 different eye drops several times a day totaling 15 times. The App not only has every eye drops med listed but helps space out the time between drops which is very helpful. ### 5/5 — Very good helpful App. *2025-08-19, version 2.1.2* I enjoyed using this app for my post cataract surgeries. ### 5/5 — Such a simple app *2025-06-17, version 2.1.2* This is such a simple app to get a reminder of your eye drops with all necessary features like reminder , Snooze and changing the intervals of drops ### 5/5 — Very helpful! *2025-04-25, version 2.1.2* I’m on lots of drops that are different for left and right and this app is almost perfect to help me keep track. One small improvement I’d love to see. It’s good that a 5 minute gap is automatic when several drops are needed at the same time of day. However the gap is made even when drops are going into different eyes. So I’d prefer that the first drop in the other eye could be scheduled for the same time as the first drop in the first eye, etc etc. not a big deal but it would make the app 5.5 stars for me!! ### 5/5 — AWESOME FRUSTRATION SOLVER! *2025-03-11, version 2.1.1* This reminder app is awesome! It’s so easy to use, especially if you are taking many types of medication! I love that it has a reminder alarm because it’s so easy to forget! Thank you Dr. Shah for making life on medication easier! ### 5/5 — Useful and easy to use *2025-01-24, version 2.1.1* I have been struggling to remember eye drops timing throughout the day since months. This app made my life easier and very simple and easy to use. Thanks to the team! ### 5/5 — WOAH!! AMAZING!! *2024-09-23, version 2.1.1* I spent a couple hours creating an elaborate spreadsheet to log all of my various pre-op and post-op drops (times 2 for both eyes). Then when I went to print it out, I realized: A) I’d have to carry around the printout of the spreadsheet to manually check-off each drop; B) I’d still have to create events or reminders on my phone for multiple times a day for me to take the drops; and C) neither of these solutions sounded very simple. Then the little 5-watt bulb went on over my head and I thought “there has to be an app for this”. Well………. There is, and THIS IS IT!! This app is fantastic!! It does anything and everything you need for managing your eye drops before and after cataract surgery. The user interface is simple and straightforward. Setting up different schedules for different drops is a piece of cake. The app will alert you when it’s time for a drop; it will handle the ‘delay’ between successive drops; it will handle stepping down the number of drops per day as the weeks go by (if needed); and it will give you peace of mind that it’s all being taken care of so you don’t have to even think about it!! Some apps that purport to ‘manage’ aspects of your life are really done poorly - sloppy coding, lousy UI, unstable performance, etc. This app is totally professional - I’d gladly pay for it - BUT IT’S FREE!! What are you waiting for? Get it NOW!! ### 5/5 — This is the BEST! *2024-09-04, version 2.1.1* I knew right away when my eye doctor said I needed cataract surgery, and put me on a schedule of multiple eye drops every day, it was going to be impossible for me… I’m always too busy. So, this is 2024 and checked to see if anyone made an app for this and ‘voila’ my problem solved. Whoever made this - THANK YOU, this is so easy, so reliable, so well thought out…it’s the BEST! ### 5/5 — Great when you have LASIK or PRK *2024-07-09, version 2.1.1* Great way to easily track your medication schedule for eye drops. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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