Comparison

Dr. Pill vs Make a pill!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dr. Pill

Become a medicine specialist and treat patients by identifying the correct pill combinations for their illnesses. Carefully listen to patient symptoms and administer the right medication to avoid negative side effects.

Highlights
  • Treat patients
  • Identify correct pill combinations
  • Understand patient symptoms
  • Avoid side effects
  • Medicine specialist simulation
Features
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As Dr. Pill you are medicines specialist, treat you patients and recover them from the correct combinations of pills. Carefully understand what the patients will be telling you about their illnesses and make a combination of pills accordingly otherwise see consequences of side-effects of wrong combination.

About

Make a pill!

Engage in a simulation game where you manage pill production. Choose pill shapes and colors, operate machinery, and fulfill customer orders. Your speed and skill are crucial in this pharmaceutical simulation.

Highlights
  • Pill production simulation
  • Choose pill shape and color
  • Operate medicine making machines
  • Sort and package pills
  • Fulfill customer orders
  • Bright 3D graphics
  • Simple management
Features
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Pills Tycoon is an exciting pill production game! Do you know how medicines are made? And how do pharmacists work? Or why working as a pharmacist is so important? Rather, let's play and pump your skills in the pharmaceutical field! Patients are waiting for their medicine! Choose the shape and color of the pills and add the blanks to the special medicine making machines. The received tablets must be sorted, placed in jars and given to customers! Remember, your speed, dexterity and skill save someone's life! Be responsible! Features of Pills Tycoon - Bright 3D graphics; - Simple management; - Exciting gameplay; - Intuitive interface. Hurry into the game and become a real pro of pharmaceuticals! Pills Tycoon will definitely not let you get bored!

Screenshots

Dr. Pill4 screens
Make a pill!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Make a pill! at 100% against Dr. Pill's 13%. Make a pill! also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Dr. Pill's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.5 vs 14.2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dr. Pill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Make a pill! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Make a pill! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dr. Pill has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Dr. Pill's written reviews are positive against 100% of Make a pill!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dr. Pill ships an update every 2 weeks, Make a pill! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dr. Pill versus Make a pill!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDr. PillMake a pill!
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (55 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings55 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.5 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size518 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMondayOFFPAMPAM, TOV

Customer experience

Dr. Pill

All ratings55 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative73.3%

Make a pill!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dr. Pill

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99
None

Make a pill!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dr. Pill free?
Dr. Pill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Make a pill! free?
Make a pill! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dr. Pill or Make a pill!?
Make a pill! is rated higher. Dr. Pill averages 2.5 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while Make a pill! averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dr. Pill or Make a pill! have ads?
Both Dr. Pill and Make a pill! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dr. Pill or Make a pill!?
Dr. Pill ships an update every 2 weeks, and Make a pill! every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dr. Pill was updated on October 22, 2026 and Make a pill! on October 7, 2026.

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