MedTracker vs Medicine Tracker and Scheduler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MedTracker
This app helps you record and track when you take medications, ensuring you don't miss doses. It supports multiple people, medications, and dosages, with optional notifications and history editing.
- Track multiple people and medications
- Set custom dosage schedules
- Receive optional dose reminders
- Record actual dose quantity
- Add free-form notes for medications
- Share medication history
- Export medication history
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MedTracker is a complexity free application that records the dates and times over-the-counter or prescription medications have been taken. For someone taking prescription medications it’s not uncommon to miss the correct time to take the medication. MedTracker tracks the actual time medication was taken in a single view, using the simple Take Now button. With the optional notifications turned on, MedTracker will determine the time to take the next dose and notify you on your device. MedTracker provides an option to require input of the actual quantity taken when the Take Now button is tapped. Families with multiple children will appreciate MedTrackers ability to keep track of multiple medications for multiple people and easily see when medications should be taken. For the busy parent, consumption history can be added or modified after the fact. All of us, with busy life's, take a pill and then sometime later can't remember exactly when or if we took it. It’s typical to ask the question, "When did I take that aspirin?", or "Did I take my vitamins today?" By adding the simple step of pressing one button in the front view of MedTracker it becomes clear when the medication was taken and when the next dose should be taken. Features Include: - Multiple people. - Multiple medications. - Multiple dosages. - Handles PRN medications. - Handles fractional doses. - Allows free form notes for each medication. - Allows easy sharing with medical professionals via Activity Sharing. - Option for tracking the actual dose taken. - Option to show local notifications when it is time to take the next medication. - Option for taking medications every x hours. - Option for taking medications at specific times each day. - Option to show overdue doses in red with checkmark. - Option to control audio and visual take feedback. - Option to temporarily enable or disable medicine. - Edit or add history. - Export history to text or CSV file. - Export summary text or to CSV file. - In context help with resizable font. - Past due application icon badging. - Responds to dynamic type content size changes in Apple -> Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Larger Text - Option to view pending notifications. MedTracker's Settings has options to: - control date and time formats (which can be different than your device default), - control the amount of history to keep, - to select notification sounds, - to manual reorder medicines, - enable sending bug report emails, and - to cancel all outstanding notifications.
Medicine Tracker and Scheduler
This app helps you remember to take your medications and log when you've taken them. It provides a historical record for your doctor and a calendar view of your schedule. Easily manage multiple doses and track your medication history.
- Medication reminders
- Log taken medications
- Historical record keeping
- Calendar view of schedule
- Multiple dose scheduling
- Customizable notifications
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Medicine Tracker and Scheduler (MST) handles two major functions. 1. Notifies you when medicines should be taken 2. Records the medicines you have taken When your medicines or dosage change over time, creates a historical record when you need to provide it to others, eg your primary physician. As you get older, sometimes it gets harder to remember if you took your medicine just hours earlier. This tracker makes it simple to record the medicine taken immediately after it’s been taken. Customer Service at MedicineTracker@webcoastapps.com provides answers to your all your Medicine Tracker questions. The app is easy to use, and is similar to other successful apps developed by Web Coast Apps. A calendar displays your history all in one place along with your schedule. It is easy to forget, did I take my medicine or I didn’t. With MST (Medicine Scheduler and Tracker), you can quickly record what you took and when. The app reminds you when it is time to take which medicine. System Notification can be turned off, allowing you to check your schedule any time. The Medicine Scheduler and Tracker App is made up of 5 parts: 1. Record the time medicines are taken. 2. Reporting is on a summary page, to allow you to select a range of dates to see the history (time and quantities) that medicines are taken. 3. A Calendar page is used to display historical data, and future schedules. 4. Add-Edit page to make changes to schedules that have been entered. 5. Setup pages. This is where a reminder notification can be configured, or the start of the work week can be configured for the calendar, and to setup Schedules. Medicine Scheduler and Tracker, has many important features, such as local backup, and a calendar to show what was taken and what is scheduled to be taken. There is no restriction on the quantity of Meds that can be tracked. Choose from several methods to set up schedules for taking multiple doses for a Medication. For example: 1. every so many hours, 2. number of times between start and end times, or 3. at one of 4 times of the day, eg breakfast, lunch, dinner or bedtime. Setting up your Medicine schedule is easy and fast. A summary page shows your actual time verses your schedule times, for the current day and previous day and your schedule for the next day. You can even see what Medications you have taken and the quantities, for the different time intervals, eg current week, current month, current year, etc. The best feature of Medicine Scheduler and Tracker, MST is its calendar. The calendar shows both past, current and future medicine schedules. The calendar is integrated with a log record. The log record will show each and every Medicine you have taken by the date. You can sequence back to see records from previous months. In SETUP, you can turn off or on reminder notifications, change Header colors, or setup other users to track. The Medicine Tracker can be used to track meds for you pets, children or other family members. Medicine Tracker, can be setup for multiple users or to track multiple categories, eg Prescriptions, non Prescriptions, Vitamins, or supplements, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MedTracker at 4.0 against Medicine Tracker and Scheduler's 1.0. MedTracker also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 47%) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). Medicine Tracker and Scheduler's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MedTracker holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MedTracker has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of MedTracker's written reviews are positive against 47% of Medicine Tracker and Scheduler's.
MedTracker ships an update every 4 months, Medicine Tracker and Scheduler every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MedTracker | Medicine Tracker and Scheduler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (30 ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 47.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 4+ |
| Developer | Fairwinds Software | Web Coast Apps |
Customer experience
MedTracker
Medicine Tracker and Scheduler
Bugs and requests
MedTracker
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes on recent iOS updates
- App won't open after recent updates
- Inflexible scheduling, no edit option for med names
- App freezes on open, interprets scroll as 'Take Now'
- Misses entries and edits day after
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- Cannot contact technical support
- Recent update is extremely slow
- Cannot save a new medicine after upgrade
- Crashes immediately when opening after update
- Serious lag time between entering data and posting
- Export button does not work
- Reminders do not always come through
- History not accessible for some users
- Push notifications not available
- Uneditable dosage or time given
- Stopped logging after a day
- Crashes when clicking 'take now' button
Requested features
20 requests- Add 'As Needed' or 'Daily' option for medications
- Allow editing of medication names
- Add a notes field for 'Why' a PRN med was taken
- Enable cloud sync between devices
- Allow sorting/filtering by day or date
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- Add Apple Watch integration (reminders, glance, complication)
- Implement pill counter and refill alerts
- Add option to take picture of medicine
- Allow users to group medications by time or person
- Add notification support for overdue medication
- Allow reordering of meds in the list
- Add ability to archive or file inactive meds
- Add field for purpose of medicine, pharmacy, doctor, dosage
- Option to upgrade to remove ads
- Allow usage of decimals in amount taken field
- Add tabs to switch between household members
- Display next dose time more prominently
- Ability to clear entries of all medications at once
- Add Apple Health integration
- Add pill counter
Medicine Tracker and Scheduler
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MedTracker
No in-app purchases
Medicine Tracker and Scheduler
No in-app purchases
Questions
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