MedTracker vs Pill Alert Pro
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.
Pill Alert Pro
Never miss a medication dose again with this comprehensive reminder and tracking app. It allows for multiple user profiles, customizable schedules, and detailed logging of taken or skipped medications. Features include refill reminders, picture attachments, and secure data backup.
- Customizable medication schedules
- Multiple user profiles
- Log taken or skipped doses
- Refill reminders
- Email pill logs
- Passcode and Touch ID protection
- iCloud and Dropbox backup
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Pill Alert is your full time secretary whose sole duty is making sure you take meds on time. It supports multiple profiles, so you can use it for both you and your family members. Just need to enter the schedules, Pill Alert will remind you takings meds on due time, and you can keep the pill taken logs, email them to yourself or your doctors. So you don’t need to always keep in mind that you should take those meds on those different times, it makes you stress relief in daily life. Here are the key feathers of this app: ⁃ Add schedules with frequency, dosage, time, times a day, and date range. ⁃ Calendar overview to check reminders or pill taken logs. ⁃ Check upcoming due meds. ⁃ Mark pill log as taken or skip. ⁃ Snooze reminder to make it alert later. ⁃ Turn ON or OFF schedule. ⁃ 15 free reminder sounds available. ⁃ Supports sound recording as a reminder. ⁃ Track quantity of each meds and remind when it’s time to refill. ⁃ Add Taken as Needed meds and check their logs separately with other meds. ⁃ Add pictures for each med. ⁃ Check logs by date or by medications. ⁃ Email pill taken logs by date or by mediations. ⁃ Email all the pills need to take info. ⁃ Customize unit, form and route. ⁃ Support multiple profiles and manager their data separately. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Supports Touch ID as passcode. ⁃ iCloud auto sync between iOS devices. ⁃ iCloud Backup and Restore. ⁃ Dropbox Backup and Restore. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch. ⁃ Adds 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MedTracker at none against Pill Alert Pro's 4. MedTracker also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Pill Alert Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. MedTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
MedTracker holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 80 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of MedTracker's written reviews are positive against 62% of Pill Alert Pro's.
MedTracker ships an update every 4 months, Pill Alert Pro every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MedTracker | Pill Alert Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (28 ratings) — better | 3.7 (80 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 61.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fairwinds Software | LINKLINKS LTD |
Customer experience
MedTracker
Pill Alert Pro
User reviews
MedTracker
From 28 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- ✅ Effective for tracking meds
- 💡 Great for PRN/as-needed meds
- 👨👩👧👦 Good for multiple users/family
- ⏱️ Accurate time logging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes/freezes
- ❌ No edit option for med names
- 🚫 Inflexible scheduling
- ⚠️ Ads can be intrusive
- 💻 No sync between devices
Pill Alert Pro
From 80 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helpful for managing medications
- 👍 Useful for tracking medication schedules
- 📋 Keeps good records and logs
- ⏰ Provides reminders and alerts
Room to improve
- 🐛 Issues with syncing and data loss
- 🕰️ Inconsistent or malfunctioning date/time
- 🔍 Difficult to set up or use
- 💤 Notifications/alerts not working properly
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
Pill Alert Pro
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes frequently
- Data disappearing or not syncing correctly
- Incorrect time/date shown for medication logs
- Reminders not triggering as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to track supplements/vitamins
- Allow more customization of medication schedules
- Improve sync functionality across devices
- Provide better instructions or user manual
In-app purchases
MedTracker
No in-app purchases
Pill Alert Pro
- Premium - 6 months$2.996 Months
- Unlimited Profiles$9.99
- Remove Ads Forever$19.99
- Export Data$19.99
Questions
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