Pill Tracker vs Forge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pill Tracker
Manage your medication schedule with timely reminders and easy dose tracking. Build healthy habits with visual progress and a streak counter. Your health data remains private and secure on your device.
- Smart medication reminders
- Daily, weekly, as-needed tracking
- Visual progress and streak tracking
- Medication history calendar
- Pill inventory and low stock alerts
- Apple Watch app with complications
- Dark mode support
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Never miss a dose. PillTracker is a simple, calm medication reminder that keeps your medications on your iPhone. Free, no ads, no account required. No subscriptions, no sign-up, no tracking. SIMPLE REMINDERS • Add a medication in seconds: search the name, pick the type, choose when. • Get a reminder at the right time, and a gentle nudge if you forget. • Tap Take from the app, the notification, a widget or your Apple Watch. FITS YOUR SCHEDULE • Once to four times a day, every other day, weekly or as needed. • Certain weekdays only, like Monday, Wednesday and Friday. • Pill-pack cycles like 21/7 or 24/4 for birth control, with no reminders on break days. • Start a medication on a later date, or set a short course like 7 days of antibiotics. • Skip a dose or pause a medication without losing your history. STAY ON TOP OF IT • See today's doses grouped by morning, afternoon, evening and bedtime. • Track pill counts and see the day you'll run out, so you can refill in time. • Tag how to take each one: with food, on an empty stomach, at bedtime and more. • Build a streak and look back at your history day by day. SHARE WITH YOUR DOCTOR • Create a clear PDF report of your medications, schedule and doses taken, missed or skipped, and share or print it from your iPhone. WORKS WHERE YOU ARE • Siri and Shortcuts: "Log my doses in PillTracker" or "What's left in PillTracker". • Home Screen widgets, Live Activity on the Lock Screen and an Apple Watch app. • Optional Apple Health connection to see heart rate, blood pressure and sleep alongside your medications. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. • Your medication list and history are stored on your iPhone, not on our servers. • When you search for a medication name, the search text is looked up in the public FDA and NIH drug databases. MADE BY ONE PERSON PillTracker is free and supported by optional tips. If it helps you, a rating or a tip keeps it going. PillTracker helps you keep track of your medications. It doesn't give medical advice; always follow your doctor's or pharmacist's instructions.
Forge
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Forge is a discipline tracker for people who are done starting over. Every habit you keep, every workout you finish, every focused hour feeds one honest number: your overall rating. Climb your rank from a rough Wood blade to a flawless Aurorum. Forge requires a Forge Pro subscription to unlock the app, and every new member starts with a free trial. Forge Pro includes: - Every rank, from Wood to a flawless 100 - Your AI coach: builds workouts, plans goals, reviews your week - All challenges and longer streaks - Deep stats and your full standing across every life area - Focus, breathwork, and mind tools BUILT TO RESPECT YOU Local-first. Your data lives on your device. An account is optional (cloud backup only). AI coaching is off by default and opt-in. No ads, no trackers. SUBSCRIPTION Forge Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. - Annual: $39.99 USD per year (includes a 3-day free trial) - Monthly: $7.99 USD per month Prices are for the U.S. storefront; your local price is shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://forge-app-beryl.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://forge-app-beryl.vercel.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Forge at 15.1 against Pill Tracker's 17.0. On price, ads, 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. Pill Tracker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Forge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Pill Tracker | Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Esref Gunaydin | GEORGES ARABIAN |
In-app purchases
Pill Tracker
- Coffee Short$2.19
- Coffee Tall$2.49
Forge
- Forge Monthly$7.991 Month
- Forge Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year








