GoodPill vs Bads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoodPill
This app simplifies medication management with photo scanning for easy input and timely reminders. It offers a visual adherence tracker and helpful refill alerts, ensuring you never miss a dose. Your health data remains private and stored securely on your device.
- Photo scanning for medication details
- One-tap dose logging
- Visual adherence calendar
- Refill alerts
- On-device data privacy
- Widgets and Dynamic Island integration
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Dose reminders arrive as time-sensitive alerts that can break through Focus. Snap the prescription label and every dose is set up in seconds — for you, and with Pro, for Mom and Dad on the same phone. Unlimited medications stay free, forever. No 2-medication cap, no account to create. ▸ Snap a photo, skip the typing Photograph the prescription label and GoodPill reads it for you — name, dosage, frequency auto-filled. Multiple prescriptions? Scan them all in one batch. ▸ Reminders built not to quietly stop Doses go out as time-sensitive alerts, which can break through Focus and Do Not Disturb. Reminders are queued well ahead — days to weeks, depending on how many doses you track — instead of falling silent after a couple of days. A chip on Today shows how far ahead they're queued, and Reminder check rebuilds the schedule or sends a test notification. A notification only says it's time — never which medication. Delivery still depends on your iOS settings, so open GoodPill now and then to keep reminders topped up. ▸ One tap to log your dose Tap "Taken" — done. Need to skip one? That's fine too. Every action gets logged so you always have a clear history. ▸ One phone for the whole family (Pro) Add Mom, Dad or your kids as their own profiles and switch with one tap. Each person keeps separate medications, reminders, history and stats. Notifications show whose dose it is, never the medication name. Family profiles are part of GoodPill Pro. ▸ Forgiving when life gets in the way Late by a few minutes? The Taken button still works for the first 10 minutes. Past that, a "Log Now" button lets you back-fill the dose without losing your streak. Forgot from yesterday? Open the calendar and fix it. ▸ Prepare for your next visit Collect questions, medication changes and daily notes before your appointment. Save a summary and next steps afterwards, then prepare your follow-up. Set the visit date and GoodPill reminds you the evening before. Drafts, previews and saved summaries are free. ▸ Grow your own garden Every dose you take blooms a flower. Keep your streak and watch your garden grow from a tiny seed into a lush forest. It even changes with the seasons. ▸ See your progress at a glance A color-coded calendar shows your daily adherence — green for perfect days, orange for partial, red for missed. Check 7-day and 30-day rates, your current streak, and your best run. ▸ Search your dose history Search the last 90 days by medication name and see scheduled and actual dose times. Enter a record for an earlier date when needed. Past records remain after you delete a medication. ▸ Widgets and Dynamic Island Glance at today's progress straight from your home screen. Dynamic Island lights up when your next dose is due — without opening the app. ▸ Refill alerts Tell us how many pills you have left and we'll let you know when it's time to refill. No more surprise empty bottles. ▸ Free for what matters Reminders, history, widgets, and unlimited medications are free, forever. ▸ GoodPill Pro — made for families Pro starts with family profiles: one phone for everyone you look after. It also adds PDF sharing and printing for visit summaries, CSV and FHIR export, 90-day stats, 5 app icons, and custom theme colors. Choose a yearly auto-renewing subscription, with a free trial for eligible new subscribers, or a one-time lifetime purchase; prices are shown in the App Store. Share Pro with up to five family members through Apple Family Sharing, each on their own iPhone; records aren't synced between phones. Anything you already use stays free — Pro only unlocks new features, never paywalls existing ones. Subscriptions auto-renew at the same price until cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. GoodPill — because remembering your medication should be the easy part. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bads
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Most habit apps want you to quit. Bads just wants to help you understand yourself. Log what happened, when, and where - in a simple conversation that takes seconds. Over time, Bads finds the patterns you couldn't see yourself: the Friday mornings, the commute home, the specific places where certain habits tend to show up. And when a tough moment hits, Bads is ready. It surfaces strategies that have helped others in the same situation: breathing techniques, physical resets, harm reduction tips. Tailored to your habits, available right when you need them. No streaks to break. No shame. Just awareness, and the tools to do something with it. What Bads does: - Conversational logging - quick, calm, no forms - Pattern detection - In-the-moment coping strategies and guides - Curated reading from trusted health sources - Works for alcohol, tobacco, weed, gambling, and more Progress isn't always a straight line. Bads meets you where you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GoodPill at every 9 days against Bads's every 3 weeks. GoodPill also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). 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. GoodPill sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Bads sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GoodPill ships an update every 9 days, Bads every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoodPill | Bads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Chih Han Lin | Oliver Dieke |
In-app purchases
GoodPill
- GoodPill Pro — Yearly$14.991 Year
- GoodPill Pro — Lifetime$29.99
Bads
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- Large Tip$8.99









