Comparison

Dose Reminder Lite vs Pill Reminder Kit

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

Head to head
About

Dose Reminder Lite

Features
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Dose Reminder Lite is a calm medication reminder and pill tracker that helps you know what to take now and whether today’s dose was already logged. Built for simple daily routines, it keeps today clear, highlights what is due now or missed, and lets you record each dose in one tap. No account. No cloud setup. Just local reminders, local records, and a clean daily view. Features: - See due now, missed, upcoming, taken, and skipped doses in one place - Create medication schedules with one or more reminder times each day - Mark a dose as Taken, Skip it, or remind again in 15 minutes - Open Records to review history by 1 day, 3 days, 5 days, 7 days, or 1 month - Keep schedules and dose logs stored on your device Dose Reminder Lite is a personal reminder and logging tool. It does not provide diagnosis, treatment advice, medication interaction checks, or dosage calculation. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pill Reminder Kit

Features
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Pill Reminder Kit is a calm, focused medication reminder. It tells you when to take your medicine, keeps an honest record of what you took, and stays out of the way the rest of the time. Add a medication in under a minute. Take a photo of the label and the app fills in the name, dose and schedule for you. You can also type it in, or just say your doctor's instructions out loud. Once a day, a few times a day, on certain weekdays or as needed: you get the reminders you asked for and nothing more. Tap a reminder to log the dose, or snooze it for 10 minutes. If you miss one, the app tells you whether it's still okay to take it or better to skip it. Your Journal shows your streak, how often you took your doses on time, and any symptoms you noted down. Before a doctor's visit, one tap makes a clean PDF of your medications and recent doses. Looking after someone else? Add a profile for a parent, partner or child and keep their medicines separate from yours, or share a weekly summary with a family member. Widgets put your next dose on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and App Lock keeps everything behind Face ID. Pill Reminder Pro includes: - Unlimited medications and profiles - Photo label scanning, even several bottles at once - Drug interaction check across your whole list - Allergy & Condition Guard: a warning before you add something that may not suit you - "Can I take this?" checks for over-the-counter medicines - Missed-dose help: take it now or skip it, with a reminder if you're running late - Dose spacing: spots doses that clash and suggests better times - Advanced schedules: tapers, on/off cycles, fixed-length courses and alternating doses - Dose Guard for as-needed medicines, with a countdown to your next safe dose - Plain-language explainers and food & drink precautions for every medicine - Symptom Journal & Insights - Ask questions about your own dose history - Pill count from a photo, plus refill alerts when supply runs low - Critical-dose re-alerts 15, 30 and 60 minutes after a missed dose - Doctor-ready PDF reports Start with a 2-week free trial, then pick a weekly or yearly subscription. Cancel any time in your App Store settings. No ads, ever. Your data stays on your phone. There's no account and no cloud copy. When you use a photo scan or an AI check, the request goes to our AI providers (Anthropic, with OpenAI and Google as backups). Photos are read and then thrown away, and nothing is used to train AI. You can turn AI off and still type medications in by hand. Optional, privacy-safe usage analytics help us improve the app, and you can switch them off in Settings. Your health data is never used for ads. Reminders work offline. Quiet hours keep late reminders silent. Dark mode included, in 21 languages. Pill Reminder Kit is a reminder app, not medical advice. It doesn't diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. Always follow your doctor's or pharmacist's advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dose Reminder Lite4 screens
Pill Reminder Kit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dose Reminder Lite at none against Pill Reminder Kit's 4. Pill Reminder Kit's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pill Reminder Kit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Dose Reminder Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dose Reminder Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Pill Reminder Kit every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Dose Reminder Lite versus Pill Reminder Kit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDose Reminder LitePill Reminder Kit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer袁凯 张MUSTAFA BARIS IMDAT

In-app purchases

None

Dose Reminder Lite

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Pill Reminder Kit

Subscriptions4
  • Pill Reminder Kit Premium Weekly14 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pill Reminder Kit Premium Monthly14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Premium Annual, 20% off14 Days trial$15.991 Year
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  • Pill Reminder Kit Premium Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Dose Reminder Lite free?
Dose Reminder Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pill Reminder Kit free?
Pill Reminder Kit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dose Reminder Lite or Pill Reminder Kit have ads?
Neither Dose Reminder Lite nor Pill Reminder Kit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dose Reminder Lite or Pill Reminder Kit?
Dose Reminder Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pill Reminder Kit every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dose Reminder Lite was updated on November 9, 2026 and Pill Reminder Kit on November 9, 2026.

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