Comparison

PillTap vs Gulpo

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

Head to head
About

PillTap

Features
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PillTap helps you avoid missed doses with simple daily medication reminders. Set your medication times once, and PillTap will remind you every day at the times you choose. Marking a dose as taken is optional and used only for your own record. Reminders continue to repeat unless you turn off a scheduled time or delete the medication. PillTap is designed to be simple: - Daily medication reminders at morning, noon, night, and bedtime - Optional follow-up reminder 15 minutes later - One tap to mark a dose as taken, right from the notification - Lock Screen widget showing your next dose - Live Activity shortly before it is time - Time Sensitive reminders that can appear during Sleep or other Focus modes, based on your iOS settings - Recent history (today, yesterday, last 7 days) No account. No cloud. Your medications and records stay on your device. PillTap does not provide medical advice, assess conditions, or recommend how to take medication. Always follow instructions from your doctor, pharmacist, or healthcare provider.

About

Gulpo

This app helps you track your hydration by visualizing your progress and offering flexible logging methods. It accounts for water content in various beverages and adjusts goals based on factors like weather and workouts. Your data is kept private and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Pace line visualization for hydration progress
  • Flexible logging: manual, voice, camera, bottle tracking
  • Accounts for water content in various beverages
  • Dynamic goal adjustment based on weather and workouts
  • Private data storage and iCloud syncing
Features
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Hydration is more than reaching a number. Gulpo helps you understand the pace behind it. The pace line shows where you could be by now, so you can see at a glance whether you’re on track, ahead, or falling behind. Tap it to see exactly how much. Log the way that feels natural. Manually choose a beverage and amount, say what you drank and how much all at once, or point the camera at your drink. Carry a bottle? It gets even easier. Just tell Gulpo how much of it you finished. Save the drinks you reach for often, from your morning glass to your desk mug, so they’re always close by. However the drink happened, there’s probably a quick way to log it. Now you’ve got one less excuse not to log :) Coffee, tea, milk, juice, smoothies and more all contain water. Gulpo accounts for the water in each drink instead of treating everything as plain water. Some days need more water than others too, so weather, workouts and details you choose to share through Apple Health can help Gulpo adjust your daily goal. There’s no Gulpo account and no sign-up. Your data stays on your devices and can sync through your own iCloud account. Gulpo doesn’t need to know who you are to know how much you drank. Gulpo Reserve is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your Apple Account settings. Gulpo Terms: https://gulpo.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://gulpo.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PillTap4 screens
Gulpo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PillTap at none against Gulpo's 3. PillTap also leads on iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.1). Gulpo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gulpo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PillTap asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PillTap ships an update every 2 months, Gulpo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PillTap versus Gulpo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPillTapGulpo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.5 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZEC Inc.Raja Vijayaraman

In-app purchases

None

PillTap

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Gulpo

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is PillTap free?
PillTap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gulpo free?
Gulpo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PillTap or Gulpo have ads?
Neither PillTap nor Gulpo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PillTap or Gulpo?
PillTap ships an update every 2 months, and Gulpo every 2 days. Most recently, PillTap was updated on October 10, 2026 and Gulpo on October 12, 2026.

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