Comparison

PillNudge vs Steady Reminders

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

Head to head
About

PillNudge

Manage your daily pills, supplements, and health routines with this simple medication reminder and dose tracking application. Organize by condition, set flexible schedules, and track your progress with a clean, focused interface. Your health data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Medication reminders
  • Organize by condition
  • Flexible schedules
  • Dose tracking
  • Today view
  • Local-first privacy
  • Export data
Features
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PillNudge is a simple medication reminder and dose tracking app designed to help you manage your daily pills, supplements, and health routines. Create medication plans by condition, set reminder times, choose dosage, and track whether each dose was taken, skipped, missed, or snoozed. PillNudge keeps the experience clean and focused, so you can stay organized without unnecessary complexity. Key Features: • Medication reminders Create reminders for pills, supplements, and recurring health routines. • Organize by condition Group medication plans by condition, such as cold, allergies, or other personal health routines. • Flexible schedules Set daily reminders or interval-based reminders, add multiple reminder times, and choose optional end dates. • Dose tracking Mark doses as taken, skipped, missed, or snoozed, then review your history with clear filters. • Today view See today’s progress, upcoming doses, and completion status at a glance. • Local-first privacy Your medication plans and dose history stay on your device. No account is required. • Export your data Copy or export your medication plans and dose records when needed. PillNudge is built for people who want a lightweight, private, and easy-to-use medication reminder app. Important: PillNudge is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, dosage recommendations, or emergency services. Always follow your doctor’s instructions and consult a qualified healthcare professional before making medical decisions.

About

Steady Reminders

This app provides a reliable system for taking medications on time. It features persistent, full-screen reminders that require user interaction to dismiss, ensuring doses are not missed. Track your medication history and adherence with detailed logs and statistics.

Highlights
  • Persistent full-screen reminders
  • Take, snooze, or skip dose options
  • Today list for upcoming doses
  • Customizable snooze intervals
  • Detailed dose history and adherence stats
  • Quick medication setup
Features
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Steady is a reminder that behaves like an alarm clock. Not a notification you scroll past. It rings through Silent and through Focus, it stays on the screen, and it doesn't go away until you actually answer it — I took it, Snooze, or Skip. That's the whole idea, and everything else in the app exists to serve it. WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN IT • Medication — a pill, drop or shot at set times • Movement — sets, walks, stretches • Hydration — water and food through the day • Tasks — one thing, once, then it's gone • Habits — something you're building • Anything else you keep forgetting IT KEEPS ASKING Most reminder apps fire once. If you're asleep, in the shower, or your phone is face-down on a table, that's the end of it. Steady books the follow-up rings in advance, so it comes back whether or not the app is running — and stops the moment you answer, from the alarm screen, the Today list, or anywhere else. SET IT UP IN ABOUT A MINUTE Pick a type, name it, choose times: once on a date you pick, at set times, every day, on chosen weekdays, every other day, or every few weeks. Pick a start day and the calendar shows every day it will ring before you save. Reminders before 9 AM ask you to confirm you really want waking. Quiet hours hold anything due overnight until morning rather than dropping it. A RECORD YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE Steady keeps every check-off and every dose change, with dates. Export it as a PDF to print or hand to a doctor, or as a backup file the app can read back — so "what dose was I on three years ago" has an answer, on a new phone or after a reinstall. WHERE YOUR DATA LIVES Steady keeps your reminders and logs on this phone. There is no Steady server, so they are never uploaded, sold, or read by us. If your iPhone backs itself up to iCloud, it includes Steady's data in that backup the same way it includes every other app's — that backup is Apple's and yours, not ours. Steady is not a medical device and does not give medical advice. Talk to a doctor or pharmacist about your medication.

Screenshots

PillNudge4 screens
Steady Reminders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PillNudge at 5.0 against Steady Reminders's 4.7. PillNudge also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Steady Reminders's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PillNudge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PillNudge versus Steady Reminders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPillNudgeSteady Reminders
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宇杰 游Current Dot LLC

Customer experience

PillNudge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Steady Reminders

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PillNudge

No in-app purchases

None

Steady Reminders

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PillNudge free?
PillNudge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steady Reminders free?
Steady Reminders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PillNudge or Steady Reminders?
PillNudge is rated higher. PillNudge averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Steady Reminders averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do PillNudge or Steady Reminders have ads?
Neither PillNudge nor Steady Reminders shows ads.

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