PillCheck vs Doses
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PillCheck
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PillCheck – Your Smart Medication Diary & Tracker Never miss a dose again! PillCheck simplifies pill tracking with intuitive scheduling, customisable visual icons, and an interactive home screen widget. • Intuitive Organizing by Time of Day Organize your schedule into Morning, Noon, and Evening categories. Set precise times for your alerts — PillCheck sends you a chime notification exactly when it's time to take your medication. Once taken, simply tap to mark it done. Need a few more minutes? Snooze the alert for 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes to be reminded again. • Customizable Visual Icons Personalize your dashboard for easy scanning. Assign each med entry a custom shape (round, capsule, drop, or bicolor split) and color using a built-in palette. Your cabinet becomes a clear visual grid you can recognize at a glance — especially helpful for seniors or anyone organizing multiple logs. • Interactive Widget – Mark Taken Without Opening the App PillCheck's home screen widget is the ultimate way to stay on track. Pin it to your screen to see your entire daily tracking schedule at a glance. Without even opening the app, you can tap directly from the widget to instantly mark a medication as taken, snooze a reminder, or check your progress right from your home screen.. Choose between fully organised daily widgets and dedicated time category widgets to place in your iOS Smart Stacks. PillCheck turns a daily chore into a one-tap habit. Try the widget and feel the difference. • Export Detailed PDF Reports Easily document your history. Generate a clean PDF summary covering any range (7, 14, or 30 days) with your entered amounts, personal schedules, and consistency percentages. Share it directly via email, message, or print it out for your personal reference. • Reliable Lock Screen Reminders PillCheck uses local device notifications to ensure you stay on schedule. Receive clear, timely alerts right on your Lock Screen exactly when a medication is due, even if the app is completely closed. Conveniently choose between distinct chimes, vibration alerts, or activate Silent Mode when you need uninterrupted rest. • Multi-Profile Support Track routines for the whole family. Switch between profiles instantly, each with their own separate cabinet and history logs. • Privacy First Your health data stays on your device. PillCheck operates completely offline for your personal tracking, does not upload your personal entries to external servers, and ad serving is fully compliant with GDPR and U.S. privacy frameworks. • Tracking Tool Only – Disclaimer This app functions strictly as a manual logging and tracking journal. It does NOT provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or clinical calculations, nor does it identify real-world medications. Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional before making any changes to your medical routines.
Doses
This app helps you manage medications for yourself and loved ones with clear logging, timely alarms, and shared access for caregivers. It offers features like refill tracking, history logs, and setup from photos for easy medication management.
- Medication logging with one-tap entry
- Customizable alarms for doses
- Shared access for family and caregivers
- Refill tracking and low supply alerts
- Medication history and patterns
- Setup from photos of labels/instructions
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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Doses is a medication tracker designed to be calm, clear, and easy to read, whether it's for you, your kids, or someone you love. Every screen shows when it's time for the next dose at a glance. Log a dose with one tap, and everyone helping sees it right away. I built Doses after a close family member came home from surgery with a sheet of instructions. Between me, my spouse, and her friends, we were texting each other at 3am to ask who gave what, and when. Doses does the math for every medication, rings when it's time, and keeps everyone on the same page. EASY TO READ, FOR EVERYONE Every screen works with large text, all the way up to the largest accessibility sizes, and rearranges itself so nothing gets cut off. A dark mode made for the middle of the night is easy on tired eyes. ALARMS MADE TO BE HEARD Turn on an alarm for any medication and your iPhone rings when it's time for the next dose, even in Silent mode. Choose from six calm sounds, one for daytime and one for nighttime. Not ready yet? Remind Me In rings again in 15 minutes to 2 hours. AT A GLANCE, WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Widgets for your Home and Lock Screens show when it's time for the next dose, with Tap to Dose right there. Or ask Siri, "What am I due to take next?" FOR YOU, YOUR KIDS, AND THE PEOPLE YOU CARE FOR Keep your own medications, your kids', and anyone you look after, and switch between them with one tap. CARE TOGETHER Invite family, friends, or a nurse through iCloud. Everyone sees the same list and who gave each dose, and access can end on a date you choose. SEE THE PATTERN History shows when each dose was taken over the past weeks, so you can see what's working and what's slipping. KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME TO REFILL Turn on refill tracking for any medication and Doses counts down the doses left as you log them, with an estimate of how many days they'll last. When it's running low, a badge shows the days left, and you can mark it ordered and received, with a note on where to refill it. SET UP FROM A PHOTO Photograph a pill bottle, a pharmacy label, or discharge instructions. Apple Intelligence reads it on your iPhone, and you check everything before it's added. Works on iPhones that support Apple Intelligence. SCHEDULES THAT MATCH THE INSTRUCTIONS Every few hours, a range like every 4 to 6 hours, a few times a day, or certain days of the week, with a daily limit if there is one, or as needed, just to keep track. Set sleep hours and doses wait until morning. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There's no account, no ads, and no tracking. Your medications stay on your devices and in your own iCloud, shared only with the people you invite. Doses tracks the schedule you enter and doesn't give medical advice. Follow the instructions from your doctor or pharmacist, and in an emergency, call 911.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Doses at none against PillCheck's 1. Doses also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). PillCheck's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. PillCheck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Doses asks for nothing beyond the download.
PillCheck ships an update every 2 weeks, Doses every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PillCheck | Doses |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lucian Cucu-Costeanu | Scott Rocher |
In-app purchases
PillCheck
- Pillcheck Premium$5.99
Doses
No in-app purchases
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