Comparison

Pillbox vs Pill Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Pillbox

This app helps you manage your medications with gentle reminders and a clear overview of your daily schedule. It tracks your doses, alerts you when you're running low on medication, and provides a history you can share with your doctor.

Highlights
  • Gentle, non-nagging reminders
  • Dose tracking and history
  • Low-stock alerts
  • Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration
  • Apple Watch and widget support
  • Exportable medical journal
  • Multiple user profiles
Features
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Pillbox is a calm medicine companion for iPhone and Apple Watch. Add your prescriptions, vitamins, and treatment courses, set the schedule once, and let gentle reminders keep the day on track — without nagging. TODAY, AT A GLANCE Your day is grouped into time slots, so everything you take at 9:00 sits together. One tap on "Take all" marks the whole slot. A progress ring shows how far along you are, and nothing disappears until you decide: take it, snooze it, or skip it. MEDICINES THAT MATCH REAL LIFE • Every day, every other day, or specific weekdays • Courses with a start and end date, for antibiotics and short treatments • Several intake times per medicine • Dosage, release form (tablet, capsule, syrup, drops, injection, powder) and quantity per dose • 16 label colors so you recognize every medicine instantly NEVER RUN OUT Tell Pillbox how many pills are in the pack. The stock counts down as you take doses, and you get a low-stock alert while there is still time to refill. REMINDERS THAT WAIT FOR YOU Dose notifications arrive on time — or a few minutes early, if you prefer. Mark a dose as taken, snooze it for 5 to 60 minutes, or skip it right from the notification. A snoozed dose waits patiently instead of vanishing. LIVE ACTIVITIES & DYNAMIC ISLAND Your next dose stays on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Take or snooze it without unlocking your iPhone. APPLE WATCH & WIDGETS Check today's doses and mark them from your wrist. Add a watch face complication or a Home Screen widget to see your progress and the next dose without opening the app. A JOURNAL YOU CAN SHOW YOUR DOCTOR Every taken, skipped, and postponed dose is written into a calendar history. Browse by day, range, or several days at once, filter by medicine or status, and export the result as CSV or PDF to share before an appointment. APPLE HEALTH Import your medications and dose history from Apple Health in one step, instead of typing everything by hand. PROFILES & CARE SHARING Keep separate profiles for yourself, a parent, or a child, and switch between them in one tap. You can invite a caregiver over iCloud to follow a profile in read-only mode. ICLOUD BACKUP Your data lives on your device. Turn on iCloud backup and a copy is kept safely in your own iCloud account — automatically, or whenever you ask for it. MAKE IT YOURS 12 color themes, 8 animated backgrounds, three levels of glass, and adjustable text size, including accessibility sizes. Light, dark, or system appearance. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. Your medicine data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. FREE Every feature described here is included at no cost. Pillbox helps you organize and remember your own medicines. It does not give medical advice, dosage recommendations, or diagnoses. Always follow the instructions of your doctor or pharmacist.

About

Pill Tracker

Features
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Pill Tracker помогает не пропускать приём лекарств. Добавьте препарат, укажите время — приложение напомнит и отметит, что вы приняли. РАСПИСАНИЕ НА ДЕНЬ Все препараты на одном экране, по времени приёма. Видно, что уже принято, что впереди, а что пропущено. Листайте по датам, чтобы посмотреть другой день. НАПОМИНАНИЯ ВОВРЕМЯ Уведомления приходят точно в назначенное время и работают без интернета — они формируются на самом устройстве. До восьми приёмов в сутки для каждого препарата. ОТМЕТКА В ОДНО ДВИЖЕНИЕ Смахните карточку — «Принял», «Пропустил» или «Изменить». Прогресс курса считается автоматически. ГИБКОЕ РАСПИСАНИЕ Каждый день, через день, по будням, по выходным или раз в неделю. Форма выпуска — капсулы, таблетки, сироп, капли, уколы, порошок, мазь. Доза в штуках, миллилитрах, миллиграммах или каплях. УЧЁТ ОСТАТКА Укажите, сколько единиц в упаковке — приложение подскажет, когда пора докупить. ВИДЖЕТЫ НА ЭКРАНЕ «ДОМОЙ» Ближайший приём, кольцо прогресса за день и расписание — не открывая приложение. ДНЕВНИК ВОДЫ Дневная норма, отметки за день и история за неделю. РАБОТАЕТ БЕЗ РЕГИСТРАЦИИ Все функции доступны сразу. Вход через Apple или Google нужен только для того, чтобы синхронизировать данные между устройствами и не потерять их при смене телефона. ПРИВАТНОСТЬ Без рекламы и без передачи данных третьим лицам. Без входа в аккаунт данные не покидают устройство. Аккаунт и все данные можно удалить в один шаг — «Профиль» → «Удалить аккаунт». ВАЖНО Pill Tracker — приложение для напоминаний. Оно не является медицинским изделием, не ставит диагнозов и не даёт медицинских рекомендаций. Препарат, дозировку и схему приёма назначает только врач. При ухудшении самочувствия обратитесь за медицинской помощью.

Screenshots

Pillbox4 screens
Pill Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pill Tracker at daily against Pillbox's every 2 weeks. Pill Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pillbox ships an update every 2 weeks, Pill Tracker daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Pillbox versus Pill Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPillboxPill Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB54 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAliaksandr LazavyAbbos Oktambayev

In-app purchases

None

Pillbox

No in-app purchases

None

Pill Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pillbox free?
Pillbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pill Tracker free?
Pill Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pillbox or Pill Tracker have ads?
Neither Pillbox nor Pill Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pillbox or Pill Tracker?
Pillbox ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pill Tracker daily. Most recently, Pillbox was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pill Tracker on October 16, 2026.

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