Comparison

Pill Medication Reminder vs Tel

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

Head to head
About

Pill Medication Reminder

This app helps you manage your daily medications and vitamins. It provides timely alerts to ensure you never miss a dose, simplifying your health management and promoting consistent adherence.

Highlights
  • Effortless medication tracking
  • Personalized medicine list
  • Timely and reliable alerts
  • Simplified health management
  • Vitamin tracking
Features
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Pills is a simple medication and vitamin reminder that helps you take every dose on time. Create a course for any medicine, vitamin or supplement, set the times and days, and get a reminder exactly when it's time. Mark a dose as taken with one tap and see your progress for the day and for the whole course. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Medication reminders several times a day: every day, every 2–6 days or on chosen weekdays • Courses with start and end dates, or without an end date for daily medicines and vitamins • Schedule: today's doses, any day of the month at a glance • Progress tracker: see what was taken and what was missed • Critical alerts and notification sounds so you never miss a dose • Face ID lock keeps your health data private • Works on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo FULL VERSION Pills is free for one course. The full version unlocks unlimited courses: choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or buy it once and keep it forever. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://appbysnap.tilda.ws/privacypolice Pills is not a medical device and does not give medical advice. Always follow your doctor's instructions.

About

Tel

This iPad application complements a web-based EHR and practice management system for dermatology. It offers intuitive use, offline capabilities, and built-in billing expertise for dermatologists.

Highlights
  • Native iPad compliment to web application
  • Intuitive and easy to use
  • No setup required
  • Complete dermatology knowledge base
  • Smart learning and customizable
  • Offline work capability
  • Auto coder for billing
Features
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Please note that the Tel-eDerm requires a username and password into the eDerm Systems, LLC subscription based web application. eDerm is a leading EHR and practice management system empowering dermatology practices. Designed by dermatologists for dermatology. The Tel-eDerm is the native iPad compliment to the web application. Here are just a few of the eDermEHR iPad features: # Training in 1 Day, Intuitive and Easy to Use # No Setup Required, Complete Dermatology Knowledge Base # Smart Learning and Completely Customizable, Learns What You Do # Work Offline, No Waiting # Auto Coder, Billing Expertise Built-In

Screenshots

Pill Medication Reminder3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tel at 5.0 against Pill Medication Reminder's 4.1. Tel also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Pill Medication Reminder's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Pill Medication Reminder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Tel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pill Medication Reminder has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pill Medication Reminder ships an update every 2 months, Tel every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pill Medication Reminder versus Tel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPill Medication ReminderTel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (11 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB171 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlexander SenineDerm Systems LLC

Customer experience

Pill Medication Reminder

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral13.2%
Negative39.5%

Tel

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pill Medication Reminder

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tip developer$1.99
  • Full version$19.99
None

Tel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pill Medication Reminder free?
Pill Medication Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tel free?
Tel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pill Medication Reminder or Tel?
Tel is rated higher. Pill Medication Reminder averages 4.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Tel averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pill Medication Reminder or Tel have ads?
Neither Pill Medication Reminder nor Tel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pill Medication Reminder or Tel?
Pill Medication Reminder ships an update every 2 months, and Tel every 5 weeks. Most recently, Pill Medication Reminder was updated on November 6, 2026 and Tel on November 7, 2026.

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