Comparison

Pill Medication Reminder vs Pills®

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

Pills®

This app helps you remember to take your medication, vitamins, and contraceptives on time. It tracks your remaining doses, provides refill alerts, and can even check for drug interactions. Customize your pill schedule and utilize features like critical notifications and dark mode for better health management.

Highlights
  • Medication reminders
  • Dose tracking
  • Refill alerts
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Customizable pill schedules
  • Critical notifications
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Never forget to take your pills again! With so many things we have to keep track of today, it's easy to forget to take your medication. Let Pills manage all of your meds, vitamins, contraceptives, refills, drug interactions and measurements to improve your health. Pills provides you with a very simple and intuitive platform to remind you to take your medicine. It also tracks how many doses you have left and shows a refill alert when you're running low. You can also customize your pills and take advantage of the new iOS 13 functionalities like critical notifications and dark mode. So lay back and focus on the things that really matter. We'll take care of the rest. Download Pills! If you have any questions or feedback, please write to pills@beta.barcelona and we'll be more than happy to help. www.beta.barcelona

Screenshots

Pill Medication Reminder3 screens
Pills®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pills® at fortnightly against Pill Medication Reminder's every 2 months. Pills® also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (58% vs 47%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Pills® sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pills® holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Pill Medication Reminder's written reviews are positive against 58% of Pills®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pill Medication Reminder ships an update every 2 months, Pills® fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pill Medication Reminder versus Pills®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPill Medication ReminderPills®
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (11 ratings)4.3 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews58.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1154 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander SeninBeta Software

Customer experience

Pill Medication Reminder

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

Pills®

All ratings54 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive58.2%
Neutral13.4%
Negative28.4%

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
1 purchases

Pills®

One-time1
  • Pills Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Pill Medication Reminder free?
Pill Medication Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pills® free?
Pills® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pill Medication Reminder or Pills®?
Pills® is rated higher. Pill Medication Reminder averages 4.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Pills® averages 4.3 from 54 ratings.
Do Pill Medication Reminder or Pills® have ads?
Neither Pill Medication Reminder nor Pills® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pill Medication Reminder or Pills®?
Pill Medication Reminder ships an update every 2 months, and Pills® fortnightly. Most recently, Pill Medication Reminder was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pills® on November 2, 2026.

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