Pills® vs Medication Reminder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Medication reminders
- Dose tracking
- Refill alerts
- Drug interaction checker
- Customizable pill schedules
- Critical notifications
- Dark mode support
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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
Medication Reminder
Never miss a dose with this intuitive medication reminder. Schedule custom alerts for various medication types, track your intake history, and manage your treatment schedule with ease. It's designed to help you stay on track with your health regimen.
- Customizable pill reminders
- Support for various medication types
- Track intake and skipped doses
- Mealtime reminders
- Birth control pill tracking
- Detailed history log
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Pill Reminder - The app reminds the user when to take pills. A simple and intuitive interface makes it easy to customize your personal notifications. In the app, you can set up several reminders, as well as various types of medication such as tablets, pills, drops, injections, etc. After you add the pills and the time when you need to take them, you will receive a notification. It is important to always follow the dosage and course of treatment You can set up reminders for each pill: - What day of the week to receive a reminder - How many times a day to receive notifications - Select a specific reminder time - Take a pill before or after a meal You can skip taking the pill by pressing the dedicated button. All information on taking and skipping pills will be displayed in the app history The app can be used for birth control. The app will remind you when to take birth control pills. Stay healthy! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pills® at none against Medication Reminder's shown. Pills® also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 33%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Pills® sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Medication Reminder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Pills® against 4.3 for Medication Reminder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Pills®'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Medication Reminder's.
Pills® ships an update fortnightly, Medication Reminder every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Pills® | Medication Reminder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (54 ratings) — better | 4.3 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beta Software | Andrei Nemtsou |
Customer experience
Pills®
Medication Reminder
In-app purchases
Pills®
- Pills Pro$6.99
Medication Reminder
- Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
- Welcome One-Time Offer$19.991 Year
- Premium Annual$29.991 Year
Questions
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