6 Free Pill Tracker Apps For Ah Ma And Ah Gong To Remember Their Medication
6 min readThe best pill tracker apps you can find on the internet, based on reviews.
My grandparents are at that age where they need to take their medicine at regular intervals. However, they occasionally forget to do so and wind up falling short of their needed dose. In the long run, this habit of forgetting their medication can prolong their healing time or worse, make their illness more jialat. Since Ah Pa is busy driving Grab and the other family members can’t always be around to remind them, I’ve decided to show my grandparents a list of free pill tracker apps that will make managing their medication less mafan.
App #1: Medication Reminder, Pill Tracker & Health Journal
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Besides tracking your medication, Medication Reminder, Pill Tracker & Health Journal by MyTherapy can also double up as a health journal that tracks your weight, blood sugar levels, and blood pressure. This also makes it a handy tool for diabetics monitoring their health—cough, cough Ah Pa.
With over 50 measurements, this app can also consolidate them into a PDF report which you can pass to your doctors so that they can better assist you in your treatment lah. The app currently has a 4.8/5 rating on the Google Play Store, making it the highest-rated pill tracker app there. Here are some user reviews of the app:
USPs:
- Wide range of measurements including weight and blood sugar levels
- Ability to generate PDF reports
App #2: Pill Reminder and Medication Tracker by Medisafe
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Pill Reminder and Medication Tracker by Medisafe is another pill tracker app that’s rated highly by users and medical professionals. Besides supporting over 20 health measurements, the app can sync with Google smartwatches for added convenience if you’re lepaking around.
A shiok feature that’s only found on premium versions of the app is the ability to set your medication reminders to popular characters such as Disney’s Elsa, Darth Vader, and Dr. Evil from the movie Austin Powers.
The app lets you add details of your doctors so that you can easily contact them and send them your health log if, touch wood, something bad happens to you. If you have dependants under you, the app lets you customise different medical profiles for them and will personalise their medication reminders so that you’ll know which reminder is for whom.
This app is useful for those who love customisation, i.e my sis, as it has a considerable amount of ancillary features.
USPs:
- Compatible with smartwatches
- Allows users to add details of their doctors
- Customisable profiles for dependants
App #3: Pill Reminder Max – Nutrition Management & Tracker
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If you’re an animal lover looking for a no-frills pill tracker app that’s easy to use, Pill Reminder Max – Nutrition Management & Tracker is your best bet. The app has a sleek and polished layout so that you can easily add your medication and navigate through its features.
Choose from three animals to act as your navigator. Their kawaii icons will pop up to remind you to pop those pills.
If you’re someone who tends to swipe left on all your notifications and then sekali you forget to take your meds, don’t stress as this app will remain on your notification panel until you press it. As such, you’ll be constantly reminded to take your pills.
USPs:
- Cute animal navigators and notifications
- Sleek and polished layout
- Sticks on your notifications
App #4: Cute Pill Reminder & Medication Tracker
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If you love pink, you’ll confirm plus chop love Cute Pill Reminder & Medication Tracker. This pill tracker app has a cute pink layout that will cheer you up as you track your medication.
Although the features in the app are pretty bare, its ability to switch calendar views to a monthly layout means that you can see your medication schedule far in advance. This is super useful for those who need to properly plan their follow-up appointments and medication refills.
App #5: Pills Time Medication Tracker & Pill Reminder
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If you’re someone who has to take multiple, different pills in a day, Pills Time Medication Tracker & Pill Reminder is a zai app to have—thanks to its photo-adding feature. You can snap a picture of your medication through the app itself and attach it to its entry.
This will help you visually recognise which pills to take once the notification comes instead of having to read through a mountain of text.
If your pills look the same, mai kanchiong as you can also colour-code their entries on the app in order to differentiate them.
App #6: Medfox – Pill Reminder And Medication Tracker
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Medicine names can be sibei long. Ask anyone to type something like “Isavuconazonium Sulfate”, and they confirm will give up halfway. Luckily, Medfox – Pill Reminder And Medication Tracker has a nifty feature that scans the barcode of your meds and automatically adds it to your prescription.
If you can’t get the barcode scanner to work, don’t worry as the app has an in-built database which you can search and add your medication from.
The app also has a feature that lets you add your vaccination certificates. With ongoing talks of having different movement rules, depending on your vaccination status, this feature will make it easier to let restaurants and other entertainment venues know that you’re vaccinated against COVID-19.
USPs:
- Ability to add medicine via barcode or name search
- Ability to add vaccination certificates
Pill tracker apps for seniors managing their medication
As we grow older, our bodies will undeniably start to slow down. So bo bian, we die die have to take medication regularly. These free pill tracker apps will ease our need to remember so many things, and let us focus on more important things in life.
The eldest of the Tng family. Smart, buff, responsible, and very single. Bobby works in IT in the civil service and is a loyal son, brother and friend. Like his father, he is always brewing with ideas and his greatest wish is to be an entrepreneur one day.