Honest comparison
Kounts Dose vs Pill Reminder - All in One
A well-established free tracker with a real feature list — including things Kounts Dose doesn't do at all.
Free with one medicine · $9.99 one-time unlock · No account
Pill Reminder - All in One has around 27,000 App Store ratings at 4.7 stars, and it earns them: recurring reminders in every shape (every X hours, specific times, daily, weekly, monthly, every X days), remaining-quantity tracking with refill alerts, as-needed medicines, a calendar, appointment reminders, emailed reports for your doctor, critical alerts, and support for multiple people in one app. Dose has since grown its own version of that last one — a list per person, on the one device — so the gap there is narrower than it was, though the other app has had it far longer and gives it away free. Dose remains the narrower, more opinionated app: no account, native-first design, cycles and courses as real schedule types, and a supply model that tells you how many days you have rather than just when to reorder.
The short answer
Choose Pill Reminder - All in One if you want appointment reminders and emailed doctor reports, or several people tracked without paying anything. Choose Kounts Dose if you care about how the app looks and feels, want no account at all, and need cycle or course scheduling — it handles several people too, as part of its one-time unlock.
Side by side
Competitor details checked July 2026. Pricing and features change — please confirm on the App Store before deciding.
| Feature | Kounts Dose | Pill Reminder - All in One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free with 1 medicine; $9.99 once for everything | Free — check its listing for current in-app purchases |
| Multiple people in one app | Yes — a list per person, second person needs Plus | Yes, multiple user support, free |
| Appointment reminders | No — medicines only | Yes |
| Emailed reports to your doctor | CSV export you send yourself | Built-in email reports |
| Remaining quantity + refill alert | Amount-weighted “about N days left” plus a nudge✓ | Remaining quantity with low-supply alert |
| Cycles like 21 on / 7 off | A first-class schedule type✓ | Approximate with interval rules |
| Fixed-length courses with an end date | Yes — stops on its own✓ | Not as a defined course |
| Per-time dose amounts | Yes — one in the morning, two at night✓ | Limited |
| Account required | No account, ever | No account needed for core use |
| iCloud sync across your devices | Optional, your private iCloud only✓ | Varies by version |
| Home & Lock Screen widgets | Next dose, Today, supply gauge, interactive Take✓ | Limited |
| Alarms through Silent & Focus | Yes, per medicine, always free | Critical alerts supported |
| Design and accessibility | Native iOS 26, full Dynamic Type, VoiceOver pass✓ | Functional, more utilitarian |
Where each app is stronger
Where Kounts Dose is stronger
Supply measured in days, not just units
Both apps count what's left. Dose converts it into the number you actually plan around: “about 5 days”, weighted by how much you take each time, so a medicine you take twice daily depletes twice as fast in the estimate. The nudge then arrives once, before it's urgent — not as a daily nag.
The schedules prescriptions actually come in
Cycles (21 days on, 7 off), courses with a start and end date that finish by themselves, every-N-hours dosing, and different amounts at different times of day. Interval rules can approximate some of this; having them as real schedule types means the app knows when a course is over instead of reminding you forever.
It's built to be pleasant to live in
A calm cream interface, colour-coded medicines, an interactive widget, Dynamic Type support throughout and a proper VoiceOver pass. This is a thing you touch every single day, often when you're tired or unwell — how it feels is a feature, not decoration.
Where Pill Reminder - All in One is the better choice
Several people, one app, no cost
Both apps now hold a list per person, but Pill Reminder - All in One gives it away and has done for years, while in Dose a second person sits behind the one-time unlock. If you manage medicines for yourself plus a child or partner and don't want to pay anything, that settles it.
Appointments and doctor reports built in
It reminds you about medical appointments and emails a report to your clinician directly. Dose does neither: appointments are out of scope, and its export is a CSV you handle yourself.
Free, and proven at scale
27,000 ratings at 4.7 stars is a lot of real-world reliability testing, at no cost. If budget is the deciding factor and you don't need what Dose adds, it's a sound choice.
What Kounts Dose looks like
Questions people actually ask
Can Kounts Dose track medication for two people?
Yes, since version 1.2 — each person gets their own list of medicines, with a switcher on Today, Medicines and History and an Everyone view, and reminders that say whose dose it is. Everyone lives on the same iPhone, and adding a second person is part of the one-time Dose Plus unlock. What it still cannot do is span devices: no accounts, no sharing, no watching a parent's doses from your own phone. For that, Medisafe's Medfriends or a dedicated caregiving app is the right tool.
Which app is better for complicated prescriptions?
Kounts Dose, if “complicated” means cycles, fixed courses, every-N-hours dosing or different amounts at different times — those are distinct schedule types with their own setup, rather than interval rules you bend into shape. For breadth of non-medication features, the other app is broader.
Does Kounts Dose show ads?
No. No ads, no account, no data collection — that's the core promise, and it's why the app is paid rather than free-with-something-attached.
Try the calm one.
Free with one medicine, no account, and nothing leaves your iPhone. If it isn't for you, you've lost nothing.
See also: Helping a parent with their meds · How supply tracking works · The full 2026 comparison