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Medisafe's free plan changed — here's what to do about it
Medisafe recently limited free users to two medications. If you were relying on the free tier for more than that, here's how to think about your options.
Medisafe, one of the most established medication reminder apps, moved to a paid subscription model that now limits free users to tracking just two medications. If that caught you off guard, you're likely looking for an alternative — but which one you need depends on what you were actually using it for.
- Drug interaction warnings
- Refill alerts
- Caregiver reports (paid)
- Full history dashboard
- One-tap confirmation
- Instant timestamp check
- No account required
- No subscription, ever, at this tier
What you actually need depends on what you were using it for
Multiple medications, interaction warnings, refill tracking, or caregiver sharing — you'll want a comprehensive app like MyTherapy, and may end up paying for one. That complexity has real value once a regimen gets complicated.
"Did I already take this?" — you don't need a comprehensive tracker at all. A simple tap-and-timestamp tool covers that use case for free, permanently, with none of the setup overhead a full medication database asks for.
A lighter option: tap-based tracking
Apps like Ticked skip the medication database, dosage fields, and interaction checker entirely. You name what you're tracking, tap when you do it, and check the timestamp when in doubt. It's free for one item, with no account required and no subscription pressure — because there's no ongoing feature set behind a paywall at that tier.