Round Health Reviews

by Aramis2764

I’ve loved and used this simple and effective app for years. Alas, over the past year it crashes and refuses to open on a daily basis. As tracking medication times are a major health matter, I had to find a new app. I’ve tried so many things to get RoundHealth to open regularly to no avail. Be it resetting my phone, clearing internal storage, restarting the phone, nothing works. I’ve relied on it for a long time but now I find myself texting the times I take medications as RoundHealth just won’t open regularly. Round... you were great but now you are dangerous. Down to 1 star from 5.

Years ago, I wrote this, it’s no longer applicable as of 2021:

The best free (and ad-free) app of its kind. After contacting customer service for information about keeping my privacy intact, I was pleased to find out that they are a small dedicated group doing things for the right reasons. Great people. RoundHealth itself is customizable and can be altered to suit your needs. You do not have to start an account to use it and data can be privately exported to your choice of porting. I found that setting all meds and the like to as needed and just hitting save dose at the time I take it to be sufficient.

by Viewmc

I have been using Round found months now. I’m on several medications and some that can never be mixed together as it can very dangerous for me. I also been in a accident that has impacted my memory. So why I need help in remembering when to take my medication and help me record all the intake in my meds.

So that’s when the Round App comes in. I have tried countless of others and round does have a ease about it and I liked that. But long story short it was very glitchy! I would kick me out of app at least 4-6 times before I could actually use it. Others times I just had to do a hard reset on my iPhone to make RoundHealth open. Mind you all my others 40+ apps on my iPhone give me no problems opening up.

But the worse problem of all is that that app doesn’t record all the medication that I input as TAKEN! I would come back the next day and the previous day would be showing that I never took any of my medications! Even two days back would be empty! How many times have I doubled up on my medications because RoundHealth had a glitch and didn’t store my taken meds? Can’t tell you the times I told myself “I know I just took this medication a hour ago?” But ROUND says “Not taken” so I taken again! That my friends is dangerous!!! Stay away!!

by Tilly119

I love the Round app and it’s honestly the only app I’ve been able to find that I like the design of. Most medication apps are overly complicated and don’t work for people who take a LOT of various meds. Round is perfect for me - it keeps track of medications wonderfully, and I love the timer on my as needed medication. It’s very customizable and easy to see all the information you need at a glance. I also love that the medication list is so simplistic that I can just hand my phone over to the nurse whenever they ask what medications I’m on which definitely saves time at doctors appointments.

My only complaint is that RoundHealth has quite a lag to it. Especially as you add more and more medications for it to keep track of. I’d love to see RoundHealth sped up because it can be quite a hassle to be waiting and waiting for an app to load multiple times a day when I take my meds. It also has a glitch where the meds don’t line up properly which means you have to completely restart RoundHealth , which is even more annoying. I love Round SO much but if it gets any slower and crashes any more I’m not sure I’ll be able to keep using it. I hope they release an update that fixes these problems soon.

by Townsbg

I’ve been using RoundHealth for 2 years without any issues but it has started crashing. I think it was related to a previous use while in WiFi (which i never do l) and now it won’t load unless I’m in WiFi. Even that is iffy and seems to take a few reboots to work. There is no email or website and the internal feedback doesn’t work. They have both a Facebook page and a Twitter page but I don’t know if either is monitored. I messaged them and haven’t gotten a response yet. There is an export option but no import and the syncing service is dead so I really can’t start again with a new install with all my data intact. Essentially if RoundHealth starts crashing on you good luck getting support or the data back. I have been able to export so I have my data and I am switching apps. It’s too bad because I prefer this one. I strongly recommend frequent backups using the export function so at least if the same thing happens to you there is a backup. There haven’t been any updates for 3 years so I think it’s safe to say that RoundHealth has been abandoned. My suggestion is to find a newer app that is maintained and updated because who knows when an iOS update permanently kills this one. I’ll update if they respond to me by Facebook but I doubt they will. Minor gripe: if you don’t want notifications you have to click through 2 prompts when setting up a scheduled dose.

by Anonymousinmn

I started a new med and found RoundHealth five days later. I like that you can see the days you took or missed taking your medicine on a calendar. I also like that you can set a reminder window to get a few reminders over two hours.

My first complaint is potentially trivial, I’ll admit. I’d like a way to move the start date back for this medicine to account for the five days I took it before starting RoundHealth . It would really help me to have an accurate count of how long I’ve been taking this med and how I’ve adjusted to it as time progresses. I can’t find a way to do so, which leads me to my second complaint which isn’t as trivial, in my opinion. I tried submitting this question/request about the start date in the in-app form for feedback and bug fixes….except I keep getting error messages that that function isn’t working. The “bug fix” has a bug and it’s been this way for weeks. I can’t get it to go through, despite several attempts, hence the review in case the developer reads it. The first problem may be something only I care about but the second affects any user who has any issue and seems like a basic function to keep working.

by Greg@SV

I tried many of these and the others won’t let you customize the times of day. My wife wouldn’t allow me to have RoundHealth waking her up during the night so I had to customize around likely times I would wake up normally. RoundHealth was the only one I found that let do that. I also want to ween off the narcotic pain medicine and increase time between doses. RoundHealth allows me to do whatever schedule you want. If people use the other apps they are forced essentially to take when alerted or have trouble continuing the process. Also we need 24 hours per day which this has. I wonder if these other auto scheduled apps cause additions to narcotics since you can’t dial it down without it deleting all your history? I tried to create an account for RoundHealth but that never worked. It always has a network connection problem. I’ll see if RoundHealth is still saving the info as new days come, or not.

by XxxNEKO

A good app to keep reminding me to take my meds. It gives multiple warnings around the time you need to take your meds, which is important for me. In the past, I’ve had just 1 alert for my meds, and if I miss that alert I forget to take them completely.

My only gripe so far is that you can’t edit the dates when you need to take a medication that is not daily. For example I give myself an injection every 2 weeks. I can definitely set that I want a reminder for the shot every 2 weeks, but if I ever need to edit that reminder (like to change the dosage or the reminder window), it changes the day that I take that shot to be today. I don’t take this shot again until 8 days from now, but because I moved the window forward two hours this afternoon, Round is now prompting me to take my shot today. This means I won’t be reminded to take it in 8 days unless I change the reminder to be an “every 8 days” medication, and then change it back to an “every 14 days” medication next time I take it. At least when I had my shot reminders in my phone’s calendar app, they were on the right day.

by Rebekah@

I have a bunch of medication I take because of a chronic health condition. I forget sometimes and it can mess me up for days if I get off track so the reminder portion really helps a lot. Recently it hasn’t let me check off when I take a medication from my Apple Watch which it used to do but hopefully that’s fixed soon. The one thing I’d like to see (that I’d be willing to pay for even) is that I take medication on an as needed basis for pain that doesn’t really fit into a set schedule ‘take at 6:00 pm” but they do have a set interval like “take every six hours” or “every 8 hours “. I really need something that can track those times and reminders for those medications, or even for a set schedule it would be nice to be able to add in things like take before or after a meal etc. I know you can add them to the schedule but if you don’t need them it’s very fiddly to skip a medication and there’s no way to set a reminder “in 4 hours” rather than at a specific time. Having to remember the schedule for each of the pain management meds defeats the purpose of using an app.

by Furyise

I have always been absolutely terrible at taking pills. I never did it at consistent times, if I even remembered to take them at all, and sometimes I would have trouble remembering if I’d even taken them or not that day. Thank heaven I decided to search RoundHealth store for a pill reminder app and thank heaven I chose Round! Not only does it keep giving me notifications until I take my pill (which I really really need because I get distracted easily), it also allows me to put in what medicine and the dosage for each scheduled dose. I love love love that it gives me an interval of time to take my pill and will give me reminders in that time instead of just having a single notification! I also looove the look of RoundHealth! It’s pretty and user friendly and the little animations of check marks when you take your pill are so nice. I also like that the green and red of the reminders are more pastel because it’s less stressful!
My one issue with RoundHealth is that for some reason, sometimes when I try to open RoundHealth , it just automatically quits 5-8 times before I can get it to open, which can be frustrating when I’m in a hurry to record my doses. I gave four stars for this reason, but I’m hoping that with this feedback, the people at Round will be able to fix this issue and I’ll gladly then give RoundHealth an enthusiastic 5 stars!

by DanteInTheCave

I started taking a medication that’s taken 6 times a day, evenly spaced. I take several other meds and there is no way I’m remembering 6 times for one med without help. Tried another app that tells you all the possible drug interactions when you enter your meds. I can understand the logic behind the feature but for me I just have a panic attack. Went looking again and found RoundHealth. Does almost everything I want it to do without scaring me every time I take a pill. I love the calendar feature that serves as a record of how consistent I’ve been with a given med, or all of them.

There’s only one thing I want. When I save a medication as “taken as needed” it also gives me the option to schedule a dose. But it only schedule a recurring regular dose. When I take an as needed med, often that day there is a follow up dose 4 or 6 hours later, but not carrying to the next day. I would love to be able to a schedule a non recurring reminder with meds taken as needed.

by Atom Bomb Thirteen

Overall RoundHealth works fine and haven't had an update cause me issue on an IPhone 6 Plus. That being said there are a few quirks that I'm sure could be fixed. RoundHealth deals with scheduled and "as needed" meds differently, especially regarding AM & PM. E.g. If you are "on" a given days screen and your phone's clock has already flipped over to the next day (12:01 AM) you can click that days scheduled medicine and it treats it like that screen's day's medicine, But if you click an ad needed medicine at the same time it treats it like it was taken during the AM of that day (I.e. 23 hrs and 59 mins earlier) instead of just as you pressed the button. The fix is that you have to scroll to the "next day" and then click that you just took it to account for it properly. It would seem that "As needed" medicine should be accounted for on a separate screen and accounted for merely as the actual time and day it was taken. Not a deal breaker per-say but very annoying for an App you are relying on to keep you straight.

by Deutschus

This is one of the best free apps for medication reminders you can have. A lot of patients struggle with remembering to take what medications when, however, RoundHealth can keep your medications organized and tell you when to take what. One of the nice things about RoundHealth is the ability to have a window reminder to tell you when you scheduled to take it and then if you don’t take it in that time it reminds you right before the window ends. I recommend RoundHealth to everyone but particularly to older patients who know how to use a smart phone and who take a lot of medication. It will increase adherence and I would even go as far to say as increase overall patient well being because the more you take your medicine correctly, the better you feel and better outcomes you have. 100% recommended from this pharmacist 👍🏻.

by LGPurvis

I’m uninstalling today...I’ve contacted this app two times I’ve yet to receive a satisfactory response to my questions...they did respond and advised they were small but I’ve yet to receive an answer back..
I like the application but not sure it’s me or what but the application seems to miss recording on a two medications which I take several times a day and they have different doses ....
Setting up is fairly easy but the clock gives me a bit of a problem...I have neurological problems which cause my fingers to jump at times working with fine movements...the clock requires turning with a finger and I find it difficult to set properly...
I like the application but I’m uninstalling because if my leeriness of if the bug exists or if it’s me.
I understand they are small but they must organize in order to respond to customers within a reasonable period of time.

by Karen.eliz.mcgee

PS - Round, can you work on developing RoundHealth with the 3D Touch function on iPhones so you can press down on RoundHealth icon and mark that you’ve taken your meds, rather than having to open it all the way up?

I love RoundHealth! It is so simple to use and its design is beautiful and user friendly. I actually like the tone - it is loud but its uniqueness and volume makes sure I don’t forget a dose. It’s easy to enter all my medications, customize names if the particular medication is not in RoundHealth ’s system, and customize my dose. I like that you can schedule meds but also have unscheduled meds; that helps me track how often I’m needing to take my “as needed” meds and address it with my doctor. I also use RoundHealth as an easy reference in doctors’ offices when I need to update my current medications for them. I definitely recommend this if you have multiple medications and scheduled you need to manage!

by Slattle777

Every single time I see the stupid notification "would you like to rate our app?" I immediately click no because if I really thought it was worth writing a review for, I wouldn't need to be asked. But it popped up today and I HAD to. I LOVE RoundHealth. I bought an Apple Watch not too long ago, not really knowing all of the benefits of it, while simultaneously trying to find things I could do with it.
I found RoundHealth in the watch App Store and after downloading it, I am not kidding - it changed my life. I am an INCREDIBLY forgetful person. And also not very good with routine. That being said, I have to take certain medications every SINGLE day around the same time to get the full effect of them - but like I said, I am all over the place and rarely have routine in my life.
RoundHealth changed that. Every morning I wake up and I am EXCITED to check off the medications I need to take, like I'm playing a game with myself: how many days can you go taking it at the right time? It's motivating in a way that I couldn't get motivated on my own to have a routine that benefits my life way more than just a simple click of a button.
Thank you so much to all of those who helped create this application - you have helped me in more ways than I can explain in this review.

by Dyan007

I originally just put my vitamins in the round app, and it works really well for that, but I’ve just started adding more to make it an all inclusive habit tracker.

I added some additional “meds” that are custom habits that support my overall well being. The window reminders work beautifully for this! As does the monthly view which gives me a bright green happy dot for completing my habits. I also like that RoundHealth icon is generic and clean. I have it next to my water tracking app and these two at my finger tips help me remember to take care of myself in the midst of running around after 4 kids.

This is a great app that is simple and clean, but there’s brains going on in the background so it’s not limited or archaic. I haven’t experienced any glitches at all...maybe those who have had glitches don’t have iOS updated(?). I’ve had RoundHealth on my phone for almost a year through updates with no issues.

by Treefairyfawn

I’m chronically ill and have to take quite a few pills/supplements throughout the day. It’s really hard for me to remember when I take which pill, etc. RoundHealth solves that issue completely! It keeps me accountable and never second guessing or double-dosing on accident!
*edit
One thing I’ve noticed since typing this review is that I found one flaw. When a medication is set as “as needed” in settings it will still show up at the bottom of the screen, where the “as needed” meds are listed the second time (to list time of doses) You have to scroll through your meds and check times at the top if they are on this setting. This is important because my inhaler is on a “as needed” basis but I have to wait four hours in between doses. So if the wrong time is at the bottom of your med list, and only correct when you read through all meds, it gets confusing. I hope this makes sense! It would be improved by having the “as needed” meds listed at the bottom to update dose times

by Magi%

seriously I’ve heard other people say this I’ve never rated an app in the last 15 years every light on smart phones through the Google platform as well as the Apple platform I use currently —OK I have serious stomach issues and I have like 4or 5 different meds... so I seem to be in a continuous cycle of taking them 4 times is a day along with other ones in the morning at night and some for other reasons and blah blah this is one of the greatest apps ever made! it doesn’t bug me it doesn’t ring it doesn’t buzz however like most Americans I look at my phone pretty often and it’s just that easy to reach over in and take it where is a pill box that I’ve been trying to use is just sitting there silently waiting for me to get mad that is taking up room on my nightstand all that said truly I’m feeling 1 million times better after taking all the meds I should have on time this week. And to the developers thank you for not gouging my paycheck!!!!!!!!!

by Emsthename

I just started living a medicated life and was very worried that I would not be able to find an app or method of tracking that was both functional and beautiful (ux designer here). RoundHealth is wonderful! I love the interface and the aesthetic choices made. I also love the usability of the entire app. I like the fact that you can have a nickname for your meds so your notifications aren’t showcasing your medications. The calendar tracker and the ‘tap to take’ formats are amazing. The notifications are prompt and remind you again if you forget. All around a great app; I am happy to have found it!

Cons: so far I have not been able to actually sign in and register my account. It always says that’s unavailable and to try again later...but that’s it; everything else is amazing!

Requests: An “I’m starting this medication on a future day” feature. While I like the current reminder format and schedule, sometimes you have to start meds on a future day and pre-scheduling that out so it reminds you the day you start it or a reminder the day before that you’re beginning that regimen soon would be great. Also, some meds have an “ease in” method like ‘take one a day and then two a day’ adding that feature would awesome.

by LazyMoniker

I got RoundHealth to help me keep track of my acetaminophen and ibuprofen intakes while recovering from an accident. It works great at reminding you to take meds but also allows you to input meds that are “as needed” and will tell you how many hours/minutes since you last took it. It takes two taps to record taking a medication, and a couple extra swipes to change the time if you’re recording one you took previously. I got to where I was tracking all my vitamins and whatnot as well, it’d also make a decent makeshift water tracker if you were into that. The Apple Watch app for it is geared more towards medications that you take at set times, and will show you a history of what you’ve taken and allow you to tap to take meds. I had to double check to make sure that this was a free app before I reviewed it, because it hasn’t hounded me with adds, and for how well it functions I’d gladly pay a few bucks for it.

by Toddhunt

This is how apps should be made - logical, intuitive, unadorned and no gotchas. While the Medisafe app is highly advertised and thus more popular it is cursed with being too gimmicky and tries to be all things for all reasons, some of which there's a substantial upcharge for. Round does one job and it does it right. It's not perfect though, I've run into a few glitches. For example it assumes very routine schedules, if you have to take a med 5 times a day there's no simple way to just tell it that, you have to schedule it 5 separate times. And if your doctor tells you to take x number the first 3 days then take y number the next 4 days than stop on 7th day RoundHealth has no way to handle that, and unfortunately that is one of the most common things doctors tell us to do. But still I'm impressed, one of the best apps in the store,

by OilPainterTN

I can‘t remember to take my medication, and often, I can’t remember if I took it. I really love that RoundHealth allows me to set a “reminder window”- very important for this self-employed fine art oil painter. I have my reminders set for 2-hour window and RoundHealth will remind me within that window until I click that I have taken my meds... it is not annoying. Sometimes, I can’t stop what I’m doing in order to take my medication.

I purchased an Apple Watch (didn’t think I needed one but it has changed my life!) When I discovered my Apple Watch will give me notifications for different health concerns, I searched RoundHealth Store to find something to help me remember to take my medication. My Apple Watch will vibrate when it’s time to take my medication and the lovely “Round” logo pops up with 2 button options: [dismiss] or [ I took it ].

Really glad I found RoundHealth!