Medisafe Medication Management Reviews

by SF Cavendish

While it helps me remember to take my prescriptions, the interface for MedisafeMedicationManagement seems confusing and even convoluted at times. Several times it’s felt like there were several separate groups working on developing different parts of the interface, but they didn’t talk to each other.

For example, the add-on information about heart health is great, but it seems stuck in the middle of something else. It also seems to pop-up whenever it wants to. It feels like the heart info team didn’t talk to the other teams. I have one Rx that I’m supposed to take 1 or 2 tablets/dose. I’m reasonably sure that there’s a way to enter that into MedisafeMedicationManagement , but I’ve given up. It’s common for drugs to be prescribed that way. It should be simple and obvious. It shouldn’t require several trips through the documentation. It doesn’t help that the documentation reads like it was developed by yet another team who weren’t talking to the other teams. Or that confusing features weren’t actually fixed and clarified—it seems like the documentation was intended to put a band-aid on the UI and to explain at length things that are basic to MedisafeMedicationManagement .

Please, please, please start over with a focus group who aren’t familiar with any part of MedisafeMedicationManagement . Give them simple tasks. If it takes too long for them to figure out how to complete the task, the users aren’t dummies. MedisafeMedicationManagement needs work.

by Toneybarber

Just today the developers cut down the number of free measurements from 6 to 3. Perhaps the 6 measurement model was not restrictive enough and was not pushing folks to pay the fee for the professional version. I only discovered this when I went to change one of the accessible measurements. I turned one of the 6 off and added 1 other. When I clicked to exit the settings is when I was informed via pop-up that the limit was 3. Now, this restriction in and of itself is not terribly bad considering I can do all of the measurement manually in the native health app. Nearly all of the health data I port to the health app is via Bluetooth enabled devices. Although it would be nice to add some missing data through MedisafeMedicationManagement from time to time, I have absolutely no need for any of the other features offered for the $40 annual price tag. To make MedisafeMedicationManagement really useful it should allow as many measurements as the user wants to have access to. Measurements which can be manually added through the native app should not be a pay-for in MedisafeMedicationManagement. I am sure there are many folks who would pay a premium for multiple users. The rest is fluff. I’ll use it for a while for mes management but will continue to search for something else.

by Existenceispain

Firstly, MedisafeMedicationManagement is loaded with features. No complaints there. However, it's a bit bogged down for the average user. It's not as easy or intuitive to navigate as an app should be for people who need to take multiple medications multiple times a day. Taking into account that people taking medications might also have some degree of brain fog or mental impairment either due to the condition or as a side effect of medication, an app aimed at this demographic should have its core features easy to access without having to tap through multiple menus repeatedly. The process for adding a medication, for example, could be simplified. I see MedisafeMedicationManagement advertised as #1 recommended by pharmacists, but what about the people who are actually using MedisafeMedicationManagement ? The interactions checker is phenomenal from a pharmacist's or doctor's point-of-view, but easily being able to add and record doses, as well as being able to view monthly calendars, would be a great asset to users. In the end, making an app that's easy to use is the best way to ensure patients actually take their meds. MedisafeMedicationManagement could easily be 5 stars with just a better interface, because it truly is a fantastic app. Just not as practical as I'd like. P.S. I'm unsure if there's a way to turn off the weekend "extra help" notification.

by KentuckyJBird

MedisafeMedicationManagement is so close to being exactly what I need but not close enough. I love the pill box interface but I don’t take pills four times a day, I take them six times a day (with breakfast, mid morning, with lunch, mid afternoon, with dinner and at bedtime). As it is now MedisafeMedicationManagement forces you to organize your pills into four predefined boxes. It needs to allow the user to set the number of boxes, define/name them and also to set a time range for each one vs a set time. I don’t eat lunch at exactly the same time every day so a reminder going off at exactly 12pm -hit snooze- go off again, etc. would get very annoying really quick. Users also need the option of making a pill “skipable” when they set it up. Not every supplement I take needs to be taken daily.

My background: I have a rare autoimmune disease that I am trying to reverse naturally, using numerous supplements as part of my healing protocol. Some must be taken on an empty stomach, some with food, some once a day, others multiple times. MedisafeMedicationManagement as it is now is unusable for me. I am currently using Pills Ping because it is the closest to what I need though I do like the look and pill box interface of MedisafeMedicationManagement much better. If the above changes are ever made I will definitely switch.

by YaSahiibi

PLEASE figure out a way to SYNC multiple simultaneously logged-in devices:
1. Regardless of whichever one I have with me, I can enter that I’ve taken my pills or said my mantras or tested ny blood glucose at the moment I’ve done it, rather than having to rely on memory to know, later on, that I didn't skip a dose —this being the point of having such an app on my phone; and
2. Allowing multiple devices to be logged in simultaneously will allow a “significant other” to help me out with calling to remind me to do all those things that I might miss if I rely only on my ability to respond to a sound my device makes at me, since I can’t record an mp4a file and have your app play THAT sound when it gives an alert sound, so it doesn’t blend in to all the other alerts; and
3. Allow your app to access ANY alert sound so that I can record an mp4a and have MedisafeMedicationManagement say, in my own voice, “TAKE YER PILLS, YA OLD COOT!” so I’d know it wasn’t just some other app alerting me to the no doubt salient fact that I just drove past my favorite cafe and it might possibly be fun to stop in, since it IS approaching suppertime, after all...etc...

by MikeyBGr8

My daughter and I take lots of medication. The one thing we struggle with is calling in refills on time. Anyone who take lots of medicine for an indefinite period of time knows that taking meds on time every time can be a challenge. Some times we have more medicine than we need and sometimes we have less. (Spilled our meds a time or two) Anyways, I love MedisafeMedicationManagement . It helps us with daily reminders to take our meds and helps me remember to make sure my daughter takes hers. The one thing that could be better is the refill reminder calculation. For example my daughter only takes one of her meds only on the weekends. She get prescribed anywhere from 30 to 90 day supply. The issue is that the start and end date option doesn’t take into account for the frequency. If I know my daughter has a 30 day supply and I select specific dates like the weekend, it would be more helpful if the end date counter would reflect the number of specific days and not just everyday. Sure I could pull out a calendar and count the weekends until I reach 30 but I feel like that defeats the purpose of the feature. I a hope future update can fix this. Did I mention I love MedisafeMedicationManagement :) Thanks

by ChiHick

Very comprehensive meds library and color/shape icons. Main reason I use it is support for Apple Watch to log meds without picking up your iPhone. The Apple Watch support alone is a knockout criteria for me in selecting one of these pill tracker apps: you don’t have it, I don’t use you. But it could use some updates, including:
* Better reporting. Currently, reports do not show the dosage you took. E. g., if you take a half of a pill, which they DO support logging, the report does not show this. This is required to calculate your average dose taken for “as needed” meds, which doctors are increasingly requiring you to tell them.
* Allow at least two day view on the Apple Watch for meds taken. If you take meds during the night, as needed, you cannot see what you took after midnight. You have to pick up your iPhone. Also add full display of the dose you took as well on that list. E. G., if you took one-half of a 10mg pill, it should at least show you took 0.5 of 10mg of that med.

by DominicF

This is a wonderful app, especially for those of us who struggle to maintain a medication schedule. When you forget to take (or log) a dose, it sends a notification to a user-determined contact (or multiple contacts) alerting them to your missed dose. This is great, BUT could be made perfect by allowing you to manually (or, preferably, automatically) send that same contact a second alert/notification when you end up taking the missed dose.

Sometimes I’m napping and miss an afternoon dose...my friend gets notified that I missed the dose and ends up worried about me...when I wake up I take the missed dose (maybe an hour or so late) and log it in to MedisafeMedicationManagement ...but I have no way of telling that friend, “Hey, don’t worry, I just took that dose!”

Now, you might say that I could simply call or text that friend...but some people’s illnesses and/or disabilities are such that they avoid any direct social interaction some (or all) of the time...and this is why it would be amazing to allow the user to have an option (a simple button?) to notify their friend that the missed dose has been taken at the time the missed dose is logged. Otherwise, a perfect app! Thank you.

by I Am Borg

I worked in health care for 15 years. This app is great as it helps me track my medication in my e-pill box and can add my wife to get notifications on her phone when I miss my dose, which is frequently. The scheduling portion is intuitive. The diary feature helps me keep track of my pain, especially post op and need to track feeling on your follow up. The last part is the pill counter, which really helps me know when I should ask for a refill. You can set the alert at whatever count you want. Something so simple can be so amazing sometimes. The only thing I would add is a forum where people can interact with others who are taking the same meds. That would be so freakin cool. Just s simple message board with posts. I would totally buy into that. That for me is the topper because you can then interact with others who are experience the same issues with the drug. I would take it a step further and add DRG forums. Then can search for posts with the med name. Just a thought.

by EonweGilthoniel

I downloaded MedisafeMedicationManagement about two years ago and never had a problem wish the free version. It managed all of my many meds (about 80) and reminders. It started crashing a couple of months ago. When it got so bad I couldn’t depend on it I emailed support. It was an unusual case but Marissa kept at it, didn’t give up. After several weeks, emails and an update, we finally got it working and it’s stable.

I’ve tried shopping for other medication apps but none of them have the interface that works as smoothly as this one. I take around 15-35 pills per day and MedisafeMedicationManagement manages to remind me of them all and has the easy pillbox interface for loading my pillbox weekly with ease. I also like Morgan Freeman harassing me to take my meds. I’m so glad we got MedisafeMedicationManagement stable because there isn’t one on the market I’ve found that comes close to doing what this one does for me. Support is stellar too. I highly recommend MedisafeMedicationManagement. 🙏

by Baby Girl 87

I’ve used MedisafeMedicationManagement for almost 3 years now and it is the best medication reminder app out there!! I love it because it does so much more than reminding you to take your medications. Everything you need to keep track of is nicely organized. Adding your medications to the med cabinet and being able to see any interactions between them is a great feature! You can log which Dr’s prescribe your medicines and their specialty (i.e. Sleep Specialist) which is amazing when you have more than 1 Dr/Specialist. Reminding you when to call in a refill is another amazing feature. You can log any symptoms your having, your vitals and more. MedisafeMedicationManagement also lets you create another profile. I never thought I would need to. But my dad was just recently diagnosed with cancer. So I was able to create a profile for him and keep track of all his medications symptoms and appointments in addition to my own. I couldn’t ask for for anything better! Thank you so much Medisafe! Your a life saver!!

by Krista450

EDIT: I’ve raised my rating from a 4 to a 5, as the wonderfully responsive customer service team has informed me that there are options to resolve the issues I presented, and that I simply missed. It’s nice to see a company being so active with helping its users!

I’ve been using MedisafeMedicationManagement for about a week, and so far, I think it’s great! There seems to be a tool for just about anything you could think of, and it’s really helpful! The interface is beautiful, and everything is totally customizable.

The only thing I would change is that there isn’t (from what I could find) an option to turn off the notifications it sends you every five-or-so minutes reminding you to take your pill. While I can understand that this may be helpful for some (and should, perhaps, remain the default setting) the medication I take isn’t going to harm me if I take it a few minutes late or even forget a dose entirely (although I obviously try to avoid this). As a result, I find myself getting annoyed with the constant notifications about my medicine when I already have the little red badge notification on MedisafeMedicationManagement icon reminding me that I have a pill to take. I wish there was an option to turn these off.

It also would be nice to have a setting for those of us who only take a fraction of a pill as a dose. :)

Overall, though, I’d highly recommend this if you have a difficult medication regiment, of if you’re simply a forgetful person, like myself!

by LLane127

I've tried other medical tracking apps but Medisafe is my #1 choice! I take a lot of medications at all different times of the day. My afternoon medication times are typically when I am out and about so when I hear the chime go off I know its time to take my meds. I only miss doses if I don't have my phone on me. It has been a life saver! If I don't take some of my meds I definitely suffer. Medisafe has been so helpful. I had a very pleasant experience with Brian at customer service. I had used the free version for about 4 months. I recently became a BCBS medicare member and one of the benefits of their Blue365 program is that its free to upgrade to the premium version of MedisafeMedicationManagement . I did have to create an entirely new account but he spent a long time with me troubleshooting until we could make sure there was an email account associated with the medisafe account. He was so nice and thorough. I highly recommend Medisafe, both for MedisafeMedicationManagement and their customer service!!!!

by Play My Own Gsme

I have to take a variety of medications. I was using my phone clock alarm with labels telling me what medications to take and when. But it was annoying because I can’t always take my medication when the alarm would goes off because sometimes I’m busy at that moment with something I need to finish. The alarm wouldn’t remind me if I hadn’t taken the medicine. It was done. And I had to turn it off because any alarm is bothersome, especially if you’re using the phone to conduct business.

It dawned on me that they’re must be an app for this. I downloaded a few so I could try them out. This is the only convenient medicine reminder. If I don’t respond, it gets back to me in a short while. And the alarm sounds like a soft rattle. I can take the medicine exactly on time, I can ignore the alarm without missing my medicine because MedisafeMedicationManagement gets back to me in a while. If I decide to take a medication a little early or a little late, I can easily mark that in my schedule.

You just put in the name of the medication. MedisafeMedicationManagement and for the dosage and shows what the medications look like, so you have a visual of your medicine, too., It asks how many times a day you take it, and then has you put in the times you want to take it. It takes about a minute or two to do after you’ve done it once.

It’s so convenient. No more forgetting to take an important medication. No more trying to remember if I already took that medication today.
I love MedisafeMedicationManagement!

by Mhurless

I tend to get side tracked about taking my medications and supplements. I’ve spent too much time wondering if I actually took them and then fearing taking them twice ended up not taking them at all. MedisafeMedicationManagement has changed that cycle for me. The reminders come up with an attention getting tone and the best part is if I’m busy or ignore the first one they continue at an interval until I open MedisafeMedicationManagement and press one of the taken/snooze options. There is no way for me to miss a dose unless I actively try to.
Additionally I’m really impressed with the potential drug interactions feature. As I was adding my meds and supplements an alert came up right away with a full explanation of why two of them shouldn’t be taken together. Thats a safety feature that was a surprise but really helpful.
The biggest bonus is that MedisafeMedicationManagement works with my Apple Watch which honestly is the reason I chose this one in the first place. Even if my phone is somewhere else the alerts continually come up on my watch keeping me on track.

by Syd Vicious The First

Before getting MedisafeMedicationManagement, I forgot to take my medication frequently. Since then, my yearly adherence report (which MedisafeMedicationManagement tracks) jumped to nearly 100%! The notifications are flexible, so you can put in multiple reminders for different meds, reschedule, and change them easily. You can also get very specific with the meds you input, to the point where the color and shape of the physical pill matches the icon. You can also do a variety of other medical needs. Vitamins, shots, etc. I love the additional safety measures, like the interaction report that shows you things that could potentially react with your medication. My favorite feature is probably how you can notify another person of your meds. If you’re forgetful, or even refuse to take your medication some days, people of your choosing with MedisafeMedicationManagement will be alerted. Very good. MedisafeMedicationManagement works for me, someone with only 1-2, non life essential meds to take, and my elderly grandfather, who has many different shots and medications he must take at multiple times a day, at different frequencies in the week.

by Arminna Matt

I’m not usually one to sit down and write a review, but I would absolutely love more people to hear about Medisafe! Someone I was in the hospital with recommended MedisafeMedicationManagement from her own personal experience and I was a bit skeptical, but interested. I’ve had a long history of forgetting to take meds so bad that I’ll be off the stuff for over a year or two (very bad, I know). Friends and family would try to help and encourage me to take my medication, but I always had some sort of excuse or just got grouchy with the person trying to help. Medisafe exceeded my expectation by a landslide. With it’s repeated reminders every ten minutes or so and the cute little picture of the beach you get when you log your dose, it feels helpful and also a bit rewarding with MedisafeMedicationManagement. I have been consistently taking my medication now for two and half months 100% adherence since downloading Medisafe. And I feel so much better due to taking my medication, too. MedisafeMedicationManagement is a literal lifesaver. I will always be recommending MedisafeMedicationManagement to anyone who takes medication and has a problem remembering, thank you!

by L.A.Y.N.E

This a fabulous app for med management. Especially for people like myself who take many different meds...and tend to easily forget exactly which ones we take when we need to tell a doctor or pharmacist. It’s just so easy to forget the names of one or two, or the doses, when you take it p different pills throughout the day and night. MedisafeMedicationManagement keeps track of every medicine you take, what the pill looks like (color and shape), the strength of the dose, and how big of a dose you are prescribed. Also, MedisafeMedicationManagement will send you reminders each time of the day you are to take your meds. I have a morning pills reminder, an afternoon, and an evening reminder. One of the best features is that it keeps track of how many pills you have left in each bottle and will send you a refill reminder 5 days before your refill is due (by default, but you can change the number of days when it reminds you). MedisafeMedicationManagement also keeps your Doctors names and contact information along with all of your physical/mental conditions that you suffer with as well as what conditions each individual pill treats. Overall it is an amazingly useful and very helpful app!

by Frogmtman

I have to take two medications which are essential in my health and more precisely in my living. I have tried a number of tricks to take essential medications for maintaining my health. I done a pretty good job for a number of years but as I aged it became more difficult to maintain the schedule. My daughter is a Pharmacist and I was taking to her about my fear of missing doses. She recommended your program. I have maintained an almost perfect schedule sine installation of your program. My only wish for this program is if I was allowed to program my own tone as a reminder. The tone with the program is of pills rattling in a bottle. I am a farmer and hard of hearing. I seldom hear the alert sound. I have hearing aids and when wearing them I can hear the reminder tone. Working with equipment around the farm I seldom wear my hearing aids on the farm. Thanks to these folks I may get the reminder late which is better than never. The alert flashes on my screen repeatedly unti I cancel it so better late than never I do get my medications taken 99% of the time. Thanks for a wonderful tool in maintaining my health.

by Mercedes62!

I needed an app to help track the medication I’ve been taking after undergoing several fusion surgeries. After looking at a few, I found this to be the best to fit my need and more. Of course, you can input meds, mg dose, time(s) to take, and daily dosage. MedisafeMedicationManagement also monitors interaction with other meds, updates on meds, always to input dr info, schedule appointments, new feature for pharmacy and meds delivery. You can keep diary and notes of meds and send to your doctors, if needed. Because I initially found staying on schedule a problem, this has made things very easy which is important if the medication is going to work. As a note, I have not upgraded to the premium option because I am on disability and have limited income, so I do use the features described from their free options. My only con would be to allow some of the settings changes such as color and home screen styles in the free option. Everyone cannot afford to pay monthly cost. Pro, this is an excellent app for those seeking to track multiple medications. Thanks and I hope you continue to update free features!

by Mags_79

I injured my back several months ago, and I’ve been prescribed a host of rx in an effort by my providers and specialists alike to manage the pain until I can get back to 100%. Unfortunately, when you’re taking several different meds that all have the ability to make you sleepy, as well as the ability to give you “brain fog,” sometimes you find yourself actually stopping with your hand midway to your mouth, wondering, “wait...did I already take this?” Because I want to make sure I am always taking my meds as intended, and do not want to accidentally overdose, I googled “best medicine tracker apps 2019” and this was one of the first ones mentioned in the article I read. I immediately downloaded it, and have been very impressed with its functionality and the ease of use. My only wish if I could add one thing to make it even better: instead of the very soft “pills in a bottle” shaker sound it gives when it’s time to take your meds, I wish it would use something a bit louder and maybe a tad more obnoxious to get my attention. Maybe not something as bad as, “hey stupid, you need to take your pills...” but perhaps one of the preprogrammed sounds iPhones already have that we use for reminders, emails, text messages, etc. In any event, it’s still a great app for tracking what time you took something, and exactly which dose you took. Definitely recommend.

by Camsalina

Medisafe is perfect for me as it helps my obsessive behaviors and forgetfulness. I am busy and my mind sometimes wanders and I forget to take my medicine. The only problem I run into for me is not seeing a report of my past refill dates in conjunction with how much medicine (pills,etc.) I had left at the time of refill. Example, I have five pills left on the date I refill my 30 day supply making me have 35 pills as of the day I refilled. Why is this important for me? Because even with the refill button, refill reminders, and daily reminders to take medication, again I forget. So if I forget to notate that I did a refill, and I forget if I took my medication, I can look at the report and see what my last refill date was prior and how many pills I had as of that date. Then I can do the math and remember. It would also be helpful to see on the report how many pills I had left after I took my daily dose.
But I love the simplicity of MedisafeMedicationManagement. For 98% of the time it keeps me on track with my medication.

by Melanie605

I appreciate how helpful MedisafeMedicationManagement has been. I initially downloaded bc I needed a constant reminder about taking my meds until I could push a button that said I “actually” did. What I discovered with MedisafeMedicationManagement ended up being so much more. With taking so many meds it’s hard to remember what to take when. Some require I take so many hours after taking another. Or not eating so much time before or after taking it. Or take with full glass of water, take with or without food. It gets confusing. I was able to make my own schedule as well as put those notes in about each one. It also shows a picture of the pill so I’m grabbing the right one out of the pill case since they are all together. Pill cases are great but not everything falls under the am, afternoon and pm schedule. I also enjoyed watching a video about the pills I take. Oh and I forgot, I was also able to forward to a friend of mine so he gets alerted after awhile if it recognizes I haven’t taken them. I can’t say enough about how blown away I’ve been with MedisafeMedicationManagement and all of the extra surprises. I have forwarded MedisafeMedicationManagement to everyone I know taking medication daily. THANK YOU to the creators for such a well designed and useful app.

by JoJoGal

I have used other mex reminders and found them annoying. Sometimes because the snooze was only 10 minutes (you can change this on MedisafeMedicationManagement), some for the notification tones, (played the same tone as email so I disregarded it), and others for not letting me go back and “take” a med I had missed, much less give me the option to put what time I took it.

MedisafeMedicationManagement allows you to have a “Medifriend” who gets notified if you don’t snooze or mark the meds as taken. It even gives you the option to skip a dose. If you skip it, you can go in later and set the time you ended up taking it.

I am diabetic and it is so great being able to go back and see what time I used my shot, etc. I also take pills as needed, and I can keep track of that. Overall this is the best app I have found in MedisafeMedicationManagement Store. My friend also got it and she loves it too! We have synced our meds with each other and can see what was taken and what was missed. Very helpful!

by Jjmarine18

The developers of this did an amazing job of integrating all the medical information needed for each drug. I also like the fact that I can input a new drug whether it be DayQuil or Zyrtec and within no time at all gives me possible interactions they could have with my current medications. The reminders are a plus. I also like the ability to add in the time you took the drug if it doesn’t correspond to the time you have them set to be taken. You can also set in a custom time you took them. I also like the custom refill reminder feature that tells me when I am low and also like that it keeps track of the number of pills left in each bottle as long as I put in that I took them. Just a great app for those who have multiple medications and sometimes find it hard to keep track of which ones need refills and which ones don’t, as well as interactions and videos about each drug. 🙂 Great Job!! Love it! 👍🏻