Medisafe Too Expensive? The Best Free Medication Tracker
Medisafe has limited its free plan to 2 medicines. Discover 3 free alternatives with better features — AI scanning, alerts, and shared home medicine cabinets.
If you use Medisafe to manage your medicines, you have probably noticed a major change at the start of 2026: the free version is now limited to just 2 medicines. For families with a home medicine cabinet, or for anyone taking several medicines, that is simply not enough.
You are not alone in looking for an alternative. Searches for “free Medisafe alternative” have surged since January 2026. In this article, we compare the leading medicine management apps and explain why mojApteczka stands out as a genuinely free option with features that most paid apps do not offer.
What Changed with Medisafe in 2026?
Medisafe was long considered the gold standard for medicine reminders. However, from 1 January 2026 the free tier was cut to 2 medicines and 1 dependant. To add more you need a Premium subscription at around $4.99 per month or $39.99 per year.
For someone taking one or two medicines a day, this may be enough. But for families, caregivers, or anyone with a more extensive home medicine cabinet, the free version is no longer practical.
What Should a Good Medication Tracker Offer?
Before comparing apps, let us define what actually matters:
- Medicine inventory — a clear list of everything in your home medicine cabinet, with dosage, quantity, and expiry dates.
- Expiry tracking — alerts before medicines go out of date.
- Drug interaction checking — warnings when medicines should not be combined.
- Family sharing — one household, one shared medicine list.
- Easy data entry — adding medicines should be fast, not a chore.
- No installation required — ideally, it should work in a browser so everyone in the family can access it instantly.
How the Top Apps Compare
| Feature | mojApteczka (Free) | Medisafe (Free) | Medisafe (Premium) | MyTherapy | Dosecast (Free) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine limit | 20 | 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| AI package scanning | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Drug interaction checker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Paid only |
| Family sharing | Yes | 1 dependant | Unlimited | Team function | Paid only |
| Expiry date tracking | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Works in browser (no install) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Medicine reminders | Yes (mobile) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDF report for doctor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Substitute search | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Search by symptom | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| QR code sharing | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Map of pharmacies open now | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Offline dose administration (v1.7+) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Duplicate medicine detection | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Pharmacy shopping list (low stock) | Yes | No | Refill only | No | No |
| Medicine grouping | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Schedule export (CSV/PDF) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Per-medicine notes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Offline SmPC documentation | Yes (8,000+) | No | No | No | No |
| Global medicine search | Yes (70,000+) | No | No | No | No |
| PIL and SmPC viewer | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Price | Free | Free (limited) | ~$4.99/mo | Free | $2.99/mo |
What Makes mojApteczka Different?
Scan, Don’t Type
Most medicine apps require you to type in every medicine name, dosage, and detail by hand. With mojApteczka, you simply take a photo of the package. The AI reads the medicine name, dosage, expiry date, and barcode — and fills everything in automatically. No other app offers this.
Works in Your Browser
Every major competitor — Medisafe, MyTherapy, Dosecast, Pillo — is a native mobile app that you have to download and install. mojApteczka is a web app that works in any browser on any device. Open the link, log in, and your whole home medicine cabinet is there. No app store, no storage space taken up, no updates.
The mobile app is also available for features such as medicine reminders and the caregiver role.
Real Drug Interaction Checking
mojApteczka automatically checks interactions between all medicines in your home medicine cabinet, using the DDInter 2.0 database with over 1.3 million known interactions. Results are sorted by severity — severe, high, moderate, low — so you know straight away what needs attention.
Family Medicine Cabinet, Not Just Reminders
Most medicine apps focus on reminders: “take your tablet at 8:00”. mojApteczka goes further. It is a shared family medicine cabinet where every household member sees the same inventory. You can create profiles for dependants (children, older parents), assign a caregiver role, and even share your medicine list with a doctor via a time-limited QR code.
Find What You Already Have
Got a headache? Type “headache” and mojApteczka shows which medicines in your home medicine cabinet match that indication. Looking for a cheaper substitute for a prescribed medicine? The substitute search finds medicines with the same active ingredient already in your inventory.
No other medicine app offers either of these features.
Who Is mojApteczka Best For?
- Families managing a shared home medicine cabinet.
- Caregivers looking after older parents or young children.
- Anyone frustrated with Medisafe’s new limits who wants a genuinely free tracker with more features.
- People who dislike installing apps — mojApteczka works in a browser.
How to Switch from Medisafe
Switching is straightforward:
- Go to mojapteczka.pl and create a free account (Google, Facebook, or email).
- Take a photo of each medicine package — the AI does the rest.
- Invite family members to your shared cabinet.
- Set up medicine reminders in the mobile app if you need them.
The free plan includes 20 medicines, 1 cabinet, and 3 AI scans per month — more than enough for a typical household.
The Bottom Line
The medication tracker market has changed in 2026. Medisafe’s move towards a paid model has left millions of users looking for alternatives. mojApteczka fills that gap with a generous free plan, AI scanning that no competitor offers, and availability both in the browser and as an Android app through Google Play — making it accessible to everyone in the family.
Try it free at mojapteczka.pl and see for yourself.
Related mojApteczka features: AI recognition · Expiry alerts · Drug interactions
Questions about switching from another medicine app? Write to us at kontakt@mojapteczka.pl — we are happy to help.