mojApteczka vs BEEP — Medicine Tracker vs General Expiry Tracker
Medicines are not groceries. A carton of milk past its date tastes sour. An expired medicine can lose potency, change its chemical composition, or become outright dangerous. Combining two foods rarely causes harm. Combining two drugs without checking interactions can land you in hospital. And yet, the most popular way to track medicines digitally in 2026 is still to treat them like any other household product with a date on it.
That is exactly the divide between BEEP and mojApteczka: one is a general-purpose expiry tracker that handles everything from kimchi to cosmetics, and the other is a platform built exclusively for medicines. This article looks at both, honestly, so you can decide which approach fits your household.
Two Very Different Approaches
BEEP, made by BGPworks in South Korea, is the largest expiry date tracker in the world. The numbers are genuinely impressive: over 20 million products in its barcode database, more than 450,000 teams using the app, and a polished interface available on both iOS and Android. BEEP handles food, beverages, cosmetics, cleaning products, retail inventory — and medicines, but only as one category among many. It treats a blister of paracetamol the same way it treats a bottle of soy sauce: an item with a name, a barcode, and an expiry date.
mojApteczka operates in a narrower lane. It does one thing — manage your home medicine cabinet — and builds every feature around that single purpose. It integrates the Polish Medicinal Products Registry (over 78,000 medicines), checks drug interactions, classifies medicines for pediatric safety, provides patient leaflets, searches for cheaper substitutes, and lets families share a single cabinet across devices. It does not track your yoghurt or your sunscreen.
The analogy that fits best: a chef’s knife versus a Swiss Army knife. The Swiss Army knife does more things. The chef’s knife does one thing exceptionally well. Neither is wrong — the question is what you are cutting.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | mojApteczka | BEEP |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Home medicine cabinet | General expiry tracking |
| AI package scanning | Yes — Vision Language Model | No |
| Barcode scanning | Yes | Yes |
| Expiry date tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Expiry notifications | Yes (push + email) | Yes (push) |
| Drug interaction checking (DDI) | Yes — DDInter 2.0, 1.3M+ interactions | No |
| National drug registry | Yes — Polish registry, 78,000+ medicines | No pharmaceutical database |
| Pediatric classification | Yes | No |
| Patient leaflet (PIL) access | Yes | No |
| Medicine alternatives search | Yes | No |
| Search by symptom / indication | Yes | No |
| Family sharing / shared cabinet | Yes | Yes (team-based) |
| Caregiver role | Yes | No |
| QR code sharing with doctor | Yes | No |
| PDF medicine report | Yes | No |
| Cloud sync across devices | Yes | Yes |
| Web app (no install) | Yes | No |
| Android app | Yes | Yes |
| iOS app | Yes | Yes |
| Pill reminders | Yes | No |
| Multi-language support | 4 languages | English, Korean |
| Tracks non-medicine products | No | Yes (food, cosmetics, retail) |
| Price | Freemium (generous free tier) | $4.90/month |
| Features scored (out of 29) | 29/29 | 7/29 |
The table reveals the core trade-off. BEEP gives you breadth across product categories. mojApteczka gives you depth within the medicine category. Let us unpack the areas where that depth matters most.
Where BEEP Excels
Giving BEEP its due: the app’s scale and versatility are hard to argue with.
If you run a small cafe, a beauty salon, or a retail stockroom, BEEP is a powerful tool. Its barcode database is enormous — over 20 million products — and the team-sharing features make it practical for small businesses that need collaborative inventory. The interface is clean, the scanning is fast, and the notification system works reliably.
For households that want a single app to track every expiring product — not just medicines but also food, supplements, and cosmetics — BEEP centralises that in one place. There is something appealing about scanning your entire pantry and bathroom cabinet into one timeline.
BEEP is also available on both major mobile platforms with cloud sync, which puts it ahead of many competitors in basic infrastructure.
Where mojApteczka Excels
The advantages of specialisation become visible the moment you move beyond “what do I have and when does it expire?”
AI scanning that reads medicine packages. BEEP relies on barcode lookup: if the barcode is in its database, you get a match. mojApteczka’s AI package scanning uses a Vision Language Model to read the entire box — medicine name, dosage, pharmaceutical form, and expiry date — from a single photo. This matters because many medicines, especially generics, regional products, or anything brought back from a trip abroad, will not exist in a general barcode database. The AI reads what is printed on the package, regardless.
Drug interaction checking. This is the feature gap with the most serious consequences. BEEP has no pharmaceutical database and no concept of active substances, so it cannot warn you that combining two medicines in your cabinet carries risk. mojApteczka checks every medicine against the DDInter 2.0 interaction database — over 1.3 million known drug-drug interactions, classified by severity. For anyone managing multiple prescriptions or a cabinet shared by several family members, this is not optional.
Medicine substitutes and leaflets. When your doctor prescribes a medicine that is out of stock at the pharmacy, you need to know what alternatives exist with the same active substance and dosage. mojApteczka’s substitute search answers that question instantly, drawing from the Polish Medicinal Products Registry. Patient leaflets — the folded paper you always lose — are available in the app for every registered medicine.
Pediatric classification. Every medicine in mojApteczka is tagged as suitable for children, adults only, or veterinary, based on official registry data. When a child has a fever at midnight and you are reaching into the cabinet, knowing at a glance which medicines are safe for pediatric use is more than convenient.
Medical sharing. A time-limited QR code lets you show your full medicine list to a doctor during a visit. A PDF report gives your pharmacist the same information on paper. BEEP’s sharing model is built for retail teams, not healthcare workflows.
Why Medicines Need a Specialist App
The deeper argument here is not about features — it is about context.
A general expiry tracker treats every item as interchangeable: a name, a date, a barcode. That model works perfectly for food and cosmetics. But medicines carry metadata that matters for safety: active substances, contraindications, interactions with other drugs, age restrictions, dosage forms, legal classification. Stripping that away and reducing a medicine to “item with date” removes the information that makes tracking it worthwhile in the first place.
Consider what happens when you add a new medicine to your cabinet. In BEEP, you scan it, the app records it, and you get a notification when it expires. In mojApteczka, you scan it, the app identifies it against the national drug registry, checks it for interactions against everything else in your cabinet, flags whether it is safe for your children, links the patient leaflet, and notifies you before it expires. The second workflow is the one that actually makes your household safer.
This is not a criticism of BEEP’s design — the app is not trying to be a pharmaceutical tool. It is an observation that medicines are a category where general-purpose tools leave the most important questions unanswered.
Who Should Choose What?
Choose BEEP if:
- You want one app for all expiring products: food, cosmetics, cleaning supplies, and medicines.
- You run a small business or team that needs shared inventory tracking across product categories.
- You do not need drug interaction checking, pediatric data, or medical leaflets.
- You are comfortable with a $4.90/month subscription.
Choose mojApteczka if:
- Your primary concern is the home medicine cabinet, not general household inventory.
- Drug interaction checking is important — especially if anyone in the household takes multiple medicines.
- You want AI scanning that reads medicine packages, not just barcodes.
- You have children and need pediatric safety classification.
- You want to share your medicine list with family members or a doctor.
- You prefer a free tier that covers most household needs without a mandatory subscription.
The Bottom Line
BEEP has earned its position as the world’s leading expiry tracker. For general inventory — food, retail, cosmetics — it is excellent. But medicines are not general inventory. They interact with each other. They have age restrictions. They carry active substances that need to be identified, not just barcoded. They come with leaflets, contraindications, and substitutes. Tracking them requires a tool that understands what they are, not just when they expire.
mojApteczka was built for exactly that problem. The free tier includes 20 medicines, 1 shared cabinet, and 10 AI scans per month — enough for most families to manage their full medicine cabinet without paying anything. Try it at mojapteczka.pl and see whether the specialist approach makes a difference for your household. The Android app is also available on Google Play.
Questions about switching from BEEP or any other tracking app? Write to us at kontakt@mojapteczka.pl — we are happy to help.