Complete 2026 Review: Medisafe vs mojApteczka
mojApteczka offers EU hosting, the Medicinal Products Register and no forced subscription, making it a better fit for a family home medicine cabinet. Full comparison.
Medisafe and mojApteczka are two apps that come up in almost every conversation about managing medicines. Both are about medicines. Both have mobile versions. Both offer family features. But that is where the similarities end, because the two apps solve fundamentally different problems.
Medisafe answers the question: “Did I take my medicines today?”
mojApteczka answers the question: “What do I have in my home medicine cabinet, and is it safe?”
This is not an article about which app is “better”. It is a comparison of two tools designed for two separate jobs, so you can choose the one that fits your situation. Or both.
Two Different Approaches to Medicine Management
Medicine management has two dimensions, and they rarely meet in one app.
Medication adherence means making sure you take the right medicines at the right time. This is the world of people with chronic conditions who take several prescription-only medicines every day. They need reminders, dosage schedules and confirmation that each dose has been taken. Medisafe has been a leader in this category for years.
Home medicine cabinet management is something quite different. It is an inventory of all the medicines at home, both prescription-only and over-the-counter. It means tracking expiry dates, so you do not discover that the ibuprofen in the drawer expired only when you already have a headache. It means checking whether medicines in the cabinet interact with each other. It means knowing which medicines are safe for children. This is the problem mojApteczka solves.
Adherence and inventory are not the same thing. You can reliably take your medicines at 8:00 every morning (adherence) while still having five expired packs in the bathroom cabinet that you have forgotten about (inventory). And the reverse is also true: you can have a perfectly organised home medicine cabinet, but without reminders you may still keep forgetting your evening dose.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | mojApteczka | Medisafe |
|---|---|---|
| AI package scanning | Yes (VLM) | No |
| Barcode scanning | Yes | No |
| Medicinal Products Register (RPL) | Yes | No |
| Expiry date tracking | Yes (alerts) | No |
| Home medicine cabinet model | Yes | No |
| Drug interaction checking (DDI) | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine reminders | Yes (with iOS WidgetKit widgets and Siri Shortcuts) | Yes (extensive) |
| Dose tracking | Yes (fractional doses - syrups, drops) | No |
| iOS widgets (WidgetKit) | Yes | No |
| Siri Shortcuts | Yes | No |
| Free online interaction checker | Yes (check) | No |
| Family sharing | Yes (cabinets + dependants) | Yes (Medfriend) |
| Paediatric classification | Yes (details) | No |
| Sharing via QR code | Yes | No |
| PDF report for the doctor | Yes (tabular, with schedule and active ingredient) | No |
| Offline SmPC documentation (8,000+ medicines) | Yes - works in aeroplane mode | No |
| Global medicine search (70,000+) | Yes - NFZ database with owned-medicine marking | No |
| Automatic reminder backup | Yes - recovery after data loss | No |
| Map of pharmacies open now | Yes (map) | No |
| Offline medicine administration (queue, 1.7+) | Yes (details) | No |
| Duplicate medicine detection | Yes (details) | No |
| Medicine grouping (person/location) | Yes (details) | No |
| Pharmacy shopping list (low stock) | Yes (details) | Yes (refill) |
| Schedule export (CSV/PDF) | Yes (details) | No |
| Medicine notes | Yes (details) | No |
| Leaflets and SmPC from the medicine card | Yes (details) | No |
| Search by symptoms/indications | Yes (details) | No |
| Search for alternatives (cheaper options) | Yes (details) | No |
| Refill reminders | No | Yes |
| Web version (browser) | Yes | Yes |
| Android + iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Supported languages | 4 (PL, EN, UK, RU) | Many, including PL |
| Price | Freemium (0 / 9,99 / 19,99 PLN per month) | Freemium (~160 PLN/year premium) |
The table shows how different the two apps’ philosophies are. Medisafe invests in extensive reminders and dosage schedules. mojApteczka invests in scanning, inventory and medication safety for the home medicine cabinet.
Medisafe — the King of Reminders
Medisafe deserves credit for what it has earned: it is the most recognisable medicine management app in the world. It has millions of users, years on the market, significant venture capital funding and partnerships with pharmaceutical companies.
Medisafe’s reminder system is genuinely polished. You can set dosage schedules down to the minute, receive push notifications and, if you miss a dose, the app escalates the alert. The Medfriend feature lets you nominate a loved one who receives a notification when you skip a medicine. For people with chronic conditions who take several prescription-only medicines every day, this is a tool that can have a real impact on health.
Medisafe also offers drug interaction checking and refill reminders, a useful feature in healthcare systems where prescriptions need to be renewed regularly.
The app is available in Polish, which matters: many global competitors still do not support the language.
At the same time, Medisafe does not deal with what is in your cabinet. It does not track medicine expiry dates. It does not let you scan a package with the camera. It does not distinguish between medicines for adults and medicines approved for children. It does not offer iOS widgets on the home screen or Siri Shortcuts. It does not track fractional doses for syrups and drops. It does not generate a tabular PDF report with a schedule and active ingredient. These are not shortcomings; they are simply not the problem Medisafe is trying to solve.
mojApteczka — Home Medicine Cabinet Management
mojApteczka approaches medicines from the perspective of the physical cabinet in your home. The basic question is: what is in it, is it still usable and is it safe?
AI scanning is the fastest way to add a medicine to your cabinet. You take a photo of the package, and a vision language model reads the name, dose, expiry date, pharmaceutical form and prescription status. You can also scan the barcode: the app checks the Medicinal Products Register and fills in the official data. No manual entry.
Expiry alerts solve a problem every family knows: discovering that the only paracetamol at home expired three months ago, exactly when it is needed most. mojApteczka sends notifications before the expiry date, so you have time to restock.
Paediatric classification is especially important for parents. For every medicine in the cabinet, you can see whether it is approved for use in children, intended only for adults or a veterinary product. When you are looking for something for a two-year-old’s fever at 3 a.m., that information matters.
Medicine reminders with iOS widgets (WidgetKit) show the next dose directly on the iPhone home screen and lock screen. Siri Shortcuts let you check the schedule by voice. Fractional dose tracking is ideal for syrups and drops: the app remembers how much is left after each administration (for example, 10 ml -> administer 2.5 ml -> 7.5 ml left).
Shared family cabinets let everyone in the household see the same inventory. The dependant system is global: a child or older parent’s profile can be assigned to multiple cabinets at the same time, with separate caregivers in each one. QR code sharing with a limited validity period lets you quickly show a medicine list to a doctor or pharmacist.
The PDF report in a tabular A4 format includes columns for medicine, active ingredient, intake schedule and details, grouped by person. The free online interaction checker lets you check interactions between any medicines without logging in.
mojApteczka works in the browser, on Android and on iOS, in four languages (Polish, English, Russian and Ukrainian), and the free plan includes 20 medicines, which is enough for a typical home medicine cabinet.
Can You Use Both?
Yes. And in many cases, that is the most sensible approach.
If you live with a chronic condition, take prescription-only medicines every day and also manage a home medicine cabinet for your family, you need both tools.
Medisafe looks after your dosage schedule: “Take metformin at 8:00, atorvastatin at 20:00”. It sends reminders, tracks adherence and escalates alerts when you miss a dose.
mojApteczka looks after your medicine cabinet: “There are 6 ibuprofen tablets left, the children’s paracetamol expires in 2 weeks, and the new allergy medicine has a moderate interaction with your blood pressure medication.”
mojApteczka now covers most reminder-related needs: iOS home screen widgets, Siri Shortcuts and fractional dose tracking. Medisafe remains the better choice if you need a health diary with blood pressure, blood sugar and weight measurements, plus a detailed adherence history.
Who Is It For?
Medisafe will be the better choice if:
- You live with a chronic condition and have a daily prescription-only medicine schedule.
- You need extensive reminders with alert escalation.
- You want a loved one to receive notifications when you miss a dose.
- You care about tracking adherence over time.
- You need reminders to renew prescriptions.
mojApteczka will be the better choice if:
- You manage a home medicine cabinet for the whole family.
- You have children and want to know which medicines are safe for them.
- You care for older parents and need to keep track of their medicines.
- You want to track the expiry dates of all medicines at home.
- You prefer taking a photo of the package to entering data manually.
- You need a PDF report or QR code with a medicine list for the doctor.
- You are looking for an app that works straight away in the browser.
- You need medicine reminders with iOS home screen widgets and Siri Shortcuts.
- You give a child syrup or drops and need to track fractional doses.
- You want to check drug interactions online without logging in.
Try mojApteczka
If your problem is “what do I have in my medicine cabinet, and is it safe?”, create a free account at mojapteczka.pl. 20 medicines, AI scanning, interaction checking and expiry date tracking, with no fees and no credit card required. The Android app is also available on Google Play.
mojApteczka also offers a free online interaction checker with no login and no account required. And if you use Medisafe as a health diary for blood pressure or blood sugar measurements, you can use both apps side by side.
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Questions about the differences between the apps? Write to us at kontakt@mojapteczka.pl — we are happy to answer.