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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Found some loose pills without a package in your medicine cabinet? If you're unsure what they are, you can use one of pill identifier (pill ID) mobile apps that would help you determine name and use of the medications in your cabinet. Pill identifiers rarely come as standalone mobile apps, but rather as a feature or a tool in drug and medication apps, such as drug reference, guides, and resources for patients and providers, pill reminders apps or prescription saving apps. The pill ID feature in these apps helps users identify their prescription drug or OTC medication by color, shape, and imprint. A lot of these apps also allow taking pictures of the medications and uploading them into the app's pill ID feature.Here, we listed some of the most popular pill identifier (pill ID) apps.GoodRx AppThe main purpose of the GoodRx app is allowing patients and caregivers easily compare prices across local pharmacies and providing saving coupons that can be used in pharmacies nationwide.Main features of this app include searching for drugs by name or by the condition, viewing popular drugs in the Top 20 list, or medical conditions listed alphabetically.Among these features, GoodRx app also includes Pill Identifier feature that enables users to search for medication by their color and shape. The app then provides medication images with brief information about each.GoodRx app is available for free on both Android and iOS.Our score: 92%Links: Android, iOS Dosecast AppStrangely, medication reminder apps rarely include Pill ID feature. This is the reason why Dosecast app – although not the best pill reminder app in the bunch – found its way to this list.Dosecast is a simple pill reminder app for Android and iPhone with a task to remind users when to take their medicine. Besides this main reminder role, Dosecast includes other features as well, but many of them are available only after purchasing Premium version of the app for $3.99. The app is, however, free to download and use as a basic pill reminder.One of these premium features is pill ID that allows users to add the image of the medication, which is especially helpful for patients who benefit from visual reminders remember when to take a blue oval pill or eight-sided pink pill.Our score: 63%Links: Android, iOSWebMD AppWebMD medical app is an all-in-one resource of comprehensive medical information for the patients and best-known symptom checker around. Medical professionals can use it as well as a decision-making support tool.It provides patients with comprehensive information on medical conditions, drugs, and a variety of other medical and lifestyle topics divided into sections. Once of these is medicine section allowing users look up information about various drugs alphabetically or by top searcher drugs, and providing a description of the drug, side effects, interactions with other drugs, symptoms of overdose, etc. This section also includes Pill ID tool that helps patients and caregivers identify medications by their visual characteristics, i.e. the shape, color, as well as imprint, which is required for all prescription and
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