LiveFine Smart WiFi Automatic Pill Dispenser | 28-Day Medication Organizer Up to 9 Doses Per Day for Care Monitoring with Locking Key, Adjustable Light/Sound Alarms for Prescriptions & Vitamins

We absoulutely love this machine so far. It's been about a week. Very well thought out and so simple for my elderly step-father. My brother and I both have the app and know when our step-father has taken his meds. The only thing I'm worried about is when he loses power it says it only has a 4 hr battery back up. That's fine if he doesn't lose power for more than 4 hrs. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I felt it was a bit pricey but well worth the money to us knowing he's taking his meds.

I needed help monitoring my mother's medication schedule, because as she's getting older, she is making mistakes with either taking too much, not enough, or at the wrong time. I loved this dispenser, and the fact that it had an app that I could see from home that she had, in fact, taken her meds when the machine told her to.You'll note that I said "loved" in the past tense, because unfortunately, it did not work for us. My mother has dementia, and wasn't able to understand that the alarm would tell her when it was time to take her meds and she didn't have to worry about it. She got increasingly frustrated that she couldn't get it open and was convinced that it was broken, so she took a ballpoint pen to it and was able to move the carousel just enough to access another slot of meds, and she took them, thinking she hadn't taken her meds in days.I still give it five stars, because it's a fantastic device, as long as the person using it has the mental capacity to understand how it works.

Wasn't easy to figure out. But works perfectly . Loud enough for my husband who's is hard of hearing.

After my standard LiveFine 28 automatic pill dispenser finally died, I decided to give this more expensive one a try. That was a mistake. Here are the reasons why I wouldn’t buy this unit:1) REQUIRES USB power cable at all times. Other reviews that talk about a constant low battery are probably due to the fact that this unit only uses batteries as a backup, and they only work for a few days. The old unit worked for months on one set of batteries.2) It didn’t mention voice anywhere, and the first time it talked I nearly jumped off the couch. It is annoying and no way to disable it.3) App has some nice features (like take dose early) but makes filling difficult.4) NO APP NOTIFiICATIONS. The app *says* it has notifications, but none ever pop up, making the app more of a detriment than a feature.5) Supports 2.4GHz wifi only!Again, the biggest reason I got this “smart” unit was that I thought I’d get notifications pushed to my phone when it was time for medication. However, there are NO notifications! Combining this with the annoyance of having to keep it plugged in all the time (making it largely immobile) and this is mostly useless compared to the old unit.I’ll be returning this for a “dumb” unit.

After a little less than two years use my pill dispenser has finally and completely stoped working. The pros - the alarm is loud and will sound for a full 30 minutes if you don’t take the medicine. The tip over dispensing design meant that I would take my meds rather than silencing the alarm and then forgetting the pills while I made coffee.The Bad -- It will NOT WORK if it’s not connected to Wi-Fi. Not only will it not work, if it has power, but is disconnected from the internet, it will yell “phone is disconnected, phone is connected successfully” over and over. You have to unplug it and take the batteries out if your internet is down.- It will occasionally get messed up and require you to reset the device. This is irritatingly over complicated.- Getting the Wi-Fi features (missed dosage alerts etc) to work reliably is far more effort than they are worth.- Based on other reviews 2 years is probably on the longer end of how long one of these can lastThe core features of this pill dispenser are great (the alarm, the pill dispenser mechanism) but the Wi-Fi features not only don’t work well but stop the device from working at all when they break down. Unfortunately the non Wi-Fi dispenser this company makes is battery power onl (no AC plug) and has issues with its motor.

My dad, who has dementia, had to move from independent living to assisted living after an illness and hospital stay. My brother (who lives nearby) is his main care provider and it became apparent that the medication system they had previously set up (a weekly AM/Noon/PM pill organizer) was no longer working as some doses were skipped or taken too early. If the facility were to do medication management it was going to cost an extra $1000/month on top of the already high cost of assisted living. After doing some searching and reading reviews we chose this livefine pill dispenser along with the livefine atomatic tipper (sold separately) to make things easier. My sibling is able to monitor it through the wifi system and can release a pill dose if our parent is tired and wants to go to bed early. The mechanism is easy enough for our parent to use for now in his current stage of dementia. We have only been using it this week, but we are optimistic that it will help keep him safe and make his retirement savings last longer.

This I was a total game changer in allowing my elderly mother to maintain her independence. She was getting confused and ultimately overdosing herself frequently leading to falls and many unnecessary calls to 911 and emergency room visits. Since getting this, I set up her meds monthly and now each day that she’s taken them as I get an alert telling me, it also tells me if she’s missed a dose! I would totally recommend for anyone caring for elderly parents as this has allowed her to maintain her independent way of life and given me the piece of mind that she’s taking only the meds she should be!