Windtrace Automatic Pill Dispenser for Elderly with Alarm

This dispenser is working great for my elderly mother with dementia. This has been a good purchase and I recommend it to anyone with similar requirements. It holds 2 weeks of her AM & PM pills. The contents and controls are secure under the clear locked lid, so she can't mess anything up. It reminds her to take her pills on time, and it prevents her from taking extra doses, which used to happen regularly because she couldn't remember that she had already taken them. She has been using it for about 5 weeks and the only discrepancy so far has been missing her smallest half pill one morning. We haven't had any functional problems with the dispenser. The clock has stayed accurate to the minute. The battery meter still shows full batteries. The size, shape, and weight of the dispenser are all good. There are some important upgrades with the version I received in May 2026 compared to earlier reviews: 1) The lid of the dispenser locks with a small plastic key. This same key unlocks the battery door and optionally snaps onto the bottom of the dispenser for convenient storage. My mother has not discovered the key or how to unlock the dispenser. Two extra keys are provided in case you lose one. The keyhole is a simple triangle shape, which is probably good enough security for most users, but I wouldn't consider this dispenser sturdy enough or secure enough for anyone dealing with an addiction to the contents. 2) The gap between the lid and the dispenser sections has been narrowed so that tiny pills stay where they're supposed to be and have not caused any jams. I've shaken it around at all angles to see if the smallest pills would migrate to other sections but they didn't. We keep the dispenser laying flat, right side up, and don't overfill it. 3) An instruction booklet is provided that clearly describes how to program the dispenser and use it. It didn't leave me with any unanswered questions, but I'm not sure either of my elderly parents would have been able to setup the alarms. I'm actually good with that, because they'll definitely call me if they need to make any changes. TIP: Use double-sided tape to secure the tabs of the dosage ring to the pill tray. This keeps the ring in place and prevents pills getting stuck under the tabs.

Bought this for my aunt with dementia to help with the confusion of taking new medications. When she was allowed to stay by herself for the first night she got impatient for her meds and began beating machine against the sink. The top cracked and the pill door popped off but only lost one dose of pills down the sink. The dispenser stayed locked and she wasn’t able to get into it with a spoon or knife after beating it on the sink. Very tough machine. Not sure I can salvage this one completely but I’m gonna try. It did its job and happy she wasn’t able to access the other 10 days of meds remaining in the dispenser. Edit: After posting this review I discovered that in addition to beating the dispenser on the sink she ALSO beat it with a chipping hammer and used a pair of channel locks to try and break it open.

My daughter has to take anti inflammatory supplements and vitamins for a medical issue that can land her in the hospital. The pill holders that you see at the supermarket was not big enough. I even purchased a couple from Amazon that were 'large' compartments but sent them back when I got them and laughed at what their large was considered. Plus, she is taking so many supplements that I wanted to separate them into morning and evening. These are perfect. Clearly marked AM and PM and is extra large to fit all in. I purchased 2 so we prep for 2 weeks. These are sturdy, easy to open, fill and snap shut. We just came back from a 2 week driving trip and she was all set with her containers for her trip. Highly recommend especially if you are taking 30 or more supplements!

One of the worst products I’ve purchased. The lid does not open wide but stays at an angle and slams shut. Trying to open wide as shown in startup guide will break it. the turn table is hard to take out because of this. The Alarm is way to quiet, the locking mechanism is cheap plastic as are the keys. They send you 3 cheap plastic keys that are a very bizarre shape. It does have a little place to keep one of them on the bottom. Good luck keeping up with the other two! I’m comparing this to a more expensive one that I accidentally dropped and didn’t want to pay another $100 so I went cheap.

Overall positive experience after several months, but let me start with the drawbacks: 1) First of all, let me say that I'm in tech. I'm a thirtysomething software developer at a prestigious company. Why is this relevant and not some random brag? Because setting the timer or changing the time on this thing is confusing. (Notice how this review is right after daylight savings time? There's a reason I'm just now getting around to the review...). If a tech person needs to look at the instructions, so will you / your dependent. The instructions are clear, just take a picture of them and put them in your favorites on your phone so when daylight savings rolls around or your routine changes, you'll know what to do. The instructions are probably online somewhere, and of course you can save the piece of paper, but taking a picture of them will probably be your best bet. 2) At one point, this was stored upside down and a tiny pill got lodged in a spot that prevented the wheel from fully rotating, and the mechanism wasn't perfectly aligned after that for several weeks. I don't know why, and honestly, I don't know what fixed it. Maybe I hit the next button enough times? I *think* it's aligned again, but it's weird that it didn't click back into place right away. 3) this thing beeps once every couple of minutes for about an hour and then stops. if you're out of the house during that time, you'll need to remember to take it. 4) it only has 28 days. Why not make it a whole month's worth? Why make us hang on to a couple of extra pills in a bunch of different bottles? I would improve it by - allowing 31 days of medication - connecting to your phone so you can snooze it if you're not around - fixing the weird rotation issue I experienced - making the UI easier to work with, or even printing the instructions on the back. Okay, done with the bad. On with the good. 1) I very rarely have to refill this! It's so much better than a one week organizer 2) I can easily check to see if I've taken it already because if there are pills in the most recent divot, then it's time 3) It's easy to look back and see how many times I've forgotten to take my medicine over the last month 4) I love how I only have to open one lid to refill it. 7 day organizers are really annoying in that regard 5) This thing is so persistent, I HAVE to attend to it if i'm home. The only downside is that if I'm not home, my partner will flip it over and I might forget about it (and leave it flipped, possibly causing a tiny pill to jam it). 6) after several months I can feel what my medicine is supposed to feel like when I take it CONSISTENTLY. It's a huge difference, wow. Overall advice: I don't know if this exact one is the best, but it's a huge upgrade from where I was, and this felt like a splurge. If this broke tomorrow, I would replace it with something similar ASAP. If you have a lot of medicines, this makes taking all of them easier.

I've used this for a while and finally got fed up with it. It's a really good idea but is not very practical. The wheel is slightly confusing on how to set it up for day/night meds. I can't imagine if you had morning noon and night meds. or more. There is no OFF button. If you're not using it, it keeps chirping at med time. I gave it a good honest shot, but it's just not for me. There is a steep learning curve so keep that in mind when using it. As with some products these days, the instructions were very VERY vague. I finally managed to get it set up and running right, but it's really too cumbersome.

Bought for my mother in law who has dementia. She has tried to break into to it several times thinking it was time to take her meds and desperate to get to them. We did have to take the key off the back and hide it. So far she hasn’t broken into it.

Item is clear, so you can see the medication. Purchased for my dad works great.

This organizer is made of good quality plastics. It is clear to see which time of day to take the pills and each slot fits quite a few medicines. The opening and closing mechanisms work well. There are no issues for my parents opening or closing the slots.

Thanks to the instructions this is easy to use but a bit of a pain to setup. Remember texting on the earlier cellphones? Well if you mess up you gotta click through everything again to set your settings and to check that they are correct. The best part is you just tip the device over to dispense the medicine behind the little sliding door. This action also stop the beeping alarm. You do have a choice to deal with the light blue flashing light to indicate it’s time for the dose. It comes with several cards to place in the device. I had it set for multiple doses per day and I found it works as set. It comes with extra locking keys but it’s not for locking the device from children.

Really liked this product. Was able to organize my weekly/daily pills.

I bought one and already have two now , 2 weeks supply ready to go

Super disappointed to receive this with only 3 pill compartments for each day instead of the four as depicted in photos and description. I need there to be four compartments. Very disappointing.