Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
PillScan: a phone-based pill identifier
PillScan lets people search for a possible pill match using its imprint, with color and shape as optional clues.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- People checking an unidentified tablet or capsule
- Worth noticing
- Its reference set combines DailyMed releases with final 2020 NLM Pillbox records, which are labeled as older.
Field notes
The search begins with letters or numbers on a tablet or capsule; camera capture can read them, while users can type them and optionally add color and shape. The page describes its reference as DailyMed SPL data supplemented by the final NLM Pillbox archive from 2020, with older entries marked; individual results link to DailyMed labels. It identifies Tesseract.js as the on-device text reader.
Observed signals
Read the marks
Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
One card from the complete issue