Count pills and tablets from a photo in seconds

On a tray photo with even light, accuracy is high even when tablets touch — the AI uses density counting rather than shape detection, so clusters don't merge into one. Every pill gets a dot, so a quick glance verifies the total. For regulated counts, treat it as a fast double-check alongside your standard procedure.

Mark 1–3 example pills by dragging a box around them and the AI counts exactly that item, ignoring everything else in the frame. Every counted item gets a dot on the image so you can verify the total at a glance.

Yes — the engine counts ANY repeated item. If the tray has more than one medication on it, mark 1–3 examples of the one you're counting and it counts only that one.

Yes — counting photos is free to preview; create a free account to download for everyday use. Free downloads of the marked-up image carry a small “Counted with Pixoate” badge; with Premium that same download is watermark-free. Photos are uploaded only to process and are deleted automatically afterwards; we never keep or share them.

Similar items is built for a tray of one medication — the standard pharmacy tablet count — and uses density counting so touching tablets don't merge into one. Distinct objects switches to object detection so a tray with several different medications can have each one recognised separately. Auto lets the tool choose, but for a mixed tray, switching to Distinct objects (or marking examples of one pill at a time) gives a cleaner per-medication split.

Sensitivity (Low to High) sets how confident the AI must be before marking a tablet. Raise it toward High if low-contrast white or pale pills on a light tray are being under-counted; lower it toward Low if shadows or the tray's texture are being picked up as extra tablets. A plain, matte tray with even overhead light needs the least adjustment.

Result overlay controls how the count is marked on the photo — Dots + heatmap places a dot on every tablet and shows a density map, Dots only keeps the marked image clean for a regulated-count record, and Heatmap only shows concentration without individual markers. Ignore small detections raises the minimum size counted, which is useful for excluding capsule fragments, dust or tablet debris on the tray from the total.

Yes — switch Single photo to Bulk audit to upload a photo of every tray you need counted. Each is counted using your current Sensitivity setting, a grand total across all trays is shown, and each tray's count is added automatically to the tally sheet, speeding up a full pharmacy or clinic stock check.

Add each tray's count to the tally sheet, labelling rows with the medication and batch, then export the sheet as a CSV or generate a branded PDF stock-take report to keep alongside your standard procedure. Sign in to save the stock-take to your account and share a read-only link for a second reviewer to verify.

Set Counting mode to Distinct objects so different tablet shapes and colors aren't merged into one count, keep Sensitivity moderate to High for pale tablets on a light tray, and set Ignore small detections low so partial tablets aren't dropped from a regulated count. Mark 1–3 examples of each medication in turn and log every pass as its own tally row for a documented per-medication total.

Counting a single tray photo is always free to preview; create a free account to download. Bulk audit — queuing a whole batch of tray photos into one grand total — is a Premium feature. Signing in lets you save a stock-take to your account for free, up to 3 saved counts, with unlimited saved history on Premium.

CSV export of your tally sheet is free for everyone. The branded PDF stock-take report — useful for a controlled-substance or regulated count record — and sharing a read-only link with a second reviewer are both Premium features.

Yes — each tally row's Count number can be edited directly if a manual recount finds a different total, not just the row's Label. A remove button (×) deletes a single tray's row, and Clear tally resets the whole sheet for a new stock check.

Opening a saved stock-take with Open in tally replaces the entire current tally sheet — it does not merge the saved rows into what you're currently counting. Export, save or note down your current tally first if you still need it, since there's no undo once a saved session loads in.

Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 100 photos, set your options once, and every photo is processed with the same settings before you download one tally per photo plus a grand total. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch, up to 100 photos. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.