An alignment apparatus for tablets includes a shaft and a support arranged on the shaft. The shaft is rotatable relative to the support. The support has a supply channel for supplying tablets to the shaft. The shaft has an aligning groove for a tablet. The groove opens with its discharge end into a receiving pocket. A receiving point of the groove lies in the direction of the rotational axis at the same position as the supply channel. The discharge end is arranged laterally offset relative to the supply channel in the direction of the rotational axis. A distance between the supply channel and the groove increases continuously from the receiving point to the discharge end counter to the direction of rotation of the shaft. The support has a guide track which interacts with the groove for a guidance of the tablet axially parallel to the rotational axis of the shaft.
