Features · Reminders

Pill reminders that ask again until you answer

A reminder only helps if you answer it. Dose Log's reminders put Taken, Skip and Later on the Lock Screen, and if you don't answer, they ask again.

Answer from the Lock Screen

When a dose is due, long-press the reminder for three buttons:

Taken logs the dose at that moment.
Later asks again after the wait you chose: 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes, or an hour.
Skip logs it as Skipped, so your record shows you chose not to take it.

However you log a dose (in the app, a widget, your Apple Watch or Siri), its reminder clears and nothing more comes for it. Tapping the reminder itself only opens the app; it never logs anything for you.

Asked again, if you want

Under More reminder options on each medicine:

Ask again if not logged: after 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes, 1 or 2 hours, or Don't. 30 minutes is the default.
Repeat until answered: keeps asking, up to 8 times for each dose.
Later waits: how long Later waits. When one reminder covers several medicines, Later uses the shortest wait.

A sound for each medicine

Each medicine can have its own reminder sound, so you know which it is before you look: iPhone default, Soft chime, Two notes, Bell or Long ring. The sound for every other medicine is in Settings > Reminders.

When reminders don't arrive

Settings > Reminders shows what reminders can do on this iPhone and has Send a test reminder, which arrives in 5 seconds. If it doesn't, check that notifications are on for Dose Log and that no Focus is holding them back. iOS holds a limited number of reminders ahead, so open Dose Log now and then to keep them coming.

Private on a shared screen

Turn on Discreet mode (Settings > Privacy) and reminders say "Time for your medicine" instead of its name, with no amount. Running-low alerts and the Live Activity follow it too.

Travelling

Reminders never move on their own when you change time zone. Dose Log shows a New time zone sheet: keep each medicine on your home time, switch it to the time where you are, or keep it at the same time always.

Tips that work with any reminder

Tie each dose to a meal or bedtime, keep a pill box or chart where you'll see it, and keep a list of what you take. See how to remember to take your medicine every day.