- Install and open the Medication Timer app on iOS or Android.
- When the system asks, allow notifications.
- If you declined earlier, open the phone’s Settings → Notifications → Medication Timer (name may vary slightly) and enable alerts, banners, and sounds as you prefer.
Also check Focus modes, Do Not Disturb, and per-app notification styles if alerts seem silent.
In-app notification settings
Under Profile → Settings → Notifications you can control:
- Medication reminders: master switch for dose, timer, and health-reading reminders on this device.
- Urgent follow-up alerts (30 min later): a second nudge if you have not logged a scheduled dose or health reading about 30 minutes after the first reminder.
- Quiet hours: postpone medication reminders until a chosen end time instead of dropping them.
On iOS, the first dose reminder at the scheduled time may use Time Sensitive delivery and respects the Ring/Silent switch. The optional 30-minute follow-up can use Critical Alerts so it may sound when the phone is on silent. Enable Critical Alerts for Medication Timer under Settings → Notifications → Medication Timer if you want that behavior.
On Android, also allow Alarms & reminders for Medication Timer (Android 12 and later). That is how the phone fires a local reminder at the scheduled time. See How do I allow Alarms & reminders on Android?
If Android reminders are allowed but still do not appear, the phone may be sleeping the app to save battery (common on Samsung). See Why didn’t my Android reminder fire?
