Meaningful notifications

Receive mobile notifications for routine medications, health readings, as-needed medications and temperature readings.

A notification you cannot act on is just noise. Medication Timer schedules local mobile alerts for the doses and readings you actually configured — with action buttons where the platform allows, so you log from the lock screen instead of losing the reminder to a swipe.

Notifications are a mobile feature: the website does not send the same push alerts. Use iOS or Android for reminders.

Routine dose reminders

When a scheduled dose is due, you receive a reminder tied to that member and medication. On mobile you may see:

Taken — log the dose immediately
Snooze — remind again in about ten minutes
Open — jump into the app for details

Tapping Taken writes to your account when sync is available — the same paths as in-app logging.

As-needed timer alerts

PRN timers can notify when a dose becomes safe again after the waiting period. Action buttons align with timer state — including Re-administer / Log dose flows depending on notification type.

On Android, an ongoing notification keeps the countdown visible in your shade while a timer is waiting (similar in purpose to iOS Live Activities).

Health reading reminders

For enabled vitals — INR, blood pressure, glucose, and others — schedule reading reminders that open Today focused on the right member and day when they fire.

Care-aware reminders

During Care, course dose reminders (Family Care) and temperature check prompts respect the active session so alerts match the illness you are managing, not unrelated routines.

Permission and troubleshooting

Notifications require permission on your device. If reminders never appear:

Check system settings for Medication Timer
Confirm you are signed in and the app has synced recently
On iOS, note platform limits on scheduled notification counts — the app prioritises imminent doses when near the cap

Apple Watch forwards matching iPhone notifications when the companion app is installed — see Apple Watch companion.

Availability

Free: Routine, timer, and reading reminders with actionable buttons on mobile, within OS scheduling limits.

Enable reminders

Set routine times under Family when editing a member’s medications. Enable reading reminders from Health readings. Allow notifications when the app prompts on first launch.

Free Feature

This feature is freely available to all Medication Timers users

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Lock screen & widget timers

Free

See PRN countdowns on your lock screen and home screen. Next Up and Active Timers widgets with Take, Snooze, and Log dose — free on iOS and Android.

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Apple Watch companion app

Free

All of your family's health routines, timers and reminders all in on your wrist with the Apple Watch companion app. Access your family's daily routine progress, active care timers and initiate quick timers directly from your Apple Watch.

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Growth & Development and Body Metrics

Family Care

Track child weight, height, and head circumference against WHO and CDC growth charts, and follow weight, height, and BMI trends for the whole household, with optional reminders, Today logging, and family reports on Family Care.

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Family Tracking When Illness Strikes

Free + more with Family Care

When unexpected health situations strike and your family is suffering through a tough cold, flu, or infection, Care brings order to the chaos. It unifies as-needed medication, temperature and symptom tracking along with strict antibiotic schedules into a single, focused tracking session; giving you total clarity when you need it most.

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Easy onboarding & family setup

Free

When you first sign into Medication Timer you are taken through a step by step guide to setup your family and familiarise you with the app while; setting up your family, adding common medications, adding your first as-needed timer and adding your first health reading

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Smart fever & symptom tracking

Free + more with Family Care

When the whole house gets sick, managing care shouldn't feel like guesswork. Go beyond "are they still warm?" with an intuitive family health tracker that visualizes fever patterns and logs symptoms in real time.

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Medical summary and reports

Family Care

When you're at the doctor's office, "I think they had a fever on Tuesday" isn't as helpful as a precise data log. This feature transforms your daily tracking into comprehensive health reports that map out everything from routine medication adherence, showing exactly what was taken versus what was missed, to as-needed doses and symptom flares. By consolidating vitals like temperature and blood pressure into clear summaries, you provide clinicians with a complete, accurate picture of your family's health history.

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Share critical health data

Family Care

Share your timers, routines, doses and health readings with other family members or caregivers; allowing you to better manage and collaborate on the care of your children and those in need.

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Family health tracking

Free + more with Family Care

All of your family's health routines, health readings, medication intake, temperatures and symptoms in one simple to use app. Setup your family, custom elevated temp settings, dose routines and notifications, health readings for RHR, INR & more

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As-needed medication tracking

Free + more with Family Care

Keeping a household healthy is hard enough without the "brain fog" of being sick yourself. Our as-needed trackers and medication timers eliminate the guesswork by logging every dose and temperature in one shared place. It handles the mental math of 24-hour limits and safe intervals, so you can focus on recovery instead of post-it notes.

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