Tell your pills apart: colour, shape and a photo
Five white tablets in a drawer are five identical white tablets. On the screen they do not have to be.
Colour and shape
- Open the medicine.
- Pick the colour that matches the real pill — white, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, teal, green or brown.
- For a tablet or capsule, pick the shape: round, oval, oblong, capsule, triangle, square or diamond.
- Save. The pill is drawn in that colour and shape everywhere it appears — Today, the widget, the medicines list.
A photo
Add a photo of the box or the blister to the medicine. It is useful for a medicine someone else has to hand over, for a name you cannot pronounce, and for the moment at the pharmacy when you need to show what you are already on. The photo is stored on your iPhone with everything else.
Why it is worth two minutes
This is the detail that matters most to someone looking after another person's medicines, and to anyone whose eyesight makes a name on a screen harder to read than a shape and a colour.
FAQ
- Is there a database of real pill appearances?
- No — you set the colour and shape yourself. A database that identifies a tablet by sight would need to be right every time, and nothing less would be safe.
- Where is the photo kept?
- On your iPhone, with the medicine. It is not uploaded, and it is included in a backup file.
- What do liquids and inhalers look like?
- Each form has its own symbol — a bottle, an inhaler, a syringe, a patch — shown in the colour you picked.
Pill Reminder helps you remember your medicines and keep a record of them. It does not give medical advice, suggest doses or check interactions. If you are unsure about a medicine or a dose, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Never miss a dose again
Pill Reminder reminds you at the right time, records the dose from the Lock Screen, looks after the whole family's medicines, and keeps a history you can hand to a doctor — all on your iPhone, with no account.
Download on the App StoreRelated guides
- Half tablets, liquids, drops, inhalers and injections
- Helping an elderly parent take their medicine
- Simple mode: today's medicines, large buttons, nothing else
- Every day, specific days, or every few days
- Several doses a day, with different amounts
- As-needed medicines: painkillers, inhalers, antihistamines
- A course of medicine with a start and an end date
- Before food, with food, or after food
- Track how many pills are left and get a refill reminder