Prescription tracker: when did I last take it, and when is the refill?

What this tracker does, and what it does not

The app records that you took something and when, with an optional note and a flag. It does not record amounts or count pills in a box. Use it to answer "did I take it?" and "when is the next refill?", and keep the instructions from your doctor and pharmacist as the final word.

One activity per prescription

1. On the Routines tab, tap Add routine and name it Prescriptions.
2. Tap Add activity for each medicine, using the name on the box, for example Morning tablet, Evening tablet and Weekly tablet. Give each a different color. A photo of the box is optional and lets you log by photo scan later.
3. Add Refill for picking up the next box, and Doctor visit if you want appointments in the same place.
4. When you take a medicine, tap "+ Log" on the day and pick it. You can pick several at once if you take them together.

Keep one activity per prescription rather than one for "all my pills". Then the log shows exactly which one you took, and a missing one stands out. If several refills come from different pharmacies or at different times, give each its own refill activity.

When did I last take each one?

Open the calendar. The week view shows each logged dose as a colored tile at the time you logged it, so this morning's and last night's medicines are in one place.

For a medicine you do not take every day, like a weekly tablet, tap its tile at the top of the calendar. The calendar then shows only that medicine, so the last tile is the last time you took it. The month view shows the longer pattern, up to four dots per day.

Took a dose but forgot to log it? Add the log for that day and set the real time. Logs can be added for past days, and you can tap a log later to change its time. All of this is free.

Notes: pharmacy, new box, questions for the doctor

Every log can carry a free note and a green, amber or red flag. For prescriptions, a few notes are worth the extra second:

• Refill: which pharmacy, and anything to remember next time, like "order two days ahead".
• New box: "new box started" on the dose you open it with, or a note when the packaging changed.
• Questions: something you noticed, written on the day it happened, to bring to your next appointment.

When you log, the log sheet shows your last few notes for that activity, so you see where you picked up the last refill without searching. Notes are not shown on the calendar itself; tap a log to read its note. Use the flags your own way, for example amber for a dose taken late.

Premium: dose times with reminders

With Premium, open the Plan tab, pick a medicine and under Recurring set its time and tap the weekdays it applies to (all seven for every day). Then pick a Notification: on time, or 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes before.

A medicine taken twice a day stays one activity with two times: tap Add another time. One activity can hold up to four recurring times, each with its own weekdays and reminder, and each can have a start and end date (From and Until) for a course with an end. For a short course, see finishing a medication course.

Planned doses then show as faded entries until you log them. A faded entry on a past day is a dose that was not logged; there is no separate missed label. Tap a faded entry to log it with the planned time filled in.

Refills as single-date plans

EasyRoutine has no interval schedule like "every 30 days", and it does not count what is left in a box. For refills, use Single day plans: in the Plan tab, pick Refill, add the date you want to pick up the next box, set a time and a reminder, for example 30 minutes before. One activity can hold up to 20 single-day plans, so you can add the next few refill dates ahead, along with a doctor visit.

When you collect the refill, log it and add a note about the pharmacy. Tapping the Refill tile then always tells you when you last picked one up, even on the free plan. Scheduling and reminders are part of Premium; see scheduling and the pricing page. If you look after someone else's prescriptions, the caregiver guide shows how to keep theirs apart.

Common questions

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