RxRemindersSet up your family
Start with yourself or someone you look after: an older adult, a child, or a pet. The first person or pet you add is free. A household subscription covers additional people and sharing.
Start with one person
On first launch, choose whether you are setting up yourself or someone you look after. Enter their details before adding medication. A child needs a date of birth and weight; a pet needs a species and weight.
App steps
How do I set up reminders for a child, a pet or another adult?
Say who they are and fill in the form: a child needs a date of birth and a weight, and a pet needs a species and a weight. Then add their first medication and allow reminders. The first person you add is free, whoever it is.
- Choose Someone I look after, then tap Continue.
- Choose Adult, Child or Pet, then fill in the details.
- Tap Save, then add their first medication and allow reminders.
- To add someone else too, choose Child, Pet or Adult (more than one person needs the household subscription), or Me to add yourself.
Add their first medication
Use the product and strength on the current label. Enter the amount and schedule, then check the next doses before saving. If you do not have the bottle, you can finish setup and add the medication later.
Allow notifications
The app asks to send notifications after you add a medication. If you decline, you can allow them later in iPhone Settings. Check Time Sensitive Notifications for each Focus you use, including Sleep.
Bring in the right help
An adult can manage their own profile and choose what to share with you. A co-parent can have access to record doses. Someone who needs to change medications or schedules needs Manage access. You can review access later.
If setup is interrupted
Reopen the app to continue setup. On another device using the same iCloud account, wait for existing profiles to sync before adding them again. If the app asks whether two profiles are the same person, compare them before merging.
App steps
What if the same person shows up twice?
When a person on this iPhone, or in a file you import, looks like someone already here, the app holds that copy and doesn’t sync it until you check. Merging keeps each dose once and says how many were recorded on both. If they’re different people, both stay.
- In People, find the person waiting to be checked and tap Check.
- Compare the two copies and, where they differ, pick which details to keep.
- Tap Merge into one to make them one person, or They're different people to keep both.
- You can also start from Settings: tap Privacy and data, then Check.