DoseNext

Name: DoseNext
Author: Andrii Kolisnyk

Never miss your next dose.

A medication schedule that answers one question at a time — what to take next, at what time, and whether it has already been taken.

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What it is

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DoseNext is a medication reminder and pill tracker app for iPhone and Apple Watch that merges several treatment courses into one day, reminds up to three times per dose, and keeps an adherence history you can hand to a doctor as a PDF.

Who it is for

Anyone following a schedule they should not have to remember — people on several long-term prescriptions, someone finishing a course of antibiotics, and carers keeping an eye on an older relative. The interface is built for an elderly user: large type, large buttons, one obvious action per screen.

Running an open-ended blood pressure tablet alongside a ten-day course of antibiotics, merged into one day
Confirming a dose from a notification, a Home Screen widget or the Lock Screen without opening the app
Catching a dose forgotten at breakfast without it burying the one due tonight
Knowing a packet is running low before it runs out
Printing an adherence report to take to an appointment

What makes it different

One action at a time — the next dose fills the screen as a card with a single large Taken button, and the rest of the day sits underneath
A missed dose is never auto-completed and never blocks the next one: after an hour it moves to a separate “Missed today” list, still visible and still actionable
The schedule is computed from the courses rather than stored, so editing a course takes effect immediately and every record keeps a snapshot of how the dose read at the time
A doctor’s report as a PDF that prints the time each dose was actually confirmed — 08:00 Metformin … Taken 08:03 — rather than a tick
Nothing is hidden behind a gesture; every action is a labelled button, with Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion supported throughout
Fourteen languages including Arabic, switchable inside the app without a relaunch, right-to-left included
No DoseNext account and no server: the schedule lives on the device, and optional sync uses your own iCloud

Pricing

Free to download, and free to use for the whole of what it is for — the schedule, the reminders, confirming a dose, resolving a missed one and the recorded history
Optional Premium adds iCloud sync, the adherence dashboard, refill tracking, the doctor’s report and the watch and widget extras
Monthly, yearly and one-off lifetime options; prices are shown in the app and on the App Store in your own currency
Billed by Apple. No account is required, and nothing already recorded is deleted if Premium lapses

Platforms & compatibility

Runs on: iPhone, Apple Watch
Requires: iOS 18.0 or later
Languages: English, Ukrainian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Korean
Developer: Andrii Kolisnyk

What it does not do

iPhone and Apple Watch only — there is no iPad-specific layout, no Android version and no web version
It is a schedule keeper, not a medical device. It gives no medical advice and never adjusts a dose, a time or a course length on its own
Reminders are ordinary local notifications, so Focus modes, Do Not Disturb and Low Power Mode can delay them — it is not a substitute for a critical alarm
iOS allows only 64 pending notifications per app, so on a very busy schedule reminders more than a couple of days out are scheduled as the app is used rather than all at once
A dose cannot yet be shared with a carer on another device; history syncs to your own iCloud only
The Lock Screen Live Activity can only be started while the app is open or when a reminder is tapped, because starting one in the background would need a server

What
it does

One question at a time

The next dose fills the screen as a card — the time, the medication, the amount and one large Taken button. Everything else in the day sits underneath it.

Courses, not reminders

Several treatment courses run at once and merge into one day. Each repeats every day, on chosen weekdays, or every few days — and can run open-ended until you pause it.

Reminds, then stops

Up to three notifications per dose — a minute before, at the time, and once after while it is still unconfirmed. Confirm straight from the notification, a widget or the Lock Screen.

A report for the doctor

Adherence over a period you choose, per medication, and a PDF that prints the time each dose was actually confirmed rather than a tick.

See it in action

Real screenshots →

Never miss your next dose — what to take now, and what is coming next
All your medications in one place — daily, long-term and short courses together
Schedules that fit your routine — every day, selected weekdays or flexible intervals
Know before you run out — progress, adherence and what is left in the packet
Understand your adherence — taken, missed and skipped doses over time
Share a clear report with your doctor — a PDF of your medications and adherence

Common questions

Is DoseNext free?

The part that matters is. The schedule, the reminders, confirming a dose, resolving a missed one and the recorded history all work without paying, and they keep working if Premium lapses. Premium adds iCloud sync, the adherence dashboard, refill tracking, the doctor’s report and the watch and widget extras — prices are shown in the app.

Can it handle more than one medication at a time?

Yes. DoseNext is built around treatment courses rather than single reminders, so an open-ended blood pressure tablet and a ten-day course of antibiotics run at once and are merged into one chronological day.

What happens if I miss a dose?

Nothing is lost. An unconfirmed dose stays the thing to do for an hour, then moves to a separate “Missed today” list — still visible and still actionable, but never in the way of the one due this evening. Missed doses are never auto-completed.

Can I confirm a dose without opening the app?

Yes — from the notification, from the Home Screen or Lock Screen widget, from the Lock Screen Live Activity, or from Apple Watch. All of them write the same record the app writes, so they cannot disagree about your history.

Does DoseNext tell me when I am running out of a medication?

If you ask it to. Counting is off unless you turn it on. When it is on, confirming a dose takes one out of the packet and DoseNext warns at a threshold you set — so many doses left, or so many days, worked out against the schedule that will actually empty the packet.

Can I give a report to my doctor?

Yes. History produces a PDF listing the medications as prescribed, how much of the schedule was followed, and every dose that came due with the time it was actually confirmed. It is a transcript rather than a measurement, and it says so on every page.

Where is my medication data stored?

On your device. There is no DoseNext account and no server of mine. If you leave sync on, it mirrors to your own private iCloud database, which only your Apple Account can read. See the privacy policy.

Does DoseNext give medical advice?

No, and it is designed not to. It helps you follow a schedule you, a carer or a healthcare professional configured, and it never adjusts a dose, a time or a course length on its own. Someone running low on a medication needs a pharmacist, not a suggestion from a phone.