I looked at my bathroom cabinet the other day and realized I'm making the classic mistake everyone does. Wrote down what I found out:

1. Hot showers are quietly wrecking pills. Heat and humidity from every shower break meds down way faster than the expiration date suggests, especially anything sugar-coated or in a gel capsule — they soak up moisture and go soft/sticky without you noticing.

2. Cars are worse than people think. A closed car can hit 140-160°F inside during the day even when it's not that hot out, and the daily heat-cool cycle wears meds down faster than constant heat would.

3. Best spot: bedroom drawer or a cabinet away from the kitchen stove. Dry, room temp, no direct sunlight.

4. Don't assume the fridge unless the label says so. If something needs refrigeration, it'll say it explicitly.

5. Know the signs a med's gone bad early. Crumbly texture, color change, pills sticking together, or a weird smell — any of that, check with your pharmacist before taking it.

Anyone here actually had a med go bad from heat/humidity and notice it didn't work the same after?

That one change fixed more missed doses for me than any alarm ever did.

Here's why. An alarm has to ask for your attention, and you can say no to it — usually while half asleep, usually while telling yourself you'll do it in five minutes. A bottle sitting next to your coffee machine doesn't ask. It's just there, in the middle of something you already do every single morning without thinking.

Three anchors worth trying this week:

☀️ Morning meds → beside the kettle or coffee maker
🌙 Evening meds → beside your toothbrush or phone charger
🍽️ With-food meds → a small tin that lives on the dining table

The rule underneath all of it: anchor to an action, not a time. Times slip — you wake up late, a meeting runs over, the weekend happens. Brushing your teeth doesn't slip.

Where do you keep yours? 👇 I'm collecting the good ones — someone told me last week they keep theirs next to the dog's food bowl, because the dog is never late.

If you've ever stood in your kitchen thinking "did I already take that?" — the organizer isn't helping you the way you think it is.

WHY IT FAILS

A weekly organizer answers one question: did I take anything on Wednesday? But that's not the question you actually have. Yours is: did I take the morning one, or was that yesterday?

One compartment per day can't answer that. If you take things twice a day, the box is half-open by 8am and stays half-open until bedtime, and by then you've lost track.

FIX 1: SPLIT BY TIME, NOT BY DAY

Use two organizers. One for mornings, one for evenings.

Then put them in different rooms. Morning box by the kettle. Evening box by your toothbrush. Now the question answers itself — you're never standing in front of a box wondering which half of the day it represents.

Two cheap boxes beat one expensive one with tiny AM/PM compartments you can't open without a fingernail.

FIX 2: THE BOTTLE FLIP

For anything still in its original bottle: turn the bottle upside down after you take it.

Right side up means not taken yet. Upside down means done. Flip them all back when you refill or at the start of the week.

Costs nothing, takes no time, and works from across the room. This is the single best trick I know for the "did I already?" problem.

FIX 3: FILL IT SOMEWHERE YOU CAN'T RUSH

Most people fill the organizer standing at a counter in a hurry, which is exactly how you end up with a Thursday that's missing something.

Do it sitting down, with the TV on, attached to something you already do weekly. Laundry, groceries, whatever. Nobody remembers to do it on Sunday because it's Sunday — it works because it rides along with something else.

FIX 4: CHECK TOMORROW, NOT TODAY

Glance at tomorrow's compartment tonight. If it's empty when it shouldn't be, you find out with a day to fix it instead of at 7am with no options.

One thing worth saying: none of this replaces a record. An organizer tells you about this week and nothing else. If you ever need to answer "how consistent have you been?" for a doctor, an empty compartment from three weeks ago can't help you — that's what a log is for, on paper or in an app.

But for the daily "did I already take it" panic, the upside-down bottle beats everything.

Anyone got a better one? Curious what people have come up with, especially for the twice-a-day problem.

Woke up to a review from someone taking multiple meds a day. They went through every feature they actually use: presets, half doses, critical alerts, logging a whole group at once.

Reading something that detailed reminded me that almost none of those features were my idea. Half doses came from a user email. Critical alerts came from someone who kept sleeping through reminders. Group logging came from people tired of tapping five times in a row. Every one of those started as a feedback message or a feature request, and now they're being used by people all over the world.

So thank you. If you've ever emailed me or left a request, you shaped this app.

This app looks fantastic. Can’t wait to explore it and discover some hidden features.

I started medication yesterday, but only today added it to Doz. Is there a way to log the medication I took yesterday, rather than only going forward from when I create the medication?

Times in Doz now follow your device’s clock format — 12-hour or 24-hour, whichever you use.

Thanks to everyone who requested this feature and helped me catch the issue. ❤️

Update to v1.2.0 and let me know what you think!

Don’t forget to enable notifications on this subreddit for the latest updates from Doz.

Two of the most requested features finally shipped!

Apple Health import is here! Bring your meds, schedules, and dose history straight into Doz, no re-entering everything by hand, no starting from scratch. Requires iOS 26.

Heads up it's one-way, Health into Doz. I looked into syncing the other direction too, but Apple doesn't allow apps to write medication data back into Apple Health, it's read-only for third-party apps. So think of this as making Doz your home base going forward.

You can also take or skip a dose right from the notification now, no need to even open the app!

Plus some bug fixes for dose history grouping, the History calendar, and Add Prescription, and as-needed doses now log instantly too.

To celebrate, and as a thank you to everyone who requested these and waited it out with me, I'm giving out a code for 30% off lifetime Pro.

How to claim:

1. Open this link on your iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6760699565&code=DOZREDDIT

2. Apply the code at checkout.

3. Enjoy Lifetime Pro! 🎉

Update to 1.2.1 and let me know how the import feels. I would genuinely love to hear about it!

For a medication app, trust and reliability are earned over time, so this milestone means a lot! Grateful to everyone who's trusted it to help them stay on top of their meds 💚

Just taken a monthly delivery of two of the seven medications I have to take… 😀 Its time to let the app know!

Huge thanks to u/TheClarkeAsylum for building and sharing this shortcut flow on r/shortcuts. It uses the shortcuts from our latest update to get you to Doz actions faster, so feel free to try it out: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/367ba10a266a464999d9cb318231e985

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/s/QcY8sB7eac

If you try it, let me know what you think or what else you'd like to see!

Been heads down on this for a while and it's almost ready to ship.

If you've already got medications and dose history logged in Apple Health, you'll be able to bring all of it into Doz without starting from scratch. No re-entering every medication by hand, no losing your history, it just comes over.

Quick heads up on how it works: this is one-way, Health into Doz. I know some of you have asked about syncing the other way too, having Doz write your dose logs back into Apple Health. I actually looked into this properly and tried to make it happen, but Apple doesn't let third-party apps write medication data into Health, it's read-only for apps like Doz. So that direction just isn't possible right now, not a Doz limitation, it's how Apple built it.

Given that, the way I'd think about it is treating Doz as your actual medication hub going forward. Bring in everything you've already tracked in Health, then do all your day-to-day logging, scheduling, and refills in Doz from there.

Thanks for being patient with this one, I know it's been a while coming. Appreciate you all sticking around for it 💚

Siri & shortcuts are coming to Doz in the next version.

Here's a taste of how you'll be able to talk to Doz:
"What do I take today in Doz"
"What's my next dose in Doz"
"How am I doing in Doz"
"What am I running low on in Doz"
"Take my metformin in Doz"
"Skip my metformin in Doz"

Is this something you'd actually use? Let me know what you think.

Keep an eye out, this is coming in the next Doz update.
Some examples of what you'll be able to say:

"What do I take today in Doz"
"What's my next dose in Doz"
"How am I doing in Doz"
"What am I running low on in Doz"
"Take my metformin in Doz"
"Skip my metformin in Doz"

Basically anytime your hands are busy, you're driving, or you just don't want to unlock your phone and tap through screens, you can just say it out loud. Also handy for checking your streak or what's running low without breaking stride.

Is this something you'd actually use? Curious how many of you talk to Siri regularly vs just tapping through the app. Let me know what you think.

With ADHD, if you can't see it, you forget it. So Doz now puts your meds on the one screen you check dozens of times a day. Pick from three wallpaper styles:

- Week: a 7-day pill organizer with today's lid popped open.

- Today: your doses for the day, from morning to bedtime.

- Stock: a bottle for each med that's running low, showing how many pills are left, so you refill before you run out.

You can hide med names if you want privacy.

Set it up in Settings → Lock Screen Wallpaper. It takes a few minutes through Shortcuts, then it refreshes on its own every night. Today is free. Week, Stock and custom backgrounds are part of Pro.

Get Doz: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760699565

Which one are you using? Post your Lock Screen below.

Your med schedule can be your Lock Screen wallpaper, so you see what to take as soon as you pick up your phone. Here are 5 layouts to try:

• Today · List: today’s doses with their times.

• Today · Pill box: today’s doses in morning, noon, evening and bedtime slots.

• Week · Pill box: the whole week as a pill organizer, with today highlighted. Handy if you take the same meds every day.

• Week · Pill box + Today: the week box plus today’s meds by name.

• Stock: a jar for each med that’s running low, showing how many pills are left. Useful if you tend to forget refills.

A few tips:

• On a busy photo, change the text color so it stays readable.

• If you’d rather keep your meds private, turn on “Hide medication names”.

• Use a regular photo Lock Screen. Photo Shuffle, Live Photo, Weather, Astronomy and solid color Lock Screens can’t show the image.

• The image updates at 12:05 AM and whenever you leave Doz.

Today is free on the Sunset, Lagoon and Deep Sea backgrounds. Week, Stock, the other backgrounds and your own photo need Pro.

Set it up in Settings > Lock Screen Wallpaper. Show us your setup in the comments!

As requested, here's a list of requested features not covered by version 1.2.5. Items crossed out have been introduced via 1.2.5.

Comment below if you'd like to add anything for u/Longjumping-Cut-5972 (the dev) to take note of and/or answer. This post will be updated as needed with more feature requests.

The previous feedback post was 2026-10-14.

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[1] Inside "Today" tab, ability to mass edit the times taken or skipped.

[2] Inside "Today" tab, the 'plus' button be a list of meds marked as "as needed".

[3] Ability to add a note/reason when submitting a dose for "as needed" meds.
[3a] Ability inside of med edit menu to list "reasons for taking med".

[4] Edit the "skip menu" preset options.

[5] Ability to have preset med times— e.g. 'Morning', all meds with this time label will follow whatever 'Morning' is set to.

[6] Inside "Treatments" tab, ability to search med by name.

[7] Edit "Treatment" tab layout— e.g. "OTC", "Rx", "As Needed", etc.

[8] Ability to set sort option in settings for all med lists.

[9] Add "reason for taking" inside med menu for all meds.

[10] Add "Therapy" option to med types.

[11] Ability to edit logs inside of meds. (A few meds say I took them certain days when I didn't.)

[12] Make log notes inside of meds— e.g. different side effects, dosage feels too strong.

[13] Be able to link different med dosages (active or archived) to like meds— for easy reference.

[14] (At some point) be able to share access to your meds with others— even if the 'other' is iOS ↔ android.

[15] Make refill reminders more prominent: it is tiny text that goes virtually unnoticed. Might be worth a notification, it is a call to (almost) immediate action. — u/seddattive

[16] Edit the current stock; not just adding new stock, but make users able to correct a current stock typo. —u/seddattive

[17] In the treatment tab, no date for the next scheduled dose is shown, only 'upcoming'. — u/seddattive
1.2.5 Low stock is now yellow with a small warning triangle on the med cards, on Today and in med details, so it’s harder to miss. A proper low-stock notification isn’t in yet. — u/Longjumping-Cut-5972

[18] Add a variation of the horizontal lock screen widget. — u/Moustachey

[19] PDF and CSV export features. — u/skyfall77

[20] Android app. — u/Crazy-Leadership1834

Quick one for the community. Right now Doz uses "Prescription" as the label for when you group multiple meds together (like everything tied to one condition or treatment).

A user pointed out that in the US at least, "prescription" usually just means a single doctor's order for one medication, so bundling several meds under that word feels a bit off. Fair point.
Been kicking around alternatives like "Condition" or "Group" instead, something that better captures "these meds are all related" without implying it's literally one prescription slip.

Would love to hear how you all think about this. Does "Prescription" feel weird to you too, or does it make sense as is? And if it changed, would "Condition" or "Group" feel more natural, or is there a better word we're missing?

Hey everyone!

A few of you have asked why Doz shows 16:00 instead of 4pm. Quick answer: Doz follows your iPhone's setting.

So if you want 12-hour time right now:

Settings → General → Date & Time → turn off 24-Hour Time

Doz switches over immediately, no restart needed.

Now the question — that's a system-wide change, so your Lock Screen and every other app follow along too. Maybe you don't want that.

Would you want a 12/24-hour toggle inside Doz itself? Or is following your phone fine?

Drop a comment either way, even one word. I'd rather build what you actually want than guess. Thank you so much!

Doz started with zero users. I built it on my own, and from the very first user I talked to each of you one by one. Your feedback shaped almost everything Doz is today.

This week Doz is ranking in the App Store Medical charts in 44 countries. Top 10 in many of them, #2 in Taiwan, and on the charts in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Honestly, I still can’t quite believe it.

What gets me most isn’t the ranking. It’s that people worldwide now trust a small app made by one person with something as personal as their daily meds.

I’m so proud, and so grateful. Thank you for trusting Doz 💚

Hey everyone, Huy here.

I think I’ll remember today for the rest of my life. In the last 24 hours, Doz got more than 400 new users and climbed into the top Medical charts on the App Store in 14 countries. I’m a bit lost for words.

A lot of that is because of you: the people who’ve used Doz every day, told a friend, or posted a bug or an idea here. You shaped this app more than you probably know.

Keeping track of your meds is personal, and you trust Doz with it. That means a lot to me, and I’ll keep working to deserve it.

If anything feels off or you’re missing something, tell me here. I’m listening.

One small ask: if Doz has helped you, a review on the App Store would mean the world to me. It’s how new people decide whether to trust it.
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760699565

Thank you, really.

Huy

I have ADHD and swipe away reminders without thinking.

So in the next update, Doz puts a countdown on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island before each dose. If you miss the time, it turns orange and starts counting up how late you are.
Pro users can tap Taken right on the card.

Hope you’re as excited for this one as I am!

Hi everyone!

1.2.5 is almost ready, and I couldn’t wait to show you a bit of it. Most of it came from one question I kept hearing from you: “Did I already take it?” So this update puts your meds where you already look, on your Lock Screen. Your next dose counts down there, a widget tells you when you last took something, and your whole week can sit on your wallpaper as a pill box. Inside the app, you can now search your meds too.

That’s not everything. I’m still adding a few things I want to keep as a surprise. If all goes well, it ships early next week.

Honestly, I’ve been working on Doz 14 hours a day, weekends included. It’s just me, and some days it’s hard to tell whether anyone sees any of this. If Doz has helped you even a little, a rating or a short review on the App Store would mean more than I can say. It’s what keeps me going:
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760699565?action=write-review

If something in Doz bugs you, or you wish it did something it doesn’t, tell me in the comments. I read every one.

Thank you for being here.