Meds Ahead
I built Meds Ahead because my family needed help coordinating medications and refills. Knowing what was due was only part of it. We also needed to know what was running low.
Records. Supply comes from recorded inventory changes and taken doses. Refills, corrections, and dose logs give a count its history, so an estimate has something concrete behind it.1
Dose logging uses a shared schedule engine to identify the scheduled dose across screens and avoid counting the same dose twice.
Every run-out date has a Why this date? view that shows the count, refills, and doses behind it.
Scanning. Label text and supported barcodes are recognized on the device. You review the extracted details before saving a medication. Recognition is a starting point for entry, not a substitute for checking the label.
When a label prints its NDC, Meds Ahead looks it up in a copy of the FDA’s National Drug Code Directory on the phone, and fills in the exact product only when the rest of the label agrees.
Privacy. Nothing leaves your iPhone. Medication records are stored on it, there are no ads or third-party analytics, and scanned images are not retained by the app. Your records can be included in your own device and iCloud backups.
Reminders are scheduled on the phone, with detailed notification text off by default.
Start with a medication, check its schedule and count, and build a record you can keep up with.
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