Know they're okay, without hovering.
MedBuddy reminds them when it's time, checks the dose actually happened, and tells you. You get one clear answer a day instead of a reason to call and ask.
They sign up in the mobile app. This dashboard is for you.
in a row
Longest: 31 days
There's one question, and it's small.
Did they take it today? That's it. That's the whole thing you want to know, and the only ways to find out have been to ask them again, or to not ask and quietly wonder.
Asking works once. By the fourth time it stops being care and starts being a check-up, and the person on the other end starts giving you the answer that ends the conversation. Nobody's lying. It's just that “did you take it?” is a question that wears out.
MedBuddy answers it without anyone having to ask.
Two apps. One of them isn't yours.
They get a daily companion. You get a quiet read on how it's going. Same product, and it deliberately doesn't feel the same on both ends — theirs is warm and encouraging, yours stays out of the way.
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How a dose gets checked
A reminder alone only proves a phone buzzed. MedBuddy asks for a photo at the moment of the dose and checks it on the phone itself — three steps, in order, every time.
- 01The reminderAt the time they chose, their phone asks for the dose by name. Not a generic ping — "Time for your Amlodipine."
- 02The photoThey take one picture holding the pill. The phone looks for a face and for a pill in the same frame, so the photo has to be them, now, with the medication actually in hand.
- 03The checkBoth checks run on their phone, not on a server. If the picture is too dark or the pill isn't visible, it says so and asks for another. A confidence score that didn't clear the bar is reported honestly, never rounded up into a pass.
The face check confirms a person is present and close to the camera. It does not identify who they are, and we don't claim it does.
Visibility, not surveillance.
The fastest way to make someone stop using an app like this is to make them feel watched. So the dashboard is deliberately narrow: it answers the dose question and stops there.
What you can see
- ✓Whether today’s dose was taken, and when
- ✓The verification photo, for 30 days
- ✓A month of history: verified, late, or missed
- ✓Their current streak
- ✓A notification when a dose is missed
- ✓When they stopped the alarm to say they couldn’t take one
What you can't
- —Their location, ever
- —Anything else on their phone
- —Their messages, calls, or other apps
- —Photos older than 30 days. They delete themselves
- —Anything at all, until they link you
Linking is started by them, from their phone, and either of you can end it. Photos live in private storage and reach your browser through links that expire.
If they don't, the phone stops being polite.
A reminder you can swipe away is a reminder you will swipe away. Fifteen minutes after the dose time MedBuddy stops notifying and starts ringing — a real alarm, on the alarm channel, loud on a silent phone, screen lit, until there's a photo of the pill.
It always stops5 min ceiling
An alarm that rings forever is one that gets uninstalled, or one that drains a phone left in another room. Five minutes, then it marks the dose missed and goes quiet by itself.
They can always say noLogged
“I can't take it now” is on the screen the whole time — for being out of refills, in a meeting, or told by a doctor to skip. It stops immediately, and you're told they said so. Someone answering is worth more to you than silence.
Stop asking. Just know.
Sign in to see today's answer. If they haven't set up MedBuddy yet, they'll need the mobile app first — then they can send you a link code from their profile.