Family Pillbox
Medicine alarms for people who care for others: nurses, caregivers and families looking after several people at once.
Get it on Google Play iPhone version coming soon.
Born in a clinic
Family Pillbox started at a medical clinic in Mexico. Its nurses give medicines to several patients every shift and tracked each dose on paper charts. We designed the app with them and for them, and they used it during their shifts before it was released. Their feedback is in every version. For example, the alarm now opens full screen, and each nurse can pick their own tone so nobody mistakes another phone's alarm for their own.
What it does
- Several patients on one phone. See at a glance who has a dose due now, and mark it as given with one tap.
- An alarm you can't miss. When a dose is due, a full-screen alarm shows who and what, with large buttons: I took it, Snooze, Stop.
- A tone for each person. 12 tones, a tone from your Android phone, or your own audio on iPhone.
- A dose chart like the paper one. Every treatment shows each dose as taken, pending or missed, so the next shift knows where things stand.
- Made for older eyes. Large text and buttons, clear words and icons, never color alone.
- Private. No account, no ads, no tracking. Health data stays on the phone.
Free for 1 patient and 1 medicine. Family Pillbox Plus unlocks unlimited patients and medicines for $1.00 a month.
Pastillero Familiar (español)
Alarmas de medicina para quienes cuidan a otros: enfermeras, cuidadores y familias que atienden a varias personas a la vez.
Pastillero Familiar nació en una clínica en México. Sus enfermeras dan medicinas a varios pacientes en cada turno y llevaban cada toma en hojas de papel. Diseñamos la app con ellas y para ellas, y la usaron en sus turnos antes de publicarla. Por eso la alarma se abre a pantalla completa y cada enfermera puede elegir su propio timbre.
- Varios pacientes en un solo teléfono.
- Alarma a pantalla completa con “Ya me la tomé”, “Posponer” y “Detener”.
- Un timbre distinto para cada persona.
- Una tabla de tomas como la hoja de papel.
- Letra grande, sin cuenta, sin anuncios y sin rastreo.