Medication. Reminder app and medication log.

Yes. Sam runs on iPhone and keeps one medication list per person. You set daily times, a repeating interval, or mark a medication as needed. For daily times Sam reminds you once per dose time, and you log each dose in two taps. Sam only records and reminds. It gives no advice on doses.

No, not at the moment. Sam runs on iPhone. If you use Android, another medication reminder app fits better. See our comparison with medication reminder apps.

Yes. The medication list, logging and reminders are free and unlimited. Medical programs are separate: the free plan includes one medical program at a time, and further programs and their reports are part of Pro. See the pricing page.

Add the medication as "As needed" instead of giving it times. When you take a dose, open the Medications chip on the Today tab and tap the medication. In the diaries of the migraine, asthma, hay fever, reflux and gout programs, the as-needed medication you took can be saved with that entry. Sam records the dose and the time and judges nothing.

Yes. Sam keeps your medication log: every dose recorded in two taps, the as-needed ones too. Whether paper, a template or an app fits you better is covered in Medication Log: Template or App.

Yes. In the diaries of the migraine, reflux, gout, asthma and hay fever programs you save an as-needed dose together with the entry. Outside these programs, the symptom diary and your medication list sit side by side on the Today tab. Sam records both and judges neither.

Yes. There is no cap on the list. Each medication can have one or more daily times, or repeat every 1 to 12 weeks or months. A repeating medication gets a reminder on the due day, at an hour you choose. Fixed weekdays, tapering plans and courses with an end date are not available.

Yes, Sam works as a weekly medication reminder. Under How often choose Other and set one week. Sam reminds you on the due day at your chosen time. You do not pick a fixed weekday: the next due day counts from the last dose you logged as taken. Sam reminds and records. Your practice decides how often you take a medication. The setup step by step is in Weekly medication reminder app: repeat every 4 weeks.

Yes. A medication can repeat every 1 to 12 weeks or months, such as every 4 or 12 weeks. The reminder arrives on the due day, and the next due day counts from the last day you logged. If you log a dose later, pick the day you had it. A skipped dose does not move the due day. Whether your schedule should change after a late dose is a question for your practice or the package leaflet. See Injection every 4 or 12 weeks.

It is separate from the daily reminders and arrives on the due day. If the dose is still not logged, Sam can plan it again for the same time on the following days. Tapping it opens Sam's medication sheet on the Today tab, where you log the day. The reminder itself has no buttons such as Taken or Skipped. Medications imported from Apple Health get no repeating schedule.

No. Sam's list is your own personal list. It does not replace a medication plan or list from your doctor or pharmacy, such as the standardised Medikationsplan in Germany (section 31a SGB V), which your doctor issues and your pharmacy can update on request. Sam does not scan it. You can keep a photo or PDF of it in the Health Vault.

Yes, from iOS 26. Choose "Import from Apple Health" in onboarding after "Yes, add them" or on the Medications screen. In Apple's sharing sheet you pick which medications Sam may read. Imported medications stay managed in Apple Health: Apple reminds you, you log doses there, and Sam shows those doses. A program's Doctor's Report lists only medications you add in Sam. More in the comparison with Apple Health and in Apple Health Medications in Sam.

Apple's Health app has a Medications feature with reminders and logging. Sam keeps its list next to your symptom diary and shows the medications in the Doctor's Report of your program. You can use both. More in the comparison with Apple Health and the comparison with medication reminder apps.

When your doctor changes the dose or times, update them in Sam. The change applies from today and earlier days keep the old plan. When a daily medication is stopped, enter the stop date: Sam stops reminding you and the history stays. If you take it again later, "Take again" adds it as a new entry.

Only if you choose to share. In the Friends & Family you decide which medical programs a person can see, read-only. Of your medication, they see only the daily medications linked to those programs, and they cannot edit your list. Every person keeps their own list in their own account.

No. Sam does not check interactions, gives no advice on dose or timing and has no information on side effects. Ask your doctor or pharmacist. If you missed a dose, the package leaflet or your doctor or pharmacist tells you what to do.

For each daily medication linked to the program, the report lists the regimen and, depending on the program, the doses taken as scheduled and counts of adjusted, skipped, missed and extra doses, with a 30-day overview. The migraine report counts the days with as-needed medication. Your program diary sits right beside it. How the report is made is explained on the Doctor's Report page.

High blood pressure, epilepsy, gout, asthma, acid reflux and hay fever read from the same list. The migraine program links the as-needed attack medication you log in the attack diary and also records preventive medication you take daily or at repeating intervals. Its doctor report counts the days with acute medication, shows the doses taken as scheduled for a daily preventive and lists the logged dates for one taken at repeating intervals.