DoserDoser rings a real alarm when a dose is due, even with your iPhone on silent or in a Focus, and rings again until you answer. No account, and a heads-up before you run out. Here's how it compares with Medisafe, Apple Health and MyTherapy.
For iPhone. An Android version is on the way.Updated October 2026
The 8:00 test
The same dose and the same muted phone, in four apps. For the other three, this comes from their App Store listings and Apple's support page for Health.
Doser's default: it rings again every 10 minutes, 3 times, until you log, snooze or skip. You can pick every 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes, up to 5 times.
Its listing promises reminders "even if your device is asleep", but doesn't say they sound on silent.
If the dose isn't logged after 30 minutes, Health can send a follow-up. With Critical Alerts turned on, that follow-up plays a sound even when the iPhone is muted.
You can snooze it, but we found no automatic follow-up if you don't log the dose.
If you're here, you probably use Medisafe now. This is how the two compare on what a pill reminder is for.
| What you need | Doser | Medisafe |
|---|---|---|
| Alarm at dose time, even on silent | ||
| Alarm at dose time, even on silent | Yes: Rings through silent mode and Focus | No: Not on its listing |
| Reminds you again if you haven't logged it | ||
| Reminds you again if you haven't logged it | Yes: Rings again until you answer, up to 5 times | No: Not on its listing |
| Warns before you run out | ||
| Warns before you run out | Yes: Heads-up when you're running low | Yes: Refill reminders |
| Dose history | ||
| Dose history | Yes: Every dose, with the time you took it | Yes: Yes |
| Report for your doctor | ||
| Report for your doctor | Yes: A report for your doctor | Yes: A progress report as a PDF |
| No account needed | ||
| No account needed | Yes: Nothing to sign up for | No: Family sync runs through an account |
| Family members' medicines | ||
| Family members' medicines | No: One person per phone | Yes: Family members' medicines in one place |
| On Android too | ||
| On Android too | No: iPhone only; Android is on the way | Yes: iPhone and Android |
Pick Doser if
a dose going unnoticed on silent is what worries you, and you'd rather not make an account.
Stay with Medisafe if
you look after the whole family's medicines, or you need an Android app today.
Fine if your schedule is simple and you'd rather not install anything. It's built into the iPhone's Health app.
The reminder at dose time is a notification. Only the follow-up, 30 minutes later, can sound on silent.
Has
Good if you also track symptoms and measurements like blood pressure and weight, on iPhone or Android.
No automatic follow-up that we could find if you don't log a dose.
Has
In Medisafe, write down each medicine, its dose and the times you take it.
If your medicines are in Apple Health, Doser can read the ones you choose to share. Add any others in a few taps.
Doser asks once to use alarms. That's what lets a dose ring on silent.
So each dose only rings once, from Doser.
Doser rings when a dose is due, even on silent, and keeps ringing until you answer. Available on the App Store for iPhone.
By Tupungato Studios
How we compared: Everything about the other apps comes from their App Store listing, Google Play page or Apple's support page, checked on October 29, 2026. We check again every month. These are the pages we read: