Never miss a dose.
Tap your phone on the pill box. Pill Pal shows what to take, when, and a big check button to mark it done. Made for older adults and the people who love them.
Tuesday, 12 May
Mum's pill box
Take Now
3 pills
Lunch · 13:00
How it works
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Get a Pill Pal box
A small 3D-printed pill box with an NFC tag tucked inside the lid.
- 2
Tap your phone on it
The phone opens Pill Pal automatically — no app store needed.
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Add your medications
Type them in, or snap a photo of the pharmacy label and Pill Pal fills in the details for you.
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Tap. See. Take.
Every scan shows what's due now, in big friendly letters. One tap marks it taken.
What Pill Pal does
Big-letter today view
A clear list of what's due now, what's overdue, what's coming later, and what's already taken.
Scan the prescription label
Point your camera at the pharmacy label. The medication name, strength, dose and schedule fill in for you.
Tap to hear the name
A small speaker icon on every medication. Tap it and your phone reads the name aloud — useful when the letters are small.
History and adherence
See the last 7 days, your on-time percentage, which doses were missed.
Pill-stock reminders
Tell Pill Pal how many tablets are in the bottle and it warns you when you're running low — so you reorder in time.
What's this for?
Add a one-line purpose per medication, with a tap-through to the official NHS Medicines page for more detail.
Worry less about Mum
Add the phone numbers of family members who help look after you. They'll get a quiet text whenever it matters — never spam.
- End-of-day check-in. If anything's still untaken at 9pm, the carer gets a single summary text.
- Gentle "don't forget" nudge. If a dose is 30 minutes overdue, a quick reminder text — to you, and to your carer as a copy.
- Quiet life-check. If you haven't marked any medication taken for 18 hours, your carer gets a heads-up so they can ring you.
You decide who gets the messages and what they're told. Turn each one on or off whenever you want.
Built for trust
Not a medical device
Pill Pal helps you remember the medications you've already been prescribed. It doesn't give medical advice or replace your pharmacist.
Your data, your control
We store the minimum we need to remind you, never sell anything, and let you delete it all whenever you like. UK GDPR throughout.
Privacy policy·Terms of use
The chip is dumb
The NFC tag in your pill box only carries a web address. No personal information, no medication data — just a link. Your information lives in your secure account, not on the box.
Ready to give it a try?
The app is free. The box is a one-off if you want one.