Managing medications for one person is manageable. Managing them for a whole family — different schedules, different dosages, some people who forget easily — is a real challenge. Home Med Cabinet was designed with this exact situation in mind.

This guide walks you through setting up the app from scratch, with tips for households where multiple people's medications need to be tracked.

Step 1: Add Your Medications

When you first open Home Med Cabinet, you'll land on your medication list — empty, ready to fill. Tap the + button to add your first medication.

You'll enter the medication name, dosage, and any notes you want to keep. This is your private record: nothing is uploaded or synced to any server. Everything stays on your device.

Adding a medication in Home Med Cabinet on iPhone — choose between scanning barcode, manual entry, or photo recognition — Three ways to add medications — scan, type, or photograph

Take a few minutes to add all your current medications, including vitamins and supplements. Anything you take on a regular schedule deserves a reminder.

Step 2: Set Up Reminders

Once a medication is added, you can attach one or more reminder times to it.

Smart Reminders

Set custom reminder times for each medication. Reminders fire even when the app is closed — your phone takes care of it in the background.

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Each medication gets its own independent schedule. Morning medications, evening medications, twice-daily — all handled separately, without any scheduling conflicts. You can also add notes to remind yourself whether to take it with food, at a specific time relative to another medication, or anything else that matters.

Step 3: Track for Family Members

Home Med Cabinet lets you maintain separate records for different people. If you're managing medications for a parent, a child, or a spouse, you can keep their information clearly organized within the app.

Family medication locations in Home Med Cabinet on iPhone — separate storage for Kids, Parents, and Spouse — Organize medications by family member — everyone gets their own space

This is especially useful if you're a caregiver. Having everything in one place — doses, schedules, notes, refill information — means less mental overhead and more time for the people you're looking after.

Tips for Grandparents

We designed Home Med Cabinet to work well for older adults, not just people who are comfortable with technology.

Here's what tends to work best:

Large system text: the app fully respects iOS's accessibility font size settings. Set the font size in iOS Settings and the app will follow along
Simple navigation: tap a medication to see its details; no nested menus or confusing gestures
No passwords: there's no account to create or forget. Open the app and it's ready
Clear layout: one list, one button to add, minimal visual clutter

If you're setting it up for a parent or grandparent, doing the initial setup together takes about five minutes and hands them a phone that's already organized with their specific medications.