The really nice thing about it is that it waits for me – if I take my last dose at midnight and then go to bed, it’s going to pop up at 4AM to remind mind, even though I’m asleep. Unlike an alarm, which would just go off and then reset for 8AM, the reminder waits as long as it has to for me to click it, and then resets like usual. That way, it doesn’t matter if I get up at 8AM or 2PM, it will be there to remind me to take my first dose, and then keep the every-four-hours schedule from there. The same goes for the meds I take while working – if I take my regular meds at 8AM, but don’t start work until 10AM, the two will run in separate 4-hour spans, reminding me about my regular meds at noon, and my others at 2PM, and so on. That is probably the most useful feature for me (and the reason I gave up on alarms), because I never know what the day’s schedule is going to look like – I needed something that would adjust as my schedule changed.

It’s worked wonders for me, I’ve gone from missing several doses each week to not missing any. It would probably be overkill for one or two doses a day (though it certainly could work, set for every 12/24 hours), but for managing a combined 6-12+ doses a day of several different medications, on varying dosage schedules, it’s been absolutely indispensable.