Hushknock · Apple Watch medication reminder
Apple Watch
Two good ways to do it: Apple's built-in Medications app, or Hushknock, which with Pro knocks up to six times in half an hour. Here's how each works.
HushknockOption 1 · Built in
Free, and already on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Set it up on the iPhone; the watch follows.
In the Health app on iPhone, add the medication and its schedule.
Health → Browse → MedicationsReminders follow the schedule you set in Health.
Medications → Options → Dose RemindersFollow Up Reminders alert you again if you haven't logged a dose 30 minutes after the first one.
Options → Follow Up RemindersTap the notification and choose Taken, Skipped, or Remind Me in 10 Minutes. Or open Medications and tap Log as Taken.
Medications app on Apple WatchOption 2 · Hushknock
Hushknock's reminders come to your watch like any iPhone notification, with Taken and Snooze buttons. With Pro, they knock again until you tap Taken, and there's a watch app too.
At 0, 10, 20 and 30 minutes on Persistent, six times on Relentless. Silence the moment you tap Taken.
When your iPhone is locked, the reminder shows on your watch with Taken and Snooze.
The watch app lists today's doses, open ones first, with a big Taken button.
A complication shows your next dose time, and a cat that sits up when it's due.
Discreet medications show “Time for your 9:00”, never the name.
Family and pet doses show whose they are, if you allow it.
Not showing on your watch?
These apply to any app's reminders, including Apple's.
Notifications go to Apple Watch when your iPhone is locked or asleep and the watch is on your wrist. With the iPhone unlocked in your hand, they stay on the iPhone.
In the Watch app on iPhone, open Notifications, find the app and make sure its alerts are mirrored or allowed.
Watch app → NotificationsIf a Focus is on, make sure it allows the app's notifications.
Settings → FocusCyclical and specific-days schedules need watchOS 11 or later. Update, or change the schedule type.
Health → MedicationsSide by side
Built into iPhone and Apple Watch
iPhone, with an Apple Watch app in Pro
Questions
Yes. With Apple's Medications app, tap the notification and choose Taken. With Hushknock, tap Taken on the reminder, or in the Hushknock watch app (Pro).
No. Hushknock's reminders reach your watch like other iPhone notifications when your iPhone is locked. The watch app (Pro) adds today's list and a watch face complication.
Most often the iPhone is unlocked and in use, so notifications stay on the phone. Also check the app's notification setting in the Watch app on iPhone, and your Focus.
The medication uses a cyclical or specific-days schedule, which needs watchOS 11 or later. Update the watch or choose a different schedule type.
No. Apple says the Medications feature isn't available with Apple Watch For Your Kids.
Reminders on the watch are free, with Taken and Snooze on the notification. The watch app and complication are part of Hushknock Pro, a one-time purchase of $2.99. No subscription.
Your first 3 medications and a reminder at every dose are free. No account, nothing leaves your phone. Pro is one payment of $2.99, with no subscription.
Hushknock is a reminder tool, not medical or veterinary advice. Follow the instructions of your doctor, vet or pharmacist, and never change a dose because of this app. Notifications depend on your phone's settings; the silent switch mutes the ring.