You don't want to call three times a day
"Did you take your pill?" calls breed resistance and don't scale. Medtaker lets you confirm intake without interrupting.
For caregivers
Support medication without turning it into surveillance.
If you care for an older relative on chronic treatment, the hard part is not remembering medication: it is knowing the dose was taken, without nagging and without invading. This page is for you.
Day-to-day of a caregiver
Four real tensions we see repeated
You don't want to install two separate apps
Other solutions force a patient app and a caregiver app, both with accounts. Medtaker is set up once on the relative's phone; the caregiver just needs access to the device.
You don't want to expose medical data
Apps that sync to the cloud expose sensitive health information to breaches and data brokers. Medtaker does not send data to any server.
You don't want the person to feel surveilled
The line between supporting and surveilling is invisible to technology, but critical for dignity. Medtaker prioritizes autonomy: it shows confirmations, not location or audio.
How it works for a caregiver–patient pair
Under five minutes when starting a treatment.
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1 · Set up the plan
Add medications, doses and schedules from the phone of the person you care for. If trust is high, you can do it yourself; otherwise, they keep control.
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2 · Enable reminders
The phone fires notifications according to the plan. The person taps once to confirm each dose. Nothing else to learn.
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3 · Review the history whenever
When you visit, open the app and check the confirmed-intake history. Useful for objective tracking before doctor visits.
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4 · Adjust as treatment evolves
Dose changes, suspensions, new medications: edit the plan and reminders update automatically. No syncs to wait for.
Caregiver testimonials
We will soon share real stories from families using Medtaker in their daily routine.
Caregiver FAQ
Can I see the history from my own phone, without opening my relative's?
In the current version, no. To preserve privacy without sending data to the cloud, information lives on the device that manages the treatment. We are evaluating an optional local sync between caregiver and patient devices, with no intermediate servers.
What if my relative forgets to confirm the dose, even though they did take it?
Real case. Medtaker assumes nothing: the history shows "unconfirmed" rather than "missed". You check whether the pill was physically taken. The app refuses to lie about what it doesn't know.
Can multiple caregivers configure the same phone?
Yes. The app has no concept of accounts, so anyone with access to the phone can review the history or adjust the plan. Managing who has access to the phone stays in your hands, as it should.
Does it work on older Android phones?
We support Android 8 and above. The vast majority of phones in use today qualify. Reminders use standard operating-system APIs.