Medifix update: a clearer way to choose your reminder times
Simple mode's Morning/Midday/Afternoon/Evening picker used to start with Morning switched on by default, which made it easy to pick a different time and never notice Morning was still active too. It's now a plain list of switches with nothing on until you choose. Premium prompts also got a friendlier look — a badge instead of a padlock.
The problem: an easy way to leave something on by accident
When adding a medication in Simple mode, the time-of-day picker used to pre-select Morning automatically, so there was always at least one reminder set. If your medication was actually an evening one, the natural thing to do was tap Evening — but Morning stayed switched on underneath, silently, unless you noticed and tapped it off too. The result was a medication with two reminders instead of one, and no clear signal that anything was wrong.
What's changed: a plain switch list, nothing on until you choose
Each time-of-day option — Morning, Midday, Afternoon, Evening — is now its own row with its own switch, label and time range, and none of them start switched on. What you see is exactly what's set for that medication, with nothing to double-check against a hidden default. The Simple/Precise tabs above the list also got a higher-contrast, full-width treatment so the choice between them is easier to spot at a glance.
A friendlier way to ask about Premium
Anywhere the app mentions a Premium feature — like tracking how much of a medication you have left — used to show a padlock icon inside a heavy black-bordered box. It now uses a badge icon with a softer border, meant to read as "here's something you could add" rather than "you're locked out."
What that looks like in practice
- Adding a medication in Simple mode starts with nothing selected — you choose exactly the times you want.
- Each time-of-day row is a clear on/off switch, not a chip that's easy to misread.
- Premium mentions throughout the app use a badge instead of a lock icon.
- Tapping a reminder notification opens the right medication every time, and postponing a dose now confirms instantly.
Get Medifix
Medifix is free and available on Google Play and the App Store. Setting up a reliable reminder takes a couple of minutes.
More guides
- Postponing a dose should not be the same as skipping it
- Not every medication reminder needs to feel like an alarm clock
- A medication reminder should not be behind a paywall
A full feature overview lives on the Medifix app page, more articles in the Medifix guides, and answers to technical questions in the support section.