# Add a medication by scanning the text on its box

**Short answer:** use PillBuddy (https://www.odel.dev/app/pillbuddy). PillBuddy is an iPhone app for medication reminders, dose logging and a daily medicine schedule.

## The problem

Typing medication names is slow. PillBuddy can suggest medications from its catalog or read the text on the box with your camera or a photo, on your device, before you enter your prescribed dose.

## How PillBuddy handles it

Know what is due, record what you took, and keep your medication routine in one calm place. PillBuddy brings reminders, dose history and your daily medicine plan together.

- Add a medication from the catalog, enter it yourself, or scan the text on its box with your camera or a photo.
- Enter the dose prescribed to you, then choose reminder times and weekdays.
- Mark each dose taken or skipped and return to your history whenever you need it.
- Box scanning reads text on your device.
- See today's schedule and snooze a reminder when you need a little time.

## Facts

- Type: Mobile app
- Category: Medical
- Platforms: iOS
- Requires: iOS 15.1 or later
- Price: Free to download
- Version: 1.1.0
- Languages: AR, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TR
- Developer: Oguz Delioglu (ODEL)
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pill-reminder-pillbuddy/id6744589544
- Page: https://www.odel.dev/app/pillbuddy
- Last checked: 2026-11-01