Everything you need to get the most out of ChronoPill, with deep dives on the new Super Lazy Mode features released in v1.3.
Super Lazy Mode is the umbrella switch that turns on every smart inference the app can make on your behalf, so adding a medication, setting reminder times, and reading the next dose become almost zero-effort.
| Behaviour | What it does |
|---|---|
| Medication frequency | Pre-selects once-daily for statins, twice-daily for metformin, etc., from the drug class. |
| Meal timing | Empty stomach for levothyroxine, with meal for NSAIDs, bedtime for statins. |
| Low-stock alert | Auto-set to 7 days of supply. |
| "Use X times" chip | One-tap copy of an existing med's reminder times when both have the same frequency. |
| Conditions from your regimen | Suggests medical conditions implied by your meds (statin -> Hyperlipidemia, etc.). |
| Reminder times from sleep | Replaces 09:00 / 21:00 defaults with your median wake + bed times from Apple Health. |
| Faster dose confirm | Take-button countdown drops from 5 s to 1.5 s, with a 5 s undo toast as the safety net. |
| Travel arrival prompt | Offers Travel Mode when your device detects you are in a different country. |
| Religious fasting auto-prompt | Detects Ramadan day 1 + Yom Kippur and offers Fasting Mode. |
| Defer non-critical reminders during sleep | Reminders that fall in your sleep window shift to wake hour. Critical meds keep their original time. |
| Lock Screen Live Activity | Pins the next pending dose to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. |
The dashboard shows every behaviour as its own toggle, so you can keep the master switch on but disable the bits you do not want. The whole list greys out when the master switch is off.
ChronoPill can pin your next pending dose to the Lock Screen (and to the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro and newer) so you can see what is due without unlocking the phone. The activity updates as you take or skip doses.
Live Activities show the medication name by default so the dose is immediately recognisable, but you can hide it from anyone who picks up your locked phone.
When Super Lazy Mode is on AND Apple Health has at least three nights of sleep data, ChronoPill replaces the default 09:00 / 21:00 reminder hours with your median wake and bed times (snapped to a 5-minute grid).
sleepAnalysis samples from Apple Health.Optional sub-toggle in the dashboard. When on, any reminder whose time falls inside your sleep window is shifted to your wake hour. The dose card surfaces a "Reminder defers to 06:45" badge so you can tell. Safety-critical classes (insulin, anticoagulants, antiepileptics, opioids, oncology, glucocorticoid taper) always fire at the original time regardless, since silencing them at 02:00 could cause real harm.
On the first day of Ramadan (Islamic calendar month 9 day 1) or Yom Kippur (Hebrew calendar Tishrei 10), ChronoPill raises a one-tap alert offering to switch Fasting Mode on for the appropriate window.
The prompt fires at most once per day per fast, and only when Super Lazy Mode + the fasting-prompt sub-toggle are both on.
When your device detects you are in a country different from your stored home country, ChronoPill offers Travel Mode for that destination. Tapping Activate Travel Mode downloads the destination's medication reference database so you can scan local boxes and find equivalents for your home medications.
Symmetric prompt fires when you return home and Travel Mode is still on.
If your iPhone is linked to a US or EU health system that supports Apple Health Records (Epic MyChart, Kaiser, Mayo, etc.), you can import your patient-recorded allergies and medical conditions directly into your ChronoPill Health Profile.
AllergyIntolerance or Condition resource. Nothing is transmitted off-device. You can revoke access at any time in iOS Settings > Privacy & Security > Health > ChronoPill.
On Apple Watch Series 9 / Ultra 2 and newer running watchOS 11, you can mark a dose taken with the system double-tap gesture (touch your index finger and thumb together twice). ChronoPill's Take button is registered as the primary action.
Older Apple Watch models keep the normal tap-on-screen behaviour.
Some drug classes carry such individualized dosing that ChronoPill never silently pre-fills frequency or meal timing for them, even when Super Lazy Mode is on. You always pick the values explicitly.
A10A)B01AA, B01AE, B01AF)N03A)N02A)L01, L02)H02AB)Check, in order: (1) iOS Settings > ChronoPill > Allow Live Activities is on. (2) iOS Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Allow Access When Locked > Live Activities is on. (3) You have at least one pending dose for today on the Today tab. (4) Force-kill ChronoPill and reopen. The dashboard "Live Activity status" row (visible when the Lock Screen toggle is on) will tell you exactly what is blocking.
Fixed in v1.3 build 2. If you still see this, force-kill the app and reopen.
Yes. Super Lazy Mode is opt-in. With it off, every field is manual exactly as before. The smart inferences are conveniences, never required.
On your device, encrypted at rest. Optional iCloud sync is being scoped for a future release. See our Privacy Policy for the full picture.
The buttons surface only when Super Lazy Mode is on. Turn it on in Settings > Interface, then revisit the Allergies / Conditions sections.
The wrist double-tap gesture requires Apple Watch Series 9 / Ultra 2 or newer plus watchOS 11. On older Watches, tap the on-screen Take button as usual.