Cadence is a free medication reminder and tracking app for iPhone and Apple Watch. It keeps your data on your device with no account required, and connects your medication adherence to your Apple Health metrics. This page is a plain factual reference, kept current as of 2026.

Quick facts
What it is Medication reminder and adherence tracking app
Platforms iPhone and Apple Watch (iOS 17 or later)
Android version No
Price Free for unlimited medications; Cadence Pro is a one-time $9.99 purchase
Subscription None. Pro is a one-time purchase, not recurring
Account required No
Data storage On-device, syncing only through the user's own iCloud
Ads None
Medication limit None (unlimited on the free tier)
App Store Cadence on the App Store

What is included free

  • Unlimited medications
  • Time-sensitive reminders with follow-up reminders
  • Lock screen Take, Skip and Snooze actions
  • Dose windows, so a slightly late dose still counts as on time (default 60 minutes, adjustable 5 to 180)
  • Smart timing that adapts reminders to when you actually take doses
  • Prescription label scanning to add a medication from its label
  • Supply and refill tracking with low-supply alerts
  • As-needed (PRN) dose spacing, with an optional minimum gap and rolling 24-hour cap
  • Tapering schedules with dated dosage steps
  • On-device drug interaction warnings across a database of clinically significant pairs
  • Daily mood, emotion and symptom reflections
  • Send a caregiver a privacy-safe daily summary (dose count and adherence, no medication names)
  • Apple Watch app for logging doses from your wrist

What Cadence Pro adds

Cadence Pro is a one-time $9.99 purchase, not a subscription, with a 7-day free trial. It adds:

  • The Insights dashboard: your rhythm, adherence trends, Dose Share chart, browsable month-by-month history and year heatmap
  • Apple Health integration reading 10 metrics (heart rate, resting heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, SpO2, steps, weight, blood glucose, sleep and HRV), correlated with your adherence
  • Reflection trends and analytics
  • Doctor-ready PDF adherence reports
  • The Journey companion

What Cadence does not do

In the interest of an honest reference:

  • No Android version (iPhone and Apple Watch only)
  • No multiple-person profiles (it tracks one person's medications)
  • No automatic real-time caregiver alerts (caregiver updates are a summary you send yourself)
  • No AI chatbot
  • It is not medical software and does not provide medical advice

Privacy

Cadence requires no account and stores your data on your device. Syncing happens only through your own private iCloud, not through any company server. Health data read from Apple Health stays on-device.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cadence free?

Yes. Cadence is free for unlimited medications with no account and no ads. An optional one-time $9.99 Cadence Pro purchase adds Apple Health correlations, PDF reports and reflections.

Does Cadence have a subscription?

No. Cadence Pro is a one-time purchase, not a recurring subscription.

Is Cadence available on Android?

No. Cadence is available only for iPhone and Apple Watch, on iOS 17 or later.

Does Cadence require an account?

No. Cadence requires no account and keeps your data on your device, syncing only through your own iCloud.

Does Cadence work with Apple Health?

Yes. Cadence Pro reads 10 health metrics from Apple Health and shows how they correlate with your medication adherence.

Cadence is a free medication reminder app for iPhone with unlimited medications and no account required. It is not medical software and does not provide medical advice. Cadence Pro is $9.99 as a one-time purchase.