Medication reminders by text, on WhatsApp
Half of long-term medication isn't taken as prescribed, and the most common reason is the simplest: people forget. Alarm apps get dismissed and pillbox apps get uninstalled — but a text gets read.
Pokobot sends your medication reminder by text, as an ordinary WhatsApp message. You set it up by texting the schedule in plain English, once — no app to install and no account to create.
Set a daily dose in one text
Text the medicine and the time the way you'd tell a family member. Poko confirms what he understood, then texts you every day at that time — even across daylight-saving changes.
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A reminder app has to be downloaded, opened, and kept installed — and its notification looks exactly like the twenty others you swipe away each day. A medication reminder by text arrives in the same thread as messages from your family, so it gets read rather than dismissed.
There's also nothing to maintain. No app updates, no login to forget, no subscription buried in a phone's settings. If the phone can receive a message, the reminder arrives.
Made for the phone your parents already use
The reason a text works for medication reminders is that the people who most need them — older parents, grandparents — already live in WhatsApp. There's no app to install, no account, no new interface to learn. If they can read a message from you, they can use Poko.
Set it up on their phone in a minute the next time you visit, or walk them through it on a call: they send one message, and the reminders start.
Refills, appointments, and the rest
Medication isn't just doses. Set a monthly reminder to refill the prescription, a one-off for the doctor's appointment, and check everything with “list” whenever you want an overview.
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- How do I get a medication reminder by text?
- Send Poko one message on WhatsApp describing the schedule — for example “take blood pressure tablet every day at 8am.” He confirms what he understood, and from then on the reminder arrives as a text at that time every day. There's nothing to install and no account to create.
- Is this an SMS reminder or a WhatsApp message?
- It's a WhatsApp message. It behaves like any text you receive — it lands in your normal chat list with a notification — but it goes over WhatsApp rather than SMS, so it works anywhere you have internet and costs nothing to receive.
- Can I set reminders for multiple medicines?
- Yes — each medicine is its own reminder with its own schedule. Send “list” anytime to see them all, and “cancel N” to remove one.
- Can I set medicine reminders for my parents?
- Reminders arrive on the WhatsApp number that set them, so set Poko up on your parent's phone — it takes one message and there's nothing to install or learn.
- What if I need a dose more than once a day?
- Poko handles multiple times per day and even sub-daily schedules like “every 4 hours.” Just say the schedule naturally.
- Will reminders keep working if my phone is off?
- Yes. Reminders are sent from Poko's side as WhatsApp messages, so they're waiting the moment your phone is back online.