# Brief: Medication Tracker — Pill Reminder & Blood Pressure

> Pill Reminder & Blood Pressure (iPhone/iPad app by Kiryl Zhukouski.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brief-medication-tracker/id6793511248 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kiryl Zhukouski](https://appshunter.io/developer/1873103101)
- Category: Medical, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 11 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-08-12
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Brief?

Brief is a medicine tracker for the person who manages someone else's medicines — an aging parent, a partner, a child — and for keeping track of your own.

Every dose goes on the record with one tap. Reminders follow the prescription, readings sit beside the medicines, and before a visit Brief turns the record into one page a doctor can read in a minute.

— THE DAY —
• A reminder for each dose; answer from the notification: Taken, Skip, or remind me in 15 minutes
• Not answered? One follow-up 30 minutes later (you can turn it off)
• Ring like an alarm, even on silent or in a Focus, for the medicines you choose
• Forgot to tap? Open any day of the week and set it straight

— SCHEDULES THAT MATCH THE PRESCRIPTION —
• Every day or certain weekdays, every other day or every few days, weekly or every few weeks
• A course with an end date: reminders stop when it ends. As-needed medicines too
• A day a medicine isn't due never counts as missed

— EVERY MEDICINE —
• Tablet, oval tablet, capsule, softgel, liquid, injection, drops, inhaler or patch, each with its own 3D icon; names suggested as you type
• How many are left, and how long the supply lasts
• Skip a dose and say why; the reason goes on the doctor's page

— READINGS —
• Blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, heart rate, temperature and oxygen, each on its own chart, in lb or kg, °F or °C, mg/dL or mmol/L
• Typed in by you. Brief measures nothing and judges nothing.

— THE DOCTOR'S PAGE —
• One page (PDF): doses taken and missed, each medicine and its schedule, readings as small charts, your questions — marked as a record you kept, not medical advice
• Appointments, doctors, documents and a checklist the day before
• With Apple Intelligence: paste or scan an after-visit summary and read it in plain English, on the device

— A BACKUP YOU KEEP —
• Your whole record in one file, encrypted with a passphrase you choose, saved where you choose
• Restore it on a new or reinstalled iPhone (it replaces what's there). Without the passphrase the file can't be opened, so keep it safe.

— APPLE WATCH —
• Answer reminders on your wrist: Taken, Remind me or Skip
• Today's doses with one-tap Taken, and the next dose on a complication

— PRIVATE BY DESIGN —
No account, no ads, no server. Brief never uploads anything: what you enter stays on your iPhone and leaves only when you share, print, export or save a backup.

— FREE —
• Unlimited medicines, schedules, reminders, alarms and dose logging
• Readings, backup and restore
• Apple Watch reminders and app
• 7 days of insights and reading charts
• One doctor's page and one after-visit summary a month

— PREMIUM —
$4.99 a month, or $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers (US prices; the App Store shows yours).
• 30 days of insights and reading charts, medicine by medicine
• The last four weeks, day by day, to set straight
• Refill reminders when a supply reaches the level you set
• Unlimited doctor's pages and after-visit summaries

Brief keeps the record. It does not give medical advice, interpret readings, calculate doses or check interactions. Check with a doctor or pharmacist before changing any medicine.

Requires iOS 26 or later. The after-visit summary needs an iPhone with Apple Intelligence.
Privacy Policy: https://zhukouski.com/carebrief/privacy.html
Terms of Use: https://zhukouski.com/carebrief/terms.html
Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brief Premium — Monthly | $4.99 | per month |
| Brief Premium — Annual | $39.99 | per year |


## Is Brief safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Brief.

## Is Brief legit?

Brief: Medication Tracker appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Brief is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-10-26

Brief 1.3 follows the prescription.

• Schedules: certain days of the week, every other day or every few days, weekly or every few weeks, and a course that ends on a date. A day a medicine isn't due never counts as missed, and a finished course stops reminding.
• A follow-up: if a dose reminder goes unanswered, one more arrives 30 minutes later. Only one, and you can turn it off in Settings.
• Backup and restore: save your whole record as one file, encrypted with a passphrase you choose, wherever you choose. Restore it on a new or reinstalled iPhone; restoring replaces what's there. Brief never uploads anything. Keep the passphrase safe: without it, the file can't be opened.
• New 3D icons for every medicine form, and two new forms: oval tablet and softgel.
• Brief now speaks Spanish, German, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Polish and Japanese, as well as English.
• Apple Watch: answer a reminder on your wrist with Taken, Remind me or Skip, see today's doses and tap Taken, and keep the next dose on a complication.

Everything from 1.2 is still here, and medicines taken every day keep their schedule as it was.

Questions or ideas: kirylapps@gmail.com. A real person reads every message.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-15

Brief is now a medicine tracker, for the medicines you manage for someone else or your own.

• Today shows the day's doses. Mark each Taken or Skip and the ring fills. Several pills due at once? Mark them all taken in one tap.
• Answer a reminder from the notification: Taken, Skip, or remind me in 15 minutes.
• Ring like an alarm: turn it on for a medicine and it rings at each dose time, even on silent or in a Focus, until you stop it.
• Readings: blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, heart rate, temperature and oxygen, logged in a tap, charted, and printed on the doctor's page. Your units: lb or kg, °F or °C, mg/dL or mmol/L.
• Forgot to tap Taken? Open any day of the week and set it straight, taken at its time or skipped with a reason. Skip a dose and Brief asks why; the reason goes on the doctor's page.
• Insights: 7 days of doses, or 30 with Premium. The week medicine by medicine, doses by time of day, and why doses were skipped.
• Each medicine shows when its doses were taken and how long its supply lasts. Medicine names are suggested as you type.
• A new design and typeface. Increase Contrast and Bold Text are honored.

What you logged in 1.0 is still here. The journal is now Readings; your earlier entries are kept under More > Earlier journal and still print on the doctor's page. Appointments, doctors, documents and Settings moved to More. Voice notes left with the journal, and the alternate app icons are retired. The keyboard's own dictation works in every field.

Needs iOS 26. What you enter stays on your iPhone.

kirylapps@gmail.com. A real person reads every message.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-12

No release notes.

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