Apple Health
Does Apple Health track supplements?
Updated 18 September 2026
Yes. The Health app on iPhone has a Medications section that takes vitamins and supplements: you set a schedule, it reminds you, and you log each dose as taken or skipped. It is free. Apple’s guide does not describe counting what is left in the bottle or warning you before it runs out.
How to add a supplement to Apple Health
- 1Open Health, tap Browse, then Medications.
- 2Tap Add a Medication and type the name of the supplement.
- 3Choose the type and the strength.
- 4Set the schedule: how often and at what time. “Every few days” and cyclical schedules are there too.
- 5Choose a shape and colours if you want, then tap Done.
For a second reminder when you have not logged a dose after 30 minutes, go to Medications, tap Options and turn on Follow Up Reminders. From there you can also allow Critical Alerts, which sound even with a Focus on or the phone muted.
What it does well
It is free and already on the iPhone. The reminder arrives at the time you set, and you can log it straight from the notification by pressing and holding it.
Critical Alerts are something few apps can do. The history of each supplement stays in Health, synced across your devices with the same Apple Account, and the list exports as a PDF to show a doctor.
What Apple’s guide does not describe
Counting what is left in the bottle, or warning you before it runs out. The guide covers adding, scheduling, logging and sharing, and none of those steps asks how many capsules or grams the bottle holds.
Powders and scoops as their own unit, a streak, or a version for Android. If someone in your house has an Android phone, Health is not an option for them.
Apple Health and Supli, side by side
| Apple Health | Supli | |
|---|---|---|
| Reminder at dose time | Yes, and again after 30 min | Yes, and again after 15, 30 or 60 min |
| Log taken or skipped | Yes, from the app or the notification | Yes, one tap to mark, hold to skip |
| Counts the bottle | Not in Apple’s guide | Yes, and warns days before it runs out |
| Critical Alerts | Yes, even with Focus on | No |
| Account | Your Apple Account, synced across devices | None, everything stays on the phone |
| Works on | iPhone and Apple Watch, not Android | Android beta, iPhone soon |
| Cost | Free, comes with the iPhone | Free during the beta |
Apple Health as described in Apple’s iPhone User Guide, “Track your medications”, read on 18 September 2026. Supli is ours. Apple’s guide
When Apple Health is enough
If you have an iPhone and take two or three supplements, probably always. It reminds you, you log it, and there is nothing to install.
An app like Supli earns its place when there are five bottles and three moments a day, and what you want to know is which one runs out next.
Questions
- Can Apple Health remind me to take vitamins?
- Yes. Add the vitamin in Medications with a schedule and Health reminds you at that time. With Follow Up Reminders on, it reminds you again after 30 minutes if you have not logged it.
- Does Apple Health track how many pills are left?
- Apple’s guide to Medications does not describe it: it covers adding, scheduling, logging and sharing. For a count of what is left and a warning before a bottle runs out, you need an app that does it, like Supli.
- Is there an Apple Health for Android?
- No. Health is an Apple app. On Android, supplement reminders come from an app such as Supli, MyTherapy or Medisafe.
- Does Supli connect to Apple Health?
- No. Supli keeps everything on the phone and does not read from or write to Health.
When you want to know what runs out next.
Supli reminds you at dose time, marks with a tap and tells you when each bottle runs out. No account, no ads.