A clock-based reminder fires at 7:00 PM whether you're at home, stuck in a meeting, or driving. A location-based reminder fires when you actually arrive home — when your medication is actually accessible.
For millions of people, the barrier to medication adherence isn't forgetting the dose — it's being in the wrong place when the reminder fires. Standard time-based reminders solve the right problem with the wrong tool.
The Problem with Time-Only Reminders
Here's a scenario most medication users recognize:
📱 The Missed Reminder Scenario
Your 7 PM medication reminder fires while you're still at the office, commuting, or picking up the kids. You mentally note "I'll take it when I get home." You get home at 8:30 PM, put down your bag, and go straight into dinner preparation. By 10 PM, you realize you never took it.
The reminder did technically fire. But it fired in a context where you couldn't act on it — and by the time you were in the right context, the reminder had long been dismissed.
Why Context Matters for Memory
Memory researchers have documented the "context-dependency of memory" for decades: we remember things better in the context where we encoded them. A reminder that fires when you're at your desk encodes the "take medication" intention in that context. By the time you're home — a different physical and cognitive context — that intention has weakened or disappeared entirely.
Location-based reminders solve this by encoding and triggering the intention in the same context where the action will occur: your home.
Real-World Use Cases for Location Reminders
🏠 The Evening Medication
Medication stored at home, taken in the evening. Set a location-based reminder for your home address. You'll be notified when you actually arrive — not 90 minutes before on your commute.
🏢 The Work Medication
Medication that needs to be taken at your workplace (midday doses, for example). Set a location trigger for your office — the reminder fires when you arrive at work, not before you've left the house.
✈️ Travel Scenarios
On irregular schedules or travel, fixed time reminders break down completely. Location-based reminders can trigger based on where you are, regardless of local time.
🔒 Privacy Note
Dozi uses location data only to trigger reminders — it is never stored, shared, or used for any other purpose. Location processing happens on your device, not on our servers. Your location stays private.
Combining Time and Location Reminders
The most robust adherence system uses both. A time-based reminder provides a safety net; a location-based reminder triggers in the right context. Dozi allows you to configure both for the same medication — ensuring you never find yourself in a situation where the reminder fired at exactly the wrong time.
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Reminders that meet you where you are. Not just when the clock says so.
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