It's an interesting idea, but why would I use this over an app for my phone (pretty much any smartphone or an iPod touch) when the app is free or $0.99 one time. A quick search brings up an app by Drugs.com, for example. Are there any compelling features that would justify $8 a month? And if so, you need to make sure people <i>know</i> about these features.
I like the idea.
Random suggestion:
Check out the papers by BJ Fogg. He did some interesting (applied) research on texting and supporting positive health related behavior. For example:
<a href="http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1541997" rel="nofollow">http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1541997</a> and <a href="http://www.texting4health.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.texting4health.org/</a>
This is pretty good for software. If anyone is interested in considering "the" solution to this problem in hardware, which involves a patent, please email me:<p>1) some proof that you have been involved in the successful monetization of a patented physical device in the past,<p>2) mention : "I hereby agree to the NDA located here <a href="http://www.yourfreelegalforms.com/item_1099/Non-Disclosure-Agreement---Boilerplate.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.yourfreelegalforms.com/item_1099/Non-Disclosure-A...</a> as regards A SMALL PHYSICAL DEVICE INTENDED TO ACT AS A REMINDER TO TAKE MEDICATION" or words to that effect<p>3) your contact information and requirements<p>Please contact me at: yctechmgr@gmail.com and I will reply with a full brief.
I made an app for this on Palm OS back in the day. I was advised to have a non-disclaimer basically saying "no one should use this app" for liability reasons. I originally wrote it cause my wife was having trouble remembering anti-biotic schedules for the babies.<p>People were using it and loved it but the emails that I would get for questions, support or just saying "thanks" were so full of TMI I eventually gave it up and took it down.
"Do you know that forgetting to take your pills can be unhealthy?" - seems a little condescending. If they didn't know that, why would they take them at all!? Also, as mentioned previously on HN, it'd definitely help if the Signup page was served over HTTPS. I know that payments made via Stripe are encrypted anyway, but I wouldn't have thought that the average user signing up to a "remember to take your pills" service would.
Signup pages (most definitely ones where the user is prompted to enter credit card information) should have SSL. I've trained my mother to look for the green bar. :)<p>You're using Heroku, it's quite simple to set-up: <a href="https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/ssl" rel="nofollow">https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/ssl</a>
I don't understand the need for this. I'm still using a Palm LifeDrive. Sometimes I have to take a med. Right now I have to med cats. I simply add an alarmed event to my Calendar. Wouldn't anyone with an iPhone or other smartphone be able to do that too?
This does not solve the biggest problem with taking meds -- did I or did I not take that pill that I need to live but can't afford to risk an overdose of?