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What to use now that CareZone is gone

For years CareZone was where many families kept a parent's medication list, a child's allergies and the notes from the last appointment. Now the app is gone, and you may be holding an old phone, a few screenshots and a list that has not been checked in a long time.

From the Embrace team. Updated November 2, 2026.

The short answer: Start by rebuilding one up-to-date medication list from the bottles, the pharmacy and the doctor's office. Then pick a new app by asking a few plain questions about who it serves, who can see the record and how you get your information out. Several apps do parts of the job well, so choose the one that fits how your family actually shares care.

What happened to CareZone

In June 2020, Walmart announced that it had acquired specific assets of CareZone: the technology platform, patents and key intellectual property, along with the product and technology team that built the app. Walmart described the CareZone app as one that helps individuals and families manage medicine and chronic illness for each member of the household. Walmart also said that CareZone would remain a separate company.

Tech-enhanced Life, a site that reviews health technology, later reported that as of May 2021 the app was no longer available for download and that the CareZone website showed only a splash page. If your family relied on it, the steps below help you get back to one reliable list.

Rebuild the list before you pick an app

Whatever app you choose, it is only as good as the list you put into it. An old export or a screenshot from CareZone may be years out of date, so treat it as a starting point and check every line against what the person takes today.

Gather everything in one place on a kitchen table: the bottles and boxes, the pharmacy's printout of current prescriptions, and the most recent visit summary from each doctor. Ask the pharmacist for a full list; most pharmacies can print one at the counter. If anything on the old list is no longer taken, write down when it was stopped and who stopped it, then leave it off the current list. If anything is unclear, ask the doctor or pharmacist rather than guessing.

  • the name of each medicine and its strength, exactly as printed on the label
  • how and when it is taken, in the label's own words
  • the prescriber and the pharmacy
  • vitamins, supplements and anything bought without a prescription
  • allergies and past reactions to any medicine
  • the date you checked the list, and who checked it

Questions to ask of any app

CareZone let one person keep track of medicines for each member of a household. Before you move your family into a new tool, ask the same questions of each one you try. The answers are usually on the app's own website or App Store page.

Losing CareZone also taught many families a second lesson: make sure you can get your information out. An app that can print or export a clean list protects you if you ever need to move again.

  • Can one account keep separate records for a parent, a partner and a child?
  • Can the person invite a brother, a daughter or a paid caregiver, and decide what each one sees?
  • Does it work on every device your family uses, such as an iPhone, an Android phone or a computer?
  • Can it remind someone about a dose, and record whether it was taken or skipped?
  • Can you print or export the list to bring to an appointment?
  • Does it hold more than medicines, such as allergies, appointments and notes, if you need that?

The Medications feature in Apple Health

If the person you care for uses an iPhone, the Health app already has a Medications section. Apple's support page explains that you can add a medication, set a schedule for specific days of the week, and turn on dose reminders, with a follow-up alert if a dose has not been logged 30 minutes after the first notification. In the United States, the iPhone camera can help add a medication, and the app can show drug interactions between the medications on the list.

Apple's page also says you can tap Export PDF to save or share a copy of the current medications, and that Health sharing can include which medications a person is taking. It suits someone who manages their own medicines on their own iPhone and wants a family member to be able to see the list.

Medisafe

Medisafe is a medication reminder app. Its App Store page says it reminds you to take doses on time even if your device is asleep, sends refill reminders when it is time to restock a prescription, and lets you send a progress report to a doctor or nurse as a PDF. In the United States, it lists drug interaction warnings.

For families, the listing says Medisafe synchronizes the family's medicine pillboxes to one place in real time and lets you manage your entire family from one account. It suits a family whose main need is dose reminders and refill timing.

How Embrace handles the same job

Embrace is a private family health tracker on iPhone and the web, built around one shared record that every device sees. Its Medications page keeps every medication for each person in the family, with schedules, reminders, one-tap tracking of doses taken or skipped, and a history of what was prescribed and stopped.

The same record holds allergies, conditions, appointments and notes, so a parent's medication list and the questions for their next visit sit together. The person whose record it is decides who joins, and a sibling, a partner or a paid caregiver sees the same up-to-date list on their own phone or computer. A report can be printed before an appointment.

Making the switch go smoothly

Pick one person to enter the rebuilt list, and a second to check it against the bottles. Then invite the rest of the family and tell everyone that the new app is now the one place to look. Keep the paper list on the fridge for a few weeks until everyone trusts the app.

Set a date every few months to review the list with the person you care for, and again after every hospital stay or new prescription. Bring the printed or exported list to each appointment and ask the doctor or pharmacist to look it over.

Common questions

Is the CareZone app still available?

No. Walmart acquired CareZone's technology platform, patents and intellectual property in June 2020, and Tech-enhanced Life reported that the app was no longer available for download as of May 2021.

Can I get my old CareZone information back?

If you saved a printout, an export or screenshots, use them as a starting point. Otherwise, your pharmacy can print a current list of prescriptions, and each doctor's office can give you a visit summary. Check every line with the person who takes the medicines.

What should I look for in a CareZone replacement?

Separate records for each family member, a way to invite the people who help and control what they see, dose reminders, a printable or exportable list, and support for the devices your family already uses.

Can a whole family share one medication list?

Yes, in several apps. Apple Health can share medications through Health sharing, Medisafe says it can manage a family from one account, and Embrace lets the person invite the family members and caregivers they choose to one shared record.

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