Contraception reminder app, myPill, now on Android

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: Bouqt.com Ltd, has released an Android compatible contraception reminder app, myPill, available at the Google Play store for free download.

Up until today, myPill was available only for iOS users, where it has 150 thousand active users. The user opens the app daily to mark a taken pill, or periodically indicate a contraceptive ring or contraceptive patch replacement.

Research conducted electronically over 3000 random active users of the app more for than 100 days, has found that 42 percent of them have never missed a pill, while 16.4 percent have missed a pill once over an average period of 163 days.

With a smartphone market share of 75 percent, Android owners are the majority of smartphone users, along with iOS's 16 percent this release makes an important milestone in providing a solution for all smartphone owners.

While myPill for iOS supports the pill as well as contraceptive ring and contraceptive patch, the initial Android version will support only the pill. More contraception methods are planned to be added in the near future.