Medication adherence apparatus

A medication container for electronically tracking medication consumption over a series of timed dosages, the container comprising:

• a semi-opaque body forming the sides of the container, the container having a closed bottom and an open top, a cap is removably affixed to the open top of the body to secure the medication inside the container, the cap has an exterior surface facing away from the body and an interior surface facing the interior of the body;
• a machine-readable first optical code label on the interior surface of the cap, the optical code format is QR CODE and its data density matrix is between 33×33 and 57×57, the machine-readable first optical code encoding data to schedule a series of timed dosages of the medication, the machine-readable optical code data retrievable by a smartphone software application installed on a smartphone, wherein the first optical code label is only electronically readable by the smartphone when the cap is removed from the container;
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• a second optical code on the interior surface of the closed bottom whereby medicine inside the container occludes the second optical code from electronic reading by the smartphone until substantially all the medication in the container is gone wherein scanning of the second optical code by the smartphone is indicative of completion of all medication inside the container.