Refill Your Prescriptions by Scanning Your Bottle’s Barcode with Your Phone

iOS/Android: If you have a monthly prescription medication, you no longer need to call in your refills manually. Just download your Rite Aid, Walgreens, or CVS smartphone app, scan your barcode, and pick it up when you're ready.

We caught wind of this cool feature when Android Police reported on Rite Aid's new Android app, but it turns out Walgreens and CVS have had similar apps for awhile. Apart from finding the nearest pharmacy and providing you with weekly deals, each app has a very cool "refill by scan" feature in which you just grab your empty pill bottle, scan the barcode, and get an email, call, or text message when it's ready to go. Hit the links below to check out each pharmacy's respective apps.

The Rite Aid, Walgreens, and CVS apps are all free downloads for iOS and Android.

Rite Aid for Android and Rite Aid for iOS

Walgreens for Android and Walgreens for iOS

CVS for Android and CVS for iOS