Add your vision prescription in the Health app

You can add and store your vision prescription in the Health app to easily access information about your vision or corrective eyewear.

Add your vision prescription

If you have an image or PDF of your prescription saved on your iPhone, you can upload it to the Health app. If you don't have a saved copy, you can also manually add your vision prescription information.

Add your vision prescription from an image

  1. On your iPhone, open the Health app.
  2. Tap Browse, then tap Vision Prescription.
  3. Tap Add a Prescription .
  4. Tap Date Issued to enter the start date of your prescription.
  5. Tap Add an Image .
  6. Tap Scan a Document  if you have a physical copy of your prescription to scan. Tap Choose Photo  if your prescription is saved in the Photos app. Tap Add from Files  if your prescription is saved in the Files app.
  7. Scan or locate your prescription, then tap Add.
  8. Tap Confirm if you don't need to enter your prescription details. If prescription details are required in your country or region, tap Edit, then tap a field to add the information. 
  9. Tap Add in the upper-right corner.

Manually add your vision prescription

Vision prescriptions can vary, and not all countries or regions will require the same fields or measurements. If you manually add your vision prescription, you only need to add the information specific to the prescription in your country or region.

  1. On your iPhone, open the Health app.
  2. Tap Browse, then tap Vision Prescription.
  3. Tap Add a Prescription.
  4. Tap a field or tap Add next to the field to edit it.
  5. Once you've added your prescription details, tap Add in the upper-right corner.
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