Getting started
Five minutes of setup, then about ten seconds a day. This page covers everything, but you only need the first two sections to be up and running.
The two-minute version
- Add what you're takingProtocol → Add compound. Pick it from the list and we fill in the usual dose, frequency and vial size for you.
- Check the syringe numberSet your vial size and how much bacteriostatic water you added. DoseIQ works out the units to draw.
- Tick doses off on TodayThat's the daily habit. Everything else — streaks, trends, refill warnings — builds from it.
That's genuinely it. The rest of this page is detail you can come back for.
Your protocol
Protocol is the setup screen — the spreadsheet of everything you run. You'll spend ten minutes here once, then rarely visit it again.
Adding a compound
Pick from the list of 78 and we pre-fill the conservative end of the usual dose range, the typical frequency, the route, and the vial size most people actually buy. Change anything that doesn't match what you have. If your compound isn't listed, choose Custom / not listed and type it in — the maths still works.
Vial size and water
These two fields are what let us calculate your dose, and they're the two people get wrong.
- Vial size is what's printed on the vial before you add anything — 5 mg, 10 mg, 10,000 IU.
- Bacteriostatic water is how much you added. We suggest the volume that gives the roundest syringe number for your vial and dose — 50 mg of GHK-Cu at 2 mg is an awkward 8 units in 2 mL but a clean 10 in 2.5 mL. Change it to whatever you actually put in and we'll stop suggesting.
Frequency
Pick the schedule you actually run. There are three kinds:
- Specific days — Mon/Wed/Fri, Mon–Fri weekdays, weekends, and so on.
- Intervals — every other day, every 3 days, every 2 weeks. These count forward from the day you added the compound.
- As needed — nothing is ever marked due, and it won't count against your adherence. Right for PT-141 and similar.
Dose
Type the amount, pick the unit. That's it — mcg, mg, IU or mL, whichever you actually draw. We pre-fill the usual starting amount and the unit that compound is normally measured in, so most of the time there's nothing to change.
There's no list of preset doses to scroll. Whatever you run, type it.
Pills and ready-mixed products
Anything taken by mouth skips the vial and water fields entirely and shows your dose rather than a syringe number. Ready-mixed oils — testosterone, Lipo-C — need no water either; their vial figure is already a concentration.
A few things are measured by volume rather than weight. Choose mL as your unit and we'll skip the reconstitution maths, since a millilitre is a millilitre whatever's dissolved in it.
Compounds that step up over time
GLP-1s aren't one dose — they're a ladder climbed over months. Tirzepatide typically starts at 2.5 mg and works up to 15 mg in 2.5 mg steps, four weeks apart.
On the Protocol page, compounds that titrate get a small chart icon. Open it and you can either use the standard ladder — the labelled schedule, dated from when you started — or build your own steps.
After that it looks after itself. Today shows the dose you're actually on this week, the syringe units follow it, and your history records the right dose for each week rather than backdating your current one over everything.
Not titrating any more? Remove the schedule and the dose goes back to a fixed number — whatever you were last on.
The reconstitution calculator
On the Protocol page, press Calculator. Enter a vial size, a water volume and the dose you want, and it gives you the units to draw on a U-100 insulin syringe.
It works in mg, mcg and IU, and it deliberately refuses to guess when the units don't make sense together — a milligram vial with an IU dose returns nothing rather than a plausible wrong number.
Every compound page also has a ready-made table for the vial sizes that compound is actually sold in, so you can often skip the calculator entirely.
Today
Your home screen once you're set up. It shows what's due, and you tap to confirm. That's the whole interaction, and it's designed to take about ten seconds.
- Streak — consecutive days you've confirmed everything due.
- Adherence — the last 30 days, counted only from when you added each compound. A new account starts at zero due, not zero percent.
- Next refill — when your first vial runs out, based on your dose and frequency.
- Everything else — the panel underneath, linking to the rest.
Missed a day? Use the week grid to tick it retrospectively. Honest data is more useful than a flattering streak.
The Peptide Guru
An assistant that answers dosing, timing and stacking questions using the same compound library you can read yourself — so it won't tell you one thing while the library says another.
Leave Include my protocol ticked and it can answer about your actual setup: whether two things clash, whether your timing makes sense, what your adherence pattern suggests.
Questions it's good at
- "I have a 10 mg BPC vial and added 2 mL. How many units for 250 mcg?"
- "Does it matter if I take CJC/Ipa after dinner?"
- "Review my protocol — is anything redundant or clashing?"
- "What should I expect in the first two weeks of tirzepatide?"
What it won't do
Diagnose anything, tell you to stop a prescribed medication, or help you find a supplier. It's also capable of being confidently wrong — check anything that matters, and don't let it override a doctor.
Free accounts get 10 questions a month. Pro removes the limit.
Insights and the journal
Overview shows adherence trends per compound and flags anything slipping. History is the full record.
Journal is where the real value builds. Rate how you're doing each day and, over weeks, you can see whether a compound is doing anything — which is otherwise almost impossible to judge from memory.
The metrics you're shown adapt to what you're running. On a GLP-1 you'll be asked about appetite; on BPC-157 about recovery; on TRT about drive and libido. Mood, energy, sleep and side effects always appear. Nothing is required — rate what you care about and skip the rest.
The compound library
All 78 compounds, grouped by what they're for. Every page has the dose range, frequency, half-life, reconstitution maths for the vial sizes that compound is genuinely sold in, and what to watch for.
Each is graded on two separate axes, and the distinction is the whole point:
- Published evidence — what controlled research exists.
- Real-world use — how widely and how long people have used it.
Something can have no trial and fifteen years of heavy use. That combination is informative, and collapsing it into a single "unproven" score would hide the most useful thing about it.
Reminders
Account → Reminders. Every compound in your protocol is already listed — set a time and switch it on. The schedule comes from the protocol itself, so there is nothing to keep in sync: change a compound to every third day and its reminder follows.
Two ways to be reached. Email is sent from our server, so it arrives whether or not DoseIQ is open — switch it on under "How reminders reach you". Browser notifications are instant but only fire while a DoseIQ tab is open. Most people want email on and treat the browser one as a bonus.
Set quiet hours if your schedule drifts — an every-third-day protocol eventually lands at 3am, and nobody needs waking for a dose they were always going to take at breakfast. Free covers three active reminders at a time; Pro is unlimited. Text messages are coming to Pro.
Set the time you'll actually be able to dose, not the theoretically ideal one. A reminder you dismiss is worse than none.
Sharing your protocol
Account → Sharing creates a read-only link. Useful for a coach, a doctor, or a training partner. They see your compounds and doses; they can't change anything and they don't need an account.
Revoke any link at any time and it dies immediately.
Your data
- Export everything — Account → Your data. One button, complete download.
- Delete your account — same page. Removes your profile, protocol, history, reminders, share links and Guru conversations. Export first if you want a copy.
- Offline — your protocol is kept in your browser too, so the app keeps working if the network drops.
We don't run any advertising or analytics trackers, and we don't sell your data. See the Privacy Policy for the detail.
Common questions
My compound isn't in the list
Choose Custom / not listed in the compound dropdown and type the name. Everything else works normally. Tell us what's missing and we'll usually add it.
The units look wrong
Check the vial size is what's printed on the vial before water, and that the water volume matches what you actually added. Those two are almost always the cause. If it still looks off, trust your own arithmetic over ours and tell us.
Why does adherence say 0%?
Because you haven't confirmed a dose yet. It only counts from the day you added each compound, so a new account isn't penalised for the past.
Can I track things that aren't peptides?
Yes. TRT, HCG, ancillaries and oral supplements are all supported, and there's a Custom section for anything else.
Do I need to reconstitute everything?
No. Orals, topicals, nasal sprays and pre-mixed oils like testosterone need no mixing — those pages say so and show draw volumes instead.
What does Pro actually add?
Unlimited reminders and SMS delivery, refill prediction and reorder alerts, unlimited Guru, saved conversations, multiple protocols, bloodwork tracking and unlimited share links. Everything you track stays free, forever — including how much is left in each vial. Pro is what tells you when to act on it.
How do I cancel?
Account → Plan → Manage billing → Cancel. Two clicks. You keep Pro until the end of the period you've paid for.
Still stuck?
Write to and tell us what you were trying to do. Specifics help — the page you were on and what you expected to happen.
DoseIQ is an information and tracking tool, not a medical service. Nothing here is medical advice.