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Pharmacies on duty

Shows the pharmacies on emergency duty around your location, updated regularly for all of Germany.

6 min readUpdated Oct 30, 2026As Markdown
CategoryBusiness & industry
From packagePro
Data and access

From your organization the app reads: player-location, fleet-locations.

Pharmacy duty directories (chambers, aponet.de): We fetch the duty rosters for your locations and keep them up to date. What leaves your account: Address and radius of the locations of your organization the app fetches for.

Terms

The duty information comes from pharmacy chambers and nationwide from aponet.de. It is fetched for the locations of your organization, and only address and radius are transmitted. We show it without guarantee. The binding source is the pharmacy emergency hotline (0800 00 22 833), not the display, and the display does not replace your legally required notice. You show the data only on your own premises, do not pass it on and leave the source attribution in place. Read the full terms

Pharmacies on duty in the Pharmacies on duty view
Pharmacies on duty
Pharmacies on duty in the Shop window portrait view
Shop window portrait
Pharmacies on duty in the Nearest pharmacy view
Nearest pharmacy
Pharmacies on duty in the Bar view
Bar
Pharmacies on duty in the Map view
Map
Pharmacies on duty in the scene-example view
scene-example
For
pharmacies
Prerequisite
the Pro package, the app installed, and locations with an address in Germany
Where in the portal
Apps › Pharmacies on duty, with the data areas Locations and Duty rosters. The widget is in the scene editor under Business & industry.
On this page

Pharmacies on duty shows in your shop window which pharmacies nearby are on duty right now, and it switches by itself when the duty changes. Nobody has to swap a paper notice in the evening.

What the app shows

A pharmacy duty doesn't follow the calendar day but a duty window, depending on the region from 9:00 one morning to 9:00 the next, for example. The app shows the pharmacies of the current window, the nearest first, with name, address, phone number, distance, end of duty, and a QR code that sends the directions to a phone. When the window ends, the display moves on to the next one by itself.

When your own pharmacy is on duty, the display shows only yours: a red card with "On duty" and until when. Someone standing at your window needs nothing more. The app recognizes your pharmacy by the street, house number, and postal code of the location.

Template Size Shows
Pharmacies on duty landscape The classic red tiles on dark blue, as many as fit legibly
Shop window portrait portrait The same tiles, one below the other
Nearest pharmacy tile One tile with the nearest pharmacy
Bar narrow strip Tiles in a row, as many as the width allows
Map landscape The pharmacies as numbered pins on a map, with the list beside it

The widget adapts to its frame. If space runs short, it drops the QR code, the town, and the phone number before it shows fewer pharmacies. Name, distance, and end of duty always stay.

Set up the app

Prepare your locations

The app takes the address from your locations. Every location with an address in Germany automatically becomes a pharmacy-duty location.

  1. Enter the address of each pharmacy under Settings › Organization › Locations, see Create locations and assign displays to them.
  2. Open the app, switch to Locations, and choose a location.
  3. Set the Radius (km), between 1 and 50, and click Save changes.
  4. Click Fetch now. Under Current pharmacies on duty, you see who is on duty right now.
  5. Place the widget in a scene, and make sure each display is assigned to its location.

Correct a single day

If a detail is wrong, you set the day by hand.

  1. Open Duty rosters and choose Location, From, and To at the top.
  2. Click Create override, or Edit in a row.
  3. Under Set pharmacy duty for one day, enter Pharmacy, Address, and the optional details.
  4. Click Save override.

Import several days from a CSV file

  1. Under Duty rosters, click Import CSV and then Choose CSV file. The file needs the columns scheduleDate, pharmacyName, pharmacyAddr, pharmacyPhone, and distanceKm.
  2. Check the Preview. Faulty rows appear under These rows are skipped.
  3. Click Confirm import. The rows replace existing days of the chosen location.

Settings

Open the settings with the gear icon on the toolbar above the widget. They are on the tabs Content, Appearance, and Data. The toolbar also offers Template and Colors, plus How many pharmacies and Background.

Setting Tab Meaning Default
Pharmacies on duty for Data Display location shows the duty around each display's own location. A fixed location shows the same everywhere. Display location
How many pharmacies Content Automatic shows as many as fit legibly, up to six. A number sets the maximum. Automatic
Phone number, Distance, QR code for directions Content What each tile shows On
Pharmacy hotline note Content The toll-free number 0800 00 22 833 On
Map Content The pharmacies as pins on a map, with the list beside it Off
Own duty Content During your own duty, show only your pharmacy. Off always shows the list. Automatic
Please ring the bell Content Adds "Please ring the bell" during your own duty Off
Colors and Font Appearance Style of the app, Brand colors, or Custom colors, plus the font. See Configure widgets. Style of the app
Background Appearance Duty (dark blue with red tiles), Dark, or Light Duty
Heading Content Replaces "Pharmacies on duty" above the list empty

Limits

  • The sources only say who is on duty now and in the next window. There is no preview of the coming days.
  • The app fetches every hour and shortly after the usual handover times. Fetch now fetches right away.
  • Without a network, the display keeps the last data and still switches to the next window. If the data is older than its window, it shows May be out of date.
  • The source attribution below the list can't be switched off.
  • The information comes without guarantee. The binding source is the pharmacy emergency hotline, and the display doesn't replace your legally required notice. You agree to these terms when installing the app.

If something goes wrong

Symptom Cause Solution
The display shows only the background The display has no location, the location has no address in Germany, or Load pharmacies on duty is off. Assign the display to a location, add the address, or switch fetching on. The editor names the reason in the widget.
No duty in progress No entry for this location right now. Click Fetch now. If it stays empty, increase the Radius (km).
Your pharmacy is on duty, but the list appears The address at the location differs from the source, or two pharmacies share it. Check street, house number, and postal code at the location.
The red card appears, but another pharmacy in the building is on duty The source lists only the other pharmacy at the same address. Set Own duty to Off.
Only one pharmacy appears An override replaced the day. Remove the override if several should appear.
May be out of date The last fetch is older than its duty window. Click Fetch now. If the note stays, contact us.
6 min readUpdated Oct 30, 2026As Markdown

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