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Persistent reminder apps: for the reminder you dismissed and forgot
A normal reminder fails in a very specific way. It arrives at a bad moment, you swipe it away meaning to come back, and that is the last you see of it. Persistent reminder apps refuse to go quiet. Due repeats a missed reminder every few minutes until you act, Alarmed pops alerts up like an alarm clock with flexible snooze, and Easy Reminders puts snooze and complete buttons right on the notification.
How we chose: established reminder apps whose App Store description centres on repeat alerts or snoozing, compared on what happens after you ignore a reminder. Features from each listing, read in October 2026.
A new reminder app that does not let go
A younger app from an independent developer in the Censuus catalogue.
NudgyApp Storebuilt on the observation that most reminders fail because they are too easy to swipe away; it keeps reminding you until the task is done.- Your app hereFree, foreverList my app
The original nagger: Due
Due is built on one idea: a missed reminder should come back. Auto snooze nudges you again every 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes until you mark it done or reschedule it. For things that cannot wait, Critical Alerts get through silent mode and Focus, and Prominent Alerts ring like an alarm until you act. Setting a reminder is quick too, with natural language dates and twelve customisable quick times.
Reminders and timers together: Alarmed
Alarmed treats reminders like alarms: pop-up alerts, detailed repeat schedules, flexible snooze, and a large set of sounds. It also does timers with custom messages and queues, location-based reminders, and imports from Apple Reminders. Useful when the same app has to cover “take the bread out in 12 minutes” and “call the bank on Monday”.
Fast to handle from the lock screen: Easy Reminders
Easy Reminders is for the small things that do not belong in a calendar. Reminders pop up even when the phone is locked, and you can snooze or complete them from the notification without opening the app. A calendar view shows what is coming by day, week or month.
Which one to pick
You keep dismissing things and forgetting them: Due. You want alarms, timers and location reminders in one place: Alarmed. You want the fastest snooze from the lock screen: Easy Reminders. For waking up, see alarm clock apps; for birthdays, birthday reminder apps.
| App | When you ignore it | Setting it up |
|---|---|---|
| DueApp Store | auto snooze repeats it every 1 to 60 minutes until done; alerts that ring like an alarm | natural date parsing, customisable quick times |
| AlarmedApp Store | pop-up alerts with flexible snooze and repeat schedules | timed and location reminders, timers, Siri |
| Easy RemindersApp Store | snooze or complete straight from the notification | calendar view by day, week or month |
Frequently asked questions
Which reminder app keeps reminding you until you act?
Due repeats a missed reminder every 1 to 60 minutes until you mark it done; Nudgy is a newer app built on the same idea.
Can a reminder get through silent mode?
Due supports Critical Alerts, which get through silent mode and Focus.
Is there a reminder app with timers too?
Alarmed combines pop-up reminders with timers, including countdowns, count-ups and timer queues.