For ADHD brains
The reminder app for people who abandon reminder apps
The app graveyard is not a you problem
You've done the cycle: download the planner, love it for nine days, forget it exists, feel bad, repeat. Every productivity app assumes one thing — that you'll keep opening it. That assumption is exactly what ADHD eats first. The graveyard isn't a discipline failure; it's a design mismatch.
A text message skips the assumption entirely. It can't be uninstalled, it doesn't hide behind an icon, and it shows up the way a person does — in the thread you were already going to look at.
External structure that comes to you
Set reminders on the website or just text them in plain English — times land in your timezone, repeats re-arm themselves, and the important ones can nudge until you reply DONE. The whole manual is one text: DONE, SNOOZE, LIST, STOP.
Real formats, word for word. The bill, the renewal, the trash night, the library book — the whole tax of small remembering.
For couples: the nag leaves the relationship
The heaviest ADHD cost usually isn't the forgotten thing — it's what the reminding does to the two of you. One person becomes the household's memory, resentment compounds in both directions, and nobody signed up for that dynamic.
Our loop was built for exactly this shape of problem: the reminder comes from a neutral third party (us), it only ever starts with consent (they reply YES before anything sends), the DONE goes to us — and the partner gets a single quiet heads-up only if something was missed. No checking up, no feed, no scorekeeping. You outsourced the nagging; you kept each other.
What people actually put in it
The unglamorous stuff that costs real money and real arguments: the registration renewal, the insurance card that expires, the return window that closes Thursday, the trash that goes out tonight, the “call the pharmacy before Friday.” One text each, at the moment you'd want to be told — from $6.99/month, month to month, US mobile numbers for now.
Where we're honest about the limits
Every tool on this problem has limits, ours included — and you should hear them from us, not discover them later:
What Jon's Reminders is not
- Not a treatment. Texts are external structure — not therapy, not coaching, not medication management. We make no promises about focus, productivity, or executive function, because a reminder service can't promise those honestly.
- Not for emergencies. Nothing here replaces 911 or anything time-critical to health or safety.
- Not guaranteed to out-stubborn your brain. Nudges ask (“did you already do this?”) up to three times, then stop. If reminders in every form have never once worked for you, a text may not either — a body double, a coach, or a standing agreement with a human might be the better tool, and we'd rather say so than take your money. (Hence the 30-day refund.)
Common questions
Is this another app I'll abandon in nine days?
No, because there's no app. Reminders arrive as ordinary text messages — the one channel you already check without deciding to. There's nothing to open, nothing to re-download, nothing to remember you own.
What's actually different from my phone's built-in reminders?
A text reads like a message from a person and waits for an answer — you reply DONE, SNOOZE, or LIST right in the thread. And if you choose, one person you trust can get a single heads-up when something goes unconfirmed, instead of having to ask you about it.
Can my partner set up reminders for me?
Yes, and consent comes first: you get one invitation text and nothing sends until you reply YES. They don't get a feed of your business — just a quiet heads-up if something they set up goes unanswered. STOP ends everything, instantly, always.
What if I ignore texts too?
Then this might not work for you, honestly. 'Til-done reminders nudge a few times and always ask ('did you already do this?') rather than nag — but no tool fixes everything. That's what the 30-day money-back guarantee is for: try it on real tasks and let the results decide.
Do you do ADHD medication reminders?
The service can remind anyone about anything, but our lane is routines, bills, and tasks — we don't build or market medication-schedule tools, and we make no medical claims. For medication timing questions, your prescriber beats a text service every time.
Set one up now, while it's on your mind.
Two minutes: verify your number, text us the thing you keep re-remembering at midnight, done. If texts turn out not to work for your brain either — 30 days, money back, no interrogation.