Marco Arment's Latest Creation: Unforgetful, a Procrastinator's Reminders App
Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can't stop hitting snooze. Designed by indie developer Marco Arment, the app is meant to address the common issues people face with Apple's Reminders, such as losing reminders due to accidental dismissals or forgetting to set a time for them.
According to Arment, the Reminders app doesn't fit his needs, and he's not alone. Many people struggle with its snooze feature, notification system, and organization tools. Arment pointed out specific issues where he felt Reminders fell short, like losing reminders when he accidentally dismissed them instead of snoozing them.
"Siri, for all of its faults, has always been very good at creating tasks in Apple's Reminders app," Arment explained. "The Reminders app, though, doesn't fit me at all. I don't like how it looks, how it works, or how it's organized. Hell, I don't even like its icon."
Unforgetful is designed to address these issues and make it impossible to lose your tasks. For some, the solution could be overkill, but for those who are addicted to snoozing reminders or need more regular nudges, it could help keep them on track.
Here are some key features of Unforgetful:
- Notifications will always repeat, even if you miss them or dismiss them, until the task is actually done and deleted.
- Snoozing has been revamped so that the intervals scale as you continue to snooze your tasks.
- The app keeps things fairly simple, with no tags, different views or modes, or other organization tools to learn.
Unforgetful works with your existing Apple Reminders database, so you can continue using reminders as you always have. You just turn off the Apple Reminders notifications and replace them with Unforgetful notifications instead. The app also ships with its own in-app microphone for voice reminders and a full suite of widgets for the Lock Screen and Control Center.
Unforgetful is available for $19.99 per year and works across both Mac and iOS.
