An Apple Reminders alternative that actually nags you
Apple Reminders is great at holding a list. Botherme is built to make sure the thing on the list actually gets done.
Available on Google Play. Coming to the App Store.
If you're here, you probably like Apple Reminders well enough but keep hitting the same wall: it reminds you once. For the tasks you're most likely to dodge, one notification you can swipe away isn't enough — and Apple Reminders only lives on Apple devices.
Botherme takes a narrower aim. It's not trying to be a full task manager with lists, tags, and shared projects. It does one thing: when a task is due, it keeps reminding you at your chosen interval — with an optional alarm-style alert — until you mark it done. It runs on iPhone and Android, and it collects nothing at all: no account, no iCloud, nothing that leaves your phone.
So the honest way to think about it: keep Apple Reminders for your everyday lists if you like it, and reach for Botherme for the handful of things that a single, quiet reminder keeps letting you skip.
| Feature | Botherme | Apple Reminders |
|---|---|---|
| Keeps reminding until you mark it done | Yes — repeats at your interval until Done | No — fires once, then it's on you to notice |
| Alarm-style alert for a due task | Yes — loud, hard to ignore | Standard notification only |
| Plain-words entry ("call mum at 6") | Yes | Yes |
| Recurring reminders | Yes | Yes |
| Works on Android too | Yes — iPhone and Android | Apple devices only |
| Data collection | None — nothing leaves your device | Syncs through your iCloud account |
| Price | $20 once, no subscription | Free, built in |
Apple Reminders is a genuinely good, free app, and for many people it's enough. Botherme is for the tasks that a single, quiet notification keeps letting you skip — the ones you need to be actively bothered about until they're truly done.
See it in the app.
Built to be hard to ignore.
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Say it in plain words
Type "Pay the electricity bill tomorrow at 7pm" and Botherme reads the time out of the sentence and sets it for you. No date pickers to fiddle with.
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It nags until it's done
A due reminder doesn't fire once and vanish. It comes back at the interval you choose, again and again, until you actually tap Done.
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Alarm-style alerts
Switch on alarm-style reminders so a due nag rings loud and hard to ignore — not a quiet notification you'll scroll past and forget.
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Recurring reminders
Every day, every Monday, every few months. Mark one done and the next one rolls forward on its own.
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A quiet history
Everything you've finished is kept in one place — proof the nagging worked, without a feed to scroll.
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Completely on your device
No account, no sign-up, no cloud. Your reminders are stored on your phone and never leave it.
One-time $20. No subscription.
Pay once at download and own it for life — no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases. Shown as $19.99 on the App Store.
Available on Google Play. Coming to the App Store.
Good to know.
Is Botherme a full replacement for Apple Reminders?
Not exactly, and it doesn't try to be. Apple Reminders is a capable, free list app. Botherme is a focused reminder that keeps nagging until a task is done. Many people use both — lists in Apple Reminders, must-not-miss tasks in Botherme.
Does Botherme work on Android as well as iPhone?
Yes. Botherme is built for both iPhone and Android, so a reminder habit follows you even if you switch platforms — something Apple Reminders can't do.
How is my data handled compared with Apple Reminders?
Apple Reminders syncs through your iCloud account. Botherme uses no account and no cloud at all — every reminder stays on your device and is never collected, by us or anyone else.