User-friendly ways to set daily, weekly or monthly reminders with alarms on your iOS device
Do you want to set reminders on your iPhone or iPad? Fortunately, iOS offers plenty of apps with built-in alarms for this purpose. You can also use Apple’s designated Reminders app, Siri, or the Clock and Calendar app. You’ll be able to set an alarm for each reminder and control how often you receive notifications. This wikiHow will show you how to create one-time or recurring reminders on your iPhone or iPad.
[Edit]things you should know
- Open Reminders, tap “Add List” and create a list. Tap “+ New Reminder” to toggle between entering a title, setting the alarm, and repeating.
- Open Clock, tap “Alarm,” and tap the “+”. Choose a time, toggle repetition and set an alarm tone.
- Open Calendar and tap “+”. Enter your reminder. Set a time, alarm and toggle repeat.
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[Edit]Using the Reminders App
- Open the Reminders app. It looks like a list with three colored bullet points.
- The Reminders app requires iOS 13 or later, so be sure to update your iOS.
- Tap . It’ll be in the bottom-right corner.
- If you want to create a quick reminder, tap Today category below the search bar.
- Enter a list name and color. This will help organize your reminders if you have more than a few. After entering a name, choose a color for your list.[1]
- When you’re finished, tap Complete in the upper-right corner.
- if you chose TodaySkip this step.
- Tap . It’ll be in the bottom-left corner.
- If no new window opens, tap on the blue I next to the reminder area.
- Enter your reminder. insert Topic and any additional notes,
- Add reminder details. Tap Description beneath notes field to set a date, Time, Placeand/or Priority level. If you select a date or time, you will also get the option to receive notifications more frequently.
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- turn on date And use the pop-up calendar to choose a date for your reminder.
- turn on Time and scroll through the numbers to choose a time for your reminder.
- Tap Repeat And select: Daily, Weekdays, Weekend, Other, or Custom.
- turn on Place To share your location. With this option, you’ll be able to specify a notification based on where you are. Your location services must be on.
- Tap Priority and select: None, Low, Medium, or High.
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- Select a list for your reminders. By default, this will be the first list you create.
- Tap . When the reminder has a scheduled date and time, you will receive a push notification before, during, or after the task (if not completed).
- To enable push notifications, go to Adjustment notifications reminder → turn on allow notifications And time sensitive notifications,
[Edit]use siri
- Enable Siri. If you don’t have Siri on your iPhone or iPad, make sure to turn it on. To enable Siri, do the following:
- open Adjustment Application.
- Tap Siri and Search,
- turn on Listen for “Hey Siri” and/or press side button for siri,
- Tap enable siri,
- Activate Siri. Depending on your settings, say “Hey Siri” or press and hold the side button on your device. Siri will appear on your screen.
- Ask Siri to set your reminder. Be as specific as possible. Some example requests include:
- “Remind me to call Mom tomorrow at 2:00.”
- “Remind me to feed the cat every day at 8:00 am”
- Location-based reminders might look like this: “Remind me to check mail when I get home.”
- For location-based reminders, you must add your address my card Activated in Contacts app and Location Services.
- Confirm reminder. Siri will use the Reminders app to compile your reminders. If you don’t already have a reminder list created, you’ll be asked if you want to create one. Tap Yes,
- Reminder will be created. You’ll see a pop-up preview of the reminder. Tap Change Tap anywhere on the screen if you need to edit the information, or to accept or dismiss the pop-up.
[Edit]Using the Clock App
- Open the Clock app. It looks like a white clock with a black background.
- Use this method to create a daily reminder with the iOS alarm clock.
- Tap . It’s the second tab at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap . You can find it in the upper-right corner.
- A new window will open.
- Choose a time. Use the scroll wheel to select hour, minute and am/pm.
- If your device uses 24-hour time, you won’t need to set the AM or PM option.
- Set the alarm to repeat. Tap Repeat And choose the days you want this reminder to repeat.
- Tap < back when finished.
- Set a label for your reminder. This can be anything you want, but keeping it short is recommended.
- Tap Complete on the keyboard when finished.
- Set a sound for your reminder. By default, the alarm tone will be Radar, If you want to change it, tap sound, Choose from the ringtone listed, or tap choose a song To select a song from your library.
- Tap vibrations To change vibration type or create custom type.
- Tap < back when finished.
- Toggle off or on “Snooze”. If you want Reminders to have a snooze option, turn it on. Otherwise, the reminder will disappear after the first alert.
- Tap . It’ll be in the top-right corner.
- will appear on your list of reminders alarm Page. Make sure it’s on.
- If you want to delete a reminder, swipe left on the reminder and tap delete,
[Edit]using the calendar app
- Open the Calendar app. It will have the current date as the app face.
- Use this method to add the reminder as an event in your iOS calendar.
- Tap . You can find it in the upper-right corner.
- Enter a reminder title. Use the first field to enter a name for your reminder.
- You can also add location or video call in the field below.
- Time set. Tap will start And ends To specify a date and time frame for your reminder. Tap the date to adjust the date, and tap the time to adjust the time.
- you can also toggle all day If your reminder will be needed for the whole day.
- Set the reminder to repeat. Tap Repeat And choose: Never, Every day, Every week, Every 2 weeks, Every month, Every year or Custom.
- Set up an alert. By default, it will be set to None, Tap Warning and select when you would like to be notified of the reminder.
- You can also add another alert.
- Tap in the upper-right corner. The reminder will be added to your calendar. Depending on your settings, you will receive a notification of the reminder.
- To make sure you have notifications enabled, go to Adjustment notifications reminder → turn on allow notifications And time sensitive notifications,
[Edit]Advice
- You can adjust the sound effect used by the Reminders app by opening Settings and tapping Sound and Haptics (Or sound), scroll down and tap reminder alertand selecting the sound.
[Edit]Warning
- If your iPhone is on silent, your reminders or clock alarm may not go off.
[Edit]Reference
- https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/add-items-to-a-list-iph88463e18/ios