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Hourly recurring reminders

I know that we have the option to set reminders at a certain time (eg, 9 am, 12pm, 7pm, etc…) but I was wondering if it would be possible to have reminders every X hours? For example, I want to track my mood every 4 hours or so, but since I wake up and go to bed at different times of day, it’s hard to create set time reminders (and they sometimes become very annoying - I wake up at 11 am and see a bunch of reminders that I set for earlier this morning and later last night). I think it would also be very beneficial for people who need to take medication every X amount of hours, rather than at a certain time of day… (I guess a suggestion within a suggestion, maybe we should have separate reminders for each widget? Not only medication…)

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Suggested 23 June 2022 by user Anon

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  • 23 June 2022 Anon suggested this task

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    Eoghan

    Thanks for this suggestion Anon. Would the recurring reminders run constantly or just for a set period? We don’t want to end up spamming people or letting them build up over the night.

    28 June 2022

  • 28 June 2022 Eoghan approved this task

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    Anon

    I think both options would be useful. For mood tracking, I would personally prefer notifications for a set time period, since I can only track them when I am awake… But for things like medications, even the 24h option may be useful

    29 June 2022
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    Anon

    Adding to this suggestion, I think maybe a good feature is to have a “start” button every day for the hourly recurring reminders, so that we can avoid the issue with the current reminders… When I wake up and log my sleep/breakfast, I can hit “start” to begin the hourly recurring reminders and avoid spam from earlier in the morning or later last night when I was asleep.

    30 June 2022
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    Chelsea Kenna

    Seconding this! And I agree it would need to have the option to run only during specific hours or have a start/stop option.

    I’ve been looking for something like this to help with ADHD focus issues. I want a popup that just checks in periodically to remind me to stay on task. Could also be useful for compulsive bad habits like skin picking or nail biting maybe?

    17 April 2024
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    Andele Swierstra

    I’d love this option but for medication reminders. I need to take something four times a day at set intervals, but I take the first one at varying times. My preferred flow:

    Set a schedule, e.g. 4 times a day, with 3.5 hrs between each dose, optionally with options for days of the week, days/weeks of the month. Add an option to set a reminder at a set time to take the first dose, but only start the timer for the next dose when the user confirms they actually took the first dose.

    Then, use the set timer between doses to remind the user to take the next dose after the timer expires. Repeat the confirmation and timer flow until all doses were taken.

    Optionally, add a snooze option to be reminded again in case the user is not able to immediately take the med.

    And perhaps add a set end time. For example, I don’t want to take a dose past 20:00 to make sure I can sleep well, so if I only had 3 doses by 19:00, it shouldn’t remind me at 22:30. A reminder could be added to notify the user that the end time was reached without finishing all doses. Perhaps it can have a little motivational note to encourage the user to stick to their set schedule ;)

    09 October