Tell it once. It comes to you.
Routine reads your calendar, the traffic and the weather, plus the things you tell it, and speaks up at the moment it matters. The rest of the day, it stays quiet.
For iPhone. Free to start, Plus from $2.99 a month. No account, and nothing leaves your phone.
ROUTINE8:05 AMIt works out the moment, so you don't have to.
Most reminder apps fire at the time you typed. Routine asks what the reminder is for, then waits for the moment that fits: leaving, arriving, the night before, the minute you wake up.
- −15 minLeave byA 9:00 appointment with an address becomes a leave-by time that follows the traffic. It names the slow road, and a quicker one if there is one. The countdown sits on your Lock Screen, your Watch and in CarPlay.
- −30 minStart getting readyHalf an hour before you need to go, a heads-up to start wrapping up, so the leave-by isn't a scramble.
- ArriveAt the store“Get milk at Wegmans” waits until you're actually at Wegmans. Tap I'm here once and the place is saved.
- LeaveOut the door“Bring the library books” comes as you walk out of the house, not at 7:00 while you're in the shower.
- 8:00 PMThe night before“Gym Tuesdays and Thursdays” turns into a reminder the evening before, when packing the bag is easy.
- 6:45 AMWake-upA real alarm that rings through Silent and Focus. Start my day opens a short brief: weather, first thing, when to leave.
- 7:00 AMYour DayThe morning note arrives as your own edition, with the day's weather in a line and what's on after it.
- 9:00 PMEvening check-inOne question before bed: anything for tomorrow? Type the answer right in the notification.
Your Today screen is this ring. A marker follows the clock, the arc ahead fills in as the next thing gets close, and it turns urgent in the last 15 minutes. Tap any dot to mark it done, change its time, push it later or move it to tomorrow.
Make sure you see it.
Most things can be a gentle tap. A few can't be missed. You choose, one reminder at a time.
Gentle
One notification at the right moment, with Done and Later on it. Most reminders live here.
Keep reminding
Comes back after 10, 30 and 70 minutes until you tap Done. Still counts once toward your daily limit, and never in quiet hours.
Ring like an alarm
Rings through Silent and Focus with Done and Snooze, like your wake-up. For the few things that truly matter.
Routine PlusAnd when a reminder says what to do, the notification can start it. “Call Mom” has a Call button, “Text Jake” has Message, and a reminder with a link has Open link, all through Apple's own apps.
Quiet on purpose.
Routine has a daily limit. A few reminders a day get through on their own; the small stuff waits for your morning note instead of buzzing at you. Something important, like a leave-by for a real appointment, is allowed past the limit. Quiet hours are quiet.
Every notification says why it came, and Not useful teaches it what you'd rather not hear about.
Three come through. Nine ride along in tomorrow's note.
Say it the way you'd say it.
Hold the mic and say “pick up the dry cleaning Thursday after work.” It's understood on your iPhone, by Apple Intelligence, and saved with the right moment attached. Typing works the same way, and a row of quick adds covers the usual ones: trash night, meds, the furnace filter. Tap any reminder to change the words, the time, the days or the place.
Yours, and only yours.
There is no account and no server of ours. Your calendar, your places, your reminders and what you say to the mic stay on your iPhone. Weather, alerts and drive times come from Apple's own services. Export everything as a file or delete it all from inside the app. Read the privacy policy.
Free, and Routine Plus.
Free
- Typed and spoken reminders you can edit
- Leave-by times with live traffic, and start-getting-ready heads-ups
- Keep reminding until done; Call, Message and Open buttons
- Wake-up alarm and morning brief, Your Day, evening check-in
- Weather alerts, widgets, controls, Siri, export
Routine Plus
- Reminders at the store, and as you leave home
- Ring like an alarm
- A wake-up that moves earlier when the drive is slow
- Learn my routine, a prep card before meetings, the week review
- Or $19.99 a year, or $39.99 once for good
Purchases go through Apple. Manage or cancel any time in Settings on your iPhone.
Leave on time. Remember the milk.
Hear nothing in between.
Download on the App Store
Requires iOS 26 or later. Made by Daniel Kernan, a solo developer in the Finger Lakes of New York.