What if your reminders followed up with you or escalated to your parents/friend?
TL;DR
Looking for users to test a reminder service with SMS/backup contact. Value prop is that service follows up with you until you complete your task. Will provide free paid feature access. https://reminders.verysimple.systems
Deadlines/dates which are >5 months away are easy to forget. For e.g:
- Documents - passport expiry, visa/work permit expiry, driver’s licence renewal, insurance renewals
- Life - cancelling credit cards/software trials, scheduling health appointments etc.
- Networking - following up with clients, keeping connections warm etc.
My tool takes these far-away deadlines and follows up with you on a regular basis until you complete your task. It will not let you forget. I also escalate to a backup contact(parent/friend etc.) if you do not respond to my notification.
My current goal from this post:
- 5-10 signups, with people creating real reminders. I will give free paid features access
- 3 specific pieces of feedback
Product: https://reminders.verysimple.systems
From a UX perspective, the setup flow feels heavier than the mental model of "reminders." Most people reach for a reminder tool when they want something quick and frictionless. Four steps to create a single reminder raises the question: is this simpler than just setting a phone alarm or putting it in my calendar?
The overview page also packs in more information than the use case seems to need: active reminders, this week, overdue. For a tool that does one thing, less structure might actually feel more helpful.
The copy and visual design are nice though. I noticed many small things that help guiding user or create reassurance.
Hi valeriia_hvv,
Thank you for trying it and for the detailed feedback. You’re actually the first person outside my direct network to use it!!
Your point about the setup flow feeling heavier than the mental model of “reminders” is helpful. I’m considering making the default flow much lighter: title + due date + create, with reminder schedule, SMS, backup contact, and notes treated as optional settings.
Would that solve most of the friction you felt, or was there something else in the flow that made it feel heavy?
Also, when you mentioned the overview page having too much structure, did you mean the logged-in dashboard after signup?
I also noticed you deleted your account. Is there a reason why you didn't keep the reminder you created?
hello!
No problem :) Having shorter form would definitely make the reminder setup more easy.
I'd also consider moving your product to mobile, or as a widget on your laptop or some integrations with widely used calendars, so reaching reminders would require less friction and would be more integrated into live's of your potential users.
Yes, the dashboard :)
Happy to take a look once you've made the changes! Good luck :)
Kind regards,
Valeriia
Escalation can be powerful, but consent has to be granular and reversible. Users should control who is notified, after what delay, for which reminder types, and what information is shared.
I've missed more annual renewals from seeing the reminder at the wrong moment than from not seeing it at all. The email arrives while I'm in a meeting, I think "I'll handle it tonight," and then it's effectively gone. Six months later I'm dealing with the consequence.
The reminder wasn't the problem. The timing between awareness and action was.
Love the escalation to a backup contact idea — that's the accountability layer most reminder tools completely miss. The visa/permit expiry use case is particularly real for founders navigating immigration processes. Have you considered integrations with calendar tools so the reminders sync automatically? Would be keen to test this.