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Reminders & notifications

Romi sends two kinds of notifications: one-off reminders you set on scheduled tasks, and Romi's own daily check-in nudges, which you control with the Notification intensity dial in Settings.

Task reminders

In Day view on the Schedule page, any block with a start time has a bell icon. That bell is a one-off reminder for that task.

Open the Schedule page and find your task's block. On desktop the page is called Calendar in the sidebar.
Tap the bell icon, labelled Set a reminder.
Once set, the label changes to Reminder on, tap to turn off. Tap it again at any time to cancel.

Setting a reminder schedules two notifications on your phone: one 15 minutes before the start time, and a second one at the start time itself.

Task reminders always come through, even when your notification intensity is set to Off, and they never count towards your daily nudge limit.

Notification intensity

Separately from your own reminders, Romi can send proactive check-in nudges through the day. The intensity dial decides how many you get.

On desktop, tap Settings at the bottom of the sidebar. On your phone, tap the menu button at the top of the Home page, then tap Settings.
Go to the Preferences tab.
Tap Notification intensity.
Pick a level on the dial: Low (1 nudge a day), Medium (up to 3 nudges a day) or High (up to 5 nudges a day).

Changes apply right away for the rest of the day. To stop nudges entirely, tap Turn off notifications under the dial. Romi sends nothing until you tap Turn notifications back on.

The dial starts on Low unless you picked a different level when you first set up your account, so Romi begins with at most one nudge a day.

Good to know

I set a reminder but nothing arrived

Reminders are delivered by your phone, so Romi needs notification permission. If you said no when the app first asked, allow notifications for Romi in your phone's settings, then set the reminder again.

Can I set a reminder from my computer?

Yes. The bell works on desktop too. Your choice is saved to your account, and the Romi app on your phone schedules the notification the next time you open the app, so the reminder still arrives on your phone.

Why won't a reminder set for a task starting very soon?

The first notification goes out 15 minutes before the start time. If the task starts in less than 15 minutes, that moment has already passed, so Romi cannot schedule the reminder. Move the block a little later, or skip the reminder and start the task.

Still stuck?

Email josh@romiadhd.com and a human will get back to you.