Is there a good app for schedule events and reminders?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
89
Opportunity /100
92
Demand /100
81
Competition /100
80
Execution gap /100
9
Apps serving it
33
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to schedule events and reminders, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| merge calendar with reminders | missing-feature | 1 | Merge it with reminders |
| rigid scheduled reminders | ux | 1 | I do not want reminder to pop up when I’m in the meeting. I do not drink water per exact schedule! |
| calendar and reminders not combined into one app | missing-feature | 1 | why is there a seperate reminders app? Why can’t apple combine both? |
| no Reminders integration for scheduling notes | missing-feature | 1 | why no direct integration with Reminders ... for actual scheduling of actionable notes? |
| no automatic default reminder on new events | missing-feature | 1 | Please add an option to have a reminder automatically added to every new entry |
| event reminders alert whole family not assignee | missing-feature | 1 | I have many events set to me only and my whole family gets an alert on my events every time |
| no reminders for future events | missing-feature | 1 | You can’t flag future events and get notices. Espn app lets you |
| limited reminder timing options per task | missing-feature | 1 | more insight to add with option for how many Variables of time etc; per task in REMINDING |
| no time/date notification reminders | missing-feature | 1 | the user can set a time/date to be notified to complete the task |
| no integration with Mail/Messages/Phone to create reminders | missing-feature | 1 | Needs more and better integration with Mail, messages, phone |
| crash when creating new event reminder | bug | 1 | started to crash when making a new event reminder |
| daily reminders paywalled | price | 1 | you have to pay for it to remind you of something on a daily basis |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reminders | 4.8★ | 912,172 | Free |
| Calendar | 4.9★ | 1,515,217 | Free |
| Calendars: Schedule Planner | 4.7★ | 119,621 | Free |
| Bills Organizer & Reminder | 4.7★ | 23,645 | Free |
| Google Calendar: Get Organized | 4.5★ | 130,248 | Free |
| Remind: School Communication | 4.8★ | 1,765,107 | Free |
| Calendar · | 4.6★ | 59,003 | Free |
| TimeTree: Shared Calendar | 4.9★ | 86,118 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 89 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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