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The topic Android reminders, reinvented<\/strong> is currently the subject of lively discussion \u2014 readers and analysts are keeping a close eye on developments.<\/p>\n

This is taking place in a dynamic environment: companies\u2019 decisions and competitors\u2019 reactions can quickly change the picture.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, the hardest part about getting stuff done is simply remembering what you have to do \u2014 and when.<\/p>\n

And ironically, lots of the tools that exist to help us juggle our endless array of incoming tasks only seem to make it even more overwhelming. Truly, it doesn\u2019t take much for the very act of managing your tasks \u2014 or maybe even just figuring out the best way to do it \u2014 to become a chore in and of itself.<\/p>\n

Like many perpetually perplexed plebeians, I\u2019ve exerted far too much energy on the impossible-seeming task of finding a system for tracking tasks that (a) actually works \u2014 and (b) doesn\u2019t feel like a burden of its own. I\u2019ve gone through more tasks and reminders systems than any sane person should ever encounter in a lifetime.<\/p>\n

And lemme tell ya: At long last, I\u2019ve encountered one that\u2019s the perfect blend of simplicity and power.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a brand new, off-the-beaten-path Android app you probably haven\u2019t heard of but that absolutely should be on your radar. It\u2019s both easier and more effective to use than most of the big-name tasks apps out there right now \u2014 and it almost, dare I say, even makes managing your to-dos enjoyable instead of exhausting.<\/p>\n

My fellow memory-challenged marsupial, allow me to introduce you to the amusingly named Ruff Reminders.<\/p>\n

Ruff Reminders is an Android-first creation that\u2019s only been in the Play Store for a matter of hours now \u2014\u00a0 though I\u2019ve had the opportunity to use it during its development for the past couple of months, as it\u2019s progressed from a, well, rough framework into a polished and well-rounded place for storing all of your tasks both personal and professional and ensuring you never forget anything.<\/p>\n

If the Ruff name sounds familiar, by the way, you might be thinking of the similarly themed Ruff Writing app \u2014 which puts a simple scrolling scratchpad right on your home screen for on-the-fly thought storing. I\u2019ve featured it as one of my must-have Android widgets for some time now.<\/p>\n

Ruff Reminders comes from the same source \u2014 an indie Android app developer named Bardi Golriz \u2014 and it exists as a perfect companion to its sibling\u2019s scratchpad concept.<\/p>\n

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So let\u2019s get into it: When you first open up Ruff Reminders, you\u2019re greeted with a simple screen showing you the current day and a prompt to add any new reminders you need into the mix. The idea is that your focus belongs on the here and now \u2014 and starting with what you need to do today is the best way to actually get your tasks accomplished.<\/p>\n

Creating a new task is as easy as tapping the \u201cquick entry\u201d prompt toward the top of the screen and typing. You can also use the plus icon in the lower-right corner of the screen for a more elaborate and detail-oriented task creation mechanism \u2014 and that\u2019s where some of Ruff Reminders\u2019 most impressive powers come into play.<\/p>\n

To wit: For any task you create, you can schedule yourself a reminder for\u2026<\/p>\n

That last one in particular is a true treat to see. Like many Android-appreciating animals, I\u2019ve been irked by Google\u2019s ongoing retirement of location-based reminders all across the platform \u2014 first within the old Google Assistant system and then more recently within Google Keep as well. Ruff Reminders handily fills that void while offering a whole lot of other enticing extras that Assistant and Keep never provided.<\/p>\n

For instance: For any location-based reminder, Ruff Reminders gives you the option to have a task pop up when you reach whatever location you specify either within a certain specific timeframe or anytime \u2014 and to have that reminder exist only once or as a recurring thing, every time you come or go from the location in question.<\/p>\n

On that latter point, you can also set the reminder to trigger when you arrive at your chosen location or when you leave it \u2014 and you can choose exactly how wide of a radius the app uses to identify the spot \u2014 both of which add a whole other layer of flexibility and potential usefulness into the feature.<\/p>\n

Once you have tasks created, Ruff Reminders really does work to make sure you remember \u2019em. In addition to setting all of your own preferred reminder patterns for each new task you create, you can tell the app to always nudge you about still-pending tasks for the present day at specific times as well as to keep \u201cchasing\u201d you with more prominent alarms \u2014 even multiple alarms, if you want \u2014 for items you haven\u2019t finished.<\/p>\n

All of those options exist within the dog-shaped Ruff icon in the lower-left corner of the screen:<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve started a task, one tap on its line tells Ruff Reminders that it\u2019s in progress and marks it accordingly. Another tap starts a full-screen timer (for any length you choose) to help you actually focus on the task. And pressing and holding the task marks it as finished.<\/p>\n

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You can also double-tap to reset an item\u2019s status, if such a need ever arises.<\/p>\n

If something does still manage to slip by without getting completed, it\u2019ll move down to the app\u2019s command bar, at the bottom of the screen \u2014 where it shows up inside a red box with the number of unfinished past tasks front and center.<\/p>\n

You can always tap that box to revisit and reschedule any missed tasks \u2014 or you can find any past task via the app\u2019s swipe-up-from-the-bottom search system. But even more helpful are the ongoing reminders the app will keep bringing front and center whenever you tell it to keep chasing you about any particular item.<\/p>\n

What else? Let\u2019s see \u2014 for any items you set as \u201congoing,\u201d Ruff will create a persistent notification so you can easily see what\u2019s lingering on your list. And as you\u2019d expect for any serious Android productivity app, Ruff Reminders has a widget that lets you look at all your tasks for the current day and add new tasks right then and there, on your home screen, without ever having to open anything up.<\/p>\n

For the true productivity-obsessed power-user nerds among us, Ruff Reminders also has a whole host of step-saving gestures built into its interface. Like all of the app\u2019s more advanced options, you absolutely don\u2019t have to mess with \u2019em if you don\u2019t want to \u2014 but if you\u2019re the type of person who likes learning shortcuts and flying around your phone with taps and swipes, you\u2019ll be delighted by all the possibilities this unlocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The more you use it, the more thoughtful and useful little touches you keep discovering \u2014 again, if and only if you want to explore those types of options.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s most interesting to me about Ruff Reminders is the space it fills between the everything-style, intensive-need to-do apps out there \u2014 things like Todoist or even all-purpose productivity tools like Notion, which are great for the right type of purpose and person but can be overwhelming overkill for more casual task tracking \u2014 and the super-simple, at times too-limited apps like Google Keep, which are fine for basic info-dumping but lacking in more powerful task management and reminder magic.<\/p>\n

Ruff Reminders manages to be both simple and effective \u2014 an often overlooked middle-ground for those of us who want to track tasks and remember stuff in a way that goes beyond the most barebones basic approach but that doesn\u2019t require an entire intricate platform to do it.<\/p>\n

Oh, and as far as privacy goes, Ruff Reminder\u2019s policy on that front is also refreshingly simple: It doesn\u2019t collect or process any personally identifiable information. Period.<\/p>\n

The app doesn\u2019t have ads, either. Instead, it allows you to use its most fundamental setup for free and offers a paid subscription for its full set of features \u2014 three bucks a month or $20 per year, at the moment, with the latter price set to bump up to $30 after a while. (That pricing does also vary by country, so the rates will be slightly lower in certain parts of the world.)<\/p>\n

For now, all you\u2019ve gotta do is try it out and see if it works as well for you as it has been for me.<\/p>\n

And if you need a helping hand to remind you, I know just the app to get the job done.<\/p>\n