Reminders and alerts
From the app’s English Help & Guide · Reference release 1.0.33
Tended offers several types of notifications, all optional. Find them in More › Journal › Notifications.
Daily reminders
A nudge at your chosen time to log how you’re feeling. Pick which days of the week and customise the message.
Repeat reminders
If you have ADHD or struggle with executive function, turn on repeat reminders under Daily Reminders. Tended will send gentle follow-ups every 30 minutes, 1, 2, or 3 hours until you’ve logged. Set a stop time so they don’t nag you at midnight. They stop automatically once you make an entry.
Gentle reminders
If you haven’t journaled in a few days, Tended sends a gentle nudge — no more than once a week. These are designed to be supportive, not pushy.
Flare pattern warnings
When conditions linked to your past flares are present — like weather changes, poor sleep, or specific triggers — Tended gives you a heads up. Requires 60+ entries and Tended+.
Medication reminders
Set reminders in More › Tracking, then use Manage in the Medications row. Medications can use fixed weekdays, an every N days/weeks schedule, or an after-dose interval reminder. Reminders appear as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen with Taken and Skipped buttons. Responding from the notification or app updates the pending dose state, and fixed weekday doses no longer rely on a separate pre-scheduled follow-up after you have answered.
Weekly summary
A weekly notification summarising your journal — how many entries, good days, and bad days you had. Choose the day and time in More › Journal › Notifications. The summary is refreshed every time you open the app, so the notification always reflects your latest entries.
Review reminders and notifications
Keep reminders useful and manageable.
You can review these choices without changing them. Use the normal app controls only if you decide a change is useful.
A small brass bell beside several reminder cards.
Review reminders and notifications: steps
- Review reminder choices In Notifications, inspect the reminders you want and their timing. Leave unwanted reminders off.
- Check system permission Check notification permission for Tended in your device Settings if you need to change it. The On or Off labels in Tended describe its reminder choices.
- Understand delivery limits A scheduled reminder may be affected by device settings such as Focus. This guide does not send a test notification or verify delivery.
- Finish your review Tap Done at the end of these steps, or open Guide details and tap Finish review. This finishes the guide; it does not confirm a setting change or transfer.
Review reminders and notifications · Fictional example
For illustration only. Nothing here changes your app records.
These fictional details explain the guide; they are not suggested values for your records.
- Reminder versus delivery
A reminder is configured; system permission matters too
Review both the app choice and the device permission.
Review reminders and notifications: troubleshooting
If reminders do not arrive, check permission and device settings using the help article. Finishing this review does not prove a notification was delivered.