A reminder is a push notification for a single task or habit. Any task or habit can carry any number of reminders, and each one fires separately, so a task can warn you an hour ahead, again at fifteen minutes, and once more the moment it starts.

Think of a reminder as either an alarm that travels with the task or an alarm pinned to a clock time. Both kinds work on the same task at the same time.

Reminders live under the bell icon in the task detail sheet on Desktop and in the Reminders field on iOS. The account-wide default lives in Settings.

Adding a Reminder to a Task

On Desktop, the right column of the task detail sheet and the task create dialog lists the task's reminders under a bell icon, one per row.

1. Open a task, or press CMD + N / CTRL + N to start a new one.

2. Click the bell icon, or click Add reminder below the reminders already on the task.

3. In the reminder picker, choose the Relative time tab or the Fixed time tab.

4. On Relative time, click an offset to switch it on. Selected offsets carry a checkmark and the list stays open, so you can add several in one go.

5. On Fixed time, type a clock time into the Reminder at: field.

Each reminder gets its own row with an ✕ next to it. Removing one leaves the others untouched. The picker opens on whichever tab you used last, and switching tabs keeps the reminders you already set on the other one.

On iOS, tap the Reminders field in the task detail sheet. The picker has the same two types, the same offsets, and the same support for several reminders on one task.

Available Reminder Options

The custom offset row sits below the presets on the Relative time tab. Type an hour and minute combination and it joins the list as its own selectable row, so 1h 30m before toggles on and off exactly like a preset does.

Relative Reminders and Fixed Reminders

Every reminder is one of two types, and the difference is what the reminder time is anchored to.

A relative reminder fires a set amount of time before the task's start time. Move the start time and the reminder moves with it, which is what you want on anything you reschedule often. A relative reminder needs a start time to anchor to. A task with a planned date and no start time is an all-day task, so use a fixed reminder for it.

A fixed reminder fires at the clock time you type, on the day the task is planned. Changing the task's start time leaves it exactly where it is. Moving the task to another day does move it, because a fixed reminder always fires on the planned day. Fixed reminders sit on any task or habit, on their own or alongside relative ones.

A single task can hold both. A task starting at 09:00 with 1 hour before, At time of task, and a fixed Reminder at: 11:00 notifies you three times: at 08:00, at 09:00, and at 11:00.

Reminders are listed longest lead time first, so 2h 30m before sits above 1 hour before, which sits above At time of task. Fixed reminders are listed by their clock time.

Setting a Default Reminder for Every Task

Instead of adding a reminder by hand to every task you create, set a default once and every task follows it.

On Desktop, open the Profile dropdown, go to Settings → Notifications, and find the Task reminders section. On iOS, go to Account → Preferences → Notifications & Task Count. The setting is account-wide, so a change on one platform applies on the other.

Two dropdowns split the default by whether the task has a start time. Time-bound tasks sets the default for tasks and habits that have a start time, and starts out as At time of task. All-day tasks sets the default for tasks and habits with a planned date but no start time, and starts out as On the day (09:00). Either dropdown can be set to no reminder, and both offer the same options as the matching tab of the per-task picker.

How the Default Applies

The default is a live rule. Every task and habit without reminders of its own follows whatever the setting currently says, and that includes tasks you created long before you touched the setting. Change All-day tasks from On the day (09:00) to 07:30 and every existing all-day task without its own reminder starts notifying you at 07:30.

The moment you set a reminder on an individual task, that task's own reminders win and the default stops applying to it. Remove them again and the task goes back to following the default.

Above both dropdowns sits the master Task reminders toggle. Switching it off silences this notification type entirely, defaults and per-task reminders alike. The daily overview and weekly review notifications keep running.

Typing Reminders Into the Task Name

Note: The ! syntax is available on Desktop only. It relies on natural-language parsing of the task name, which iOS task name fields do not have.

You can type a reminder straight into the task name field and Griply pulls it out of the name as a highlighted chip:

The word before is optional, so !1h before parses the same as !1h. Multiple ! tokens in one name create multiple reminders: typing Standup 09:00 !0m !10m !1h creates a 09:00 task with three reminders on it. The tokens are stripped from the saved task name.

The ! syntax sets relative offsets. For a fixed clock time, use the Fixed time tab in the reminder picker. This works anywhere task names are parsed, including the quick-create dialog and the inline create rows. See Task Smart Recognition for everything else you can type into a task name.

Reminders on Habits

Habits use the same model as tasks: any number of reminders, both types, and the same account-wide default.

A habit reminder fires on each day the habit is scheduled. A relative reminder anchors to the habit's start time on that day, so 15 minutes before on a 07:00 habit notifies you at 06:45 every day it runs. A fixed reminder fires at its clock time on that day, whatever the habit's start time is.

Habits scheduled by target count, like four times per week, have no start time from the schedule alone, so they behave like all-day tasks. To give a specific day a time, drag the habit onto the calendar to create a planned occurrence for that day. See Habits and Recurring Tasks for how habit schedules work.

How Reminders Are Delivered

Each reminder fires as its own push notification on iOS, Desktop, and web push. If you are signed in on more than one platform, the notification arrives on each of them.

Two delivery rules to plan around:

• There is no snooze action on the notification.

• A reminder expires after 4 hours and is never re-sent.

If you miss a reminder, dismiss it, or are offline when it fires, Griply does not push it again.

Common Reminder Setups

⏰ A Meeting You Have to Travel To

Put two relative reminders on the task: 1 hour before to wrap up what you are doing, and 15 minutes before to leave.

🎯 A Task You Keep Pushing Forward

Add 2 days before so the warning lands while there is still time to do the work rather than on the day itself.

🌙 An Evening Habit You Forget

Add a fixed Reminder at: 20:30 to the habit. It fires at 20:30 on every scheduled day, no matter what start time the habit has on the calendar.

Best Practices

• Set the default first → Then override only the tasks that need something different.

• Relative for movable tasks → They follow the task every time you reschedule it.

• Fixed for all-day tasks → A relative reminder has no start time to anchor to.

• Two reminders on travel tasks → One to prepare, one to leave.

• Type !10m on Desktop → Faster than opening the reminder picker.

• Check the default during your weekly review → It changes every existing task at once.