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Reminders

Location reminders

Reminders pinned to places, not times. They fire when you arrive, not while you're driving.

"Remind me at 2pm" fails when 2pm finds you on the highway. Tell pally the place instead. It works out which spot you mean and the reminder fires when you actually get there.

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The routine

How it works

Describe the task and the place where it becomes useful: olive oil at the grocery store, a question for the manager at your gym, or a return the next time you pass the shop. If the place name is vague, pally can check which location you mean before setting it.

Unlike a clock-based reminder, this one waits for the place. Pally keeps the note attached to that location and does not interrupt at an arbitrary hour when you may be nowhere nearby. The instruction lives in your iMessage conversation, alongside any clarification about the spot.

When you arrive, the reminder reaches you while the action is possible. That makes it useful for errands and conversations whose best moment depends on where you are, not for tasks that need to happen at an exact time regardless of location.

Reply to revise it as plans change. You can point the reminder at a different branch, change what it should say, remove it after handling the task, or add another place-based note. Pally keeps each location and action distinct in the same thread.

A useful fit

Good for

  • Remembering one item when you reach the grocery store
  • Raising a question on the next visit to the gym
  • Handling a return when you pass the right shop
  • Picking something up at a particular branch
  • Replacing badly timed alerts for place-dependent errands

Text it naturally

Things to try

remind me to get olive oil when i'm at whole foods
next time i reach the gym, remind me to ask about my membership
use the shop on market street, not the one near work
change that reminder to ask about the return policy too

Before you start

Common questions

What if there are several places with the same name?+

Give pally the branch, street, or neighborhood if you know it. When the place is still ambiguous, pally can ask which spot you mean before pinning the reminder there.

Can I change the location later?+

Yes. Reply in iMessage with the new branch or place and pally can update the existing reminder. You can also change the note itself without creating the whole request again.

Do I need a separate reminders app?+

No. You create and adjust the place reminder by texting pally in iMessage. The nudge comes back through that conversation when you reach the location you chose.

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