Reminders, Right On Time: Push Notifications Come to Note My Life

We started Note My Life to help you capture thoughts and lessons that matter, and to bring those moments back to you when you need them most. For a long time, reminders always landed in your inbox. Emails work, but they can get lost and are easy to ignore when your real life is busy.

That all changes with this update. Reminders can now appear as push notifications, softly tapping you on the shoulder at just the right time, on your phone or on your computer. It's a new way to keep your notes and reflections part of your day, without digging through email.

What we shipped

You can now choose how your reminders are delivered: as push notifications, email, or both. Here's how it looks in Note My Life today:

• Settings: Under the Reminders tab, you can now pick between push notification or email. If you choose push, you can easily enable or disable push reminders on each of your devices. There's even a button to send yourself a test to make sure everything works.

• Guided setup: When you sign up for Note My Life, a quick welcome shows the reminder options and helps you turn on push reminders right from the start. Android phones and desktop browsers offer push right away. For iPhone, you’ll be shown instructions to add Note My Life to your Home Screen, then can finish setup from there.

• Email as a safety net: If a push notification can’t be delivered (maybe your browser isn’t open or your phone is offline), your reminder will always fall back to email. You never miss a nudge.

• Flexible to your life: You can skip the push setup at any time and come back later. Change your reminder channel whenever you want, and control which devices get notifications.

• Support for modern browsers: Most up-to-date browsers on Android and desktop are supported. If your browser doesn’t allow push notifications, Note My Life keeps things simple and never nags, you’ll just keep getting reminders by email.

Everything works in the background, your reminders keep flowing, and your privacy is always respected. Your preferences and devices are managed only by you.

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Why this matters for your day

Reminders are how lessons become habits. Now, those nudges land directly where they’ll actually get your attention. Whether you like a short notification or a message in your inbox, you’re in control. If you turn push on, you’ll feel it right away: a gentle prompt on your phone, at the exact moment you promised yourself you would reflect.

If you ever miss a push, nothing is lost, email has your back, and you stay on track.

Try it out

If you’re new, sign up and explore, turn push notifications on during setup or in Settings under Reminders. You can always switch channels later. Existing users will find the new options waiting in Settings. Send yourself a test to see how it feels.