# How to set reminders and smart reminders

Tap your pet, open the Reminders tab, tap an activity, then tap the Reminder button. Pick Once, Smart, Daily, Weekly or Monthly, set the timing, and tap Save.

Set reminders for any activity, like feeding, walks or medication.
A smart reminder goes one step further: it starts counting each time you log an activity.

## Add a reminder

1. Tap your pet on the main screen.
2. Open the **Reminders** tab.
3. Tap the activity you want a reminder for.
4. Tap the **Reminder** button with the + sign.
5. Choose how often: **Once**, **Smart**, **Daily**, **Weekly** or **Monthly**.
6. Set the date, time or day.
7. Add a **Note** if you like.
8. Tap **Save**.

## Other kinds of reminders

- **Once** reminds you on one date and time.
- **Daily** reminds you at the same time every day, or every few days (up to 30).
- **Weekly** reminds you on one day of the week, every week or every few weeks (up to 5).
- **Monthly** reminds you on the same date each month, starting on the **Start Date**.

## Set a smart reminder

For example, 2 hours after you log **Drink**, remind you to take your pet out for **Pee**.

1. On the **Reminders** tab, tap the activity that starts the countdown, for example **Drink**.
2. Tap the **Reminder** button.
3. Tap **Smart**.
4. In the activity list, choose what to be reminded about, for example **Pee**.
   It starts as the same activity, so you can also be reminded to repeat it, like **Eat** 4 hours after the last meal.
5. Turn the wheel to set how long after, in hours and minutes.
6. Under **From** and **To**, choose the hours when the reminder should work.
7. Check the sentence at the top, for example "Automatically create a pee reminder 2 hours after I log this activity between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM."
8. Tap **Save**.

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## How smart reminders work

- Only your latest entry counts.
  Log the activity again and the countdown starts over.
- The time of the entry has to be between **From** and **To**.
  An entry logged outside those hours doesn't create a reminder.
- To cover the whole day, choose **12:00 AM** for both **From** and **To**.
  The hours can also run past midnight, for example 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM.
- If you log an entry for an earlier time and the reminder time has already passed, no reminder is sent.

## Change, copy or turn off a reminder

1. Open the activity on the **Reminders** tab.
2. Use the switch next to a reminder to turn it off or on.
3. Tap a reminder to see more options.
4. Tap the pencil icon to change it, **Copy** to make a new one from it, or the trash icon to delete it.

You can only turn off or delete reminders you created.

## Remind someone else

You can send a reminder to other people on your account too.
See [How to remind other users](https://www.kidplay.ai/help/how-to-remind-other-users).

For medications and supplements, set reminder times from the **Medications & Supplements** card instead.
See [How to track medications and supplements](https://www.kidplay.ai/help/how-to-track-medications-and-supplements).

You can also ask the Assistant, for example "Remind me to take Max out 2 hours after he drinks".
See [How to use the Assistant](https://www.kidplay.ai/help/how-to-use-the-assistant).

## Premium

Reminders are part of Premium.
Without Premium, tapping the **Reminder** button shows how to upgrade.
See [What's free and what's in Premium](https://www.kidplay.ai/help/doggy-time-premium-features).

## Troubleshooting

- **Tapping Save opens the sign-in screen.**
  Smart reminders need you to be signed in.
- **The Reminder button is missing.**
  You can have up to 30 reminders for each activity.
  Delete one you no longer need.
- **A smart reminder didn't go off.**
  Check that the reminder is turned on, and that the entry's time was between **From** and **To**.
- **I'm not getting any reminders.**
  Check that notifications for Doggy Time are allowed in your phone's settings.
  On Android, see [How to fix late reminders or entries that don't sync](https://www.kidplay.ai/help/new-items-do-not-sync-or-i-do-not-receive-reminders-or-alerts).

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Source: https://www.kidplay.ai/help/how-to-create-smart-reminders