Remind
Ranked 3 of 4 calendar apps by recommenders
People recommend Remind, a free calendar and alarm program developed since the 1980s, for its stable, scriptable workflow.
People recommend Remind, a free calendar and alarm program developed since the 1980s, for its stable, scriptable workflow.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Scriptable from shell scripts
“At 6am every day I run a script that dumps the scheduled events for the day out of remind.”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Remind: A sophisticated calendar and alarm program” “I incorporate it into a few bash scripts for my prompt”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Remind: A sophisticated calendar and alarm program” Mature tool that rarely changes
“This is a really pessimistic view on a tool that has been developed since the 80s.”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Remind: A sophisticated calendar and alarm program” “Remind hasn't changed in years and neither has my workflow”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Remind: A sophisticated calendar and alarm program”
Other calendar apps people recommend
The three most recommended other calendar apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Calendar | 27 | 35 | 44% | 10 | — | — |
| Apple Calendar | 18 | 19 | 49% | 10 | — | — |
| RemindThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Proton Calendar | 5 | 6 | 45% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Such pages are trivial to host properly and loads quickly.”
“Remind hasn't changed in years and neither has my workflow”
“This is a really pessimistic view on a tool that has been developed since the 80s.”
“strong interoperability with a workflow I like”
“The best intro/wtf link is the slides”
“At 6am every day I run a script that dumps the scheduled events for the day out of remind.”
“I incorporate it into a few bash scripts for my prompt”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.