# Pester — Reminders That Nag — Forget-proof alarms that nag > Forget-proof alarms that nag (iPhone/iPad app by Lucas Moeller.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pester-reminders-that-nag/id6763533592 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Lucas Moeller](https://appshunter.io/developer/1857074865) - Category: Productivity, Utilities - Price: $2.99 - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2026-04-24 - Data updated: 2026-08-21 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pester-reminders-that-nag/id6763533592/reviews.md ## What is Pester? Pester is a persistent reminder app that refuses to let you forget. Unlike quiet notification apps that ping you once and give up, Pester keeps nagging — firing the same reminder every few minutes until you mark it done or snooze it. No more "I'll do it later" followed by "I completely forgot." NEW IN 2.0 — REBUILT FROM THE GROUND UP Pester is now a 100% native iOS app: faster, smoother, and more reliable than ever. Plus: • Home Screen widget with one-tap Mark Done • Create reminders with Siri and Shortcuts • Yearly repeats for birthdays, renewals, and anniversaries • A searchable Logbook of everything you've finished • Redesigned notifications, snooze actions, and reminder list WHAT MAKES PESTER DIFFERENT • Auto-snooze: Set a reminder and walk away. If you ignore it, Pester fires again minutes later — your choice per reminder. It doesn't stop until you act. • Lightning-fast input: Type "Call mom in 30 minutes" and Pester understands. Natural language parsing means you spend less than 3 seconds creating a reminder. Or tap a quick-time button — Morning, Noon, Evening, +1 hour — and you're done. • Action from your Lock Screen: Snooze for 10 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, or tomorrow — all from the Lock Screen. No need to open the app. Or tap Done and move on. • Repeating reminders: Daily, weekdays, weekends, specific days of the week, monthly, or yearly. Your "take vitamins" reminder fires every morning without you lifting a finger. • Survives reboots: Restart your phone and your reminders are still there, still firing on schedule. Most reminder apps silently break after a reboot — Pester doesn't. DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO FORGET Built for anyone who dismisses notifications and immediately forgets, sets reminders that never fire loud enough, or struggles with ADHD and needs aggressive, repeated prompts to stay on track. No categories. No tags. No projects. No planning features. Just a title, a time, and relentless persistence. SIMPLE, PRIVATE, LOCAL • No account required — Pester works the instant you install it • No cloud, no servers, no data collection — your reminders live on your phone • Manual backup and restore through the iOS share sheet (save to iCloud Drive, Files, email — your choice) • One-time purchase, no subscriptions, no ads CUSTOMIZABLE SOUNDS AND THEMES • 4 bundled alert sounds ranging from a soft chime to an urgent alarm • System default sound option uses whatever you've set on your phone • Light and dark themes that follow your system setting or can be set manually • Configurable snooze presets and quick-time buttons — Pester. Forget-proof reminders for people who actually forget. ## Chart rankings - #182 in Top Paid · Productivity (US App Store) ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.0 — 2026-07-04 Pester 2.0 is a complete, ground-up rebuild as a 100% native iOS app — everything is faster, smoother, and more reliable. • ALL NEW: Home Screen widget with one-tap Mark Done • ALL NEW: Create reminders with Siri and Shortcuts • ALL NEW: Yearly repeats — birthdays, renewals, anniversaries • Redesigned reminders list, notifications, and snooze actions • Four alert sounds with in-app previews • Sharper, more dependable notification scheduling • Refined haptics, animations, and dark mode throughout Your existing reminders, logbook, and settings carry over automatically. Just update and keep going — Pester never stopped nagging. ### 1.0.5 — 2026-06-06 Pester 1.0.5 This update is a major reliability pass. • Notifications stay put. A long-standing iOS scheduling race that could silently drop reminders has been fixed. Even with many active reminders, every one of them fires. • Snooze clears the whole stack. Tap +10 (or any quick action) on a stacked notification and the rest of that reminder's group disappears with it — no more orphan alerts sitting on the lock screen. • Nags keep firing in the background. Auto-snooze chains now survive long background gaps and re-arm themselves automatically. • Smarter scheduling. The app no longer wipes in-flight nags when reminders go past-due, and self-heals if duplicates ever sneak into the active list. Built by a dad for his ADHD son. Thanks for using Pester. ### 1.0.4 — 2026-05-05 Reliability fixes: • All your reminders now fire on time, even with many active reminders • The Logbook now shows the actual time you marked a reminder done • Editing a snoozed recurring reminder no longer shifts its schedule ### 1.0.3 — 2026-05-01 Reliability fixes: • Every reminder now fires on time, even when you have many active reminders • Editing a snoozed recurring reminder no longer shifts its schedule ### 1.0 — 2026-04-24 No release notes. ## More apps by Lucas Moeller - [MatClock](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/matclock/id6755897619) - [Derpy Cat](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/derpy-cat/id6760553903) - [Crumb Clicker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crumb-clicker/id6761671079) - [RollCall Grappling](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rollcall-grappling/id6761694977) All apps by Lucas Moeller: https://appshunter.io/developer/1857074865 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-21.*