# WakeMinder - Popup Reminders — user reviews > 34 indexed App Store user reviews of WakeMinder by Omar Sherif, rated 4.50/5 from 22 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wakeminder-popup-reminders/id6744974871/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wakeminder-popup-reminders/id6744974871.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (10 of 34) ### 5/5 — Wake your Mac, Get a Reminder! *2025-10-03, version 3.4* One of the best apps I have used and has become a part of my daily workflow. You can use another apple device like an iPad or an iPhone to directly send a “WakeMinder” to your Mac, in which manner the Mac upon wakeup displays a working checklist of items that need to be done. This is a massive productivity boost, and allows for seamless integration of my devices. Also, you can get a link to open automatically, upon startup, in your default browser. This is equally handy when required to do a quick task in the morning, and having it loaded up ready to go. Highly recommend this app, which is readily developed and updated. ### 5/5 — Wake your Mac, Get a Reminder! *2025-10-03, version 3.4* One of the best apps I have used and has become a part of my daily workflow. You can use another apple device like an iPad or an iPhone to directly send a “WakeMinder” to your Mac, in which manner the Mac upon wakeup displays a working checklist of items that need to be done. This is a massive productivity boost, and allows for seamless integration of my devices. Also, you can get a link to open automatically, upon startup, in your default browser. This is equally handy when required to do a quick task in the morning, and having it loaded up ready to go. Highly recommend this app, which is readily developed and updated. ### 5/5 — Best reminder app *2025-09-30, version 3.3* This app is amazing , the fact that works with my iPhone makes it even better. Thank you so much 🫡 ### 5/5 — Incredibly useful *2025-09-30* There never seems to be one good place to put the stuff you need to remember to do. Reminder lists and programs are great when you look at them, but when things pile up, it’s easy to procrastinate and put off checking the list. WakeMinder is an excellent way to keep the most important things to do right in front of you, every time you sit down at your computer. When the screen wakes, the reminders are there to be reviewed before dismissing. There is also a mobile app to send reminders to the computer. I have just started to use WakeMinder, and it is already keeping me more productive. I highly recommend getting it and trying it out. **Developer response:** This made my day to read. You summed up exactly why I built WakeMinder. Reminder lists are only useful if you remember to check them, and I wanted something that would surface those important tasks the moment I sit down. I’m so glad it’s working for you the way I hoped it would! ### 5/5 — Great Idea *2025-09-28, version 3.3* I never would‘ve thought that an app like this could be so usefull! Do recommend ### 5/5 — Great App! *2025-09-26, version 3.3* I love it. Really useful and extremely well done. ### 5/5 — a very good app *2025-09-04* this is a very good app **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your feedback! I’m really glad you’re finding WakeMinder useful. Appreciate the support! ### 5/5 — Amazing 🤩 *2025-08-29* Um aplicativo excelente, que vem evoluindo a cada atualização. Além da proposta brilhante, hoje ele está mais estável e disponível em várias línguas, o que mostra o cuidado da equipe em alcançar cada vez mais pessoas. A equipe por trás do app é incrível, sempre atenciosa e disponível para ouvir os usuários. Sem dúvida, um trabalho digno de reconhecimento. **Developer response:** Thank you so much, Clark. Your review genuinely made our day. We’re thrilled to hear you’re enjoying the updates and noticing the care we put into the app. It’s great to know the stability and language support are making a difference. We’ll keep pushing forward to make WakeMinder even better for everyone. Thanks again for taking the time to share such thoughtful feedback. ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-08-26, version 3.0* I searched for this app for a while, and it works perfectly! Thank you so much for it! ### 5/5 — Super cool app! *2025-08-19, version 1.2* Prioritizes reminders before I start doom scrolling ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Possible to make it remind on unlock and not just wake? *2026-02-20* I use a desktop and as such this machine does not go to sleep often, if it could trigger on unlock it would be significantly more useful. **Developer response:** It actually triggers on both wake and unlock. So on a desktop that rarely sleeps, you’ll still see your reminders the moment you unlock your Mac. Thanks for pointing this out! ### 1/5 — Got it for free when it was… *2025-10-25* This app doesn’t work properly and feels poorly made. The developer keeps bragging about having 10,000+ users, but that’s only because it was free for a while. It’s clearly AI-generated and full of bugs. It’s not worth paying for and honestly should be free. **Developer response:** Hi there, I am sorry to hear you had a rough experience with WakeMinder. It is a completely indie-built app, and I have been improving it continuously based on user feedback. It was not AI-generated. I designed and coded it myself using Swift. The app was free early on so people could try it and help me find bugs before launch. Since then, it has grown a lot and I have been releasing regular updates to make it smoother and more stable. I truly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts, and I hope you will consider giving one of the newer versions another try. ### 1/5 — Would love to love this. *2025-10-14* Awesome concept. But I haven’t been able to actually use it, as each time I open the app on macOS, I get the spinning wheel of death. If I can’t use the app on macOS, it kind of defeats the purpose, no? **Developer response:** Hi! Thanks so much for the feedback and for giving WakeMinder a try. I’m really sorry about the issue on macOS, this isn’t the expected behavior at all. Could you please email me at omar.szn@outlook.com with your macOS version and whether you’re on Intel or Apple Silicon? I’ll look into it right away and make sure it’s fixed for you. ### 1/5 — terribly optimized… *2025-09-27* entire menu bar window doesn’t work, animation is slow, can’t even quit the app without activity monitor or restarting. i’m not sure if the developer never optimized it for Tahoe, but it’s not at all working for me 😕 **Developer response:** Thanks for sharing your feedback and I’m sorry for the trouble you’ve had. An update is coming out soon that includes optimizations to improve performance and animations, along with a new toggle in the settings to let the app run as a standalone app in the Dock instead of only in the menu bar. I hope this makes the experience much smoother for you. ### 3/5 — Nice concept but isn’t reliable *2026-05-09* Too bad this app is buggy and not reliable, because it's what I was looking for. I set up multiple recurring reminders, and they worked great the first day. On the second day, the reminders appeared at a time I did not specify, and after that they stopped showing up altogether. I tried to adjust the settings in the app from the menu bar, but the dialog box appeared and would not let me make any changes. I could not force quit the app from the Apple settings, so I had to restart my Mac. **Developer response:** Thank you for the detailed feedback, and I’m sorry about the experience you had. I’ll work on investigating and fixing this issue as soon as possible. Please feel free to email me the exact steps that led to this behavior, along with any additional details that may help reproduce it. That would greatly help me identify the root cause and resolve it properly. ### 3/5 — Pretty Neat! *2026-03-24* Have been using this for sometime now and I will say it is pretty darn helpful. I’ve made some personal workflows while away from my desktop and with this it really helps keep “me” in sync! OLD REVIEW (1/5): "Would love to love this.” Awesome concept. But I haven’t been able to actually use it, as each time I open the app on macOS, I get the spinning wheel of death. If I can’t use the app on macOS, it kind of defeats the purpose, no? **Developer response:** Hi! Thanks so much for the feedback and for giving WakeMinder a try. I’m really sorry about the issue on macOS, this isn’t the expected behavior at all. Could you please email me at omar.szn@outlook.com with your macOS version and whether you’re on Intel or Apple Silicon? I’ll look into it right away and make sure it’s fixed for you. ### 3/5 — Ne fonctionne pas sur mon MacBook *2025-10-06, version 3.4* Crash au lancement. MacBook Pro M4Pro, MacOS 26.0.1 ### 3/5 — Unclear *2025-09-11* I like the concept of this app. But something doesn’t track. Privacy policy says that no data is collected, description says iCloud is used to sync reminders, but the Mac version prompts for an email to create an account. What is this account and where is it created? This seems like a red flag. **Developer response:** Hi there, thanks for raising this! Just to clarify, WakeMinder does not collect any user data, and we don’t create or require any account on our side. The app uses iCloud only for syncing your reminders and links securely between your Apple devices. On macOS, the prompt you’re seeing is simply an iCloud authorization, not an account creation, and it’s needed in cases where users are logged into a different Apple ID on their business Mac and want to sync with their personal iCloud account. This was added based on user requests. If you’d like more clarification, I’ll be more than happy to walk you through everything or answer any questions via email. Just reach out anytime. ### 4/5 — A great tool to have available *2025-10-28, version 3.5.2* While I’m still perfecting getting the program as part of my workflow, the value is clear and immediate. I’d love to see better handling of the iOS reminders app in the future, but I imagine that’s somewhat beyond your control. Keep up the great work! ### 4/5 — Very useful app *2025-08-20, version 1.2* Lite weight and thoughtful ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Yes! *2026-05-19* This little application achieves exactly what its goal is — remind you what to do when you’re back at your desktop. Love it! The developer is also quite kind and very fast to answer any questions! **Developer response:** Thank you for your review and support. I’m glad WakeMinder is doing exactly what you need, and I truly appreciate your kind words. ### 5/5 — Extremely useful *2026-04-26, version 4.0.0* It cuts through all the noise when I open the computer. No fluff but clear task(s) that need to be done at the right moment. ### 5/5 — Convenient! *2026-04-24, version 4.0.0* It’s nice and convenient for sending reminders and files from mobile to Mac! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-01-16, version 3.6.0* One of the few apps I use daily. Incredibly fast and lightweight. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Best app - better than airdrop. Why is this not a native feature. *2026-01-02* I absolutely love WakeMinder. I have the lifetime subscription. I use it multiple times a day. It’s extremely helpful for sending notes and links. I use it conjunction with project management apps like Trello or Asana as it opens priority tasks upon waking my MacBook. WakeMinder is an absolutely amazing app that I’ve recommended to my colleagues, friends and family. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for this amazing feedback. Hearing that WakeMinder fits so naturally into your workflow and works alongside tools like Trello and Asana really means a lot. I built it to feel like something macOS should already do, so your “why isn’t this native” comment genuinely made my day. Thanks as well for recommending it to others and for supporting the app with a lifetime subscription. ### 5/5 — I use this daily *2025-12-25, version 3.5.9* Fantastic app… Fast, lightweight, and works every time. I can’t recommend it enough. ### 5/5 — Brilliant app *2025-12-23, version 3.5.8* The updates only make it better! ### 5/5 — Exceptional *2025-12-09, version 3.5.4* WakeMinder has become one of my most used and helpful apps. Something pops into my head and I want to remember it next time I use my Mac… step up WakeMinder. I can use my iPhone or Apple Watch to record my note and off it goes to my Mac ready for when I’m back sitting in front of it. Super useful, super helpful and super easy. Genius! Thank you for all your hard work, time and effort into making a genuinely useful, brilliant app. ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2025-10-25, version 3.5.2* Fantastic solution for sending notes, reminders, and links to yourself. Dev is incredibly responsive, and Pro is worth every penny. 10/10. ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-10-25, version 3.5.2* Fantastic solution for sending notes, reminders, and links to yourself. Dev is incredibly responsive and pro version is completely worth it. 10/10. --- *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 2026-06-10.*