VIAlerts vs Since

When routine takes over, VIAlerts gives you a reason to pause. Some reminders are easy to dismiss. Others deserve your full attention. VIAlerts — Very Important Alerts — is designed for the moments when forgetting something important could matter. It combines scheduled alerts, automatic voice prompts, practical checklists, and deliberate confirmation to help bring your attention back to what needs to be checked. MORE THAN A NOTIFICATION VIAlerts does more than tell you that something needs attention. It helps you remember what the alert was actually for. Create a VIAlert, choose when it should run, and add the items you want to verify. When the time comes, VIAlerts can use voice to reinforce the reminder and guide you through the checklist. SAFETY VIAlerts Safety VIAlerts are designed for higher-attention routines such as: Vehicle safety checks Home safety checks Caregiving routines Important departure checks Other situations where you want an extra reminder to stop and verify Safety VIAlerts require automatic voice, helping make important checks harder to overlook. PAUSE. CHECK. CONFIRM. A quick tap can become automatic. That is why Safety VIAlerts use a deliberate press-and-hold confirmation. Before completing a pending safety check, VIAlerts asks you to hold for approximately two seconds — a small intentional pause to help shift your attention away from the routine and back to the checklist in front of you. BUILT-IN CHECKLISTS VIAlerts includes built-in Vehicle Safety Check and Home Safety Check templates that you can adapt to your routine. Vehicle Safety Check can remind you to review items such as: Children Pets Older adults Keys Phone and wallet Home Safety Check can include: Stove and oven Gas Electrical appliances Doors and windows Garage Security alarm You can customize checklist items to match what matters in your own routine. CREATE YOUR OWN VIAlerts VIAlerts is not limited to safety checks. Create Personal VIAlerts for school, travel, appointments, belongings, daily routines, or anything important you do not want to rely on memory alone. Choose: Alert name Icon Time Active days Personal or Safety type Checklist items Voice behavior for Personal VIAlerts VIAlerts supports English, Spanish & Traditional Chinese. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is required. VIAlerts is designed to keep your alert content and preferences on your device, without third-party advertising or advertising tracking. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION VIAlerts is a supplemental reminder and checklist tool. It is not an emergency service, monitoring service, medical device, vehicle safety system, or child-presence detection system. VIAlerts cannot guarantee prevention of accidents, injuries, emergencies, property loss, or other harmful events. Always personally verify your surroundings and use appropriate supervision, care, and judgment. VIAlerts — What you can't afford to forget.

A calm way to remember when you last did something. Changing the sheets, watering a plant, washing the car, replacing a toothbrush, or cleaning an air filter. Keep occasional routines in view without turning them into another demanding habit. SEE ELAPSED TIME AT A GLANCE Since puts the time since your last record front and center. When you are done, tap "Just did it." If it was a mistake, undo it immediately. 8 DISPLAY STYLES Choose Ring, Cards, Timeline, Compact, Grid, Focus, Bars, or Graph. The same records can be spacious, detailed, chronological, or compact—whatever suits the moment. 17 THEMES, INCLUDING GLASS Choose from 17 themes such as Minimal, Soft, Dark, Paper, Sakura, Indigo, Glass, and Night Glass. Go bright with Clear Glass or settle into a quieter nighttime look. Custom Glass can place your own photo behind the translucent cards. A DIFFERENT LOOK FOR LIGHT AND DARK MODE Set separate themes for your iPhone's Light and Dark appearances. Since can shift naturally from morning to night. ADD A NOTE WHEN YOU RECORD Capture context such as "partly done" or "continue here next time." You can also add a date you missed or delete an incorrect record. CHOOSE HOW THE NEXT DATE MOVES Restart the interval from when you completed something, or keep the original cadence. The choice is made per item. One-off dates and items without an interval are supported too. REMIND ONLY WHERE IT HELPS Notifications and delivery times are set per item. Due notifications can also appear as an app icon badge. NO ACCOUNT, ADS, OR TRACKING Your records stay on your device, and the app works offline. There is no advertising or behavioral tracking.