How do reminders work?

In the hustle and bustle of daily life, it is easy to forget to drink water regularly. This usually results in either:

• Trying to catch up by drinking a lot in a short space of time, or
• Not drinking enough

The best way to drink water each day is to drink regularly and spread your consumption throughout the day. WaterMinder reminders help you do this.

They appear on your phone's lock screen and are accompanied by an unobtrusive sound to let you know that there is a notification from the app. They are designed to remind you to take a few minutes to have a drink of water.

Quick Links

• Reminder Types Explained
• How to Change Static Reminder Settings
• How to Change Interval Reminder Settings
• How to Change Water Level Reminder Type Settings
• How to Turn Reminders Off
• Week Days Explained
• Advanced Settings

Reminder Types Explained

WaterMinder has three types of reminders. The Reminder Type you select determines when you receive reminders and how you can change the settings. The three Reminder Types are:

• Static
• Interval
• Water Level

Static Reminder Type

The static Reminder Type is the default setting. It lets you specify when you will receive a reminder to drink some water. There are default reminders (8 am, 9.30 am, 11 am etc) that you can toggle on and off. You can also set custom reminders at times that suit your requirements.

Interval Reminder Type

When you select the interval Reminder Type, you will receive reminders to drink water at set interval periods. The default settings are for the reminders to start at 8 am and end at 7 pm. The default interval is 60 minutes. In other words, between eight in the morning and seven in the evening, WaterMinder will remind you to drink water once every 60 minutes. Of course, these settings can be changed to suit your preferences.

Water Level Reminder Type

The Water Level Reminder Type breaks up your daily goal into time periods. For example:

• 15% of the daily goal by 8 am
• 30% by 9.30 am
• 40% by 11 am
• 50% by 12.30 pm
• 60% by 2 pm
• 75% by 3.30 pm
• 90% by 5.30 pm
• 100 % 7pm

If you have had enough water to drink by the specified time, the reminders will stop until the next time period. For example, if you have reached 30% of your daily goal by 8.30 in the morning, you will stop receiving reminders until 9.30 when the next time period starts.

How to Change Static Reminder Settings

1. You can change the frequency and time of reminders by going to Settings and tapping on Reminders.

2. Make sure Static is selected as the Reminder Type

NB: more information on the Week Days and Advanced settings are below

3. You can customize both Custom and Default Reminders

4. There are a number of preset Default Reminders. Simply toggle on or off as required.

5. If you want a reminder at a time not listed in the default section, you can add a custom reminder. Tap on Add.

6. Select the time you want to receive the reminder, and tap Done.

7. The new custom reminder will now appear.

8. You can toggle the customer reminder on and off. You can also edit or delete it by tapping on it.

9. Select Edit or Delete as required.

How to Change Interval Reminder Settings

1. You can change the frequency and time of reminders by going to Settings and tapping on Reminders.

2. Make sure Interval is selected as the Reminder Type.

3. Change the day start and end times as required.

4. Change the interval between reminders by tapping on Interval.

5. Select your preferred interval from the options offered and tap Done.

How to Change Water Level Reminder Type Settings

1. You can change the frequency and time of reminders by going to Settings and tapping on Reminders.

2. Make sure Water Level is selected as the Reminder Type.

3. You can customize when the day starts and ends for WaterMinder reminders. Simply tap on the option you want to change and set your preferred time.

4. You can also view the Daily Goal by Time information to get an idea of when you will receive WaterMinder reminders.

How to Turn Reminders Off

1. To turn reminders off, go to Settings and tap on Reminders.

2. Toggle WaterMinder reminders on and off as required.

Week Days Explained

The Week Days setting in WaterMinder lets you customize the days of the week that you receive reminders to drink water. For example, if you don't want reminders on a particular day, you can turn them off for that day only using this setting.

1. To change the days that you receive WaterMinder reminders, go to Settings and tap on Reminders.

2. Tap on Week Days

3. Change the settings for each weekday as required. You will only receive reminders on the days that have a tick beside them.

Advanced Settings

You will find several additional customization options for WaterMinder reminders under Advanced settings.

1. To access the advanced settings, go to Settings and tap on Reminders.

2. Tap on Advanced

3. The first option lets you switch off reminders when you have reached 100% of your daily goal.

4. The next option lets you skip reminders. This setting works by snoozing reminders for 30 minutes immediately after you log a drink of water in WaterMinder. Any reminders that were scheduled to be sent during these 30 minutes are skipped. Toggle this setting on and off as required.

5. By default, WaterMinder sends you a summary notification detailing your progress at the end of each day. You can choose to turn this off using the toggle switch.

6. Toggle on the Time Sensitive option if you want reminders to continue when you are in focus mode.

7. Choose whether or not you want to see your hydration progress with each reminder.