I initially built Reminders as a broad document-expiry and persistent-reminder app.

The obvious feedback was: “Why not just use Google Calendar?”

I was leading with features instead of the problem, supporting too many unrelated use cases, and spending too much time strengthening the backend before proving that people understood why the product should exist.

The part people actually found different was what happens when a reminder is ignored:

> Set a care reminder. Get email or SMS follow-ups. If nobody responds, a trusted backup contact can be notified.

I am now focusing the product on important family-care dates: parent checkups, post-surgery follow-ups, children’s vaccinations and health forms, pet-care dates, and similar situations where one person should not carry all the responsibility.

The product now supports external recipients, email acceptance, SMS consent, acknowledgement, backup-contact opt-out, delivery-status visibility, and repair when a recipient becomes unreachable.

I am looking for around 10 people with a real upcoming family or pet-care date. I will help set up the first reminder personally and want honest feedback on the experience.

I will provide free Plus access: [reminders.verysimple.systems](reminders.verysimple.systems)