Set up reminders
Get a notification before an event or a routine, hear once a day how many tasks you have, and set the household's default so you stop having to think about it.
Where to find it
More → Settings → Default reminder
Equal House can remind you before something starts. Reminders are notifications on your own device.
The household default
More → Settings → Default reminder sets how far ahead events and routines remind by default. Thirty minutes suits most people. Setting it once is better than setting it per event forever.
Per event or routine
Any event or routine can override the default when you create or edit it — an hour before a dentist appointment, a day before a passport expires.
Today’s tasks
Tasks have no reminder of their own, because a task has a day rather than a time. Instead your phone sends one message a day saying how many tasks you have that day, counting yours and the ones anyone can pick up: “You have 3 tasks to complete today.” Tap it to open the Tasks tab.
It arrives at 09:00 unless you choose another time in More → Settings → Reminders & notifications → Today’s tasks, where you can also turn it off. It is set on each phone, so everyone picks their own time. A day with no tasks sends nothing.
If reminders do not arrive
- Check notifications are allowed for Equal House in your phone’s settings.
- Check the app is not being battery-optimised into silence — Android’s power saving will hold notifications back.
- Reminders are per device. A reminder set on a phone that is now in a drawer will not reach the phone in your hand.
Updated 29 September 2026. Something here wrong or missing? Tell us — we'd rather fix the page than answer it twice.
