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For people whose calendar reminders stopped working

A repeating event fires whether or not you spoke yesterday. After the fourth wrong one you stopped reading it, and then you deleted it.

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Olivia

You talked today

About a month later, at 6:00 PM

You haven't talked to Olivia

It's been a month. Just say hi.

now

The faces show how long it’s been since you talked to a friend.

Swipe right when you talk. The clock resets.

What happens if you call early?

Ciao! counts from the last time you talked to someone, not from a date. If your rhythm with Marco is three weeks and you call him on day ten, you log the call and the next reminder moves to three weeks after it.

What reminds you You call Marco on day ten. Then what?
Apple Reminders It still goes off on its date, because it can’t know you called. If you tick it off, it moves on to its next scheduled time.
A repeating calendar event It still goes off on its date. The repeat sits on fixed dates, so your call changes nothing unless you move the events yourself.
Ciao! You log the call with one swipe, and the next reminder comes three weeks after it.

If you’d like to try it with Apple Reminders first, the blog has a guide to an iPhone reminder that repeats after you complete it.

Sources: MacMost, How To Use Repeating Reminders · Apple, repeating events in Calendar. Checked on 4 November 2026.

What this actually looks like

  • It goes off the day after you spoke

    A calendar counts from a date. It has no idea you were on the phone for an hour last night.

  • You snooze it into nothing

    Snooze, snooze, dismiss. Within a month it is furniture you look straight past.

  • One beat for everybody

    Every friend on the same fortnightly repeat, whether that fits them or not.

What Ciao! does about it

It counts from the conversation

Log a call and the timer drops to zero. The next reminder moves with it.

Marco’s card in Ciao! just after a swipe right: a happy fox, You talked today, and buttons for WhatsApp, Message and Call.

A rough rhythm, or an exact one

Every day, every week or two, once a month, once every couple of months, or an exact number of days or weeks.

The New friend screen in Ciao!: Emma, an elephant, a birthday on March 18, Remind me to keep in touch switched on, and the choices from Every day to Once every couple of months, with Once a month ticked.

Nothing to dismiss

A note when someone is due, and a small stack of cards on Sunday. Not a list that grows while you are not looking.

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