# Set reminders by simply texting.

> Set a reminder by texting Poko the way you'd say it out loud. No forms, no menus, no app. It reads the time and date out of your sentence and pokes you on WhatsApp.

Tell Poko what you need to remember, and he’ll remind you at the right time, right in your WhatsApp chat.

## Tap one. WhatsApp opens with it typed.

Every line below is a real reminder. Tap it and WhatsApp opens with that exact message in the box, so all that's left is to hit send. Phrasing it your own way works just as well.

- `remind me to call mom tomorrow at 6pm` — a one-off, in plain words
- `standup every day at 9:30am` — recurring: daily, weekly, monthly, or every few hours
- `take the cake out in 40 minutes` — relative times, down to the minute
- `stretch every 2 hours between 9am and 7pm` — fast repeats that stay quiet overnight
- `pay rent on the 1st at 10am` — dates, and the month rolls over on its own
- `GST filing on the 20th at 11am` — the deadline you keep meaning to note down

## Example

**You:** remind me to call mom tomorrow at 6pm

**Poko:** ✅ Reminder set: **call mom**
Tomorrow, 6:00 PM

**You:** actually make it 7pm

**Poko:** ✏️ Moved to **tomorrow, 7:00 PM**

**Poko:** ⏰ Reminder: **call mom** 🐼

## Why it works

### Say it the way you think it

There's no format to learn and no order to get right. “Tomorrow 6pm call mom” and “call mom tomorrow at 6pm” land in the same place, and so does “in 20 minutes, take the cake out.” Poko reads the task, the date and the time straight out of the sentence, then reads it back so you can catch it if he got it wrong.

### Your timezone, handled

Poko works out your timezone from your phone number's country the first time you message, and every confirmation shows the local time so you can see he read it right. Travelling? Text “timezone Dubai” and every reminder from then on runs on your clock, not the one you set it in.

### Repeats until you say stop

Daily meds, weekly reports, rent on the 1st: say “every…” once and it keeps coming. Anything faster than daily can be pinned to an active window, so “every 2 hours” doesn't wake you at 3am.

## Questions about WhatsApp reminders

**Does WhatsApp have a built-in reminder feature?** No. You can star a message or pin a chat, but nothing inside WhatsApp will message you at a set time. A reminder bot like Pokobot is what adds that. Because it's a normal WhatsApp chat, there's nothing to install.

**How exactly do I set a reminder?** Text Poko the reminder in plain English, for example “remind me to call mom tomorrow at 6pm”. He confirms the exact time back to you, and the reminder arrives as a WhatsApp message at that moment.

**How do I receive reminders on WhatsApp?** To receive reminders on WhatsApp, open a chat with Pokobot and send what you want to remember and when—for example, “Remind me to drink water in 2 minutes.” Poko confirms the reminder and sends a new message in the same chat when it is due. Keep your phone connected to the internet and enable WhatsApp notifications to get an alert. No separate app or account is needed.

[Follow the three-step guide to receiving reminders](https://www.pokobot.com/how-to-set-reminders-on-whatsapp#how-to-receive-reminders-on-whatsapp)

**Can I set recurring reminders?** Yes: daily, weekly, monthly, hourly, or any interval of minutes or hours. Say it the way you'd say it out loud, like “standup every day at 9:30am” or “rent on the 1st of every month”. Anything faster than daily can be held to an active window so it pauses overnight.

**What if I get it wrong?** Follow up in the same chat. “Actually make it 7pm” moves the one you just set. “List” shows everything pending with a number against it, and “cancel 2” drops one.

**How does it know my timezone?** It's inferred from your phone number's country when you first message, and you can change it any time by sending “timezone <city>”, for example “timezone Dubai”.

**Is it free?** Pokobot is free to try for 7 days with everything included. After that it's a small subscription, from ₹99/month in India.

## Pairs well with

- [Recurring Reminders](https://www.pokobot.com/features/recurring-reminders.md): The same sentence with an “every” in it, and it comes back daily, weekly, monthly or every couple of hours.
- [Remind a Friend](https://www.pokobot.com/features/remind-a-friend.md): Start with poke and it goes to someone else instead. Poko asks them once whether that's okay, and they can stop them any time.

## Set your first reminder in the next 30 seconds.

The button opens WhatsApp with your first message already typed. Send it, and the first 7 days are on us.

## Try it

Open WhatsApp and [message Pokobot](https://wa.me/917722891195?text=Remind%20me%20to%20drink%20water%20in%202%20minutes). The first message can be a real reminder:

- `Remind me to drink water in 2 minutes`

First 7 days free. No app, no account, no card.