Nudge — Everything it does

?What Is Nudge?

Most reminder apps fail because they're ignored. The notification looks the same every time, says the same bland thing, and doesn't earn your attention. You swipe it away and forget about it.

Nudge solves this by letting you choose the tone of your reminders — from calm and neutral to genuinely, unapologetically harsh. The smart scheduling system means nudges fire at the right moment, respect your Do Not Disturb settings and quiet hours, and back off if you keep ignoring them.

No account required. No internet needed. Everything stays on your device.

Getting Started

Creating a reminder takes about ten seconds:

1. Tap + on the Nudges screen
2. Type what the reminder is for (e.g., "Drink water", "Move", "Take meds")
3. Choose how often — every X minutes, X times per day, at a fixed time, or manually
4. Tap Save

Everything else — tones, quiet hours, advanced scheduling, streak tracking — is optional and stays out of your way until you go looking for it.

Tones

Every reminder has its own tone setting that controls the personality of the messages you receive.

Reminder Types

Smart Scheduling

Every potential notification passes through a decision pipeline before it fires:

• Daily cap — Set a maximum number of nudges per day across all reminders. Great if you want reminders to stay in the background without overwhelming you.
• Minimum gap — Require a minimum number of minutes between any two nudges, globally. No getting hit with three reminders back-to-back.
• Quiet hours — Set a window where no nudges fire. Sleep in peace.
• DND respect — Nudge optionally checks Android's Do Not Disturb mode and holds notifications until it's lifted.
• Backoff on dismissal — If you keep swiping away a reminder without tapping Done, Nudge backs off. Stops firing after too many consecutive dismissals, resets the next day.
• Stop for today — Dismissed too many times? Nudge stops that reminder for the rest of the day automatically.
• Suppress if already done — If you've already tapped Done for a reminder today, Nudge won't fire it again.

Device-Aware Rules Pro

• Screen-on only — Only fire when the screen is actively on. Doesn't buzz your pocket.
• Suppress while driving — Android Activity Recognition detects if you're in a vehicle and holds nudges until you've stopped.
• Suppress while moving — Optionally hold nudges while you're walking or in motion.
• Auto-complete on movement — For movement habits: if you're actively moving when the nudge would fire, Nudge automatically counts it as Done. No tap needed.

Escalation Pro

If you ignore a nudge, Nudge can automatically re-fire it after N minutes — with a stronger tone, higher urgency, or both. Set up a chain: first reminder fires normally, second fires 10 minutes later if not acknowledged, third fires 20 minutes after that.

Linked Actions

Every reminder can have an action attached — something that happens when you tap the notification. Not just "dismiss," but actually do the thing.

• Open a link — tap the nudge and go straight to a URL: a breathing exercise track, a workout video, your medication lookup page, anything. One tap, zero friction between reminder and action.
• Navigate — open Google Maps or any mapping app to a saved address. Useful for "go to the gym" reminders, errands, recurring appointments.
• Call — tap to dial a contact directly from the notification. For check-ins, doctor follow-ups, or accountability calls.
• Text — pre-compose a message to a contact and send it in one tap. Useful for regular check-ins or group accountability.

Linked actions work on all reminder types, free and Pro.

Custom Notifications Pro

Custom Sounds — pick any notification sound from your device's library. Each reminder can have its own sound — a distinctive chime for medication, a different tone for workouts. Nudge validates the sound is system-accessible before saving it, so it always plays correctly.

Custom Messages — write up to 5 of your own phrases for any reminder. When it fires, Nudge picks one at random from your list instead of the built-in phrase library. Use your own words, your own inside jokes, your own accountability script.

Trackers + Health Connect

Trackers live on their own Trackers tab and display as a grid of tiles for quick tapping. Manual logging supported for any numeric value.

Trackers can also pull data directly from Android Health Connect, so your stats sync automatically — no manual logging needed.

Supported data types: Steps, Active Calories, Weight (most recent reading from your scale or wearable), and Sleep (total duration from the previous night).

If your step goal is 10,000 and you've hit it, the tracker shows it. Your linked nudge reminders see that data too: if you've already hit your goal, the nudge won't fire.

Multiple health apps writing to Health Connect? Pin a tracker to a specific source (e.g., Oura only) so it reads exactly what you want.

Permissions required: Health Connect read access for whichever data types you use. Requested only if you set up a Health Connect tracker.

Streak Tracking

Nudge tracks how many consecutive days you've completed each reminder.

• Streak counter shown on every reminder tile
• Completing a reminder at least once counts as meeting the day's goal
• Missing a day resets the streak to zero
• Save your streak Pro — If it's late in the day and you haven't done the thing yet, Nudge sends a high-priority reminder before midnight
• Tone shifts on milestones — Hit 7, 30, or 100 days? Your reminders respond to that

History & Stats

The History tab shows your full completion history:

• 12-week heatmap — GitHub-style grid showing which days you completed each habit, color-coded by intensity
• Current streak — How many days in a row right now
• Best streak — Your all-time record
• 30-day completion rate — What percentage of days in the last 30 you followed through
• Total completions — All-time count

Filter by All habits, Nudges only, or Trackers only. Or drill into a single habit for its individual history.

Phrase Library

Every nudge message is chosen from a library of hundreds of phrases organized by tone, category, intensity, and context tags. The selection algorithm picks the best phrase for the moment based on time of day, streak status, recent history, and consecutive dismissals. You'll rarely see the same message twice.

Theming

Nudge ships with several color themes that change the accent color, page backgrounds, and card surfaces — applied live, no restart needed.

Backup & Restore Pro

Export your reminders and settings to a file and save it anywhere — Google Drive, email, local storage. Restore on a new phone by importing that file.

Your Google account also backs up your app data automatically in the background, so reinstalling on the same account usually restores everything on its own.

Pro

Privacy

Permissions Nudge may request

• Exact alarm scheduling — required to fire notifications at the right time
• Boot completed — to reschedule your reminders after a device restart
• Physical activity recognition — for driving/movement detection (only if you use Pro device-aware rules)
• Health Connect — for step/calorie/weight/sleep sync (only if you set up a Health Connect tracker)

Coming Soon

FAQ

Start with a Template

Pre-built habits, backed by behavior science. Tap any template to open it directly in the Nudge app — everything's pre-filled, just hit Save.

Templates open in the Nudge app if installed. Get Nudge on Google Play →

Grounded in Real Research

Nudge is built on established behavioral science — here's the work behind it.