Reminders

Apple’s Reminders app keeps getting better, including a key iOS 26.2 addition I’ve long wanted. But one of the most overlooked recent changes is an iOS 26 feature inspired by Apple Calendar that’s perfect for travelers: time zone support.

Apple’s Reminders app got a fresh Liquid Glass look in iOS 26, plus a handful of other new features. One standout addition enables you to create new reminders faster than ever, here’s how it works.

iOS 26 brought a lot of big changes to how the iPhone software looks and feels, along with fresh updates for system apps like Notes, Maps, Photos, and more. Apple’s Reminders app has a variety of new features too, here’s everything new for Reminders in iOS 26.

Apple’s Reminders app is one of many system apps getting new features in iOS 26. Among the handful of improvements coming to Reminders, there’s a powerful new tool for organizing your tasks.

Apple’s Reminders app has become a powerful task manager in recent years, and there’s one highly versatile feature that helps me stay sane when my to-do list grows out of control: Smart Lists.

I used to change up task managers often, always looking for a new app that could make keeping up with todos just a little bit better. But for years now I’ve stuck with Apple’s Reminders app, and a tiny new iOS 18 feature has turned out to make a big difference for me.

After years going mostly unchanged, Apple’s Calendar app has started improving quickly over the last few months. And there’s one recent feature in particular that I’ve long wanted, and it’s made a big difference for me: integrating Reminders with the Calendar app.

Apple’s Reminders app has steadily grown from a basic list tool into a versatile task manager, including with its recent iOS 18 feature upgrades. Here are seven power user features worth checking out.

Today DoorDash announced a variety of new features and improvements timed for the holiday season. One such change: a new integration with Apple’s Reminders app.

iOS 18 is one of the biggest software updates ever for the iPhone. The forthcoming Apple Intelligence features are the headliner, but there are also powerful new customization tools and big changes to the apps you rely on every day, like Photos, Messages, and Notes. A key productivity tool being improved is the Reminders app, which includes a variety of new features in iOS 18.

Apple’s Calendar and Reminders apps have long been core pillars of the company’s productivity offerings on the iPhone, Mac, and more. In iOS 18, Apple is supercharging these tools by integrating them—optionally—into one interface.

Now, you can view and manage all your reminders right alongside your calendar events inside the iOS 18 Calendar app.

Reminders has been my one true shopping list since it landed on the iPhone in iOS 5. In iOS 17, the app fully embraces that part of its identity.

The Reminders app is a fantastic tool developed by Apple that is free and easy to use. Underutilized by many, this app can be a game changer for those looking for help in the organization department. Through iCloud’s capabilities, you can use the Reminders app across Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and Mac. 

Here are some tips on how to better use one of Apple’s popular organization tools.

I made the decision a few weeks ago to install the beta of macOS Catalina. It’s still pretty buggy, but since I enjoy testing out new features (and writing about them), I am willing to deal with the crashes and incompatibility throughout the summer. One of the biggest surprises for me has been the changes in the Reminders app. Over the years, I used several to-do/GTD/project management/task apps. From Kindless GTD, Omnifocus, Things, and Todoist, I’ve used a lot of them. I’ve always looked at the Reminders app with interest, though. It’s hard to beat the advantages of a built in-app. With macOS Catalina and iOS 13, the Reminders app is finally ready to take its place alongside the rest of the task apps on the Apple ecosystem.

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I’m a big fan of the “Getting Things Done” methodology from David Allen. I’ve been following it for most of my professional career, and I attribute it to being able to stay organized and on task with my full-time job and writing here at 9to5Mac. With that being said, I don’t put everything in my GTD app. There are a lot of items like grocery lists, home repair plans, or even simple weekend tasks that end up in a list app. I want it to be easy to add to, easy to mark off, easy to organize, and simply get out of the way. It’s the heaviness of my GTD app that allows my simple list app to be light. I’ve tried a bunch of apps, so here’s my round-up of the best list apps for iPhone.
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Apple’s Reminders app is one of their apps that has the most potential in my opinion. While it didn’t receive much of an update with the announcements of iOS 12 and macOS Mojave, I believe that with some additional features, it could become the go-to GTD/task/productivity system for most people.

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