Free Feature

Daily Reminder

The daily reminder is a gentle push notification that nudges you to open Pocket Clear and log any expenses you might have forgotten. It fires once a day at a time you choose — most people set it for the evening so they can quickly enter the day's spending before bed.

Building a habit is the hardest part of manual expense tracking. The daily reminder exists specifically to help with that. Research shows it takes about 30 days of consistent behavior to form a habit, and a daily nudge at the right time makes a real difference in sticking with it.

The notification is simple and non-intrusive — just a brief message like "Don't forget to log today's expenses." Tapping it opens Pocket Clear directly to the add-transaction screen so you can start logging immediately.

It skips the days you've already logged

A reminder that fires on the days you were diligent isn't a reminder — it's a nag. So Pocket Clear checks before it sends: if you've already logged a transaction that day, the reminder doesn't fire at all. You only hear from it on the days you actually forgot.

"Already logged" means what it means everywhere else in the app — at least one transaction dated today, of any type. It's the same rule that keeps your day streak alive. Log something at 9am and your 8pm reminder stays silent; log nothing and it arrives as usual.

Only the current day is ever skipped. Logging today never affects tomorrow's reminder — every future day stays armed regardless. And if anything goes wrong reading your data, the reminder is sent anyway rather than silently dropped: you'd rather get one you didn't need than miss one you did.

You'll see this spelled out under the toggle in Settings: "We'll skip the reminder on days you've already logged a transaction."

How to set up the daily reminder

1. Open Pocket Clear and tap Settings (gear icon).
2. Tap Notifications.
3. Toggle Daily Reminder on.
4. Set your preferred reminder time (e.g., 8:00 PM).
5. You will receive a notification every day at that time.

Tips

• Evening reminders work best for most people — you can recall everything you spent during the day.
• Because the reminder skips days you've already logged, it's safe to keep on even if you usually track in real time. On the days you stay on top of it, you simply won't hear from it.
• Make sure push notifications are enabled on your device for the reminder to work.
• The skip decision is made on your device from your own transactions — nothing about your logging is sent anywhere to make it.