Recurring reminders for chores and routines

Yes. Buzzley's repeat editor covers the schedules chores actually follow: every few days, every other week, on chosen weekdays, the first Monday of the month, or a list of specific dates. In a sharing group you can hand each chore to the person who does it, so it rings on their phone.

The quick repeats

Open Repeat on a reminder and pick one of the presets: Every day, Every week, Every month or Every year. Each repeats from the reminder's first due date and time, which covers "Water the plants every Sunday". For anything with a number in it, such as "every three months", use Custom....

You can also type the schedule into the title. "Bins out every Tuesday at 8pm" gets a suggested time and repeat, and Apply fills them in. The suggestions work in English, German and Spanish.

Custom repeats for real chore schedules

Custom... opens the Custom repeat editor. These are the pieces:

• Every and Repeat by: a number from 1 to 99 and a unit, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months or Years. "Every 3 days" for the cat litter, "every 2 weeks" for the sheets, "every 6 months" for the smoke alarm test.
• On these days: with weeks, pick the weekdays. "Every week on Monday and Thursday" for the recycling.
• Monthly on: with months, either the reminder's day of the month or A weekday of the month, such as the first Saturday or the last Friday.
• Only between set hours: with hours, keep the repeats inside a window, like every 2 hours from 9:00 to 17:00 for "drink a glass of water".
• On specific dates: pick up to 100 dates by hand for chores that follow a schedule nobody can describe, such as a council's bin collection calendar.
• Ends: Never, On a date, or After a number of times (up to 999). Useful for "feed the neighbour's cat" while they're away.

The post on recurring reminder schedules has worked examples of each.

Skip one without breaking the schedule

Holidays happen. Open the reminder and tap Skip this occurrence to skip the next one only. To skip a stretch, add dates or a date range under Skipped dates. The schedule carries on afterwards as before.

Split chores across the household

If your household shares a Buzzley group, chores don't all have to land on one phone.

1. Set the chore's Visibility to All devices so everyone can see it.
2. Tap For and pick the person whose turn it is. It rings only on their phones.
3. Add someone under If missed, tell if a forgotten chore matters, and choose when it counts as missed: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours after it was due.

The family reminders page explains groups and how they share one plan.

Lists inside a chore

A chore like "Weekly shop" or "Pack for swimming" is really a short list. Add a checklist to the reminder, up to 50 items, and tick them off as you go. Add a photo too (up to 3 per reminder in the phone app), for example of where the spare filter goes.

How it rings

Pick the Notification style per chore. Simple is a normal notification, which suits "water the plants". Alarm rings like an alarm clock, through silent mode on Android and on iPhones with iOS 26 or later, which suits "take the bins out before the truck comes at 7". On Android, an Alarm-style reminder fills the screen when the phone is locked.

From the notification you can tap Snooze or Done. Snooze durations come from your presets, which you can change in Settings > Snooze presets.

What it doesn't do

• No rotation. Buzzley doesn't rotate a chore between people automatically. Make one reminder per person, or change For when the turn passes.
• No repeat after completion in the app. Chores that should come back a set time after you last did them, such as "descale the kettle a month after the last time", can't be set up in the phone app's repeat editor.
• No last-day-of-month option in the app's editor. Use a fixed day such as the 28th, or a weekday like the last Friday.

Common questions

Can I change a repeat I set up on the web?

Some patterns made on the web or through the API are shown in the app as read-only, with a Replace button. They keep working until you replace them.

Is there a limit on how many recurring reminders I can have?

No. No plan limits the number of reminders. Plans differ in how many devices they cover, from 2 on Core to 12 on Pro. See plans and prices; every plan starts with a 7-day trial without a card.

Bills follow the same tools with a different emphasis; the bill reminders page covers early warnings and email. For yearly dates with an age attached, see birthday reminders.