# PingMe: full description

PingMe is an Android reminder app made by Taprobana Studios. Tagline: "Reminders that find you." It is available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.taprobana_studios.pingme

Website: https://your-domain.example/

## What PingMe is

PingMe reminds people at the right place and the right time, and lets the phone do simple things automatically. People can set things up by hand or by describing what they want in plain words, typed or spoken.

## Who it is for

People who forget things when they are away from their phone's calendar: shopping lists, "lock up when I leave", daily medicine, switching the phone to quiet at work. It is for Android phones running Android 8.0 or later. There is no iOS version.

## Reminders

- By time: once, daily, weekly, monthly, or every few hours.
- By place: when the user arrives at or leaves a place they saved (Home, Work, a gym, a supermarket, any place).
- Checklists: a reminder can carry a list, for example a shopping list shown when the user reaches the shop. Items are ticked off in the app, and the notification shows what is left.
- Repeat until done: a reminder can keep nudging until it is finished.
- Snooze for 10 minutes, 1 hour or until tomorrow. Swipe a reminder right to finish it, left to snooze it.
- Tags and filters to group and find reminders.
- A "Coming up within the hour" card on the Home tab with Done and Snooze buttons, and a home-screen widget (light and dark, several sizes, quick-add buttons).

## The plain-words assistant

The user types or speaks a request, for example:

- "Remind me to buy milk when I get to the supermarket."
- "Remind me every weekday at 8 to take my vitamins."
- "Silence my phone when I get to work on weekdays."
- "Move my 5pm reminder to 6."

The assistant asks a follow-up question if something is missing, shows a summary of what it understood, and saves only after the user confirms. It can also change or delete existing reminders and automations. From any reminder or automation, a sparkle icon opens the assistant focused on that one item. Voice input uses the phone's own speech recognition service and only listens after the user taps the microphone. If the phone has no speech service, the microphone is hidden. The assistant is part of Premium after the free month.

## Automations

An automation is shown as a simple "when this happens, then your phone will..." workflow.

- Triggers: arriving at or leaving a place, a time of day, battery below or above a level, charging started or stopped, Wi-Fi connected or disconnected, Bluetooth device connected or disconnected, a calendar event (a set number of minutes before).
- Conditions: only on certain days, only between certain times, only when charging or not charging, battery at most or at least a level, only at a place.
- Actions: set the sound mode (normal, vibrate, silent) and restore it later, Do Not Disturb on or off, brightness, battery saver, show a notification, open an app, flashlight on or off.
- Controls: enable or disable from the automation's detail page, pause for an hour or until tomorrow, duplicate, and see a history of every run.
- Automations are part of Premium after the free month. Saved automations are kept and resume when the user subscribes.

## Pricing

- Free to install.
- The first month includes every feature.
- After the first month, free forever: reminders by time and place, checklists, saved places, tags and filters, the home-screen widget.
- Premium (optional subscription, price shown in Google Play): phone automations, the plain-words assistant with voice, and cloud backup to the user's Google Drive.

## Privacy, in brief

- Reminders, places, checklists and automations are stored on the phone.
- Location is checked by Android's geofencing on the device. PingMe never uploads location history.
- No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Data is never sold.
- Assistant messages are sent to the PingMe server, which uses Google's Vertex AI to build the reminder. They are not stored or logged. Place names and the titles of existing reminders are sent so the assistant can refer to them. Coordinates, location, Bluetooth device lists and installed apps are never sent.
- Optional backup saves a file in a "PingMe Backups" folder in the user's own Google Drive, using the limited drive.file permission (the app sees only files it created).
- Full policy: https://your-domain.example/privacy

## Permissions and why

- Notifications: to show reminders.
- Location, including "all the time": place reminders must work when the app is closed. Android watches only the places the user saved.
- Nearby devices (Bluetooth): for Bluetooth automations.
- Calendar (read): for calendar automations.
- Microphone: only when the user taps the microphone in the assistant.
- Do Not Disturb access, system settings, flashlight: only for automations that use them.
- Exact alarms and run at startup: so reminders fire on time and survive a restart.

## Limits and honest notes

- Android only (8.0 or later).
- The assistant and place search need an internet connection; reminders, places and automations do not.
- Some phone makers limit background apps; the app's Settings has a reliability page with tips.
- Place reminders need the location permission; time reminders do not.

## Frequently asked questions

**Is there a reminder app that reminds me when I arrive somewhere?** Yes. PingMe can remind you when you arrive at or leave a saved place, and can attach a checklist.

**Can I create reminders by voice?** Yes. Tap the microphone in the assistant and speak. PingMe shows what it understood and saves it when you confirm.

**Does PingMe work offline?** Reminders, places and automations run on the phone without a connection. The assistant, place search and backup need one.

**Do I need an account?** No. Google sign-in is optional and used only for backup.

**What happens when the free month ends?** Reminders, places, checklists, tags and the widget stay free. Automations and the assistant need Premium.

**Will reminders still fire after a restart?** Yes. PingMe restores reminders and automations when the phone starts.

## Links

- Website: https://your-domain.example/
- Privacy policy: https://your-domain.example/privacy
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.taprobana_studios.pingme
- Summary for AI assistants: https://your-domain.example/llms.txt