Remind Me In

Keeping track of various tasks isn't easy without an assistant, and there are numerous software apps specialized in this regard. If you're interested in basic reminders that start counting down time as soon as you specify the duration, then you can try Remind Me In.

This is a lightweight Windows tool that, although hasn't been updated for a long time, it worked smoothly on Windows 10 in our tests.

After installation, it quietly sits in the systray and awaits your commands. Right-click it to open the context menu with countdown options, ranging from 1 minute to 5 hours. Some timers are predefined to help you speed up things by immediately setting a countdown to quickly proceed with your typical desktop activity.

However, you can also instruct Remind Me In to count down a custom number of minutes before deploying an audio alarm and showing a systray message.

Once the countdown is active, you can right-click the tray icon again to view remaining time, disable the reminder, and access the "Options" menu to pick a different alarm sound (only two are available) or ask the reminder tool to autostart every time you turn on your computer.

Unfortunately, Remind Me In doesn't make room for customization. For instance, it doesn't give you the possibility to write custom text that will appear in the notification message or popup window when time's up. Only "Your time is up, Remember..." is displayed.

The alarm sounds are not long enough to draw your attention if you're not attending the computer at the moment, and there is no feature implemented to keep the alarm playing until you stop it yourself. There is, however, a workaround: to replace the two Wave tracks in the installed directory with your own WAV files.

To sum it up, Remind Me In is a decent app that can draw your attention when working on the PC using audio alerts and messages. It's useful for scheduling breaks, for example. On the other hand, it doesn't have more useful customization options to play with.