Alert Notes
A modern Android reminder and task management platform that extends the traditional reminder app with real-time cloud collaboration, evidence-based acknowledgement, and family-oriented reminder sharing.
Unlike conventional reminder apps that only notify the device owner, Alert Notes lets you securely create, send, monitor and manage reminders for friends and family — and tracks their entire lifecycle in real time.
Cloud status, today's schedule, statistics, quick add.
Filter by state, quick-toggle, priority badges, contextual actions.
Text, drawing or checklist, priority, display and evidence rules.
Reminders that respect everyone involved.
Traditional reminder apps only remind the person who created them. Alert Notes introduces collaborative reminders that can be assigned to another user while the sender tracks delivery, scheduling, triggering, acknowledgement, completion — and supporting evidence.
The result: reminder management that's significantly more reliable than existing solutions, and equally at home for personal organisation, family communication, caregiving and accountability scenarios.
A reminder engine that finally respects you.
Full-screen alarms
Lock-screen, wake and overlay display with foreground services and exact alarms.
Priority reminders
Low, Normal, High and Critical — Critical fires with dedicated alarm sound and flashing UI.
Shared reminders
Send reminders to friends or family and track their entire lifecycle in real time.
Family & friend system
Trusted circles with elevated permissions for family: auto-assign, approvals, edits.
Built-in chat
Modern messaging with reminder cards, acknowledgement cards and system events.
Notification centre
Friend requests, family invitations, reminder invites, acknowledgements and system alerts in one place.
Cloud sync
Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore and Cloud Messaging power real-time collaboration.
Offline mode
Full reminder management, recurring rules, calendar, templates and history — no internet required.
Security first
Auth rules, Firestore security rules, email verification, session validation and permission-based access.
Templates & recurrence
One-time, recurring, custom schedules, categories, colours, sounds and unlimited custom templates.
Proof that it actually happened.
Every reminder can require supporting evidence before it counts as acknowledged. Ideal for caregivers, families and teams that need certainty, not guesswork.
Live photo
Recipient must capture a live photo — gallery uploads are not permitted.
Signature
On-device signature capture, stored with the acknowledgement.
GPS location
Latitude, longitude, accuracy, timestamp, city and country with a map preview.
Checklist
Predefined checklist items that must be completed before acknowledgement.
Every state, timestamped.
- 01CreatedRecorded event
- 02SentRecorded event
- 03DeliveredRecorded event
- 04ScheduledRecorded event
- 05TriggeredRecorded event
- 06Acknowledgement startedRecorded event
- 07AcknowledgedRecorded event
- 08CompletedRecorded event
- 09ArchivedRecorded event
Secure by default
Email & password, email verification, password reset, profile management, multi-device login, session management, connected devices and secure logout — all backed by Firebase Authentication.
- Avatar
- Nickname
- Public / private profile
- Background theme
- Account statistics
- Member since
Trusted circles
Search users, send and accept requests, remove or block contacts and view profiles. Family members get elevated permissions you configure per relationship: auto-assign reminders, require approval, allow edits or receive reminders instantly.
- Send friend requests
- Family invitations
- Block / remove
- Chat with contacts
- Send reminders in chat
- Reminder & ack cards
Know your follow-through.
Total & completion rate
Every reminder counted, completion rate tracked over time.
Acknowledgement time
Average, fastest and slowest — see who responds and how quickly.
Critical trends
Track Critical reminders separately and watch trends by day and week.
Modern Android, production-oriented.
Kotlin & Jetpack Compose
Modern Android UI with Material 3, Navigation Compose and adaptive tablet / phone layouts.
MVVM + Repository
StateFlow, Kotlin Coroutines and a clean repository pattern for predictable state.
Firebase backend
Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Messaging and Cloud Storage with real-time listeners.
Local storage
Room database and DataStore power offline-first reliability with background sync.
Notification stack
Notification channels, foreground services, full-screen intents and the Exact Alarm API.
Design system
Material 3, skeleton loading, premium animations, accessibility and responsive UI.
Complex by scope, coherent by design.
Alert Notes is a production-oriented Android application combining modern UI/UX principles, cloud services, offline capabilities and collaborative workflows into a cohesive experience.
- Major screens
- 60+
- User workflows
- 100+
- Real-time sync
- Firestore
- Evidence types
- 4
In active development — public beta later this year.
Alert Notes is being built with the same care as the rest of my work: measured performance, accessibility from day one, and interfaces that don't need a manual. If you'd like an early look, drop me a line.