Snowman Blog

Checkmark 1.1 with Recurring Reminders & Snoozing now available in App Store

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:31:18 -0400

We’ve been working hard on adding new features into Checkmark, as well as optimizing the app for iPhone 5 and iOS 6.

We thank everyone for being patient, and we’re happy that today our first big update is finally here!

So what’s new in Checkmark 1.1?

RECURRING REMINDERS (new feature)

You can now set recurring time-based reminders in Checkmark. Recurring reminders show up in their own new section under the “When” tab.

These are great for reminding yourself of things like watering plants, taking out the trash, picking up the kids from school, etc.

SNOOZE REMINDERS (new feature)

We’ve added a new persistent snoozing feature to Checkmark. After you’ve created a new reminder, simply swipe right on it to bring up the snooze options.

Alternatively, once an alert has been triggered you’re presented the option to set a snooze.

You can choose to snooze reminders for either “1 minute” or “1 hour” (or not at all). The reminder will then continue to alert you of an overdue task until you’ve marked it as complete, or turned off the snooze.

Unfortunately we can’t set any finer snooze intervals (like every 5 minutes) due to an iOS system limitation.

ADD FROM MAP (feature enhancement)

We’ve made some big improvements to the “Add from Map” experience when creating new locations in Checkmark:

Users can now drop a pin anywhere they want or pick up an existing pin and re-drop it.

We’ve added Satellite and Hybrid map views (along with the currently available Standard view).

This, coupled with easy location pin moving is very useful when setting up the custom radius for each location, as you can create very precise geo-fences around buildings, plazas, parking lots, etc.

IMPROVED RADIUS CONTROL (feature enhancement)

Users now have greater control over the location radius (geo-fence) for each location they add. We’ve added a new slider UI that allows users to select a radius between 25 metres and 50 kilometres (80 feet and 30 miles).

SUPPORT FOR iOS 6 AND iPHONE 5

Checkmark now fully supports iOS 6 and the new 4-inch display on iPhone 5.

Users can now add 12 locations on their “Where” home screen. The larger screen also lets users see more reminders at once, enter more notes, etc.

If you don’t already have it, you can get Checkmark for just $1.99 in the App Store.

Thanks for all the support everyone!

–Ryan and the Snowman team :)

Last day to try Checkmark for 99¢

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:35:00 -0400

We shipped Checkmark last week and so far things have been amazing!

Today is the last day to get Checkmark for just 99 cents – buy Checkmark now on the App Store for 99 cents.

Checkmark has been featured all over the place – on TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Macworld, Business Insider, TUAW, Lifehacker, the L.A. Times, and more.

Here’s what people are saying about Checkmark:

“Checkmark is both a more advanced version of Reminders, while also somehow managing to be easier to use.” – TechCrunch

“Checkmark is, in this writer’s opinion, of the best kind of apps: thoughtful, useful, and attractive.” – Shawn Blanc

“Checkmark is an excellently built app” – Los Angeles Times

“Checkmark is what Reminders should have been” – The Next Web

“4 out of 5 mice” – Macworld

“Checkmark is a brilliant to-do app.” – Lifehacker

“It’s so simple” – Gizmodo

“I found Checkmark to be a great replacement for Apple’s Reminders” – MacStories

“Checkmark is really smart.” – Cult of Mac

“this app is a no-brainer” – 9to5Mac

“We’ve yet to come across anything that organizes location-based reminders better” – The Verge

A lot of people have been sending in feature requests and we’ve read them all. It’s been a bit challenging to respond to everyone but we’re doing our best.

While we won’t specifically talk about future products for the most part, we can let you know that these things are on our radar:

• recurring time-based reminders

• Launch Center integration

• date-specific location-based reminders

• more notification sound options

• more location icons

We have some other exciting things in the works but we can’t talk about them right now ;)

We’ll also be focused on fixing any bugs (and that “ajustate” typo) that people have been encountering.

Things are just getting started here at Snowman and we’re really excited :D

So go ahead and get Checkmark for 99 cents while it’s still available at our introductory price.

Thanks for all the support!

–Ryan & the Snowman team

Checkmark is here! Try it for just 99¢!

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:46:59 -0400

After a ton of hard work and patience, Checkmark is now available in the App Store!

Checkmark is the fastest way to remind yourself of all the things you have to do in your busy life.

Add location-based or date and time-based reminders in only 3 taps.

Use Checkmark to remind yourself to:

• Do laundry 15 minutes after you get home
• Pick up milk next time you’re at the grocery store
• Call your wife when you leave work
• Wake up in time so that you don’t miss your bus stop if you fall asleep
• Remember to pick up a cake at 3 pm tomorrow
• Make a haircut appointment on Tuesday at 10 am

With Checkmark you can even add a timer to a location-based reminder, so that you’re reminded of what you need to do shortly after arriving or departing from a location.

You can also view a list of all your location-based tasks, sorted by distance from your current location. There’s more to Checkmark but you’ll have to try it to find out!

Things are just getting started here at Snowman – we have a lot of exciting things planned for Checkmark and we’re already hard at work on many of them.

We think you’ll love using Checkmark. For a limited time try Checkmark for just $0.99 cents.