Gentle random reminders · iPhone
Your day already runs on a timetable. Yapp is the one thing on your phone with no schedule at all — reminders written by you, arriving at random, to break the routine and hand back a small, spontaneous moment of attention.
Free on the App Store · optional Pro upgrade · no account needed
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Wake at seven. Stand-up at nine. Lunch at one. Your life already runs on a timetable. Yapp is the one thing on your phone with no schedule at all — a little jolt of spontaneity that lands when you least expect it, and gives the moment back to you.
The science of a nudge
Your brain filters out anything predictable. A reminder at the same time every day becomes wallpaper. Randomness is what keeps a message awake.
Everything, in your words
Set how many nudges you want each day and the hours you're awake for them. Yapp scatters your reminders unpredictably inside that window — so they always land fresh, never as background noise.
Write your own affirmations, or draw from hundreds of built-in quotes when you need a place to start.
Courage is grace under pressure.ERNEST HEMINGWAY
No accounts. No tracking. The developer collects zero data — your messages sync only through your own iCloud.
Quiet nights, focused mornings — nudges arrive only inside the hours you choose.
Feeling stale? Reshuffle instantly redistributes every reminder to fresh, random times — a brand-new rhythm without touching a single setting.
How it works
Reminders, affirmations, habits — anything that matters, in your own words.
Pick how many nudges per day, which days of the week, and your active hours.
Your words arrive at moments you can't predict — keeping you alert and present.
For every kind of routine
However you're trying to improve — Yapp bends to your life, not the other way around.
Come back to your breath and your body, again and again, without an app to open.
Keep habits and routines alive with nudges that don't fade into a fixed schedule.
Space out vocabulary, facts and study prompts so they surface right when memory fades.
Hydration, posture and movement prompts sprinkled through the hours you sit still.
Reprogram self-talk with affirmations that appear exactly when your guard is down.
Random prompts and sparks to jolt you out of the blank page and into motion.
Stop scrolling. Look around you. Name three things you can see.
Unclench your jaw. Drop your shoulders. Take one slow breath.
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
— Marcus AureliusI am capable of handling this exact moment.
One task. Then the next. That's the whole trick.
Name one good thing about right now.
Text someone you've been meaning to reach.
Stand up. Roll your neck. Sit back down.
Very little is needed to make a happy life.
— Marcus AureliusRecall one word you learned this week.
Home & lock screen
Add a Yapp widget and a reminder stays in sight between notifications — on your home screen, and inline on your lock screen.
YappYapp · AffirmationFrom the App Store
"I've been using Yapp to help with reprogramming my negative self-talk. The gentle, random reminders keep me engaged in a positive way."Mentalfuzz
"Instrumental in helping me shift my mindset around money and wealth. Every time I found an inspiring quote I added it to the app. A true game changer."alliev1234
"This app is amazing! It gives me the opportunity to take a moment out of my day to reflect on my goals, thoughts and wants. Please keep it going."Cyndi
"The widgets are beautiful. Exactly what I needed to keep my daily affirmations visible without them becoming background noise."Michael T.
"This uncomplicated app is great for creating motivational reminders that appear on your home screen randomly throughout the day."DJO01
Good questions
Yes. Yapp is free to download and use. An optional Pro upgrade (£2.99/month or £24.99/year) raises daily reminder limits, adds premium sounds, and supports ongoing development.
Scheduled reminders are predictable, so your brain quickly learns to tune them out. Yapp delivers your own words at random moments inside the hours you set — so each nudge still catches your attention.
Completely. The developer collects zero data. There are no accounts and no company servers — your reminders live on your device and sync only through your own iCloud.
Absolutely. Write unlimited reminders in your own words, organise them by colour, or draw from a built-in library of hundreds of famous quotes when you want a starting point.
Yes. You choose how many nudges per day, which days of the week, and the active hours you want them delivered within. Yapp handles the randomness inside those bounds.
iPhone and iPad on iOS 16 or later, with iCloud sync across your devices. Yapp is available in English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.
Free to download · iOS 16+
Yapp is free to download and use. Write your first reminder, and let it find you when you least expect it.
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