Remind

Remind101

- September 16, 2016

Everyone

Education

( 52,944)

Top Developer

Description

Remind, formerly Remind101, is a free text messaging app that helps teachers, students, and parents communicate quickly and efficiently. By connecting school communities, Remind makes it easy for everyone to succeed together. Remind is based in San Francisco, CA and is used by more than 35 million people in 3 out of 4 U.S. school districts.

* Real-time messaging for your school, group, or just a single person.
* Schedule reminders ahead of time.
* Send text messages straight to any phone.
* Translate messages into more than 70 languages.
* See who's read your messages and who's missing out.
* Plan important activities and collect funds—on time.

“Once a teacher starts to use the tool, it tends to spread through the rest of the school like wildfire. Domonique Roberts, a history teacher at University High School in Newark, N.J., has been using Remind to communicate better with parents. 'I have been messaging one student’s mom, telling her when he’s not doing homework, or if he fell asleep in class today,' Roberts says. 'She’s on top of it and his grade improved by two letter grades from the first marking period to the second, just by keeping up with her.'” – Fast Company

“…Remind’s features have proved especially popular in low-income districts, where parent engagement is a key issue for teachers, and parents’ sometimes erratic work schedules can make it difficult to get in touch by phone.” – Buzzfeed

Remind website: https://www.remind.com/

Reviews

4.3

52,944 total

5 34,129

4 9,389

3 3,580

2 1,887

1 3,959

Alex Harrell

Notifications Stopped I all of a sudden stopped getting notified when a new message comes in. I have to manually go in an update the feeds. Other than that this helps me keep track of the kids homework and allows the teachers to communicate well with parents. Fix the notification issue and it's a 5 star app.

Lama Y

Great idea but it's in the works Super useful but remove the character limit. It drives me and all of my remind followers nuts. They hate being spammed and I hate having to space out my long messages over several (I mean, SEVERAL) messages. I also hate being spammed by other classes that I am in.

Tanisha Gamez

Great Educational Tool I LOVE this app. Thanks to Remind I can conveniently stay in contact with my son's teachers. I work a rotating shift and this has proven to be very helpful. I know when my son is having a good or bad day, when he has homework, progress reports, or a test the teacherd would like us to see and go over. This makes it easy for the teachers and myself to stay in touch with our busy lives/schedules.

Lisa Hencey

Not serving it's purpose well enough I thought the point was to be able to message the teacher after hours. But it pops up with a message to ask if I still want to send after hours. When I say yes, it disappears and they never get it causing me to have to repeatedly retype messages. Extremely frustrating.

Angelica Mason

Totally Awesome It's great for a parent like myself who has a kiddo who sometimes cannot relay messages or important information due to learning disabilities, this keeps me in the loop just in case he forgets! I think it's awesome! Very modern!

MsJaime Alexis

Amazing Busy parents can keep in contact with teachers. So beneficial. I am greatful for this app. Due to my work schedule and life I am now able to be more involved then ever. This app never crashes and is always there when I need it. Keeps me logged in so i never have to worry about pesky log ins. THANK YOU developer's and teachers who use it.

User reviews

Alex Harrell September 21, 2016

Lama Y September 20, 2016

Tanisha Gamez September 19, 2016

Lisa Hencey September 25, 2016

Angelica Mason September 21, 2016

MsJaime Alexis September 23, 2016

Jennifer Schrage September 21, 2016

I don't really care for it. As a parent in 2016 most of you can agree that we do a lot of stuff online pertaining to our kids. In addition to our kids, we do a lot of other stuff online as well. I am actually kind of getting tired of having to remember hundreds of login and passwords. I really miss the good ol Days when the teacher needed to talk to us they sent a letter home and if we needed to talk to them we could schedule a parent-teacher conference. This app is kind of a nuisance to me and I'm going to be uninstalling it.

Nicole Manier September 22, 2016

Great organization tool With 2 kids in school now it is so helpful to have all my notices in one place. Emails get lost in the abyss of the inbox but now we never miss anything!

Marie Chavez September 22, 2016

Useful App I really enjoy this app. Somehow my kids tend to not give me letters that were sent home or I lose them. I just look back on my app and find what I need. I love how we can use this to status with the teachers as well. Love it.

September 25, 2016

Cannot change settings I get reminds and can't get them to stop, edit, delete them either. This app is terrible, then add on 5 teachers to each child you have-- I cannot stop or edit reminders. So now I have 50 alerts so dumb.

Priscilla Clemons September 22, 2016

Mom I am not very happy with the app. I am thankful that I can keep up with my children's assignments and ect. But I have 2 kids in 2 different schools and for some reason I can't join both school's on my profile it only saves one at a time.

call me CJ September 20, 2016

So nice! Just a suggestion, please give a "Delete" option/button for messages, because it's filling up so much space and kind of confusing while determining which one is a new message from the old ones. 👌

Ian McDonald September 22, 2016

Not impressed so far. I get the reminders via the app and via email which is good. However I can not download or open any attachments on my phone. I have not yet found any help for this that works. For now I do not find it very useful.

September 18, 2016

Remind is terrible. It had alot of flaws. For example...when I registered as a parent, it only listed my name, not my role. When I registerd my daughter, it only listed her first name.

Kristi Smith September 22, 2016

Great app This helps me sooooo much to stay on top of my daughters' assignments, for the few teachers who actually use it. It reminds my tired mind of what she needs each day. Thank you

Johnna Miller September 19, 2016

Great! It's really a great way to communicate with your child's teacher! Especially if they have more than one! One thing I do not like is that your personal contacts are in the people section. Other than that it's great!

Cathy N September 18, 2016

Dabulously helpful It helped me keep track of all my homework, tests, and notifications in general. Totally worth it. One thing I don't like is how I can't edit my profile pic.

Mary Burleson September 23, 2016

It could be better Just so-so. I get some messages but not others. I can't get anyone to respond to me from The Help Center. I am unable to leave any classes.

Reed Steiner September 21, 2016

Love the new features Love the new updates and have been living on this app to communicate back and forth with students and plan events. I love the event invites. Wish you could add a teacher so they could invite their students to the same event otherwise would have given it a 5/5.

jennifer fincham September 16, 2016

Awesome!! I love this app!! Very helpful and I'm able to join several classes and clubs that my boys are in 😊 I like class dojo a little better for the simple fact your able to see how your child is doing each day and your child can create there own little avatar! My boy's love that

Tarina JoyLove September 22, 2016

Good tool I like the way to communicate with my child's class, although I am confused since it seems my private messages to the teacher shows in the same thread as her public announcements. I wish these were separate.

Jessica Watkins September 22, 2016

Remind It is so helpful when your having a hectic week and you get a msg reminding you that its picture day or what test they need to study for. I love it. Also it gives you a direct link to your child's teacher in most cases and that is wonderful.

Mautolala September 16, 2016

Can we change names? I was logging on and it ask for my gmail, i put my gmail but then not ask for my name so it only used my online nick name is their a way to change it? If not can please have it as another update because it's kinda akward to see everyone in my class have their names and i'm the only one with a online nickname.

Remind101 September 19, 2016

Hi Mautolala! You can update your name in your profile. Go to the three dots in the top right, then Account, then Profile! Thanks for using Remind! Sean

Rebecca Stevenson September 25, 2016

Good program but very hard to change I like the program but I find it impossible to fix mistakes I made after I entered a contact

emily vail September 21, 2016

Remind me is useful. It applys quick messages and teacher interaction. Some of my messages were missed and registering was not easy. But once I got on it has been okay.

DJ Jones September 22, 2016

Spying on our kids This app permission requires access to contacts, camera, & audio. Both students and parents use this on their phones. My minor daughters take their phones into the bathroom for music. What if it accesses the camera while they are naked? Im just saying...(A month later NO RESPONSE OR CHANGES SINCE I WROTE THIS)

Remind101 September 22, 2016

Hi DJ! For teachers to use features like attaching a photo, voice clip, or inviting participants, these permissions are necessary for the features to function. Unfortunately, we have to ask for permissions in case you create a teacher account. These aren't used in the background! Please contact us for a fuller explanation support@remindhq.com

Sara G. September 22, 2016

Not customizable The default colors are blue and white, I find that tacky. Also, they would have a lot more users of it was able to be customized.

Jessica Diaz September 16, 2016

Great app Love the app. It's easy and great to use. Only thing is if you get a message after school hours from teachers you cant reply till the following day. Other than that it's a great app.

September 18, 2016

Helpful This app has saved me so much time! I use it all the time. Its very easy and quick to sign up for. Although it would be way better if they was a way to do video chats so that you can ask any questions and get a message back faster

Danielle Strength September 22, 2016

Best thing for parents with kids in school Best app ever great way to communicate with your children's teacher's and you get text messages to your phone so you don't have to find out later if something happened or changed at school

Kieu Do September 19, 2016

Very helpful! Allows your teacher to send reminders at anytime of the day for last minute assignment or things you need to bring to class.

September 19, 2016

I wish i could rate 0 stars. I hate this app. I can't control when notices come so they constantly wake me up. I can't go to a website because everything is linked to an app that I don't want.

Michael Melton September 19, 2016

Not fully functional More options need to be added. Not able to connect to her classroom. Just a math class I don't think she uses in school.

James B September 19, 2016

never get notifications even though notifications is set to on in the app and in my phone settings, I never get them. this is also bad for my classes because if I can't get notified I find things out like last minute, so please add notifications in the next update

Alex Daniel Cabrera September 21, 2016

Community BEGINS with Communication! So many things that this APP will move forward with velocity! Thank you for making it easy to use and easy to register for! Definitely a winner.

Timfany Mayfield September 21, 2016

Suggestion Good app how about add a feature where the students name can be associated with parents name, teacher just asked all parents to change the account name to student name so she knows what student is associated with account we are in a time student may not have same last name as parent

Latoya Flood September 23, 2016

Amazing This is a great way to know what is going on with your child at school. And also you can talk to the teachers when you need to ask questions and can't make it to the school.

Brigitte Kennedy September 18, 2016

Excellent resource for my students and for keeping up w my own children's activities. Easy to use and I love the feature that allows you to print out all correspondence at end of school year.

Leigha Blackwell September 23, 2016

Remind is wonderful The Remind app has been so useful in checking in with my students progress at school. I am able to text the teacher directly without sharing my phone number. The teacher can send picture of the students activities through out the day. Great app! Straightforward, simple, and easy to use. Communication but still keeping privacy

angela cisneros September 16, 2016

GREAT APP. Love this app just need to figure out how to work it. But so far im getting the hang of it. I love the fact that we can stay in communication with the teacher.

What's New

To make your Remind experience great, we update our app every two weeks with features that help simplify communication and improve speed and performance. You can turn on automatic updates in the Play Store app, and check out our FAQs for what’s in our newest release: rmd.me/updates