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Due is a reminder app that aims to do everything you could want, while maintaining its simplistic look.

What's New

NOTE: This update, as well as all future updates, will require iOS 5 or later.

1.9.3-1.9.4 ENHANCEMENTS

• Now fully accessible with VoiceOver support
• Large Text support. View your reminders and timers more easily with a larger font.

1.9.4 FIXES

• iCloud sync

1.9.3 FIXES

• Improves performance and fixes potential crashes with having recurring reminders that are long overdue
• Fixes bug that could lead to a crash upon sync completion

1.9 ENHANCEMENTS

• Search
• Add a phone number, an email address, a birthday or an anniversary from a contact to a reminder
• Create calendar events from reminders
• Pull to sync
• Now launches faster
• Now scrolls *much* faster on the new iPad
• See more of your reminders and timers on the 4-inch Retina display of iPhone 5
• Fully compatible with iOS 6

1.9.1–1.9.2 CRITICAL BUG FIXES

• Fixes random crashing bug on resume (much thanks to Eric Luce and Patrick Renfro for special testing of the bug fix)
• Fixes bug where Belgian phone numbers added to reminders is formatted in a manner that Due is unable to interact with (thanks Mike Verledens)
• Fixes random crashing bug on launch (much thanks to Thomas Zikuda for the crash logs)
• Fixes bug where changing snooze, alert sound or recurrence for non-repeating reminders that are overdue could result in these reminders not auto-snoozing anymore

App Description

Ever wished you could jot down a task and set up a reminder alert really, really fast? Yeah, we do too.

The beauty of Due lies in its simplicity. There's no account to create, no start or end date to set, no need to prioritize, tag nor categorize.

What there is however are what that matters: a note for your reminder and an alert that is set up in mere seconds.

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★ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ★

"… convenient, low-friction way to set short-term reminders and timers… Focused and thoughtful design" — John Gruber, daringfireball.net

"… passes the highest test I can imagine for an iPhone app: It's so smart, and so pretty, I can't imagine why Apple didn't bake something like it right in." — Bill Barol, boingboing.net

"… one of those missing pieces that should have come in the box when I got my brand new iPhone 4." — Adam Curry, The Big App Show

"Due is simply a must-have app…" — Victor Agreda, Jr, TUAW.com

"… quickly replaced Apple's built-in Clock App for simple time-based alarms, and even Calendar on occasion…" — Rene Ritchie, TiPb.com

"… super clean and super quick way to set up timed reminders for yourself…" — Gizmodo.com

★ FEATURES ★

✓ Super fast
Set up a reminder with alert up to 3x faster than the stock Calendar or Reminder app

✓ Get to the timings you need in a tap
Bring that file before leaving home in the morning? Return a call at lunch time? Zip through the time wheel and set due times by tapping on any of the 4 preset and customizable timings

✓ Reusable countdown, egg timers
Precise to the second, they are perfect for timing your soft-boiled eggs, coffee brewing and tea steeping. Set them up once and reuse them forever

✓ Keep track of outstanding tasks with Smart Badges
See at a glance how many tasks you have for the day, or only those you've ignored or missed, or turn off badging if you don't want any

✓ Never miss any reminders with auto snooze
Repeatedly notifies you of missed reminders until marked done or rescheduled

✓ Reschedule and defer reminders quickly

✓ Powerful recurring reminders
Vitamins before bed each night? Pay rent every 2 weeks on Monday? Submit a report on the last weekday of the month? Yup.

✓ Natural date and time parsing
Create reminders with due date filled in automatically by typing into the title directly eg. Wash the dishes in 30 mins, Leave for badminton at 3pm on Friday

✓ Track past reminders and quickly create new ones based on expired reminders within the Logbook

✓ Time Zone Shifting
Receive timely reminders no matter where you are in the world

✓ 12 great sounding alerts of varying lengths to choose from

✓ Universal app, looks and works great on both iPhone and iPad

✓ Keep reminders in sync* across your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud or Dropbox
* Due must be launched for sync to take place. Sync on Mac requires Due for Mac (sold separately)

✓ Backup, email and restore databases

✓ Undo and redo

✓ Assignable alert sounds
Assign distinctive alert sound for each reminder; louder and longer ones for important reminders, and subtler ones for less critical reminders.

✓ Create reminders for your calendar events and todo items from compatible third-party apps such as Week Calendar or Listary and have Due send you right back to where you left off

✓ Reliable reminders that don't require any Internet connection

✓ Save 20% of your battery life compared with apps using Push notifications

✓ Accessible with full VoiceOver support and Large Text setting

✓ Fully localized for English, Deutsch, 日本語, Italiano, Nederlands, Español, Français, Polski, Русский, 한국어, العربية, Português brasileiro, Dansk, Svenska, Norsk (bokmål), 简体中文, 繁體中文

If you're keen to see Due in your language, contact us at support@dueapp.com

★ COMPATIBILITY ★

Compatible with iPhone (3GS or later), iPad and iPod touch running iOS 5 or later.

★ WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ★

Email support@dueapp.com, or tap 'Feedback' from Settings. follow us on Twitter @dueapp

App Screen Shots

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App Changes

January 03, 2013 Price Decrease: $4.99 -> $2.99
October 26, 2012 New version 1.9.4
October 07, 2012 New version 1.9.2
September 25, 2012 Price Decrease: $4.99 -> $2.99
September 25, 2012 New version 1.9.1
September 14, 2010 Initial Release

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