Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Circulate, our contact reminder app
Hello HN, meet Circulate! Circulate integrates with your email and shows you how long it's been since you last talked with your contacts. Set priority, time intervals, follow-up reminders. Beta invites to be sent out soon. Sign up at our website to get early access: http://circulateapp.com Feel free to chime in with your comments and suggestions!
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Circulate, our contact reminder app launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Garden▲159Reminders to stay in touch with friends, family and network
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Magically ping the missing attendees of your meetings
2024 · meeting-reminders.com · its alternatives →
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Never lose touch with your friends, a simple personal CRM
2018 · its alternatives →
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Integrate Slack notifications to your app in 5 minutes
2018 · bearer.com · its alternatives →
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RemindMe▲219Get notified of your tasks and keep track of what's next
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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LIAMfree tier▲111Hi HN, yesterday I missed a meeting and spent most of the day sending ~35 emails. That kind of inbox + calendar admin has been draining my time for a long while, so I built LIAM to fix it. It helps with: - Drafting replies in your tone (honestly a bit scary how close it gets) - Scheduling meetings and handling the back and forth - Prioritising important threads and organising the inbox Important: LIAM doesn’t send anything without approval. I’d love feedback on what you’d actually trust an email agent to do, and which email workflows you’d automate first. You are more than welcome to roast…
Feb 2026 · doitliam.com · its alternatives →
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FriendApp▲150Organize new and old contacts, foster mindful connection.
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Track weekly habits with only your email 🚀
2020 · justflock.com · its alternatives →
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Whalfred▲95The tool to create and receive reminders via Whatsapp
2022 · whalfred.com · its alternatives →
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Hippo▲171Keep track of friends, family and colleagues you care for.
2019 · gethippo.app · its alternatives →
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HNping lets you set a reminder for a HN post. You get a web push browser notification when it's time, and clicking it takes you back to the post. That's it. I built HNping because I kept stumbling on HN posts where the discussion still had to get going. Wanted to revisit, but didn't want to create even more bookmarks/etc I'll just forget about. So I created a 'remind me later' tool (like the reddit bot) to fix this for myself. To use it: go to hnping.com, enable notifications, and drag the bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar. Then click it on any HN post to set a reminder (5 minutes to 1…
2025 · hnping.com · its alternatives →
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Meeting reminders on WhatsApp for busy individuals
2021 · smo9.co.in · its alternatives →
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Cloud Sync: Reminders across devices, plus email alerts.
2025 · bestreminderapp.com · its alternatives →
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Defend your focus for habits, tasks, and meetings.
2021 · reclaim.ai · its alternatives →
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Reply to Slack messages via email. Stay focused.
2018 · stopslacking.com · its alternatives →
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Custos▲62Personalized email drafts in seconds from your inbox
2025 · withspago.com · its alternatives →
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Reply Later▲106Never forget an important message on Slack
2022 · infinitetrooper.com · its alternatives →
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Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →