iOS 13: How Reminders app can turn you into a productivity beast

Apple’s Reminders app used to be a joke, and if you found yourself using it, it was probably because you’d asked Siri to remind you about something or, well, you didn’t know any better. It was good for casual use, but in a professional setting you’d have been better off sticking with a third-party app such as Things 3.

With iOS 13, though, Reminders should rank among the operating system’s standout features. The changes are breathtaking. You can make groups with multiple lists, you can set morning notifications that give you a rundown of what you have to do for the day, and you can add checklists to reminders. It doesn’t even take that long to make a reminder anymore because Apple lets you enter them with natural language commands instead of fiddling with multiple fields.

Better yet, since you can use the same data between the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, there’s no need to buy separate versions for each app as you might with a third-party alternative. It won’t take long to master all the features below, and once you do, you