How to Set a Daily Recurring Reminder on Telegram
A one-off reminder is easy on Telegram, but something you need every single day — take a pill, stand up and stretch, log your hours — shouldn't need retyping every morning. NudgeRemindBot's Pro tier adds daily repeating reminders on top of its normal one-off /remind command, so you set it once and it keeps firing.
The free tier doesn't repeat reminders automatically — this guide covers what daily repeats actually do and how to turn them on.
This matters most for habits and routines rather than one-off events: a wake-up nudge, a daily standup ping, a medication reminder — anything where the value comes from it firing every day without you having to remember to reset it.
The key difference from a one-off reminder is that you set it once and it keeps firing on its own. That's a small change in how you create it, but a big change in how you use it — instead of building a reminder each morning, you build a routine once and then just let it run. The rest of this guide walks through the exact commands, the one-time cost, and the few things worth knowing before you turn a repeat on.
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Steps
- Set your timezone first with /tz. Example: /tz +2. A daily repeat only makes sense at a consistent local time, so get your offset right before anything else.
- Create the reminder as usual with /remind. Example: /remind tomorrow 9am stretch. This creates a normal one-off reminder to start from.
- Upgrade to Pro with /pro. This opens a menu with two options: a one-time 150 Stars payment or a 100 Stars/month subscription. Either unlocks unlimited active reminders and daily repeating reminders for your account.
- Use /list to confirm what's active, /del to remove one. /list shows all your active reminders with their ids so you can check a repeat is set the way you expect; /del 4 removes reminder id 4 if you need to stop it.
- Re-run /remind for a second repeating habit if you need one. There's no limit on how many repeats you can set once you're Pro, so a wake-up reminder and a bedtime reminder can both run daily side by side.
Good to know
- Daily repeats are a Pro-only feature — free reminders fire once and are done.
- Pro also removes the 5-active-reminder cap, so a repeating reminder doesn't eat into a limited slot the way it would on free.
- Pro costs a one-time 150 Stars (≈ $3) payment per user, or a 100 Stars/month subscription if you'd rather not pay up front — /pro lets you pick either one.
- The 1-minute background check applies to repeating reminders the same way it does to one-off ones, so they fire close to the exact time each day.
- Because the upgrade is per user, each person in a shared group needs their own Pro upgrade to get their own daily repeats — it doesn't unlock the feature for the whole group at once.
- A repeating reminder still shows up in /list like any other, so you can confirm it's active or delete it with /del the same way you would a one-off.
- When NOT to use a daily repeat: if the reminder is genuinely one-off (a single appointment, a one-time deadline), a repeating reminder is the wrong tool — you'd be paying for Pro and then deleting it after one firing. Daily repeats earn their keep only when the same thing needs to happen on a regular schedule.
- A good workflow is to set /tz first, create the reminder with /remind, then upgrade with /pro — in that order. If you upgrade before setting your timezone, your repeat will fire at the wrong local hour until you correct the offset, so it's worth doing the timezone step first.
- Because the upgrade is per user, a daily repeat you set in a shared group fires for everyone in that group, but only you (the Pro user) can create repeating reminders there — other members on the free tier still get one-off reminders only.
FAQ
- Can I make a reminder repeat every day for free?
- No — daily repeats are a Pro feature. The free tier supports one-off reminders only, up to 5 active at a time. If you only need a reminder to fire once, the free tier is fine; it's only when you need the same thing to fire daily that Pro becomes relevant.
- Does Pro cost money every month to keep a repeating reminder running?
- Only if you choose to — /pro offers a one-time 150 Stars (≈ $3) payment that unlocks daily repeats permanently, or a 100 Stars/month subscription if you'd rather spread the cost. The one-time option is the better value if you plan to keep the repeat running long-term, while the monthly option avoids paying up front.
- Can I set more than one daily repeating reminder?
- Yes — once you're Pro, the 5-reminder cap is removed entirely, so you can run as many one-off and repeating reminders as you need. That means a morning wake-up repeat and an evening bedtime repeat can both run daily side by side without either one counting against a limited slot.
- Does a repeating reminder still respect my timezone?
- Yes — it uses the offset you set with /tz, the same as any other reminder, so set that first if you haven't already. Because a daily repeat fires at the same local time every day, getting the offset right up front matters more than it does for a one-off — a wrong offset means the reminder fires at the wrong hour every single day.
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- How to Set Reminders in a Telegram Group
- Best Telegram Bot for Reminders (and How to Use It)
- Telegram Reminder Bot vs Google Calendar: Which Should You Use for Chat Reminders?
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Curious what the Pro features cost? See pricing.