Is there an app that could send me a notification every 30 minutes?
They say time is is the most valuable resources. Right now, time feels quicker for me these days and I often lose track of it.
Because of that the app should have the same purposes as an old clock, it plays a little "ding" or a notification every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hour, or as long as I like.
Preferably installable with f-droid, can I have an app recommendation.
It sorta is a pomodoro, I've been using Pomofocus.io for a while for desktop so I don't lose track of time. Though majority of my time I didn't spend on a desktop so, a mobile app that also less resourceful could be more useful.
My watch buzzes me if I haven't stood up for an hour. Not what you're looking for but the only other thing I can think of is an alarm app that you can set to snooze for half an hour as many times as you see fit. I would guess something like that might exist.
Edit: what if you had a daily event with reminders every 30 minutes. You'd have to manually add the reminders, but you would only have to do that once and it'd still be one event.
For this kind of thing, I use Godot and write a quick and ugly one-off app. That way it works exactly how I imagine and I just send myself the APK over messenger and install it :P
Although it would be a joy to implement in hardware.
Why? Most of the non-built are somewhat blocked by phone notification controls such as do-not-disturb and other similar modes. Getting an app that has its implementation of this just right can be frustrating...
Just put a bunch of 30 min interval alarm, with a slight different ringtone than your usual alarms and you'll be golden :)
Probably called cockoo clock or pomodoro timer, or interval timer. A quick search shows there are multiple such apps, I haven't tried them so I'm not sure which to recommend.
My comment won't be anything helpful, there are some propositions already.
I just want to give my thought and maybe rant a little, because my Linux nerd mind is screaming to me how this could be done on Linux:
In crontab:
*/30 7-16 * * 1-5 notify-send "Text"
Sending a notification every 30 minutes from monday to sunday from 7am to 4pm with one line of code not needing to create new app.
If the others suggested aren’t quite right for you, you might try looking for an interval timer app. These are generally used for fitness, but it seems to me that type of setup might do exactly what you want if you just set up a “workout” that has a single 30 min interval and repeats.
It seems Tasks.org let's you set reminders on tasks that can repeat every minute (if you go to the custom option). Maybe have a play with that? It's on F-droid.
I like Galarm, it's an alarm app that lets you set any interval you want to repeat, and you can set it to only occur during certain times. I have an alarm that goes off every two hours from 8:30am-8:30pm, for example.
It's not on F-Droid, but I use BlipBlip for this exact thing. It's an old app sadly, but still works on Android 14. There's a ton of customization options which you might find useful.
On my google pixel 5 with android 14 it says "this app is too old for your device". Maybe it just works because you installed it before upgrading or something?
Cuckoo Hourly Chime is an Android application developed by Dev Technosoft that functions as a clock app with customizable sounds and speaking time. The app is categorized under Lifestyle and is available for free.
This clock app offers a variety of features such as more than 10 inbuilt sounds that play every half and full hour, including the option to speak time with a custom title. Users can also choose the hours-only option, wake the screen to stop the chime, and stop the app from the notification bar.
People using the Pomodoro technique use apps like that. That's usually 25 minutes, 5 minute break, repeated 4 times, then a 30 minute break. This is apparently a popular Android one but there are others for Windows, Chrome, MacOs, I assume Linux and more for Android as well.
I use Due on iOS for repeating timers/reminders where I need it to be persistent and annoying because the task is important. Like paying rent, or physical therapy “homework” I kept forgetting. The persistence might be good if you’re worried you’ll just dismiss a normal alarm or forget to start the next timer.
funny thing is recently I was toying with the thought to create an app exactly like this, to signal 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes with one, two, three and (four + hour of day) beeps, just like a church/temple bell or grandfather clock...
They asked for an app for their phone, you suggested setting up a home server and hosting an application on it, all to just send a notification every 30 mins
Gotta live and have fun too. I'm pretty sure anyone can see it's not helpful. I'm sure anyone can see I'm just having a laugh. It's an easy "move on" scenario. Or.. I could get all upset.