App of the Week 9-19-12

Toastr – Unlock Your Phone, See a Reminder

from Richard Byrne

 There are lots of apps that allow you to create to-do lists on your phone and tablet. But to-do lists are only useful if you look at them. Toastr is a free Android app that forces you to look at the reminders you create for yourself. Toastr reminders appear whenever you unlock the screen on your Android phone or Android tablet.
I couldn’t create a long list in Toastr. Instead I just created a reminder that said, “look at to-do list.” Sometimes a simple reminder is all it takes to prompt an action. If your students obsessively check their phones, Toastr could be a great app for them because they will see their reminders every time they unlock their phones.