Simple clock and timer for Mac

If you're looking for an unobtrusive alarm clock and reminder for your Mac, Pester should probably do the job. The application, presented in an elegant and clear interface, allows you to set timely reminders and multiple alarms.Enter your reminder message, if you want it to repeat and when it pops up. You can choose what sound will play to alert you, even choosing a voice to speak the message to you.Pester literally takes seconds to set up and once ready will not "pester" you until your reminder pops up on the screen. Pester is clean, efficient and uses up very little memory.The only little issue we had with it is that it doesn't show missed reminders. It does include a countdown to your next reminders though, which you can view by opening up the application.You can also dig in the program log to look at past reminders. A tiny yet effective tool, Pester will allow you to set up alarms and reminders in seconds.

Changes

Fix regression whereby Pester would not come to the front automatically in Mac OS X 10.5. Fix problems where various Pester keyboard equivalents could not be assigned; improve reliability of keyboard equivalent display. Fix crash on speech voice preview. Handle audio devices being connected/disconnected while Pester is running. Really fix some long-standing inconsistencies between icon and Dock menu time display.

  • Pros

    • Discreet pop up to remind you
    • Countdown and alarm clock
    • Elegant interface
    • Set up multiple alarms
  • Cons

    • Doesn't bring up missed reminders

App specs

  • License

    Free

  • Version

    1.1
  • Latest update

  • Platform

    Mac

  • OS

    Mac OS X

  • Language

    English

  • Downloads

    23.8K

    Last month's downloads

    • 4
  • Size

    1.86 MB

  • Developer

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User reviews about Pester

3.2

5 reviews

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  • Anonymous user

    Great little app. It's invaluable. I use it every day, multiple times a day, to remind me what needs doing, what appointments I have, deadlines coming up, birthdays, seasonal jobs, etc. Everything I use a calendar for -- I still use a calendar, but I use Pester to remind me of stuff. I'd like to be able to edit alarms that I've already set, and would find it helpful to be able to set events that repeat. But that's what I have my calendar for. Pester is fine, as-is, couldn't do without it. Pros: I need reminding. It reminds me Cons: Would like to be able to edit alarms already set.Would like to be able to set alarms to repeat: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, whatever

  • Anonymous user

    Needs work. This is pretty good, except for the fact you can't alter an alarm once it is set, and you can't make the alarm repeat with the time/date entry. Pros: Works with Growl Cons: Editing alarms once they are setMake both options of selecting the alarm time/date repeatable

  • Anonymous user

    A must-have app.. This is a wonderful app! I have to apply eyedrops on a regular basis so I set Pester to remind me every 90 minutes and it works like a charm.I particularly like that it doesn't "stack up" reminders when I'm not on the computer. It just pops up the last one and starts timing over when I click on the reminder.

  • Anonymous user

    A must-have app.. This is a wonderful app! I have to apply eyedrops on a regular basis so I set Pester to remind me every 90 minutes and it works like a charm.I particularly like that it doesn't "stack up" reminders when I'm not on the computer. It just pops up the last one and starts timing over when I click on the reminder.

  • Anonymous user

    Does what it says on the tin. This is a great little program that does exactly what it says it will. I'm not sure if I'm missing something but it would be great to be able to set repeating alarms by day/time e.g. repeat weekly on Mondays at 12:00. Obviously you can workaround using the existing repeat function but that would really be the icing on the cupcake!

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