Wordplay on "Very Simple Reminder App", in the style of a doge meme. Pronounced vur-sah.

An Android app that fires notifications at scheduled times. Configuration is a plain-text file edited directly within the app (or with any external file manager or text editor). There is no home screen, settings screen, or widget — just an editor and a Save button.

• The app must be launched at least once to schedule reminders. Until then, no notifications will fire.
• On first launch, the app requests notification permission (Android 13+) then opens the config file editor.
• The editor shows the raw contents of reminders.txt. Edit the file and tap Save — the app writes the file and reschedules all alarms immediately. A toast confirms how many reminders were scheduled.
• Each alarm fires at exactly the scheduled time, then automatically reschedules itself for the next occurrence of that reminder.
• Alarms are rescheduled automatically after a reboot — no user action required.

Location

/sdcard/Android/data/com.vrsa.app/files/reminders.txt

/sdcard/ is Android's standard symlink to the device's built-in user-accessible storage (/storage/emulated/0/). This is part of the phone's internal flash storage and is present on all normal Android devices — no SD card is required.

This directory is created automatically on first app launch. If the config file does not exist, the app creates it with commented-out format examples.

The easiest way to edit it is within the app itself. It can also be edited externally with any file manager or text editor that supports the path above — re-open the app and tap Save to apply external changes.

Format

One reminder per line:

HH:MM  <days>  <label>

Fields are separated by one or more spaces or tabs.

Day abbreviations

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun (case-insensitive)

Comments and blank lines

Lines starting with # and blank lines are ignored.

Example

# Weekday reminders
08:00  Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri  Take medication
12:30  daily                Drink water
22:30  Mon,Wed,Fri          Evening reminder

# Weekend
09:00  Sat,Sun              Morning walk

• Delivered as a standard Android notification (not a full-screen alarm).
• Title: Reminder
• Body: the label text from the config file.
• Priority: high (causes a heads-up notification on most devices).
• Auto-dismissed when tapped.

No network, location, or other permissions are used.

Add a reminder a couple of minutes in the future using the in-app editor, then tap Save. The notification will appear at the specified time.

Alternatively, push a config file directly via adb:

# Write a reminder 2 minutes from now (adjust time as needed)
echo "HH:MM  daily  Test reminder" > /tmp/reminders.txt
adb push /tmp/reminders.txt /sdcard/Android/data/com.vrsa.app/files/reminders.txt

Then open the app and tap Save to schedule the alarm.

adb is not on the system PATH — see AGENTS.md for the full path.

• Reminders are recurring only. There is no one-time / dated reminder support.
• Malformed lines (wrong time format, unknown day names, missing label) are silently skipped.
• If the user denies notification permission, no notifications will be shown. Re-launch the app to be prompted again, or grant the permission manually in system settings.
• Changes only take effect after tapping Save. Editing reminders.txt externally has no effect until the app is opened and Save is tapped. Removed reminders will fire one final time at their next scheduled occurrence before stopping.
• On some devices (particularly Samsung, Xiaomi, and other OEM Android skins), aggressive battery management can interfere with exact alarms. If notifications stop arriving, go to Settings → Battery → Reminders and set it to "Unrestricted" or "Don't optimise". The exact path varies by device.