Which reminders Plum sends, and how to turn them off

By the Plum team · Checked against the app on October 19, 2026

Plum sends a small set of reminders, and three switches turn most of them off. If you’re still comparing apps, our period reminder app page shows when Plum’s heads-up comes and which reminders are free.

Reminders about your cycle

Period starting soon. A heads-up before your next expected period.
Period ending soon. It comes near the end of your usual period length, so you can log the last day.
Ovulation soon. A heads-up before the estimated ovulation day. Plum doesn’t send it while a hormonal birth control method is active.
Did your period start? If your period is due or late and you haven’t logged it, Plum asks at 6 in the evening. It only does this on a day you’ve opened the app. Tapping it opens today’s log.
Cycle summary ready. A recap of the cycle that just ended.

Daily reminders

Daily check-in. A nudge to log how today went. On a day you’ve already logged, you get a short cycle update instead.
Daily tip. It comes at 11 in the morning, picked for the part of your cycle you’re in. Without Premium it’s your free tip of the day, and it skips a day that already has a period reminder. With Premium it can be any tip. The Cycle Reminders switch turns it off.
Self-care nudge. An afternoon note in the days before your period and during it.
Birth control reminder. It arrives at the time you chose, for the pill, patch, ring or shot. Set it under Me, then Birth Control.

Group reminders

Someone joined. Plum tells you when a friend joins one of your groups.
Your group is in sync. You get this when someone in a group where you both share is due within two days of you. Plum works this out on your phone from what the group already shares, and never sends it to anyone else.

Reminders that come with Premium

New insights ready. It comes once Plum has enough logs to show a pattern.
Follicular phase starting. It arrives on the first day of that phase and says what to expect.
A symptom or feeling you often log. Plum reminds you the day before it usually comes, once you tap “Remind me the day before” on its page in Insights.

Those three promise paid content, so Plum only schedules them for subscribers. What Premium includes is on its own page.

Common questions

How do I turn off a Plum reminder?

Open Me, then Notification Preferences. Cycle Reminders covers everything about your period and ovulation, the morning tip, and the note that your group is in sync. Daily Check-ins covers the evening check-in, and Self-care & Fun Facts covers the afternoon notes. Birth control reminders live under Me, then Birth Control, with their own time. The cycle recap and the note when someone joins your group have no switch in Plum.

Does Plum remind me to take my pill?

Yes, if you set up a method under Me, then Birth Control. Plum can remind you about the pill, patch, ring and shot. You pick the time. If you change time zone, the Birth Control screen offers to move the reminder so it still lands the same number of hours apart.

Why didn’t I get a reminder?

Check that notifications for Plum are allowed in iPhone Settings, and that the reminder is switched on in Notification Preferences. Reminders about your period depend on a prediction, so they only fire once Plum has a period logged to predict from.

Do my group members get a notification when my period starts?

No. Nobody gets a notification when your period starts. Your period dates update quietly on their timeline.

Which reminders need Plum Premium?

Three of them. They’re new insights being ready, your follicular phase starting, and a reminder you turn on yourself for a symptom or feeling you often log. Everything about your period, ovulation, check-ins, birth control and groups is included with the app. So is the tip at 11 in the morning. Without Premium it names your free tip of the day, and with Premium it can name any tip.

Still stuck?

Write to plumsupport@stickyricelabs.com and a person will answer, usually within a couple of days. Say what you were doing and what you expected. Leave health details out. We never need them to help.

More help

What Plum Premium includes, and how to cancelLogging, predictions, reminders and groups come with the app. Premium adds insights and the full tip articles. You cancel it in the App Store.Which devices Plum works on, and how signing in worksPlum is an iPhone app with no Android or Apple Watch version, no Apple Health sync and no export. You sign in with Apple or Google and your history syncs.How Plum tracks birth control and sends remindersTrack the pill, patch, ring, shot, IUD or implant, set a reminder for the methods that have one, and see what hormonal birth control does to predictions.