While keeping reminder in iOS, there is an option to repeat hourly till a date. But the reminder keeps repeating even after the date and asked AI, why it is so. If you think it is a bug, ping apple team and find if you are lucky.
Ans by AI: It is actually not a bug, but rather a limitation of how Apple Reminders handles “Hourly” repetition.
The logic the app uses is: “Repeat every 1 hour from the moment the previous one was completed.” ### The Root Cause
Apple Reminders does not have a “Stop Time” or “Active Hours” setting for recurring tasks. If you set a reminder to repeat hourly starting at 9:00 AM:
* It triggers at 9:00 AM.
* If you complete it at 9:05 AM, the next one is scheduled for 10:05 AM.
* This cycle continues indefinitely. If the last one you check off is at 11:00 PM, the next one will trigger at 12:00 AM, 1:00 AM, and so on, because the app assumes “Hourly” means every single hour of the 24-hour day.
How to Fix It (3 Solutions)
1. The “Daily” Workaround (Most Reliable)
Instead of one hourly reminder, create individual daily reminders for each hour you want to be notified.
* Example: Create a reminder for 9 AM, 10 AM, 11 AM… until 6 PM.
* Set each of these to Repeat: Daily.
* This ensures they stop at 6 PM and don’t start again until the following morning.
2. Use “Focus” or “Do Not Disturb”
If you don’t want to create 10 different reminders, you can stick with the hourly one but silence the “early morning” ones:
* Go to Settings > Focus > Do Not Disturb (or Sleep).
* Set a schedule (e.g., 10 PM to 7 AM).
* This won’t stop the reminders from occurring, but it will prevent your phone from making noise or lighting up until you wake up.
3. The “Due” App (Power User Option)
If you find this logic frustrating, many users switch to an app called Due. It is famous for “nagging” reminders. It allows you to set an hourly repeat that specifically ends at a certain time of day, which the native Apple app currently cannot do.
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