NextUp Alert App - Calendar Reminders
- voice and audio reminders
- popup reminders
- live colour coded taskbar ICON reminder
- 1-click join for calls
Works with Google Calendar and Microsoft Calendar
—Start meetings on time, wrap-up meetings ahead of time.
Let the NextUp App, take care of your reminders effortlessly. You set how you want to be reminded, and for what. You will be alerted at the right time, allowing you to work without the need to watch the clock.
NextUp Alert allows you to visually see the time remaining at a glance on the taskbar. When it's time, you can join calls conveniently right from the taskbar.
1 Click and you are in - it's simple and slick
Meeting information available at a glance
Live taskbar ICON reminder of time remaining
Microsoft Teams Calls
Zoom Calls
Google Meet Calls
This video was created by JMS, a genuine fan of NextUp Alert, who reached out to ask if he could make a video about the app. We loved the result and were happy to share it here. Moments like this mean a lot—it’s incredibly motivating to see NextUp Alert helping people feel more in control of their time.
You can find more of JMS’s talks and work at jms.talks and on his personal website.
The NextUp App is a simple calendar reminder app, setup reminders once, then forget it. Choose your reminder times—one or many—and pick which calendars matter most. Filter out the noisy meetings, and fine-tune anytime.
NextUp runs quietly in the background. The taskbar icon reminder keeps you on schedule:
Green → plenty of time
Yellow → just minutes away
Red → seconds left
Get alerts your way: Audio reminders, popup reminders, or both. Set multiple warnings— 4 minutes, 40 seconds, and a final call 10 seconds before the meeting. Popups show a live countdown and let you join with a single click. Or Join the call right from the taskbar.
The older version is still available on the Microsoft Store, renamed to NextUp Alert Lite.
The newer NextUp App, is now known as NextUp Alert - launched July 2026. The newer app has some in-app purchase options which is not part of the base model.
Some new features:
A new modern look, with light and dark themes
NextUp now provides optional AI features, providing AI summaries of your day
Customise your daily summary, by providing your own prompt
AI Natural Voice reminders, you are able to choose your favourite voices from several cloned voices
System Tray pop-out dialog, with a timeline, and the option to join calls from the pop-out
Smarter notifications, with a rules builder. For example get notified when events get cancelled or moved
Stay on schedule with the NextUp App, that keeps you on track without the need to watch the clock.
NextUp stays out of your of your way, allowing you to choose the notification / reminders that work for you.
Set a reminder and forget - one configuration for all your calendars
Join calls with one click - convenient from popups, or a hot key
Custom reminders- choose reminders to suite your workflow
Filter out noise - NextUp has filters that you can apply, to auto remove distracting meetings
NextUp Alert App - Calendar Reminders App for Windows works with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar (Microsoft 365).
Taskbar cues (similar to a traffic light, green, orange, red)
Popup reminders, overlays all other windows - you cannot miss it
Configurable Audio notifications
calendar reminder with voice reminders — Event starts in 2 minutes — Event ends in 2 minutes
calendar reminder with notification sounds, or
calendar reminder with alarms — increasing volume
We have a group on Reddit for Q&A and Feature Requests