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FEATURE GUIDE 05

Daytime — To-Dos & Event Pre-Alarms

What it does

Smastar isn't only for mornings. The Daytime tab manages your to-dos and lets you set "N minutes before" pre-alarms on your calendar events.

Event pre-alarms

For events on your iOS calendar (Apple, Google, and Outlook accounts added to iOS), you can set multiple alerts before the start time:

  1. Tap an event in the Daytime tab
  2. Select multiple lead times: 1 / 3 / 5 / 10 / 15 / 30 / 60 minutes before, or a custom value (1–120 minutes)
  3. Event pre-alarms let you toggle the alarm tone and the voice readout independently — for example, no tone, voice only

A two-stage setup like "once at 60 minutes, again at 10" works well: early for events you travel to, last-minute for meetings down the hall.

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Event pre-alarms
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Attach a pre-alarm to a calendar event

To-dos and checklists

  1. Add a to-do in the Daytime tab
  2. To-dos support checklists (sub-items) — "Groceries" containing "milk", "eggs", and so on
  3. To-dos can also carry multiple backup alarms (N minutes before)
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To-dos and checklists
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Reminders and checklists through the day

FAQ

Do Google Calendar / Outlook events show up?

Yes, if the account is added in iOS Settings › Calendar › Accounts. Smastar reads events through the iOS calendar system (EventKit), so events won't appear if you only use the Google/Outlook apps without adding the account to iOS.

Do pre-alarms ring in Silent Mode?

Event and to-do pre-alarms use the same mechanism as morning alarms. Lead times that have already passed (picking "10 minutes before" with 5 minutes to go) can't be selected.

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