FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about allora. How it works, what it costs, and how your data is handled.
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Getting Started
allora is a text message reminder service that works entirely through SMS. You text what you need to remember - appointments, tasks, errands, medications, follow-ups - and allora texts you back at the right time. There is no app to download, no account dashboard to check, and no push notifications to miss. Reminders arrive as regular text messages in the same thread where your personal conversations live. Text messages have a 98% open rate (Gartner), which means reminders delivered this way are far more likely to be seen and acted on than app notifications. allora uses natural language understanding, so you text the way you would text a friend. It works on any phone that can send and receive texts - iPhone, Android, or even a basic flip phone. The service costs $15 per month after a 3-day free trial, with full access to all features from day one.
Sign up at textallora.com with your phone number. Once your number is verified, you can immediately start texting allora whatever you need to remember. There is no onboarding tour, no tutorial, no settings to configure, and no profile to fill out. The entire setup takes under a minute. Your first 3 days are free, so you can try it with real reminders before deciding. Most people start by texting something simple like "remind me to call the dentist tomorrow" and see how it works. From there, you can set recurring reminders, send brain dumps with multiple tasks at once, connect your calendar, or send voice memos and links. Everything works through the same text thread. If allora ever needs clarification about timing or details, it will ask you in the same conversation.
No. allora works entirely by text message. There is no app to download from the App Store or Google Play, no software to install, and no updates to manage. Your reminders live in a regular text thread on your phone, alongside your other conversations. This is intentional - productivity apps lose over 95% of their users within 30 days (Business of Apps), usually because people stop opening the app. allora avoids this problem by using a channel you already check dozens of times a day. Any phone that can send and receive text messages works with allora, including iPhones, Android phones, Samsung, Pixel, and even basic phones without internet access. You do not need a smartphone, a data plan, or a specific operating system. If you can text, you can use allora.
Text allora in plain, natural language - the same way you would text a friend. For example: "Remind me to call the dentist tomorrow at 2pm" or "pay rent on the first of every month" or "pick up the prescription after work." allora reads your message, understands the task and the timing, and schedules the reminder automatically. You do not need special commands, keywords, or formatting. You can also send multiple reminders in a single message - "call insurance, buy cat food, schedule oil change" - and allora will separate each item and schedule them individually. If you do not specify a time, allora picks a smart default based on the type of task. If something is unclear, it asks a follow-up question in the same text thread. You can reschedule, snooze, or mark reminders done by replying to the text.
Features
Yes. Text something like "remind me every morning at 8am to take vitamins" or "every friday text me to review my budget." allora sends the reminder on your chosen schedule - daily, weekly, monthly, or any custom pattern - until you tell it to stop. You can set multiple recurring reminders with different schedules, and each one runs independently. For example, you could have a daily medication reminder at 8am, a weekly grocery reminder on Saturdays, and a monthly rent reminder on the first. Each reminder arrives as a text message at its scheduled time. You can change the time, pause, or cancel any recurring reminder by texting allora. Recurring reminders are especially useful for habits, medications, regular errands, and anything you need to do on a consistent schedule without relying on your memory to keep track.
Yes. allora uses natural language understanding, so you text the way you normally talk. "Call mom tomorrow," "pick up groceries after work," "dentist next Wednesday at 3," "remind me to cancel that subscription before it renews" - allora reads your message and figures out the task, the timing, and the urgency. You do not need special formatting, keywords, slash commands, or date pickers. If something is ambiguous - for example, "remind me about the thing" with no time specified - allora will ask a follow-up question in the same text thread. You can also send messy, unstructured messages. A text like "call insurance, pick up dry cleaning thursday, and remind me to send that invoice before end of day" gets separated into three individual reminders, each with the appropriate timing.
Yes. allora integrates with Google Calendar and Apple Calendar (via iCloud). When your calendar is connected, allora can check your schedule before setting a reminder to avoid conflicts. If you text "remind me to call the bank tomorrow at 2pm" and you have a meeting at 2pm, allora will suggest an alternative time that works with your schedule. Calendar connection is entirely optional and managed from your account page at textallora.com. You can connect multiple Google accounts or Apple Calendar, choose which sub-calendars allora should check, and disconnect at any time. allora reads your calendar to find free windows - it does not create, modify, or delete your calendar events unless you specifically ask it to. Your calendar data is encrypted and never shared.
Yes. allora is built for brain dumps - those moments when you have five things on your mind and need to get them all out at once. Text something like "return the library books, call the insurance company, buy dog food, and remind me to send that email before end of day." allora extracts each item individually, schedules separate reminders with appropriate timing for each one, and confirms everything in a single reply. This is one of the most popular features because it matches how people actually think. You do not need to send one task at a time or format your message in a specific way. Just text everything on your mind, and allora sorts it out. Working memory can hold roughly four items at a time (Cowan, 2001) - brain dumping to allora means you do not have to hold any of them.
Billing
allora costs $15 per month after a free 3-day trial. That is one price for full access to every feature - text message reminders, recurring reminders, voice memo transcription, calendar integration, brain dump processing, article and video summaries, shopping lists, and more. There are no ads, no feature tiers, no hidden charges, and no upsells. Unlike free reminder apps that limit features or show advertising, allora gives you unrestricted access from day one. The $15 monthly price covers unlimited reminders and unlimited text messages with allora. That works out to about $0.50 per day for a service that handles your reminders, tasks, and mental load through a single text thread. You can cancel at any time with no penalties or fees.
Yes. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account page at textallora.com. There are no cancellation fees, no contracts, no minimum commitment, and no long-term obligations. When you cancel, your subscription remains active until the end of your current billing period - you do not lose access immediately. Your first 3 days are completely free, so you can try allora with real reminders and real tasks before deciding whether to continue. If you cancel during the trial, you will not be charged at all. If you cancel after the trial and later want to come back, you can resubscribe at any time and pick up where you left off.
Yes. Every new allora account starts with a free 3-day trial that includes full access to every feature. You can set one-time reminders, recurring reminders, send voice memos, connect your calendar, brain dump multiple tasks at once, and use every other feature during the trial - nothing is restricted. Try it with your real tasks and see if it fits how you work. If allora is not for you, cancel before the trial ends and you will not be charged. No credit card hold, no surprise billing. Most people know within a day or two whether text-based reminders work better for them than traditional apps.
Privacy and Security
Yes. allora does not share your data with third parties, sell it to advertisers, or use it for marketing purposes. Your reminders, tasks, and personal information are encrypted both in transit and at rest. allora stores only what it needs to deliver your reminders - the content of your messages, your reminder schedules, and your account information. No data is used to train AI models or shared with partner companies. You can request a full export of your data at any time from your account page, which gives you a complete copy of everything allora knows about you. You can also request permanent deletion of all your data, which removes your reminders, messages, and account information from allora's systems entirely. Privacy details are available at textallora.com/privacy.
No. allora only sees messages you send directly to the allora phone number. It has zero access to your other text conversations, your contacts, your photos, your location, your browsing history, or anything else on your phone. There is no app installed on your device, which means there is no software running in the background and no permissions to grant. allora exists as a separate text thread - exactly like texting a friend or family member. The only messages allora can read are the ones you deliberately send to it. This is fundamentally different from productivity apps that request access to your contacts, calendar, location, notifications, and other system permissions. allora's access is limited to what you choose to share, message by message.
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