📱 Houriva
Gentle nudges · On-time alerts · Routines · Focus · Mind care
Houriva is a gentle reminder app that delivers short, soft nudges right on
schedule.
It is designed to help you keep small, easy-to-miss routines—like health, focus, and emotional
self-care—going in a lighter, calmer way.
Instead of heavy to-do systems or rigid habit tracking, it focuses on a single notification that arrives in the
moment you need it.
Your core settings are stored on your device (locally) by default, and the app may include Google AdMob
banner ads.
Houriva is a companion app for everyday routines and self-care. It is not a medical device, a medical service, or an emergency service.
✨ Highlights
- Get started with no sign-in
- Gentle messages that fit the time of day
- Recurring reminders for health, focus, and mind-care routines
👤 Who it is for
Houriva is built for people who:
- Want to keep small habits going—hydration, stretching, breathing, posture checks
- Prefer a light, simple recurring reminder over a complex to-do app
- Often need to reset focus during the day—students, office workers, remote workers
- Want short, gentle reminders for health, focus, and emotional well-being
- Like routine apps they can open and use without logins or heavy account setup
- Care more about the one timely nudge they need now than a pile of features
Houriva is not here to tell you to “try harder.” It is here to help you notice the moment that matters.
🕐 When Houriva helps
Houriva focuses less on grand plans and more on the timing of small, everyday actions that slip away easily.
- When you want to ease into the morning
- When you keep forgetting to drink water or stretch
- When you want to regain focus while working or studying
- When you want a moment to breathe or check your posture
- When you want to wind down the day a little more calmly at night
Sometimes what matters is not a huge plan, but a short, clear reminder that shows up right on time.
🔔 Built around gentle nudges and on-time alerts
Rather than packing in features, Houriva doubles down on two things you can keep using day after day.
Gentle nudges
- Short, kind lines that fit the moment—not robotic pings
- Choose from Health, Focus, Mind, Default, or Custom styles
- Tone and pacing designed not to derail your day
On-time alerts
- Recurring alerts on the weekdays, hours, and minutes you set
- Simple On / Off from the home screen
- Support for keeping everyday routines feeling natural
Houriva aims to be more than “an app that sends notifications”—it wants to help your day flow more smoothly.
💬 Messages that match the moment
Houriva is not just a clock. It shares the kind of message that fits the time of day and what you are using it for.
- Mornings: ease into the day
- Late morning: build a focus rhythm
- Lunch: take a short breather
- Afternoon: pick your rhythm back up
- Evening and night: settle your mind
You can choose the vibe that fits your routine from the styles below.
- Default
- Health
- Focus
- Mind
- Custom
In other words, even the same “reminder” can feel like it was written for you.
Sample gentle nudges
Houriva supports your routine with soft lines that match the time and context.
- Morning: “It’s okay to ease into the day.”
- Late morning: “Even ten minutes of focus right now can shift your flow.”
- Lunch: “How about a quick breather and a gentle stretch?”
- Afternoon: “If your rhythm slipped, you can pick it back up right now.”
- Night: “You did enough today. It’s okay to rest a little.”
⚙️ Core features
Beyond basic alerts, Houriva is designed for a routine you can keep without the mental load.
Recurring schedules
- Pick the weekdays you want
- Pick the time window
- Set on-the-minute alerts
- Keep recurring reminders running automatically
Set it once, and you do not have to remember every repeat yourself.
Notification styles
- Default, Health, Focus, Mind, and Custom
- Choose a tone that matches your situation and mood
- Designed to make small daily actions easier to sustain
Personalized alert experience
- Notification sounds
- Vibration patterns
- Voice prompts (TTS, text-to-speech)
- Preview before you commit
Dial in an alert experience that feels right—not too harsh, not too easy to miss.
Quick start
- No login
- No sign-up
- Local storage by default
- Short onboarding, then you are in
Houriva is meant to be a routine app you set up fast and actually keep using—not one that stalls before you start.
🔄 How it differs from other reminder apps
Houriva cares more about an experience you can repeat without burnout than about feature count.
- Light, calm recurring reminders instead of heavy productivity management
- Time-aware gentle messages instead of cold, mechanical alerts
- Fast start and a simple flow instead of dense settings and account layers
- A routine that feels closer to “sustainability” than “management”
So Houriva is closer to an app that helps small actions stick—not one that piles on pressure.
🔔 Reliable notification design
Houriva is designed so recurring reminders are delivered as reliably as possible.
- Schedules repeating alerts based on the weekdays, hours, and minutes you set
- Structured so alerts can fire even when the app is not open—within device and OS limits
- On Android, designed with exact alarms and post-reboot recovery in mind
- Settings flows that make it easier to review notification permissions, system settings, and battery optimization
- Simple setup and a clear UI so you can get going quickly
Actual behavior may vary with device settings, notification permissions, battery optimization, Focus modes, manufacturer policies, reboots, time or time-zone changes, and other OS conditions.
🧭 Quick start guide
You can get started quickly without a maze of settings.
- Pick a style: Default, Health, Focus, Mind, or Custom
- Set your schedule: Choose weekdays, hour, and minute
- Turn alerts on: Start from the home screen
- Fine-tune: Adjust sound, vibration, and voice (TTS) if you like
- Keep the routine: Receive gentle nudges through the day
⚠️ Good to know
- On some Android devices, you may need to allow the “exact alarm” permission for time-accurate alerts.
- On some devices, behavior may differ because of battery optimization or manufacturer policies.
- After a reboot or a time / time-zone change, we recommend checking that alerts are still on.
- Alert sounds and voice prompts follow your device volume and system settings.
🔐 Privacy-first design
Because Houriva touches everyday routines, it favors a simple, low-friction experience over complex accounts.
- Core settings are stored locally; you can use the app without an account
- No name, email, or phone number required to begin
- Recurring schedules, chosen styles, and alert settings stay on your device
- Core alert features are designed to work without relying on our servers
- We only ask for the minimum permissions needed for alerts
- For ads, Google AdMob and related partners may process limited ad-related data
For details, see our Privacy Policy.
📢 Ads (Google AdMob)
To support development, maintenance, and ongoing operations, Houriva may show Google AdMob banner ads in the app.
Right now, banner ads may appear at the bottom of the home screen and similar placements.
How we approach ads
- We keep ads within a range that does not derail core use
- Placement is chosen carefully so it does not undermine your routine setup or gentle nudge experience
- Google and related partners may process limited device and ad-related data while serving ads
- We do not sell your alert times, routine content, or gentle message text for ad targeting, and we do not combine them with separate account profiles
- Whether ads are personalized can depend on your device settings and Google ad preferences
Read more in the Privacy Policy.
🛡️ Notifications and permissions (Android)
For stable recurring alerts, Houriva may use the following permissions or system features.
Exact alarms
- Purpose: Deliver alerts closer to the times you set
- Scope: Used only for recurring reminders
- Settings: Some devices require you to allow “exact alarm” access
Notification permission
- Purpose: Show notifications on your device
- Scope: Deliver the routine alerts you configure
- Control: You can change this anytime in system settings
Battery optimization exception
- Purpose: Reduce the chance of missed alerts on some devices
- Scope: Optional guidance to improve notification reliability
- Control: You choose whether to allow or change it
Vibration and boot recovery
- Purpose: Vibration alerts and restoring scheduled alerts after a reboot
- Scope: Used only to provide the alert features you set up
⚖️ Liability
- Houriva is a companion app for routines and self-care—not a medical device
- It does not provide diagnosis, treatment, emergency response, professional counseling, or medical judgment
- It does not replace mental health treatment, medical decisions, or emergency alert services
- Delivery may be delayed, dropped, or unavailable depending on your device environment and OS behavior
- You are responsible for the schedules you enter, your device settings, and verifying that alerts arrive
- For important schedules or health-related needs, do not rely on the app alone—use additional safeguards
- To the fullest extent permitted by law, Houriva limits liability for indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use or inability to use the app
- Nothing on this page excludes liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law
📲 Get started
Gentle nudges, on-time alerts, and a calmer rhythm to your day.
With Houriva, do not miss the moment that matters.
Houriva is available on Google Play.
Install from the link below.
👤 Developer
- Developer: vivonlabs
- Country: Republic of Korea
- Email: support@vivonlabs.com