Notificant also offers an excellent Web app that lets you manage your account and schedule reminders from any Web browser. Like the iOS app, the Web app lets you create new reminders, view past reminders, and view and edit upcoming reminders. But it also lets you rename your devices, so you can choose how they appear in the Devices list in all versions of Notificant.

Why not just use your normal calendar program or service for these kinds of reminders? After all, many of these sync between devices. The first reason is that Notificant lets you decide exactly devices produce reminders for event; using MobileMe Calendar, Google Calendar, or some other calendar service means every event results in alerts on of your computers and iOS devices. Second, if, like me, you prefer to use your calendar for actual events, Notificant lets you keep your schedule clear of items such as "Pick up milk after work!" Finally, creating a new reminder in Notificant is a bit quicker and easier than creating a new event in most calendar programs.

In addition to the limitations I already mentioned, I wish Notificant offered the capability to set repeating reminders, and I often found myself wanting to set a timer so I could be notified, say, "15 minutes from now." Caramel Cloud told Macworld that these are planned for a future update. But even without these features, Notificant is quite useful for those of us who never know--or would rather not worry about--which gadget we'll be using at a given time. It also makes it simple to send URLs and text from one device to another.