Send a birthday message that arrives at midnight.
To everyone at once.
Write it now, three weeks early, while you are thinking of it. Pick the second it should go out. Add everyone it is for. At that instant it is sent to every one of them on the channel they already use, privately, with one light thing to tap back. Nothing to install for them and no account to make.
Free to send by email. Nothing ever waits on a recipient. Sending reminders since 2010.
You remember at the wrong time. Then you forget at the right one.
You remember their birthday on a Tuesday afternoon. The day itself is three weeks away, at midnight, when you will be asleep. So it gets typed into a note, or into nothing.
People first, then the time, then the words.
- Start with who it is for: add them by email or phone. Nobody sees who else is on the list.
- Pick the instant it goes out: midnight on their birthday, the morning of the exam, the anniversary. Minutes from now or a year out, both work.
- Write it: your own words, with a photo if you have one.
- It goes out to all of them at once: each person gets it on the channel they already use, as a normal message with a link they open in a browser.
- They tap once: a single light choice, like loved it or send one back. Optional, and nothing is ever held up by someone who does not tap.
The ones that are easy to miss and hard to redo.
One message, delivered several times, privately.
It is not a group thread and it is not a broadcast. Each person receives it the way they would receive a message written only to them, at the same instant as everyone else.
Common questions
Does everyone really get it at the same time?
You pick one instant and the message goes out to everyone on the list in the same send, at that instant. There is no drip and no queue you have to babysit. Email and text carriers add their own delivery time on top, so arrival is normal message speed rather than a stopwatch.
Do the people I send to need an account?
No. They get it as a normal email or text with a link, and they open it in their browser. There is nothing to install and no account to create. You do need a free Cronote account to send, because the message has to be scheduled somewhere and tied to you.
What is the one tap for?
After the message, each person sees a single light choice, like loved it or send one back. It takes one tap and it is optional. You get told when someone reacts, and nothing waits on anyone who does not.
What happens if someone never opens it?
Nothing stalls. This is not a group activity that needs a quorum, so one slow person never holds up anyone else and never blocks you. Their link stays good whenever they get to it.
Can I add a photo?
Yes. Add your own picture, or let Cronote make a background for you. The picture rides along in the email and on the page they open.
How many people can I send one message to?
One person or twenty, and there is no small ceiling above that. Two to ten is the usual shape for a birthday: the people who would each get their own message anyway.
Is this just a group text?
No. Nobody sees the other recipients and nobody gets pulled into a thread. Each person gets it privately, on their own channel, as if you had written to them alone.
What does it cost?
Nothing for the normal setup. Writing the message, picking the time, email delivery, and the one-tap reaction are all free. Text-message delivery is optional and uses one-time credit packs, and you start with 10 free credits.
Write it now. Let it land then.
Pick the people, pick the second, say the thing. Free, no card required, and nothing for them to install.