Remind

Spec sheet

What it does

Remind provides two-way school and community messaging through text, mobile apps, email and the web while keeping users' personal contact details private.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Purpose

Remind is a communication platform that helps educators reach students and parents.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Audience

Remind Chat is for individual K-12 teachers, while Remind Hub serves learning and community groups such as youth organizations, nonprofits, sports programs, and camps.Read 1 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Integrations

Supported connected services include Box, Google Classroom, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, SignUp, SignUp Genius, Smore and SurveyMonkey.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Privacy

Messages use Remind numbers and email addresses so personal contact information remains private.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Support

Remind provides Help Center and customer support, with support operating hours of 6 am–5 pm Pacific Time excluding regional holidays.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Headquarters

San Ramon, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · remind.com

Founded

2011Read 28 Sep 2026 · remind.com

Advertising

Remind says it has no ads and does not share information with advertisers or marketers.Read 1 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Chat messaging

Remind Chat supports one-way announcements, two-way conversations, scheduled messages and office hours for teachers, teams and clubs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Company founding

Remind was founded in 2011 by brothers Brett Kopf and David Kopf.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Company headquarters

LinkedIn lists Remind headquarters in San Francisco, California.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company ownership

Remind joined the ParentSquare family in 2023; ParentSquare now operates Remind Chat and Remind Hub.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Company size

LinkedIn lists Remind as a privately held software-development company with 51–200 employees.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Developer integration

The Share on Remind button uses a documented URL interface and does not require a developer account or SDK.Read 14 Oct 2026 · engineering.remind.com

Funding and acquisition

Crunchbase records seven funding rounds, 18 investors and acquisition by ParentSquare; it identifies Remind101, Inc. as the legal name.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Hub administration

Remind Hub adds organization-wide messaging, administrator oversight, activity statistics, permissions and message history.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Hub integrations

Remind Hub may provide LMS and video integrations including Canvas, Schoology, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

International delivery

SMS delivery is limited to U.S. and Canadian phone numbers, with app or email recommended for international users.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Limit: app failures

Recent Google Play reviews describe errors that prevent messages or newly joined classes from loading.Read 14 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Limit: conversation management

Google Play reviewers complain that old conversations cannot be deleted, archived or hidden.Read 14 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Limit: joining classes

Some GetApp and Capterra reviewers say joining classes or courses can be difficult.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.co.uk

Limit: message length

Reviewers complain that character limits make longer announcements difficult and require splitting messages.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.co.uk

Limit: reliability

Independent reviews report login problems, missing or delayed notifications, glitches and messages that do not always appear delivered.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.co.uk

Message records

Messages cannot be edited or deleted, and users can download and email their message history.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Messaging

Users can send real-time messages to entire classes, small groups, or individuals, schedule announcements, and attach photos and files.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Notable 2026 change

A September 30, 2026 announcement says Remind Chat remains free for individual K-12 teachers, while new Hub customers are limited to organizations outside K-12 schools and districts.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Outages

An independent status tracker records incidents including message-delivery failures, SMS delays, phone-call errors, translation problems and conversations not loading.Read 14 Oct 2026 · isdown.app

Praise: ease of communication

GetApp reviewers repeatedly describe Remind as easy to use for teacher-to-student and teacher-to-parent communication.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.co.uk

Praise: privacy and reach

Reviewers praise group reminders, individual messaging, mass delivery and keeping teachers' personal numbers private.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.co.uk

Privacy controls

Remind logs one-to-one conversations and prevents users from editing or deleting sent messages.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Rating on Apple App Store

4.8 out of 5 from 1.8 million ratingsRead 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Rating on Capterra

0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Rating on G2

No rating displayed from 0 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on GetApp

4.5 out of 5 from 35 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.co.uk

Rating on Google Play

4.3 out of 5 from 227,000 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Regulatory coverage

Remind lists FERPA, COPPA, TCPA, GDPR and the UK Age Appropriate Design Code among its privacy and compliance frameworks.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Security certifications

Remind states that it maintains iKeepSafe FERPA, COPPA and California student-privacy certifications and ISO 27001 certification.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Security compliance

Remind lists FERPA, COPPA, TCPA, GDPR, the UK Age Appropriate Design Code, and ISO 27001 certification among its privacy and security standards.Read 1 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Support documentation

The Help Center covers account management, classes, messaging, integrations, administration, rostering, troubleshooting, privacy and security.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Supported access

Remind is available through mobile apps, text messages, the web, and email, with apps for iOS and Android.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Surveys

Remind Hub includes tools for creating and sending surveys to a community.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

System requirements

Remind supports current mobile apps, text, email and web use; official browser guidance names Chrome 31+ and Firefox 29+ and excludes Blackberry, Chromebook, Kindle and Windows Phone.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Translation

Messages can be translated in two directions across more than 90 languages.Read 14 Oct 2026 · remind.com

Urgent alerts

Hub administrators can send urgent notifications through SMS, app, phone and email.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Video integrations

Hub organizations may connect Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom; Zoom limits users to 100 newly created meetings per 24 hours.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Voice messages

Voice clips may be up to 20 seconds in Chat and two minutes in Hub.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.remind.com

Plans and prices

Every Remind plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• School Communication Software#3 of 298.6
• K-12 Software#6 of 268.3