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Scheduled messages

Write it at midnight. Send it at 9am.

Work messages get written at the wrong hour. Schedule one with NagMeLater and at the time you chose it hands you the text with a one-tap link: the chat opens on your phone with everything typed, you press send, and it goes from your number. WhatsApp itself is still building native scheduling (capped at two weeks); this works today, on iPhone and Android, for any date, and repeats if you ask.

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How does Scheduled Messages work in WhatsApp?

Work messages get written at the wrong hour. In practice you text one line to NagMeLater on WhatsApp, for example "schedule message to 12024909133 tomorrow at 9am: Hi Mehul, sending the invoice as promised" (number, when, a colon, then the message (several lines are fine)) or "message 12024909133 monday 8:30am: Weekly update coming up today" (the short form), and it replies within seconds confirming what it understood. WhatsApp does not let any app send a message from a person's own number, and the tools that promise it either open the chat and wait for you (every iPhone shortcut) or run an accessibility service on Android that Meta's terms do not permit. WhatsApp's own scheduling, once it ships, is expected to stop at two weeks and one message per send. Everything happens inside the WhatsApp chat you already have open, in any language you text in, with no app to install and no account to create. The first 7 days are free with every feature included, then $1.99 a month or $59 once for life.

Just say it like this

No commands to memorise, these are plain texts, and variations work too.

schedule message to 12024909133 tomorrow at 9am: Hi Mehul, sending the invoice as promisednumber, when, a colon, then the message (several lines are fine)
message 12024909133 monday 8:30am: Weekly update coming up todaythe short form
schedule message to 12024909133 every Monday at 8am: Reminder that the weekly report is due todayrepeating: daily, weekly, monthly, weekdays
sendget the one-tap link again after a scheduled message fired
remindersscheduled messages are listed with ✉️ next to your reminders
edit 2 to friday 5pmmove one by number, like any reminder
cancel 2drop one before it's due
card 12024909133 Hey Mehul, great meeting you todayno waiting: send an intro or a message right now, one tap, without saving the contact

Why it works

One tap at the time, from your own number

WhatsApp does not let any app send a message from a person's own number, and the tools that promise it either open the chat and wait for you (every iPhone shortcut) or run an accessibility service on Android that Meta's terms do not permit. NagMeLater takes the honest route: it holds the message, nudges you at the moment you chose, and the link opens that person's chat with the text already typed. You press send. They see a normal message from you, nothing from us.

Any date, repeating if you like

WhatsApp's own scheduling, once it ships, is expected to stop at two weeks and one message per send. NagMeLater schedules three months out for a client follow-up, and repeats on a rule: “every Monday at 8am: weekly numbers are due today”, “on the 1st of every month: rent reminder for the tenant”. Each occurrence arrives as a fresh nudge with a fresh link, so it never goes stale in a chat.

Everything a reminder can do, a scheduled message can too

Under the hood a scheduled message is a reminder whose payload is “send this to that number”. So it shows up in your list, you can move it with “edit 2 to friday 5pm”, drop it with “cancel 2”, snooze the nudge, mark it done, and it respects your timezone. Type “send” any time in the following hours and the link comes back.

Questions about Scheduled Messages

Does NagMeLater send the WhatsApp message automatically at the scheduled time?

No, and neither can anything else on your phone: WhatsApp gives no app a way to send from your personal number. At the scheduled time NagMeLater sends you the message text with a one-tap link. The chat opens with everything typed and you press send, so it goes from your number and the other person just sees a normal message from you.

Does the other person need NagMeLater or any app?

No. They receive an ordinary WhatsApp message from your number. NagMeLater never contacts them, and they do not need to be saved in your contacts either, because the link opens the chat by number.

Is WhatsApp adding its own scheduled messages?

It is being built. WABetaInfo has tracked a “schedule send” option (long-press the send button, 10 minutes to two weeks ahead) since February 2026, and as of June 2026 it was still in development and not enabled even for beta testers. When it ships it will cover one-off sends inside a chat; NagMeLater covers any date, repeating messages, and the reminder to actually send.

Can I schedule a message to a group or to several people?

Each scheduled message targets one number. To message several people, schedule one per number, they can share the same text and time. Group chats have no link that opens them by number, so for a group set an ordinary reminder with the text in it (“remind me tomorrow at 9am to post in the team group: standup moved to 10”) and paste it when the nudge arrives.

What does it cost?

Scheduled messages are part of the free 7-day trial, with everything included, no card and no signup. After that $1.99 a month or $59 once for life covers them alongside reminders, to-dos, habits and the rest.

Which countries and phone formats work?

Any WhatsApp number in international format without the leading zero: 91 for India, 44 for the UK, 1 for the US and Canada. If the number is missing a country code NagMeLater says so and shows an example rather than guessing.

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