Which documents can warn me?

Any document, whatever its type: Invoice, Credit Note, Debit Note, Other, or a type you created — a contract, say. Every document has a due date, and the reminder does not look at the type.

Can I be warned on the day only?

Yes — set 0 days. Zero does not switch the alert off; the switch does.

Why does an overdue document not keep reminding me?

On purpose. An alert every morning for a document three months late teaches people to ignore alerts. Overdue documents stay where they can be acted on: in the cash-flow forecast, counted as of today; under Overdue in the Dues panel on the dashboard; in red in the documents list; in the calendar, on the day they fell due; and in the dashboard bell, if their alerts are on.

What if I change the due date?

The alert re-arms for the new date.

Does a partly paid document keep warning?

Yes, before the due date and on the day — what is left still has to be paid by then, and the bell shows only the amount still owing. Once overdue, it goes quiet like any other.

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Being warned before a bill or a contract falls due

Recurring alerts free · document alerts are Premium

A contract that renews is forgotten as easily as a supplier's invoice. Any document with a due date can warn you — a few days before, and again on the day — and the dashboard bell keeps what is still to be dealt with in one place.

Which alerts are free

The alerts on recurring movements — rent, subscriptions, instalments — are free, like the schedules themselves. The alerts described below sit on documents, and documents are Premium: on the free plan there is nothing to put a due date on.

Per document

On the document, a Notifications switch and a days before line: 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 or 30. A new document follows the Settings — the switch says Following Settings — and those start on, with 3 days. Two alerts: the days you chose before the due date, and another on the day itself. The alerts are handed to the phone in advance and arrive around 9 in the morning, even with ZeniCash closed: the first on the first of those days, the second on the day itself. Tapping the alert opens the document. Correct the due date and the alert re-arms for the new one.

The general rule is in Settings › Formats › Due-date reminders: a switch and a number of days, used by every document — and every schedule — that has not chosen for itself, old or new. Change it there and they all follow. Touch the switch or the days on a document and that document decides for itself, either way: it warns while the general switch is off, or stays quiet while it is on. Follow Settings hands it back.

What never warns

A paid document — nothing is left to pay. From version 1.7.3, an alert of it still showing on the phone is taken off once it is paid.
A document or a schedule with the switch off, or one following the Settings while Due-date reminders is off there.
A document already overdue — deliberately (see the questions below).

The dashboard bell

The bell on the dashboard shows what is pending: documents with money still owing inside their warning window, schedules coming up, budgets that have reached their alert threshold and a forecast negative balance. There is nothing to configure — each document and each schedule already says whether, and how many days ahead, it wants to warn, and the bell respects that: one that is switched off stays out of it. Overdue documents with alerts on always show, and leave the list only when paid.

Tapping a row opens what it is about: the document, the schedule, or the projected payments behind a negative balance. From version 1.7.3 this includes budgets: a budget row opens Menu › Cashflow Budget on the Budget tab, on that budget's card, outlined for a moment; Back returns to the dashboard. Row titles take up to two lines, so the end of a long one — the currency of a negative balance, for example — is not cut off.

Recurring movements warn too

Rent, subscriptions and instalments warn on the days chosen and on the day; tap the one that comes on the day and the form opens pre-filled. From version 1.7.3, a schedule has the same control as a document: Following Settings, on with its own days, or off, with Follow Settings to hand it back. A new schedule follows the Settings, and editing one keeps its choice. See Movements that repeat.

Questions

Which documents can warn me?: Any document, whatever its type: Invoice, Credit Note, Debit Note, Other, or a type you created — a contract, say. Every document has a due date, and the reminder does not look at the type.
Can I be warned on the day only?: Yes — set 0 days. Zero does not switch the alert off; the switch does.
Why does an overdue document not keep reminding me?: On purpose. An alert every morning for a document three months late teaches people to ignore alerts. Overdue documents stay where they can be acted on: in the cash-flow forecast, counted as of today; under Overdue in the Dues panel on the dashboard; in red in the documents list; in the calendar, on the day they fell due; and in the dashboard bell, if their alerts are on.
What if I change the due date?: The alert re-arms for the new date.
Does a partly paid document keep warning?: Yes, before the due date and on the day — what is left still has to be paid by then, and the bell shows only the amount still owing. Once overdue, it goes quiet like any other.

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Checked against ZeniCash 1.5.0 on 2026-09-10. Where a feature is Premium, it says so.