Competition Deadline Reminders
Never miss a competition closing date again. Set custom reminders, sync deadlines to your calendar, and get daily-entry repeats so you always enter before time runs out.
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Reminder timing options
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Comps with deadlines tracked
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Missed deadlines (with reminders on)
This page is about ENTERING — not winner results
Deadline reminders are pre-close pings that fire before a competition shuts, to make sure you remember to enter in time. Nothing to do with winner announcements.
Looking for alerts that tell you when you've won something you already entered? See our competition win notifications feature — a different tool for the post-entry side of comping.
Six ways to time your deadline alerts
Stack them, mix them, set defaults per category. Different competitions need different urgency levels — Sweepzy gives you the lot.
Reminder timing comparison
Which timing fits which kind of competition — and which channel to use for each.
| Reminder timing | Channel |
|---|---|
| 24 hours before close | Push + email |
| 1 hour before close | Push (urgent) |
| Custom interval | Push, email or both |
| Daily at fixed time | Push + in-app |
| Calendar sync (iCal) | Google Calendar / Apple / Outlook |
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Common deadline disasters reminders prevent
Three classic ways UK compers lose competitions they would have won — and how a correctly-configured Sweepzy reminder catches each one.
The midnight close
You bookmark a 23:59 deadline thinking you’ll get to it before bed. You fall asleep at 22:00 watching telly. By morning the comp’s closed and you never entered the £500 hamper you actually had a shot at.
A 22:00 reminder two hours before close would have caught this. Sweepzy defaults can be set per-category so all your “evening close” comps get an early-evening ping automatically.
The forgotten daily entry
Advent calendar comp: enter every day in December for a chance at one of 24 daily prizes. You smash entries for the first week, forget on day 8, and the streak breaks. Worse — the big prize draws from people who entered all 24 days.
Daily-entry repeat reminders fire at the same time every day until the comp closes. Set it once, get the ping every morning at 9am with a one-tap link to the entry page.
The week-long blur
You log 30 comps in a single sitting. Most close in 2–3 weeks. You forget which ones close when. Half of them slip past their deadline before you check your tracker again.
Calendar sync drops every deadline into your normal calendar. Your weekly look-ahead naturally surfaces the comps closing that week alongside your meetings.
For more on building a system that catches these disasters before they happen, see our guide on comping routine and time management — how UK compers actually structure 20–30 daily entries without burning out.
Complete deadline management
Everything you need to never miss a competition closing date — built specifically for the way UK compers actually work.
Calendar Sync
Sync competition deadlines to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook automatically via iCal — every entry shows up alongside your normal diary.
Custom Reminder Times
Set reminders for 1 day, 1 hour, 5 minutes or any custom interval before a competition closes. Different defaults per category if you want.
Closing-Soon Alerts
Automatic alerts on competitions you bookmarked but never logged — useful for catching ones you meant to enter but forgot about.
Daily Digest
A morning email listing every comp closing today and within the next seven days, sorted by deadline urgency.
Daily-Entry Repeats
For comps that allow daily entry, set a recurring reminder that fires every day until the comp closes. Brilliant for advent calendars.
Last-Chance Alerts
Emergency notifications for high-priority comps closing within the next few hours — perfect for fast-moving Instagram comps.
Stop watching deadlines slip past
Set up unlimited competition deadline reminders for free — no credit card, no trial timer. Create a free Sweepzy account and your next 30 comps will all get a closing-date ping by default.
Start Tracking FreeEvery deadline in the calendar you already use
Sweepzy generates a private iCal feed URL for your account. Paste it once into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook and every tracked competition appears as a calendar event ending at the closing date.
Google Calendar
Settings → Add calendar → From URL → paste your iCal link. Auto-refreshes every few hours.
Apple Calendar
File → New Calendar Subscription → paste your URL. Choose refresh frequency.
Outlook (web & desktop)
Add Calendar → Subscribe from web → paste URL → done.
New competitions added to your competition tracker appear in the calendar automatically. Comps you mark as entered, won or expired are removed.
Morning Digest
8:00 AM, every day
Today's digest preview:
- • 3 comps closing today
- • 7 closing this week
- • 2 daily-entry comps to revisit
- • 5 new comps matching your interests
Reminders that don't wake you up at 3am
Quiet Hours
Default 22:00–07:00. Any reminder that would fire overnight either holds until your morning wake-up or fires earlier — your call.
Snooze
Snooze any reminder for 15 mins, 1 hour, 6 hours or until tomorrow morning. Reminders that would push past the deadline warn you instead of silently dropping.
Mute per comp
Already entered? Tap mute and Sweepzy stops reminding you about that specific competition — but keeps tracking it for win detection later.
Manual deadline tracking vs Sweepzy reminders
Tracking deadlines manually
- Spreadsheet column for closing dates, sorted manually
- Setting individual phone alarms for each competition
- Missing daily-entry comps because you forgot to set a recurring alarm
- Mid-week comp closes while you're focused on work
- Calendar app full of vague "Enter Tesco comp" entries with no link
Sweepzy deadline reminders
- Automatic 24h + 1h reminders on every tracked entry
- Daily-entry repeats fire at the same time every day
- Calendar sync drops everything into Google/Apple/Outlook
- One-tap link from notification straight to entry page
- Morning digest summarises everything closing this week
Works on every device
iOS push, Android push, desktop browser notifications, email and SMS — your choice.
Unlimited reminders
Free forever plan covers unlimited tracked competitions and unlimited reminders. No upsell wall.
Privacy-first
GDPR compliant, UK-hosted, no advertising trackers in your reminder emails.
Deadline reminder questions, answered
The most common things UK compers ask about Sweepzy reminders. Need something not covered? Contact Sweepzy.
Building a comping habit? See our guides on how to track competition entries and the lightweight free competition alerts tool for a no-signup taster.
Never miss a UK competition deadline again
Free deadline reminders on every comp you track. Add custom timings, sync to your calendar, switch on daily-entry repeats — set up in 60 seconds.