Set it up once and never think about it again. That is the whole appeal, and honestly it is the best feature category in dividend apps.
- Three alerts that matter: ex-div warnings two trading days ahead, pay-date confirmations, dividend change alerts - The cut alert is the important one; a cut is the market telling you something broke - Keep the list tight: alerts for your holdings, not your fifty-stock watchlist; notification fatigue kills the system - Paying for alerts is paying for a push notification; the free tier is enough - Pair alerts with the calendar: the calendar shows the schedule, the alerts make sure you notice it
DivPlan ($4.99 one-time) gives the alerts something worth guarding: a planned portfolio of screened payers with a full calendar.