Rouse: Alarms & Routine Timers

Alarms that fire through Silent Mode. Voice-coached routines for HIIT, Pomodoro & mornings. Countdown to milestones — birthdays, retirements, due dates. AI sleep coach.

Rouse keeps you on time and on track — with alarms that fire through Silent Mode, timed routines with voice coaching, and an AI sleep coach that learns your patterns. Whether it's a morning routine, a HIIT workout, a Pomodoro study session, or just making sure you wake up, Rouse has you covered.

Your alarms actually work. Built on Apple's AlarmKit for iOS 26, Rouse alarms survive Silent Mode, Do Not Disturb, Focus, restarts, and app updates — the same system-level reliability as the built-in Clock app, with far more features.

TIMED ROUTINES WITH VOICE COACHING Build step-by-step routines for any part of your day. Voice coaching announces each step hands-free — perfect for mornings when you're still waking up, workouts when your phone is across the room, or study sessions when you don't want to check a screen.

• 20+ presets: morning, HIIT, Pomodoro, meditation, study, kids bedtime, shift work, and more
• HIIT repeat groups — set 4 exercises, repeat 8 times, voice counts every round
• Second-precision step durations for Tabata, EMOM, and interval circuits
• Voice announces countdowns, step transitions, and time elapsed & remaining
• Live Activity shows progress on your Lock Screen
• One routine free with full voice coaching. Premium unlocks unlimited routines and repeat groups.

RELIABLE ALARMS AlarmKit-powered alarms fire through Silent Mode, DND, Focus, and system restarts. No notification workarounds. Real system-level alarms.

• 10 wake-up missions: Math, Shake, QR Code, Steps, Pattern, Photo Match, Typing, Memory, Barcode, and custom chains
• Snooze degradation, rescue alarms, cascading escalation
• Smart Alarm detects light sleep for gentler wake-ups
• Wake-Up Check confirms you're actually awake after dismissal

TIMERS WITH VOICE ANNOUNCEMENTS Set cooking timers, focus blocks, or nap alarms — voice announcements count down the final seconds and confirm when time's up, even from across the room. Timer Check follows up to make sure you noticed.

MILESTONE COUNTDOWNS Count down to the dates that matter — and count up from the ones you'll never forget. Birthdays, retirements, sobriety milestones, due dates, anniversaries, exam dates, project deadlines. Each countdown auto-flips when the date arrives, so it keeps tracking forever.

• Recurring countdowns — set "Christmas" once, watch it roll forward every December 26 (weekly, monthly, or yearly)
• 27 one-tap holiday templates: Christmas, Easter, Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar New Year, and more — locale-aware
• Streak tracking on count-ups: best streak + reset count for sobriety, no-spend days, habits
• Tap any time to cycle display formats: years, months, days, hours, colon, full units — each countdown remembers its choice (same cycling on stopwatches and timers)
• Up to 5 alerts per countdown — at the target, before, or after — with smart Focus behavior so imminent reminders cut through Do Not Disturb
• Anchored to the timezone you set it in, so a moment from NYC reads as 8:30 PM EST anywhere on Earth
• Lock Screen widget for your most important date

2 countdowns free; unlimited with Premium.

AI SLEEP COACHING On-device AI analyzes sleep patterns and provides personalized plans, weekly and monthly reports, and morning briefings with weather, calendar, and commute context.

EVERYTHING ELSE

• Bedside clock with 13 faces (burn-in protected)
• 46+ alarm sounds with escalating volume
• 12 sleep sounds + 8 generated noise types
• Stopwatches with lap tracking
• HealthKit sleep tracking integration
• 8 color themes
• Streaks, Morning Score, and 21 achievements

Unlimited alarms and timers, 2 stopwatches, 2 countdowns, and one full routine with voice coaching — all free, no account required. Premium unlocks all 10 missions, AI coaching, unlimited routines, HIIT repeat groups, unlimited countdowns, 46+ sounds, and more. Try free for 1 week with Annual.

Rouse uses Apple's Terms of Use (EULA), which may be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/