RotaWake: Shift Work Alarm

An alarm clock built for shift workers

Rotating shifts make ordinary alarm apps useless. A "weekdays at 7" alarm cannot follow a rota that changes every few days. RotaWake can. Set your shift pattern once, and the right alarm rings on the right day.

On iPhone it alerts you with a notification at the time you set and reminds you a few more times if you don't dismiss it. When you turn an alarm off, every scheduled reminder is cancelled. "I turned it off but it rang" and "it was on but stayed silent" are exactly what this app works hardest to prevent. (In silent mode there is no sound — turn the ring switch on to hear it. An alarm may not ring if the phone is off, if you haven't opened the app for over 2 weeks, or if a Focus blocks notifications; the in-app guide explains more.)

Made for

• Nurses, factory and plant workers, drivers, security staff, firefighters, hospitality and airport crews
• Anyone on 2-shift, 3-shift, 4-on-4-off, Continental, Panama (2-2-3), DuPont, Pitman or a custom rota
• Night workers whose shift ends the next morning
• Anyone who simply wants tidy repeating alarms

Your alarms build your shift calendar Create clock-in and clock-out alarms and the calendar fills itself in. Work days are colour-coded by shift, days off stand out in a blue box. There is no separate roster to type in.

Any rotation, exactly as it is Stack shift blocks in any order (Early, Mid, Late, Day, Night, Off) and the pattern repeats forever. Pick from common shift patterns to start in seconds, or build your own. Simple cycles such as "every N days" or "N days on, N days off" are supported too.

Night shifts that cross midnight A night shift from 22:00 to 06:00 belongs to the day it starts. The clock-out alarm rings the next morning, and the calendar, skips and day changes all stay on the correct work day.

Change a single day Swapped a shift or took a day off? Tap that date. Leave, half day and sick leave turn the alarms off or adjust the time. Cover, extra shift, overtime and on-call switch alarms on even for a day off. Comp days are counted for you each month and year.

Today and tomorrow at a glance Open the app and see today's and tomorrow's shift straight away, plus your next alarm.

9 languages English, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português. Choose whether your week starts on Sunday or Monday.

No ads · No account · Nothing leaves your phone No sign-up and no login. Your shifts and alarms are stored only on your device.

Dark and light themes, adjustable text size

Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets See your shifts without opening the app. The small widget shows today's shift, the medium widget this week, and the large widget the whole month, with today clearly highlighted and your next alarm shown in small type. On iOS 17 and later you can flip the large widget to the previous or next month.

Works with Apple Watch When the alarm rings on your iPhone, your Apple Watch is notified too.

If irregular hours make setting alarms a chore, let RotaWake keep your alarms and your shift calendar together.