A silent tap on your wrist.Your partner sleeps on.

iPhone and Apple Watch

Waking as you stir needs an Apple Watch worn to sleep. Without a Watch, it’s a plain, reliable iPhone alarm.

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Wake up without waking your partner.

Your Apple Watch taps your wrist as you start to stir, up to 30 minutes before your alarm time. Not stirring? Your iPhone rings at your time, never later.

A gentle alarm you can count on

A tap on your wrist first, with your iPhone alarm as the guarantee. It can only wake you earlier, never later.

Wakes you as you start to stir

Set your alarm time and how early you may be woken: up to 15 or 30 minutes before. In those last minutes your Watch notices when you start to stir (you move, and your heart rate rises when the Watch has a reading) and taps your wrist.

The Alarm screen: a time picker set to 07:00 and the switch “Wake me a little earlier if I’m stirring”, turned on

No sound for your partner

The early tap is a vibration on your wrist, so whoever sleeps next to you can sleep on. Want sound too? Turn on “Also ring my iPhone at the early tap” in Settings.

Settings: the alarm sound, the Watch vibration, how early it may wake you (15 or 30 minutes) and the switch “Also ring my iPhone at the early tap”

Your iPhone alarm is always set

It’s scheduled the moment you set it. If your Watch is off, off your wrist or out of range, your iPhone still rings at your time, and repeats 2 and 5 minutes later if you sleep through.

A reliable alarm clock

Exact-time alarms, weekday repeats, your choice of sound and Watch vibration. Test sound counts down 3, 2, 1 and rings exactly as loud as your alarm will in the morning.

Alarm set for 07:00: your Watch may tap you from 06:30 if you’re stirring, and your iPhone rings at 07:00 at the latest

See how every morning went

History lists your mornings: when it woke you, how many minutes before your time, and why.

Your mornings: three days, each saying when you were woken and whether you were stirring

Set it once, then sleep

No account and nothing to sign up for. Three steps, and the first one takes a minute.

Get the app

Install Velvet Alarm on your iPhone from the App Store, and make sure it’s on your Apple Watch too.

Set your time

Pick your alarm time and how early it may wake you: up to 15 or 30 minutes before. Set it on your iPhone or on your Watch.

Open it on your Watch at bedtime

Open the app on your Watch once before you sleep and wear the Watch to bed with enough charge. An optional bedtime reminder helps you remember.

Your iPhone alarm is set the moment you set it.

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Your nights stay yours

An alarm clock should not need an account, a server or your data.

No account, no servers

Nothing to sign up for and nothing uploaded. The app has no servers and no iCloud sync.

No ads, no tracking

No analytics, no ads, no tracking and no third-party SDKs. The App Store label says Data Not Collected.

Health data stays on your devices

Heart rate and sleep are read on your iPhone and Watch only to wake you. They are never sent to us or anyone else, never used for ads and never sold.

Before you buy

Do I need an Apple Watch?

To be woken as you stir, yes: an Apple Watch worn to sleep, paired with your iPhone. Without a Watch, Velvet Alarm is a plain, reliable iPhone alarm.

Can it wake me later than my alarm time?

No. It can only wake you earlier, never later. Your iPhone alarm is scheduled the moment you set it and rings at your time if you weren’t stirring earlier.

Will it wake my partner?

The early tap is a vibration on your wrist, with no sound. Your iPhone stays quiet unless you turn on “Also ring my iPhone at the early tap”. If you’re not stirring, your iPhone rings at your alarm time.

What if my Watch is off or out of range?

Your iPhone alarm is already set and still rings at your time, then repeats 2 and 5 minutes later if you sleep through (this needs notifications on).

Which iPhones and Watches work?

An iPhone 11 or later, or iPhone SE (2nd generation) or later, with iOS 26 or later. To be woken as you stir: Apple Watch Series 6 or later, SE (2nd generation) or later, or any Ultra, with watchOS 26 or later. It isn’t made for iPad or Mac.

Does it track my sleep?

No. It’s an alarm clock: it pays attention to your wrist movement, and your heart rate when the Watch has a reading, only in the last minutes before your alarm, and it shows no sleep or heart-rate charts. It does not diagnose, treat or monitor any medical condition.

Is my data private?

Yes. No account, no ads, no tracking, no servers. Your Health data stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch and is never sent to us or anyone else. Details in the Privacy Policy.

Why does the App Store say Wristwake?

Velvet Alarm is the new name of Wristwake. Until the update that renames it, the App Store, your Home Screen and Settings still show Wristwake (on the App Store: Wristwake: Silent Smart Alarm). It’s the same app.

What does it cost?

Try everything free for 7 days with Monthly or Yearly; after the trial it renews unless you cancel. Or unlock it forever with a single in-app purchase. Prices vary by country, and the App Store shows yours before you buy. An alarm you’ve already set always rings.

More answers on the support page →

Free to try

Try everything free for 7 days with Monthly or Yearly, or unlock it forever with a single in-app purchase.

Monthly and Yearly renew until you cancel. Unlock forever is paid once. Prices vary by country, and the App Store shows yours before you buy.

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Set it tonight

Get Velvet Alarm on your iPhone, open it once on your Watch at bedtime, and wake to a tap on your wrist.

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iOS 26+ · watchOS 26+ · No account, no ads