The Shabbat alarm clock that stops by itself
Set your alarms before Shabbat or Yom Tov begins. Each one rings at the exact minute, ends after the seconds you chose, and nobody touches the phone until havdalah.
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iPhone first. Android is being built, with no date yet.
Shul starts at nine. The phone has been on the counter since Friday afternoon, and nothing on it will be touched until dark. An ordinary alarm rings until somebody stops it, and on Shabbat nobody will. ShabbatRise rings for the fifteen seconds you chose, and then it stops on its own.
How it works
Set your alarms before it begins
Choose your wake-up times for Shabbat or Yom Tov. ShabbatRise already knows when the day comes in where you are, worked out on the phone itself, with no internet needed.
Get the phone ready
Charger in, volume up, no headphones or Bluetooth speakers connected, and Airplane Mode on. Hours before it begins, ShabbatRise reminds you and shows you the same list.
Open Bedside Mode and arm it
The screen dims to a clock you can read from bed. From here on, nothing needs a hand on it. Guided Access will lock the phone into ShabbatRise if you want stray touches to do nothing at all.
It rings, and it stops by itself
Each alarm rings loud at the exact minute, then ends on its own after 15 seconds to 2 minutes. No tapping, no swiping, no interaction at all.
Ring duration
The ring ends where you set it
Set the ring to 15 or 30 seconds, 1 or 2 minutes. It ends there by itself, and the house goes quiet again without anyone reaching for the phone.
Bedside Mode
A dim clock on the charger all Shabbat
On iPhone you leave the app open on the charger, and the screen dims to a clock you can read from bed. Every alarm starts and stops at the exact minute, with the screen locked. iOS can hold a system alarm in reserve as well, but that one has to be pressed to stop, so it ships switched off.
Shabbat and Yom Tov
It knows the Jewish year, offline
One alarm returns on every Shabbat and every Yom Tov, or on a single date if that is what you chose. Consecutive rest days join into one occasion, so Rosh Hashanah is one block with each of its days set separately. Whether you keep one day of Yom Tov or two comes from your city, and is never asked.
See how Yom Tov works
Before it begins
One last look before candle lighting
One to four hours before it begins, ShabbatRise reminds you to check what is set and plug the phone in. Not only on Friday: if a Yom Tov starts on a Wednesday evening, the reminder comes on Wednesday. It already knows when the day comes in and goes out where you are, worked out on the phone itself, so airplane mode changes nothing.
Built with halacha in mind
ShabbatRise works like a Shabbat clock for your lights: everything is armed before candle lighting, whether it is Shabbat or Yom Tov, and the phone acts entirely on its own until havdalah. We describe how it works and rule on nothing. Communities differ in their practices, so please consult your rabbi.
A quiet phone from candle lighting to havdalah.
iPhone first. Android is being built, with no date yet.