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Still water with dolphins near the horizon and birds in the morning. Free for everyone, also after the trial.
Sunwake: Sunrise alarm clock for iPhone
Sunwake turns your iPhone into a gentle light alarm: a slow sunset to fall asleep, and a sunrise before your alarm.
Free with the Sea world. Sunwake Pro is a one-time purchase with a 7-day free trial that ends by itself. No account, no ads, no tracking. For iPhone with iOS 26.1 or later.
How it works
A sunrise alarm clock in three steps
Set your alarms like in the Clock app, stand your iPhone next to your bed, and let a sunrise simulation wake you up gently. A light alarm without an extra lamp: the light comes from your iPhone screen.
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Set your alarms as usual
Time, weekdays and a label, just like the Clock app. Each alarm gets its own world, its own sunset (off, 10, 20 or 30 minutes) and its own sunrise (10, 20 or 30 minutes).
Alarms that are on always ring, even if the app is closed or you never tapped “Good night”.
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Tap “Good night”
In the evening, stand your iPhone sideways on the charger next to your bed and tap “Good night”. The sun sets slowly and works like a soft night light while you fall asleep, until the screen is black. Then it stays dark all night.
At night you see stars, now and then a shooting star, the moon in its real phase and a faint red night clock in retro LED style, like a bedside clock on your nightstand.
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Wake up with the sun
Before your alarm the sun rises slowly and the screen keeps getting brighter, like a sunrise simulator on your bedside table. At your wake time it reaches full brightness and your alarm rings.
In the morning, a tap ends the night and stops a ringing alarm.
Good to know. Keep Sunwake open at night and don’t lock your iPhone. iOS doesn’t let apps turn the screen on by themselves, so this is the only way Sunwake can brighten it in the morning. Your alarms ring either way. Keep your iPhone on the charger all night.
Want to see it first? “Preview (20 s)” shows a whole night in 20 seconds, and “Test with alarm (2 min)” plays a night with its alarm in 2 minutes.
Worlds
A sunrise world for every alarm
Each alarm has its own illustrated world for sunset, night and sunrise. Sea is free for everyone. Sunwake Pro adds every other world.
Pro
Dunes
Warm sand, soft ridges and a camel caravan in the first light.
Pro
Mountains
Snowy peaks and a meadow with a grazing deer. With the real sky, the landscape follows the season.
Event worlds in their season
Event worlds appear by themselves in the alarm’s Landscape picker around their dates and disappear afterwards. They are part of Sunwake Pro. On Halloween and on Christmas Eve the matching world is free for everyone. If a chosen event world is over, the Sea world runs that night.
October 24 to November 1
Halloween
With its own harvest moon instead of the real one. Free for everyone on October 31.
December 1 to 26
Christmas
Free for everyone on December 24.
December to February
Snowy Hill
A quiet winter slope for the darkest months.
Sunwake Pro
Buy it once. Try it free for 7 days.
Sunwake is free with the Sea world. Sunwake Pro is a one-time in-app purchase, not a subscription. The App Store shows the price in your currency before you buy.
Free
Everything a gentle alarm clock needs
Without a purchase, for as long as you like.
- Several alarms with weekdays
- Sunset, starry night with the real moon phase, and sunrise
- The Sea world with dolphins and birds in the morning
- Alarms that ring even when the app is closed
- The preview shows every world of the day, Pro worlds too
Pro, one-time purchase
Every world and the real sky
One payment through the App Store. With Family Sharing, Pro also works for your family.
- Dunes and Mountains
- Event worlds in their season: Halloween, Christmas, Snowy Hill
- Real sky: weather, moon times and season in the scene
- New worlds are included at no extra cost
Real sky
Your weather, your moon, your season
Rain, snow, clouds and fog in your morning scene, matching the weather where you live or in a city you choose. The moon rises and sets at its real times, and Mountains and Sea follow the season.
The weather only changes the scene, never the screen brightness.
The free trial
Try Pro free for 7 days. The trial ends by itself and nothing is charged. There is nothing to cancel, because it is not a subscription.
After that, the real sky and every world except Sea lock again, and your alarms carry on with Sea. Everything under Free keeps working. If you want to keep Pro, you buy it once.
Privacy
Your nights stay on your iPhone
Sunwake works without an account and without servers of its own. The app sends no data to us.
No account
You never sign up or log in. Your alarms and settings stay on your iPhone, and we never see them.
No ads, no tracking
No analytics, advertising or tracking tools in the app. Purchases and the trial are handled entirely by Apple through the App Store.
Location only for the real sky
Only with Pro or the trial, and only while the real sky is on: your approximate location, rounded to about a kilometre, goes to Apple Weather. You can choose a city by hand instead; the city search uses Apple Maps. Without it the sky stays clear and your alarm still rings.
All details in the privacy policy. Auf Deutsch: Datenschutzerklärung.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How do I set up my iPhone for the night?
Stand your iPhone sideways on the charger next to your bed, open Sunwake and tap “Good night”. Keep the app open and don’t lock your iPhone. Only then can Sunwake slowly brighten the screen in the morning. Your iPhone keeps charging.
Does the alarm ring even if the app is closed?
Yes. Every alarm you switch on is a real iPhone alarm. It rings at the set time, even if Sunwake was closed during the night or you never started “Good night”. The sunrise on the screen only appears while the app is open. When you set your first alarm, allow Sunwake to set alarms. If you declined, you can find the permission in the iOS Settings for Sunwake.
What happens after the free trial?
The trial lasts 7 days and ends by itself. Nothing is charged and there is nothing to cancel, because it is not a subscription. After that, the real sky and the Pro worlds such as Dunes and Mountains lock again. Alarm, sunset, starry night, sunrise and the Sea world keep working. If you want to keep Pro, you buy it once.
Why does Sunwake ask for my location?
Only for the real sky with Pro or during the trial: your approximate location goes to Apple Weather so that clouds, rain, snow, moon and season in the scene match where you are. Without it the sky stays clear and your alarm still rings. More in the privacy policy.
When are the event worlds available?
Event worlds appear by themselves in the alarm’s Landscape picker around their dates and disappear afterwards: Halloween from late October, Christmas and Snowy Hill from December. They are part of Sunwake Pro. On Halloween and on Christmas Eve the matching world is free for everyone. If a chosen event world is over, the Sea world runs that night.
How do I end the night?
In the morning, a tap ends the night and stops a ringing alarm. Before that, touch and hold the screen briefly and Sunwake asks “End the night?”. Your alarm stays on.
How do I restore my purchases?
Tap the gear at the top left, then “Restore Purchases”. On the purchase page you find “Restore” at the bottom. Use the same Apple Account you bought Sunwake Pro with. With Family Sharing, Pro also works for your family.
How do I get a refund?
Apple handles refunds for App Store purchases. You can request one at reportaproblem.apple.com.
More help on the support page.
Let the sun wake you
Free with the Sea world, and Sunwake Pro as a one‑time purchase.
Coming soon to the App Store
