On the nightstand
At night the screen shows the galaxy above a dark planet and a large clock that you can dim, down to black. A minute before the alarm the sky fades in. The screen stays on only while this view is open.
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iPhone & iPad
Dream Alarm An alarm clock that wakes you with a sunrise
Dream Alarm is an alarm clock for the nightstand. At night the screen shows a band of the galaxy with its nebulae above a dark planet, and a large clock that you can dim in three steps. When the alarm rings with the app open, the sun comes up over the planet while your music plays. When the song starts again, the view draws back until the whole planet is in sight.
Free · one-time purchase “All of Dream Alarm” €3.99 · no subscription
Requires iOS 26.1
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Waking with your song
When the alarm rings with the app open, your song plays in full and the sun comes up over the planet for as long as the song lasts. Then the view draws back until the whole planet is in sight.
Locked or closed
Alarms are set with the system's AlarmKit and ring like the built-in alarm, also on silent or in a Focus, with your sound or your song.
Features
- Alarms ring through the system, also when the iPhone is locked, on silent or in a Focus
- Twelve sounds made with the instrument Tone Field, in pure tuning, each starting softly
- Your own music: an MP3 or another song from Files, from the point you choose to the end, then the whole song again. With the nightstand open the app plays it while the sun comes up
- The sunrise lasts as long as the song
- Swipe up to snooze and down to stop, or use the two large buttons. You can also hide the buttons and keep only the picture
- Vibration: off, with the sound, or vibration only
- For each alarm: days of the week, volume, name and snooze time
- The nightstand view keeps the screen on while it is open and shows a note when the iPhone's volume is low. Its darkest step is black; a minute before the alarm the sky fades in
The iPhone's own volume still applies. An app cannot change it.
Pricing
Free
€0
Three alarms and three sounds, with the whole nightstand and sunrise.
The free version can be used without a time limit.
One-time purchase “All of Dream Alarm”
€3.99
All twelve sounds, your own music and as many alarms as you like.
Pay once, use it for good. No subscription.
Privacy
The app collects no data. Everything you open or create stays on your device until you share it yourself.
Alarms: Dream Alarm asks once whether it may set alarms (AlarmKit). Without that permission no alarm can ring.
Files: A song you add is copied into the app and stays on the device. Nothing is uploaded.
- No account
- No ads
- No tracking
- Works without internet
Frequently asked questions
Why is there no sunrise when the alarm rings?
The sunrise comes when the app is open on the nightstand as the alarm rings. With the app closed or the iPhone locked, iOS rings the alarm itself and shows its own alarm screen. Open the nightstand view before you sleep.
Can the alarm be louder than the iPhone's volume?
No app can change the iPhone's volume. Set the level of each alarm in the app; the nightstand view shows a note when the iPhone's volume is low.
How do I stop the alarm without buttons?
Swipe down to stop and up to snooze. The buttons can be switched on again for each alarm under “While waking”.
I bought the upgrade, but it is locked again.
Tap “Restore purchase” on the purchase card in the app. A one-time purchase is tied to your Apple account and does not have to be paid for again.
