Press

Press kit

Everything you need to write about RemWake. For interviews, review builds, or anything not covered here, email team@remwake.com. I answer personally and quickly.

The short version

RemWake is a smart alarm for iPhone and Apple Watch that wakes you during light sleep within a window you choose, so mornings start clear-headed instead of groggy. Built on Apple's AlarmKit, RemWake pairs on-watch sleep sensing with a guaranteed deadline alarm that rings even in Silent mode. All processing happens on-device: no accounts, no servers, no data collection. RemWake was built by solo developer Jamie [LASTNAME] and is available on the App Store with a 7-night free trial ($39.99/year).

Why it exists

Apple Watch tracks sleep stages in detail, but Apple's own alarm still rings at a fixed time; there is no smart wake anywhere in the system. RemWake fills that gap. It senses light sleep overnight through heart rate and motion, wakes you at a good moment inside your window, and falls back to a guaranteed alarm at your deadline if no such moment appears.

The reason timing matters is sleep inertia: the grogginess after waking, which typically lasts 15–60 minutes and depends heavily on which sleep stage the alarm interrupts. In one study, people woken from deep sleep showed around a 41% drop in performance, while those woken from light sleep performed about as well as people who were already awake.

Three angles

The gap story

Why Apple tracks sleep but won't smart-wake you, and how third-party apps work around the fact that Apple's on-watch sleep classifier is a private system process no app can read in real time.

The privacy story

A health-adjacent app whose App Store privacy label is completely empty. No account, no server, nothing transmitted.

The couples story

Silent wrist-only wake, where haptics wake one person and the other sleeps through it.

Fast facts

PlatformiPhone (iOS 26+) with Apple Watch (watchOS 26+), Watch required
CategoryHealth & Fitness
Price7 nights free, then $39.99/year or $5.99/month
Availability[LAUNCH DATE], worldwide App Store
DeveloperJamie [LASTNAME], solo
Built onAlarmKit (WWDC 2025), HealthKit, on-device classification
Data collectedNone

Assets

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Contact

Press enquiries: team@remwake.com · [@remwake] on X

Review builds are available on request, via TestFlight or App Store promo codes.