ArrivAlarm
Rings when you're almost there
Only for iPhone
$2.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
An arrival alarm that actually rings — through silent mode, a Focus, a locked screen, and now your car's speakers on CarPlay. Set a destination and put your phone away.
ArrivAlarm tells you when you're almost there — with a real alarm it schedules through iOS, not a notification. It rings through silent mode. It rings through a Focus. It rings with your screen off and the app closed.
Set a destination, choose how much warning you want — anywhere from a tenth of a mile to ten — and put your phone away. Go back to your album, your podcast, your book, or your nap. No more surfacing every few minutes to check how close you are.
No account. No ads. No analytics. Nothing to set up but where you're going.
SET IT IN SECONDS
Search for a place, pick one you've saved, or press and hold the map to drop a pin. Drag the slider to set your alert distance and the map shows you exactly where the alarm will fire.
AN ALARM THAT ACTUALLY GOES OFF
ArrivAlarm schedules a real iOS alarm with AlarmKit, not a notification you might miss. It rings on silent. It rings through a Focus. It rings with the screen off and the app closed. On CarPlay, it plays through your car's speakers.
ON YOUR WRIST
Because it's a real iOS alarm, your Apple Watch buzzes at arrival when your iPhone is locked — so the alert reaches you even with your phone packed away. Nothing to install on the watch. If your phone is unlocked you already have it in hand, so the watch stays quiet.
QUIET WHEN YOU NEED IT
Switch to vibrate-only for a silent train or a shared space. Your watch still buzzes and the alert still appears on screen.
AT A GLANCE
A Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island shows your status without opening the app.
PLACES YOU GO OFTEN
Save the stops you use regularly, reorder them how you like, and pull one up in a tap.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything happens on your device. Your location is never sent to a server, never stored anywhere else, and never shared. No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs of any kind.
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
On CarPlay, the alarm now plays through your car's speakers, even with your phone locked. Anything else that's playing is turned down while it sounds.
The alert distance now goes up to 10 miles (16 km), for an earlier heads-up. The slider gives you finer control at short distances.
If you tap Arm when you're already within your alert distance, ArrivAlarm asks before setting an alarm that would go off right away.
Ready for iPhone Duo: unfolded, the controls sit in a panel beside the map.
The panel at the bottom no longer slides up twice when you open the app, and stays put when a message appears.
The developer, WIJNAND EMILE JANSVELD, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- WIJNAND EMILE JANSVELD
- Size
- 1.6 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Wijnand Jansveld
