Daybezel, a radial alarm app for iPhone, got 1.25 thousand downloads in its first day
A developer from Ukraine built an iPhone alarm with a 24-hour dial instead of a list; by his own account, the app passed App Review in a day.
Ukrainian developer Oleksandr Vovchuk (named as the author in the App Store) released Daybezel, a radial alarm clock for iPhone, DEV.UA reports. Instead of the standard iOS list, the app shows all alarms on one interactive 24-hour dial dev.ua
DEV.UAdev.uaOpen source ↗. According to the developer, it received 1.25 thousand downloads in the first 24 hours after launch.
Why a dial instead of a list
The idea came from a personal problem. In a post on Reddit, under the nickname Hopeful_Committee365, the author wrote that he has trouble waking up and often set 5-8 alarms. His work schedule floats, so the list grew to separate alarms for 9, 10, 11 and 12 o'clock, with several for each hour.
On the dial, an alarm is created with one tap, and its time is changed by dragging or by setting the minutes precisely. The app also shows how much time is left until the next alarm. One alarm can be set up as a series of up to 5 repeated signals at a given interval. Each alarm can have its own goal, repeat days and a melody from a built-in library.
Implementation and availability
The developer says the app is native and built with Swift, SwiftUI and Apple AlarmKit. Thanks to the system framework, an alarm fires even if the app is closed, the iPhone is in silent mode or in a Focus mode, and alarms can be managed from the lock screen dev.ua
DEV.UAdev.uaOpen source ↗. The app needs no account, contains no ads or analytics, and all data stays on the device.
Daybezel is free in the App Store and requires iOS 26.1 or newer. Vovchuk states that it will remain free forever for everyone who installs it before monetization is introduced. He also says the app passed App Review in a single day.
