# OnTimer: Calendar Alarm — Meeting Reminders That Ring

> Automated calendar alarms and departure time alerts for punctuality. (iPhone/iPad app by Ethan Garr.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ontimer-calendar-alarm/id6755317601 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ethan Garr](https://appshunter.io/developer/1853105438)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 23 App Store ratings · 11 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 33 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-03-03
- Data updated: 2026-10-24
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ontimer-calendar-alarm/id6755317601/reviews.md

## What is OnTimer?

“Are you joining the meeting?”

If you've ever gotten that message while you were sidetracked by an email, a task, or one more thing, OnTimer is for you. Calendar notifications are easy to swipe away. OnTimer turns your calendar into real alarms, so a missed notification doesn't become a missed meeting, or a missed flight.

Connect your Google, Outlook, or Apple Calendar once, and OnTimer does the rest: a persistent alarm when it's time to act, a Time to Leave alert when it's time to head out, and now Time to Fly for every flight on your calendar.

NEW: TIME TO FLY

Every flight on your calendar gets an alarm when it's time to leave for the airport. OnTimer recognizes flights your email and travel apps add to your calendar, or just put the airport code, like JFK, in an event's location.

Your leave time combines airline-recommended arrival times (2 hours domestic, 3 hours international) with your drive, parking, and whether you're checking a bag. Connecting flights don't get a second alarm, and you can adjust any flight from its card.

CUSTOM ALARM SOUNDS

Make your alarms your own. Choose a sound for your main alarm and another for Time to Leave alerts, or give one event its own sound. Preview every sound for free. More sounds are coming soon.

HOW IT WORKS

OnTimer uses your calendar as the source of truth. When your schedule changes, your alarms stay in sync, so you never create or maintain alarms by hand.

Unlike notifications that disappear after a swipe, OnTimer's alarms keep reminding you until you dismiss them. High Alert can ring through Silent mode and Focus on iOS 26.1 and later. Prefer quieter alerts? Medium Alert respects Focus.

TIME TO LEAVE ALERTS

For events with a location, OnTimer watches traffic and tells you exactly when to head out. Choose your travel mode and add a departure buffer.

ESPECIALLY HELPFUL IF YOU

• See calendar reminders and still leave late
• Get focused and lose the last few minutes before a call
• Need alarms that keep going until you act
• Use more than one calendar
• Experience time blindness or notification overload

FREE

• Connect one Google, Outlook, or Apple Calendar
• Automatic alarms for every calendar event
• Persistent alarms with High and Medium Alert
• Time to Fly airport alarms
• Recurring event controls
• Focus & Silent Mode settings

PREMIUM

• Connect multiple calendars across work and personal life
• Time to Fly live traffic updates and a night-before heads-up
• Time to Leave alerts with live traffic
• Early Warning alerts before your main alarm
• Custom alarm timing for individual events
• Custom alarm sounds
• Business Hours
• 7-day free trial on the annual plan

OnTimer works quietly in the background, so you never have to think about setting alarms again.

Download OnTimer today and never be late again.

Some features require a paid subscription. Monthly and annual subscription options are available in the app. Pricing varies by region and is shown before purchase.

Terms of Use:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Automatic calendar event alarms
- Persistent, non-dismissible notifications
- Time to leave alerts with traffic
- Customizable transportation modes
- Recurring event controls
- Do Not Disturb integration

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| OnTimer Pro (Monthly) | $7.99 | per month |
| OnTimer Pro (Yearly) | $49.99 | per year |


## Is OnTimer safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess OnTimer.

## Is OnTimer legit?

OnTimer: Calendar Alarm has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for OnTimer is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (10 of 11)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ontimer-calendar-alarm/id6755317601/reviews.md

### 5/5 — The Missing Link Between My AI and My Day

*2026-04-15*

I use Claude to plan my entire schedule. Meds, training, client calls, wind down, all of it. Claude writes the day to my Google Calendar and that used to be where the system broke, because iOS calendar notifications are useless. Quiet banners you swipe away without looking. I had a perfect schedule sitting in my calendar and still missed half of it. OnTimer fixed it.

It reads my calendar and automatically creates a real alarm for every event. Not a notification. A loud alarm that actually cuts through. I don’t build alarms manually. I don’t maintain two systems. Claude writes the plan, OnTimer turns it into sound, and I just live my day. If you searched “Google Calendar to iPhone alarm,” “convert calendar to alarms,” “AI calendar alarm,” “Claude calendar sync,” or “ADHD calendar alarm app,” this is it.

The developer is also a real human (I won’t say his name for privacy) who actually cares. Responsive, fast, works the problem with you, ships fixes. Almost extinct in the App Store right now. Setup took two minutes. Loud alarms. Customizable lead time. If you use AI to plan your life and you’re on iPhone, OnTimer is the piece that closes the loop.

### 5/5 — Keeps me on time

*2026-04-02*

My grandfather always told me that if you’re on time, you’re five minutes late. Ontimer make sure that I’m never on time but rather early and impress my meeting.

**Developer response:** Glad you are finding it useful and let us know if we can make it better.

### 5/5 — Keeps me sane

*2026-03-20*

My coworkers no longer harass me for being late

### 5/5 — Good stuff!

*2026-03-19*

Simple to use, effective, and fills a niche.  Good stuff!

**Developer response:** Thanks Whomper! Appreciate that you are getting value from this. Let us know if we can make it better!

### 5/5 — Stay On Time with On Timer

*2026-03-19*

Simple, elegant, easy to setup and use. Especially like the new time to leave feature. Helps me stay on time all the time!

### 5/5 — Just about perfect!

*2026-03-19*

OnTimer has completely changed how I stay on top of my day. The seamless integration with Google Calendar makes setting reminders effortless, and everything just works exactly when you need it. It’s simple, reliable, and incredibly helpful—especially for keeping important tasks from slipping through the cracks. A smart, well-designed app I didn’t know I needed but now use every day. Well done!

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2026-03-19*

Exactly what i needed to keep on time

### 5/5 — Great app for staying on time.

*2026-03-14*

Super easy to set up and connect to calendars.  And the alerts are just in your face and persistent enough so that you won’t be late.

The new update has a cool time to leave feature. So if your events have locations you can get an automatic alert based on traffic and distance. Pretty cool.

### 5/5 — As advertised

*2026-03-14*

This app is great.  It has definitely helped me to “never be late.”

### 5/5 — A great app!

*2026-03-03*

App does exactly what it claims in a simple, quick and elegant way. Especially for someone like me who has multiple meetings and various arrangements across multiple calendars it was a breeze to setup and keep me well organized so I don’t miss anything scheduled.

## Frequently asked questions about OnTimer

### How does OnTimer create alarms for calendar events?

OnTimer connects to your Google or Microsoft calendar and automatically generates persistent alarms for each event. These alarms remain visible and audible until dismissed, unlike standard notifications.

### Does OnTimer have ads?

No, OnTimer does not contain advertisements. The app is free to use with optional paid features.

### What is the pricing for OnTimer's paid features?

Paid features are available through monthly and annual subscription plans. A 7-day free trial is offered on the annual plan.

### Can OnTimer help with in-person meeting travel?

Yes, OnTimer offers 'Time to Leave' alerts that calculate your departure time based on real-time traffic and your chosen transportation mode, ensuring you arrive on time.

### What devices does OnTimer support?

OnTimer is currently available for iPhone devices.

### How often is OnTimer updated?

The latest version, 1.1.2 (35), was released on March 25, 2026, indicating regular updates to improve functionality and reliability.

### What are the benefits of the paid version of OnTimer?

The paid version allows connection to multiple calendars (Google and Microsoft), supports multiple accounts, includes business hours filtering, and enables 'Time to Leave' alerts with real-time traffic and customizable travel settings.

### What is the age rating for OnTimer?

OnTimer has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.23 — 2026-10-16

Introducing Time to Fly and More!

OnTimer now automatically recognizes flights on your calendar and sets alarms for when to leave for the airport. Leave times account for your drive, parking, and checked bags. Premium adds live traffic adjustments and a heads-up the night before.

Make sure to try custom alarm sounds! Choose different sounds for your alarms, Time to Leave alerts, or individual events.

And you now have more control over your alarms. Turn off alarms for a single meeting or an entire recurring series. Or choose "Only meetings I choose" to decide exactly which meetings ring.

### 1.2.22 — 2026-10-12

Meet Time to Fly. Every flight on your calendar now gets an alarm when it's time to leave for the airport.

OnTimer recognizes flights your email and travel apps add to your calendar. You can also put the airport code, like JFK, in any event's location. Your leave time is based on airline-recommended arrival times, your drive, parking, and whether you're checking a bag, and you can adjust it for any flight. Premium adds live traffic updates that move your alarm earlier if traffic gets worse, plus a heads-up at 9 PM the night before.

OnTimer has a new app icon. Same alarms, fresh look.

And in case you missed it: you can now choose your alarm sounds. Pick one for your main alarm and another for Time to Leave alerts, or give a single event its own sound. More sounds are coming soon.

As always, this release also includes reliability improvements to keep your alarms on time.

### 1.2.21 — 2026-10-12

Meet Time to Fly. Every flight on your calendar now gets an alarm when it's time to leave for the airport.

OnTimer recognizes flights your email and travel apps add to your calendar. You can also put the airport code, like JFK, in any event's location. Your leave time is based on airline-recommended arrival times, your drive, parking, and whether you're checking a bag, and you can adjust it for any flight. Premium adds live traffic updates that move your alarm earlier if traffic gets worse, plus a heads-up at 9 PM the night before.

OnTimer has a new app icon. Same alarms, fresh look.

And in case you missed it: you can now choose your alarm sounds. Pick one for your main alarm and another for Time to Leave alerts, or give a single event its own sound. More sounds are coming soon.

As always, this release also includes reliability improvements to keep your alarms on time.

### 1.2.20 — 2026-10-03

Get OnTimer's latest so you're never late.

Now you can choose your alarm sounds. Preview and pick a sound for your main alarm and another for Time to Leave alerts, and even give individual events their own sound. Sounds play with High Alert, and this is just our first collection, with more on the way.

Pausing is clearer too. When you pause alarms for a set time, Home now shows it in amber, so you can see at a glance that OnTimer will turn itself back on.

And, as always, this release includes reliability improvements and fixes to help OnTimer keep doing its job in the background: keeping you on time.

### 1.2.19 (58) Edit in calendar, minor bug fixes, Cleaner home — 2026-09-30

Get OnTimer's latest so you're never late.

Jump into meetings faster. Tap any event to join its video call, including Microsoft Teams, or open the event straight in Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar to make changes.

Your Home screen is also cleaner and easier to scan, with a quick camera icon showing which meetings have a video call.

And, as always, this release includes reliability improvements and fixes to help OnTimer keep doing its job in the background: keeping you on time.

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