# Sunrise: Gentle Wake Alarm — Wake gently with a sunrise

> Wake gently with a sunrise (iPhone/iPad app by Michael Sheehy.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunrise-gentle-wake-alarm/id6822654125 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Michael Sheehy](https://appshunter.io/developer/6822654127)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $4.99)
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 16 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-19
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Sunrise?

Sunrise wakes you gently, the way a real dawn does.

Before your alarm, your iPhone’s screen slowly warms from deep red through amber to soft daylight, while a calm sound fades in. By the time your alarm is due, the room is bright and you’re already waking up.

Sunrise is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Try every feature free for 14 days, then unlock Sunrise for good with a single payment.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://michael-sally.github.io/Apple-Sunrise-Alarm/

NEW IN 1.2
• Your own sounds: import MP3, M4A or WAV files from the Files app for waking up or falling asleep. They stay on your iPhone.
• Take turns or Shuffle: wake to a different sound each morning, in order or at random.
• Different times on some days: one alarm with its own time for weekdays and weekends, or any day you like.
• Finish early, your way: Slide if you're up in bedside mode, I'm up on the Lock Screen, or Skip tomorrow on Home. Only that morning is skipped, and you can undo it.
• Vibrate at alarm time: an optional gentle vibration that builds until you stop the alarm.
• Help: quick answers to common questions, right in Settings.

HOW IT WORKS
• Start bedside mode at bedtime. A dim, warm clock shows overnight, or turn the screen off completely with Blackout.
• Before your alarm, the sunrise begins: 10 to 60 minutes, with 30 minutes as a natural dawn.
• Use the screen, the torch, or both, to light the room.
• Wake to Seashore, Birdsong or Waterfall, or the classic alarm tone.
• A reliable system alarm always rings, even if your iPhone is locked or on silent.

ALSO INCLUDED
• Fall-asleep sounds with a timer that fades out gently
• A sleep goal and an optional bedtime reminder
• Start bedside mode automatically when you plug in at night
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Control Center button, and Siri and Shortcuts
• Wake history to see how consistent your mornings are
• Landscape bedside mode, and full VoiceOver and Larger Text support

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything stays on your iPhone. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.

PRICING
Every feature is free for 14 days. After that, keep Sunrise with a single one-time purchase. No subscription, and no automatic charge.

Note: the sunrise needs Sunrise open in bedside mode overnight. It works best with your iPhone on charge.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 14-day Trial | Free | one-time |
| Unlock Sunrise | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Sunrise safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Sunrise.

## Is Sunrise legit?

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


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-10-31

Sunrise 1.2 brings your own sounds, more ways to wake and easier mornings.

• Your own sounds: add an MP3, M4A or WAV file from the Files app and wake to it, or fall asleep to it.
• Take turns or Shuffle: tick a few sounds and wake to a different one each morning.
• Different times on some days: for example 6:20 on weekdays and 8:00 at weekends. The sunrise, bedtime reminder and backup alarm follow each day's time.
• Up before your alarm? Use Slide if you're up in bedside mode, tap I'm up twice on the Lock Screen, or tap Skip tomorrow on Home the night before. Only that morning is skipped, and you can undo it.
• New Help section in Settings, with quick answers and an Email support button.

Also new
• Vibrate at alarm time: an optional gentle vibration that builds, with a nature or your own sound in bedside mode.
• The Lock Screen card in bedside mode no longer gets cut off. Tap it to open Sunrise.
• After installing, the widgets now show your alarm time straight away.
• The low-volume warning now appears below 30% instead of 40%.
• Simpler instructions when bedtime reminders don't arrive.
• New alarms start with Seashore, the screen as the light and vibration off. Your existing settings aren't changed.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-10-23

Sunrise has no subscriptions. Both in-app purchases are non-consumable: "14-day Trial" (free, one-off; never renews or charges) and "Unlock Sunrise" (one-time payment). Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are linked on onboarding page 4, on the Unlock Sunrise screen and in the App Store description.

Buying Sunrise after your free trial now unlocks it straight away, and Restore purchases is quicker. Changes in Tonight’s settings are kept when you close them. If Sunrise ever can’t open its settings, for example just after your iPhone restarts, your alarms are left exactly as they are.

Sunrise is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Try every feature free for 14 days, then unlock Sunrise for good with a single payment.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://michael-sally.github.io/Apple-Sunrise-Alarm/

### 1.1 — 2026-10-20

No release notes.

## Related topics

[wake alarm](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/wake-alarm)

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