KeyAlarm

Calendar events become alarms that ring until you stop them

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Calendar events become alarms that ring until you stop them

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Register a keyword like "Piano" once. Any calendar event whose title contains it automatically becomes a real alarm - rings through Silent mode and Focus, and keeps ringing until you stop it. Pick a different sound for each keyword. Built on iOS 26's AlarmKit. iPhone and iPad, 8 languages. No servers, no accounts. Featured in 9to5Mac's Indie App Spotlight. 30-day free trial, then a one-time purchase (no subscription).

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Launch tags:iOS•Productivity•Calendar

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Hunter

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Hi Product Hunt! I'm a solo developer in Tokyo. I kept missing my kid's piano lessons because calendar notifications are just banners. Easy to swipe away, silent in Focus mode, invisible on a muted phone. What I wanted was simple: the calendar itself should wake me up like a morning alarm. iOS 26 finally made that possible with AlarmKit, so I built KeyAlarm: - Register a keyword once ("Piano", "Dentist", "Standup") - Any event containing it becomes a real alarm: rings through Silent mode and Focus, until you stop it - Several lead times per keyword: 30 min before to get ready, 5 min before to leave - No servers, no accounts. Your events never leave the device (App Privacy: "Data Not Collected") 30-day free trial, then a tiny one-time purchase. No subscription. Now in 8 languages. I'd love to hear how you'd use it, and what calendar + alarm combinations I haven't thought of. Ask me anything!

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2mo ago

Hunter

How it looks in 60 seconds: tap Continue, add one keyword, done. (Screens from the current build.) Small update: 1.7.0 shipped yesterday, so all-day events now ring on the day at a time you pick instead of the night before.

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1mo ago

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1mo ago

Launch day notes: what shipped, what's next, and one question

KeyAlarm went live today. Quick recap for anyone landing here later:

What's in 1.7.0 (out since yesterday): all-day events can ring too. Turn it on per keyword, pick the time (8:00 AM by default), and it rings on the day instead of the night before.

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2mo ago

Launching Sept 8: what calendar + alarm combos would you want?

KeyAlarm launches here on September 8. Quick version: register a keyword once ("Piano", "Dentist", "Standup") and every calendar event containing it becomes a real alarm that rings through Silent mode and Focus until you stop it. Built on iOS 26's new AlarmKit. No account, no data collection, one-time purchase.

Before launch I'd love to hear: which events do you keep missing, and how many minutes ahead would you want the alarm? Right now you can set several lead times per keyword (30 min to get ready, 5 min to leave). If there's a pattern I haven't thought of, tell me and I'll build it.

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