It says your name
A spoken voice calling YOUR name cuts through deep sleep in a way a generic tone never will. Your sleeping brain still flags your own name as relevant.
Coming to the App Store
Good morning,
- Alex
- Maya
- Liam
- Sofia
- Noah
- Emma
The alarm that calls your name.
For heavy and deep sleepers who sleep through everything. Beckon wakes you by calling your own name, out loud — at a moment you can’t predict, and never the same way twice — so your brain can’t tune it out.
“The alarm you can’t get used to.”— The whole point of Beckon
The morning, start to finish
What Beckon is, in one paragraph
Beckon is an iOS alarm for heavy and deep sleepers. It wakes you by calling your own name, out loud, at a moment you can’t predict and never the same way twice — so your brain can’t tune it out. To turn it off you complete a quick tap-the-light reaction check that proves you’re actually awake. It’s built on Apple AlarmKit (fires through Silent, Focus, and a locked phone), runs fully on-device with no account, and the core alarm is free. Made by Codeful. Support: support@vibeland.app.
Window → Name → Check → Win.
Four beats — and nothing your sleeping brain can get used to.
Set a wake window
Tell Beckon the latest you can oversleep. It picks a moment inside that window you can’t predict — so there’s nothing to brace against.
It calls your name
A real spoken voice calls your own name, out loud, escalating until you stir — and never the same way twice.
Prove you’re awake
Tap the light the moment it appears. A quick reaction check, different every time, that you can’t swat away in your sleep.
Start with a win
Beckon hands you a “you beat sleep inertia in N seconds” card, then quietly learns how you wake to tune tomorrow.
Why every other alarm fails
Your brain tunes out what it expects.
Repeat the same alarm and the response that woke you fades — sleep filters familiar sound within days. Louder, harsher, math-mission alarms still become predictable. Beckon competes on a different axis: impossible to get used to. The wake moment and the escalation vary every morning, so there’s nothing for your sleeping brain to learn.
Why Beckon
Never the same twice
Every other alarm eventually fails because your brain learns it. Beckon varies the wake moment and the escalation every morning, so habituation never sets in.
Prove you’re awake
To turn it off you complete a quick tap-the-light reaction check — a real awake test, not a button you can swat in your sleep. It’s different every time, so you can’t learn to fake it.
Built on Apple AlarmKit
It fires through Silent mode, Focus, and a locked phone — like the system alarm. The thing that has to wake you is the thing it does best.
You beat sleep inertia
Wake up and Beckon hands you a small win — “you beat sleep inertia in N seconds” — and it quietly learns how you wake to tune tomorrow to you.
On-device. No account.
No sign-up, no cloud backend, no analytics or ad SDKs. Your name and wake records stay on your phone. Beckon can’t see them — there’s nothing for us to see.
Free to rely on. Pro is optional.
The core alarm is free and fully reliable — no paywall on the thing that matters. All payments are handled by Apple StoreKit; prices shown in your local currency at parity. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Family Sharing is on.
Free
$0
The reliable core, forever
- The full name-calling alarm
- Never-the-same-twice wake
- The tap-the-light awake check
- AlarmKit reliability
- Runs fully on-device
Pro Monthly
$3.99
Per month, cancel anytime
- Everything in Free
- Extra voices
- Recorded-voice wake
- Advanced adaptation
- Premium wake themes
Pro Annual
$19.99
7-day free trial
- Everything in Pro
- One billing per year
- Best for sticking with it
Pro Lifetime
$49.99
One-time — not a subscription
- Everything in Pro
- No subscription ever
- Family Sharing on
Quick answers
What is Beckon?
An iOS alarm built for heavy and deep sleepers. It wakes you by calling your own name, out loud, at a moment you can’t predict and never the same way twice — so your brain can’t tune it out. To turn it off you complete a quick tap-the-light reaction check that proves you’re actually awake.
Why does it call my name?
A spoken voice calling your own name cuts through sleep in a way a generic tone never will. Your brain treats your name as personally relevant even when you’re deep asleep.
How is this different from a louder alarm?
Louder alarms still become predictable, and your brain habituates — it learns the sound, files it under “safe,” and sleeps through it within days. Beckon competes on being impossible to get used to: the wake moment and the escalation vary every morning.
Will it fire through Silent mode and Focus?
Yes. Beckon is built on Apple’s AlarmKit, so it fires through Silent mode, Focus, and a locked phone — like the system alarm.
Is my data private?
Yes. Everything runs on-device — no account, no cloud backend, no analytics or ad SDKs. Your name and wake records stay on your phone. The optional morning briefing uses Apple Weather (which may share coarse location with Apple) and can read your next calendar event; both are optional and handled by Apple. See the Privacy Policy.
Is it free?
The core alarm is free and fully reliable — no paywall on the thing that matters. Beckon Pro unlocks extra voices, recorded-voice wake, advanced adaptation, and premium themes: $3.99/month, $19.99/year (7-day free trial), or $49.99 lifetime (a one-time purchase, not a subscription).
Who is it for?
If you’ve slept through every alarm you own, set five alarms a night, or wake up and turn it off with no memory of doing it — Beckon is for you.