You’re a heavy sleeper who sets five alarms ten minutes apart every night, then has to switch them all off one by one on the weekend. Alarms + handles that kind of chore in a couple of taps, adding the bulk tools Apple’s Clock app has never had.
What it does
Alarms + is an alarm manager that runs inside Shortcuts and talks to the Clock app. It stores no files of its own, and the setup is two optional steps. The features that fill gaps in Clock:
- Quick Alarm, a custom alarm schedule you set up once.
- Alarm sequences. Pick a start time, how many alarms and the gap between them, and it creates the whole run.
- Alarm in X minutes, which works like a timer but rings as a real alarm.
- Mass delete and mass disable, for clearing out the dozens of one-off alarms most people collect.
- Sleep Alarm control, for the alarm tied to your Sleep schedule.
- Countdowns for every alarm, so you can see how long until each one goes off.
Duplicate alarms never get created, which matters if you run a sequence twice by accident.
Version 4.1 finally enabled full support for repeating alarms after Apple fixed a bug in Shortcuts. The catch is that this release is only for iOS 27 and later, and the author explicitly says not to update if you’re on something older.
Adding it to your iPhone
Open Settings > Shortcuts > Advanced and turn on Allow Sharing Large Amounts of Data. Shortcuts needs this to pass alarm data to Clock.
Running it on a schedule
Most people run Alarms + by hand from a Home Screen icon or Siri. A Personal Automation makes the bulk tools even more useful. Here’s a Friday-evening example:
- In Shortcuts, open Automation and create a new Personal Automation.
- Choose Time of Day, set Friday at 9 p.m., and set it to run immediately.
- Add the Alarms + shortcut as the action and pick mass disable when it runs.
On Sunday night, run a sequence again to set up the week.
Customizing it
The sequence tool is the part to tune. Start time, number of alarms and the delay between them are all yours to choose, so a gentle three-alarm wake-up and an aggressive eight-alarm barrage both take seconds to set.
Troubleshooting
Endless privacy prompts. Keep choosing Always Allow. The prompts come from sharing alarm data with Clock and stop after enough approvals.
The shortcut fails when creating alarms. Check that Allow Sharing Large Amounts of Data is on.
Common questions
Will it work on my iPad?
Yes, it supports iOS and iPadOS. Macs aren’t covered.
I’m on iOS 26. Can I still use it?
Stay on your current version and skip the 4.1 update, which requires iOS 27.
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