COREFREE
An alarm your calendar sets
Works back from your first event, through travel, weather and your getting-ready time. You never set the alarm time.
NOW ON THE APP STORE · iOS 26
Your calendar sets the alarm.
Departd reads tomorrow’s first event and works back through traffic, weather and the time you need to get ready. When that means getting up earlier than usual, it wakes you, even on silent. You never set the alarm time.
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Free · 7 days of Pro included
Pro $4.99/mo or $34.99/yr
Pro $4.99/mo or $34.99/yr
iOS 26
a real alarm that rings on silent
No account
nothing to sign up for
On-device
your calendar is read on your iPhone
7 days
of Pro free, no card
01 — THE PROBLEM
Mornings are a math problem.
Mornings are a math problem.
Most of us get it wrong.
THE MATH GAP
You do the arithmetic every night.
Event time − travel − getting ready − buffer = alarm. Every number is a guess, and the errors add up.
THE STATIC ALARM
Your alarm can’t react to 3 AM.
A crash overnight. Rain at dawn. Your clock doesn’t know, and doesn’t care.
THE HIGH-STAKES MISS
Missing costs more than minutes.
A missed flight, a late interview, a meeting that starts without you. Being late costs far more than waking a little early.
02 — HOW IT WORKS
Five steps.
Five steps.
Zero math.
Tell Departd where home is and how long you take to get ready. Then open it each night before bed, any time after its evening reminder: it does the arithmetic and, when you need to be up earlier than usual, sets the next morning’s alarm. You never set the alarm time.
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01
Reads your calendar
Tomorrow’s first event, read on your iPhone. Give it an address and Departd times the trip. Google and Outlook calendars added to iOS work too.
CALENDAR -
02
Times the trip
Pick driving, transit, walking, cycling or rideshare. Apple Maps times the drive or the walk; cycling and transit are estimated, and rideshare adds a pickup wait.
MAPS -
03
Adds weather time
Rain, snow and severe weather add time automatically. Weather buffers are free for everyone.
WEATHER -
04
Sets a real alarm
Event − travel − weather − getting ready − a little margin = your wake time. When that’s earlier than you’re usually up, it’s set as an iOS alarm that rings even on silent.
ALARMKIT -
05
Keeps watch PRO
With Pro, Departd re-checks traffic through the night and can move your alarm earlier if your trip gets worse.
OVERNIGHT
03 — FEATURES
Everything points one way.
Everything points one way.
You, on time.
Free sets your alarm for your first event. Pro runs the rest of your day and keeps re-checking traffic while you sleep.
★ FLAGSHIP · PATENT PENDINGPRO
Overnight Traffic Watcher
Keeps re-checking traffic through the night, as often as iOS allows, and can move your alarm earlier if your commute gets worse.
BUFFERSFREE
Weather-aware
Rain, snow and storms add time to your wake-up automatically.
TRAVELFREE
Flight buffers
Extra time for the airport when Departd recognises a flight in your calendar.
CLARITYFREE
“Why this time?”
Every wake time shows its working. Tap “Why”, or ask Siri.
iOSFREE
Lock Screen & Dynamic Island
Your day at a glance: what’s happening now, and what’s next.
ALL DAYFREE
Full-day timeline
Every event today, and the free time in between.
RUNNING LATEFREE
Recovery tools
Behind schedule? Departd shows how far behind you are and the quickest way to recover: skip the rest of getting ready and leave now.
ROUTESFREE
However you travel
Driving, transit, walking, cycling or rideshare. Pick yours in Travel settings.
PRIVACYFREE
No account
Nothing to sign up for. Your calendar is read on your iPhone, and never sold or used for ads.
ALL DAYPRO
Departures all day
A leave-by alert for every event, not just the first.
ROUTINEPRO
Checklist prep time
Let your getting-ready checklist, or a home event’s own prep time, set how long you need.
PLANNINGPRO
Conflict Advisor
When back-to-back events in different places leave no time to get between them, it tells you what to move.
ON-DEVICEPRO
AI prep tips
Tips for tomorrow’s first event, each night, generated on your iPhone. Needs an iPhone with Apple Intelligence turned on.
04 — IT EXPLAINS ITSELF
A wake time
A wake time
you can check.
Most alarms ask you to take the time on faith. Departd shows its working. Tap “Why” under your wake time to see how it adds up: travel, weather, getting ready and, with Pro, what changed overnight. Or ask Siri for the short version.
Tap “Why 6:38 AM?”under the wake time on Home
“Why this time with Departd?”ask Siri
WHY 6:38 AM?UPDATED 3:14 AM · PRO
- Client meeting starts
- 8:30 AM
- Drive downtown, rain expected
- − 55 min
- Heavier traffic, found overnight
- − 12 min
- Getting ready, plus a little margin
- − 45 min
Wake up at6:38AM
An example. Your times come from your own calendar, route and routine.
05 — PRICING
Free to start. Pro when you’re ready.
Free sets your alarm for your first event. Pro runs the rest of your day and keeps re-checking traffic while you sleep.
FREE
$0no account needed
A calculated alarm for your first event.
Download free- Calendar-set alarm for your first event
- Traffic, prep and weather buffers
- Flight buffers (recognised flights)
- Full-day timeline
- Lock Screen & Dynamic Island
- “Why this time?” breakdown
- Recovery tools when you’re running late
- Learns how long you really take to get ready
7 DAYS FREE FOR NEW USERS
PRO
$4.99/ month
or $34.99 / year (about $2.92 a month). Everything in Free, plus your whole day and an overnight traffic watch.
Try Pro free for 7 days- Overnight Traffic Watcher ★keeps re-checking traffic overnight, as often as iOS allows
- Leave-by alerts for every event, not just the first
- Checklist prep time
- Conflict Advisor
- AI prep tips, on-device (needs Apple Intelligence)
New users get their first 7 days of Pro free. No card, nothing to cancel. After that, Free keeps working, and you can subscribe in the app. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple Account and can be cancelled anytime. US prices shown.
Does my calendar leave my phone?
Mostly no. Departd reads your calendar and works out your wake time on your iPhone. A few details do leave it: your starting point and your events’ addresses go to Apple Maps to time the trip, and map coordinates go to Apple Weather (or OpenWeatherMap, if Apple’s service doesn’t respond) for the forecast. If an event looks like a flight, just a flight code found in it and the travel date go to AviationStack to check the flight’s status. If iCloud is on, your settings and saved places sync to your iCloud. There’s no Departd account, and we never ask for your name or email. Anonymous usage statistics and crash reports help us improve the app. The privacy policy has the full list.
Do I need to open the app?
Yes, once each evening. Departd works out and sets the next morning’s alarm while the app is open, but only once your day is done: from the time of its evening reminder, and after your last event of the day has ended. Open it earlier and it’s still planning today, so open it again before bed. You never have to set the alarm time yourself.
How does the overnight check work?
iOS lets apps run briefly in the background overnight. With Pro, Departd uses those windows to re-check traffic to your first event. It can move your alarm earlier if the trip has got worse, or later if it has eased. iOS decides exactly when apps get to run, so the number of checks varies from night to night, and there are none if you’ve swiped Departd closed. The alarm already set still rings.
Will it really wake me on silent?
Yes. Departd sets real iOS alarms (AlarmKit, new in iOS 26), which ring through silent mode and Focus like the Clock app’s alarms. If you don’t allow alarm access, Departd warns you that your alarm may not sound and sends an ordinary notification instead. That notification won’t ring on silent, and Focus can hide it.
What if I don’t drive?
Choose transit, walking, cycling or rideshare instead, in Settings › Travel & Navigation.
Does it work with Google or Outlook calendars?
Yes. Any calendar you’ve added to your iPhone’s Calendar app works with Departd, including Google and Outlook accounts.
What does it cost?
Departd is free to download and use. New users get their first 7 days of Pro free, with no card required. After that, Pro is $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, billed through the App Store (US prices).
Should I still set a backup alarm?
For anything you truly can’t miss, yes. Departd relies on iOS for background time and notifications, and iOS doesn’t guarantee either. We’d rather tell you here than in the small print.
What do I need?
An iPhone running iOS 26 or later, with your events in its Calendar app. AI prep tips (Pro) also need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence turned on.
GET DEPARTD
Wake up on time. Without the math.
Free to download. Set your home and your routine once, then stop doing arithmetic in the dark.
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iPhone · iOS 26+ · Free · Pro from $4.99/mo