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Buy any tag
Grab any NFC sticker — about €0.30 on Amazon. No proprietary pod, no €40 puck. One tag is plenty; a pack lets you guard more rooms.
Wake up on your feet
The alarm you turn off on your feet.
Tagdawn rings through Silent and Focus — then only truly quiets when you get up, cross the room, and tap an NFC tag. Bring your own ~€0.30 sticker. No pod to buy.
- iOS 26+
- Free core
- One-time ~€5 unlock
- No subscription
Three steps between you
and actually getting up
No hardware to wait for in the post. The trick isn't a louder alarm — it's putting the off-switch on the other side of the room.
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Place it across the room
Stick it by the coffee machine, the bathroom mirror, the front door — anywhere that makes you stand up and walk to shut the alarm up.
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Tap to wake
When Tagdawn rings, silencing only buys 3 minutes — it re-arms until you get up and tap the tag. Your body is out of bed before your brain can argue.
Built for people who are very good at going back to sleep
Every setting exists to make the snooze-and-collapse move impossible — without turning your morning into a fight.
Multiple scans
Require two, three, or more taps on the same tag before the alarm quits. One half-asleep tap won't cut it.
Multiple tags, your way
Chain rooms together: any one tag, all of them in any order, or a strict sequence — kitchen, then bathroom, then the front door.
Face ID lock
Lock editing and deleting behind Face ID, so half-asleep you can't quietly disarm tomorrow's alarm.
QR fallback
No tag yet, or a phone with weak NFC? A printable QR code stands in for a tag scan, every time.
Rings through Silent & Focus
Built on iOS 26's AlarmKit — the same engine as the Clock app — so it sounds even on Silent or inside a Focus.
A streak worth keeping
A quiet 'you're up' reward and a wake streak turn getting up into a habit instead of a daily battle.
Honest about what it is — and what it costs
The tag-to-dismiss idea isn't unique. Doing it warm, reliable, and without a subscription is.
| Capability | You are hereTagdawn | Alarmy | Tag-pod alarms | Chirp O'Clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get up & tap to dismiss | Any NFC tag | Photo / step missions | Their puck only | Any NFC tag |
| Bring your own €0.30 tag | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| No subscription | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
| Rings through Silent / Focus | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Typical cost | Free + ~€5 once | ~$60 / year | $30–49 device | Free + unlock |
| Warm, calm design | Yes | High-pressure | Varies | Utilitarian |
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Free to wake up. About €5 to go all in.
No subscription, ever. Buy it once, own it.
Free
€0
Everything you need to actually get out of bed.
- Reliable AlarmKit alarms
- One paired tag
- Tap-to-dismiss with auto re-arm
- QR fallback
Sunrise unlock
Most popular~€5one-time
Every power feature, forever — no recurring fees.
- Unlimited alarms & tags
- Multiple scans & tag sequences
- Face ID lock
- Wake streaks & stats
Prefer not to shop for tags? Optional pre-tested tag packs ship to your door — never required.
The honest FAQ
The stuff most alarm apps won't tell you up front.
Can it stop me from just hitting Stop?
Not entirely, and we won't pretend otherwise. iOS 26 requires every alarm to show a system Stop button, so Tagdawn can't physically block it. Instead, the moment you silence it, it re-arms and rings again a few minutes later — until you actually get up and scan your tag. It's built to out-stubborn a half-asleep you, not to trap your phone.
Does it ring on Silent or in a Focus?
Yes. Tagdawn is built on Apple's AlarmKit, the same engine behind the Clock app, so it sounds through Silent mode and Focus like a real alarm should.
Do I have to buy your tags?
No. Any NFC sticker works — a €0.30 multipack from Amazon is perfect. We'll offer pre-tested tags for convenience, but you're never locked in.
What if my phone won't scan, or I don't have a tag yet?
Every alarm can fall back to a printable QR code, so a weak-NFC phone or a tag-less morning still has a way through.
Which iPhones does it support?
iPhone on iOS 26 or later. The reliable-alarm behavior relies on AlarmKit, which is an iOS 26 feature, so older versions aren't supported.
Is there a subscription?
No. The core app is free; a single ~€5 unlock adds the power features. That's the whole pricing page.
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