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Notes from building MeetAlarm — iOS 26 AlarmKit, meeting alarms that cut through Silent mode, and never being late again.
One-time alarms on iPhone: how to make a moment ring when it isn't on your calendar
A time given over the phone, a pickup, a deadline someone said out loud — iOS gives you no good way to make a one-off moment ring. The Clock app has no dates, Reminders go silent on Silent. Here's the honest tour, and what we built instead.
Every app that turns calendar events into real alarms on iOS 26, compared
An honest field guide to the AlarmKit calendar-alarm category: MeetAlarm, Alarmate, Beacon, Calerto and the rest — what each one actually does, what it costs, and which to pick. Written by the developer of one of them, disclosure up front.
A live countdown to your next meeting, right on the iPhone Lock Screen
MeetAlarm's new Lock Screen widgets put your next meeting's title and a live countdown where you already look dozens of times a day — no unlocking, no app, one tap to the meeting. Here's what they show and how to add them.
Not just meetings: turn any calendar event into a real alarm on iPhone
Flights, medical appointments, interviews, school pickups — the most expensive things to miss usually aren't meetings, and calendar banners won't wake you for them. Here's how MeetAlarm now turns any timed calendar event into a real alarm that rings through Silent, on the free plan.
What I learned shipping one of the first AlarmKit apps
Field notes from building MeetAlarm on iOS 26's AlarmKit: the mental model that makes the framework click, the permission and re-sync gotchas, and what I'd tell anyone starting an AlarmKit app today.
From ring to Zoom in one tap: closing the last 30 seconds before a meeting
Being reminded isn't the same as being in the room. How MeetAlarm finds the meeting link in your calendar event and turns the alarm itself into a Join button — for Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex, dial-ins and more.
How to make your iPhone actually ring for meetings — even on Silent
Calendar alerts don't ring when your iPhone is on Silent or in Focus mode, and no setting changes that. Here's what the built-in options can and can't do, and the iOS 26 fix that makes meetings ring like real alarms.
How I turned iOS 26's new AlarmKit into a meeting alarm that actually rings
Calendar banners don't ring through Silent or Focus mode — and that's by design. iOS 26's AlarmKit finally lets third-party apps fire real system alarms. Here's how I built a meeting alarm on top of it.