# Time alarms

Alarm types · https://lfg.gm/wiki/time-alarms · Updated 2026-10-16

A time alarm in LFG Alarm rings at a clock time, once or on the days you pick. It is the everyday alarm, and it rings from the phone itself, so it works with no signal. Shared, it rings everyone who joined at the same moment, or each person at their own local time.

## Make a time alarm

1. On **Alarms**, tap **⏰ Time**.
2. Rocco asks "once, or repeating?". Tap **Just once** or **Repeating**.
3. Tap the big clock to set the time, and AM or PM to flip it.
4. Pick the day:
   - **Just once:** **today**, **tomorrow**, or **You choose** for a date on the calendar.
   - **Repeating:** tap the days, **sun** to **sat**.
5. Under **Make it social**, leave it off for a private alarm, or switch it on and pick **Friends** or **Public**.
6. For a shared alarm, pick a **Time zone**: **Same time zone for everyone** (one moment for everyone, the default) or **Everyone's local time zone**, so each person wakes at their own 6:00am. Under it, the app spells out what that means, for example "Everyone up at 5:30am PDT, so 1:30pm in London".
7. Tap **Arm it**, then **Pick the vibe** or **Done**.

![A repeating time alarm: the days, Make it social on, and the Time zone choice](https://lfg.gm/wiki/shots/time-arm.jpg)

## Good to know

- A one-off alarm starts an hour from now, rounded up to five minutes. A repeating one starts at 5:30am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Change either.
- A time that has already passed today cannot be armed; move it to **tomorrow**.
- Snooze starts at 5 minutes, up to 3 times. Change it on the alarm's page under **Snooze**; your snooze choice applies to your own phone. See [The studio](https://lfg.gm/wiki/the-studio).
- On iPhone, time alarms use Apple's own alarm system (AlarmKit), which rings through silent mode and Focus. On Android they take over the screen, even when the phone is locked.
- To change the time or the time zone later, open the alarm and tap **Change the time**. Once a second person rides it, the time is sealed. See [Editing and deleting](https://lfg.gm/wiki/editing-and-deleting).

## Same time zone for everyone, or everyone's local time zone

**Same time zone for everyone** is for a set moment: a flight, a call, a drop. Make it for 6:00pm in Seoul and someone in London is rung at 10:00am, in the same second. The alarm's page shows each rider both times, like "6:00pm in Seoul · 10:00am for you". It follows your zone through daylight saving.

**Everyone's local time zone** is for routines: a run club where everyone wakes at 6:00 wherever they are. Each phone rings at its own 6:00, and the [wake board](https://lfg.gm/wiki/wake-board) stays open for up to 24 hours, ranking people by how fast they got up after their own ring.

| | Same time zone for everyone | Everyone's local time zone |
|---|---|---|
| When a friend in another zone rings | At your moment, converted to their clock | At the same clock time on their own phone |
| Good for | A launch, a podcast, a Space, a flight | A morning routine across cities |
| Wake board | One race from the one ring | A round, open until everyone is up or 24 hours |

## Three examples

- **Exam morning, private.** Just once, tomorrow, 6:30am, Make it social off. A Drill sergeant voice and a note to yourself: "Calculator, ID, two pens".
- **A Saturday call across time zones.** Just once, Saturday 7:00pm in New York, shared with friends, **Same time zone for everyone**. Your friend in Berlin is rung at 1:00am her time, so she knows what she signed up for before she joins.
- **Gym club.** Repeating, mon, wed, fri at 6:00am, shared with your gym group, **Everyone's local time zone**. Ana in Lisbon and Ben in Toronto each wake at their own 6:00, and the board compares how fast they got up.

**Try this.** Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or another AI agent that has the LFG Alarm connector (https://mcp.lfg.gm), not into the LFG Alarm app. The person needs the LFG Alarm app on their phone.

> Use LFG Alarm to set a repeating alarm for 6:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday called Run club, make it a friends alarm that rings each friend at 6:00 in their own time zone, and give me the link.

Why it works: It names the days and wakes everyone at 6:00 wherever they are, which suits a routine across time zones.

## Questions

### Do time alarms need the internet?
No. They ring from the phone, even offline. Making or sharing one needs a connection; the ring does not.

### Can people in other countries ride my time alarm?
Yes. Each person sees the time in their own zone, and you choose whether they ring at your moment or at their own clock time.

### What happens if I fly to another time zone?
With **Same time zone for everyone**, the alarm keeps ringing at the moment it was set for, in the zone it was made in. Your own phone follows the same rule as everyone else's.

See also [Your first alarm](https://lfg.gm/wiki/your-first-alarm), the [5am club app](https://lfg.gm/5am-club-app) and [KST to my time](https://lfg.gm/kst-to-my-time).

## Keep exploring

- [Event alarms from Luma and Partiful](https://lfg.gm/wiki/event-alarms.md): Paste an invite link and Rocco makes an alarm that rings before the event starts.
- [Post alarms for X, Twitch and YouTube](https://lfg.gm/wiki/post-alarms.md): Describe the post you are waiting for, or pick a live stream or new video, and Rocco rings when it happens.
- [Price alarms](https://lfg.gm/wiki/price-alarms.md): Ring at a price, a multiple or a percent move, for majors and any token with a contract.
- [Trades alarms: wallets, FOMO traders and GMGN KOLs](https://lfg.gm/wiki/trades-alarms.md): Follow a trader by handle or paste a wallet, set a floor, and ring for the big trades only.
- [Anything alarms (webhooks)](https://lfg.gm/wiki/anything-alarms.md): A private link that rings your alarm whenever a script, a bot or an app calls it.

## About LFG Alarm

LFG Alarm is a social alarm clock for iPhone, iPad and Android. It rings for times and for moments (a post on X, a stream going live, a token price, a wallet buying, an event starting), and one shared link makes every phone that joined ring together. Rocco, the cat inside the app, does the watching and the waking.

- Get it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gm.lfg.app
- Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6821089085
- Use it from an AI agent: add the MCP server https://mcp.lfg.gm as a connector, then ask in plain words.
- Every page for agents: https://lfg.gm/llms.txt