Next Up

A podcast alarm clock for iPhone.

Wake up to the news, a meditation, a comedy show, or the voice of someone reading you a story — instead of a buzzer.

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What it does

Next Up was the first full-featured podcast alarm clock on the App Store. Set an alarm, pick a show, and wake up to it. Tailor every alarm: play newest episodes first for news, or start from the beginning for a serial you're catching up on. Set the volume, change the snooze length, skip past early ads and long intros. There's a built-in white noise generator for falling asleep, too.

Support

Getting help

Email support@nextupalarm.com and describe what happened — which alarm, what you expected, and what the app did instead. Screenshots help.

Please include your iPhone model and iOS version if you can find them (Settings → General → About).

A note on the current version

Next Up hasn't been updated in some time, and on recent versions of iOS some things no longer work the way they did — most notably finding podcasts you've downloaded in Apple's Podcasts app, and alarms firing reliably in the background.

A full rebuild is underway on Apple's newer alarm APIs, which fix the underlying causes. If you've bought the app, your purchase carries over.

Frequently asked

See the FAQ for the common questions — why an alarm didn't fire, why a podcast didn't play, and how the free alarms work.