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Drop a pin or search
Tap anywhere on the map. Search for an address, airport, mall, or real transit stop. "Aventura Mall", "FLL", "Richmond Station". It all just works.
Available on the App Store
Never miss your stop
again.
Drop a pin. Lock your phone. Fall asleep.
R·iving watches your GPS and wakes you up the moment you arrive.
Runs entirely on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no limit on alarms.
9:41
Your Alarms
Central Station
Aventura Mall
Home
Built for the commuter who just needs five more minutes of sleep.
How it works
Four taps to peace of mind.
Nothing to configure. Nothing to learn. Open, tap, sleep.
02
Set your radius
Slide to choose how close you need to be. 100 metres for a tight stop, up to 3 km for a fast train. The map shows you exactly.
03
Lock your phone
Put on music, close your eyes, stop watching the window. R·iving runs entirely in the background and doesn't need you to do anything.
04
Wake up on time
When you enter the alarm zone, R·iving sounds a loud alarm that plays even when your phone is locked and the app is closed.
Features
Small app. Big trust.
Every feature earns its place. No clutter, no gimmicks.
Real transit stops, not pins on roads.
Tap the map and R·iving finds actual bus stops, train stations, metros and trams within 600 metres, ranked by line importance. From New York's MTA to the Tokyo Metro, the data comes from OpenStreetMap and updates over the air. The pin you'd have dropped is rarely the stop you actually want.
- MTANew York
- BARTSan Francisco
- TFLLondon
- RATPParis
- +1,400 morevia OpenStreetMap
Loud enough to wake you
Background audio with lock-screen controls. Not a tiny notification chime. A real alarm that keeps going until you stop it.
Works offline
Once your alarm is set, everything runs on GPS. Lose signal in a tunnel? The alarm still fires when you cross the geofence boundary.
Privacy
No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. Your alarms live on your device and nowhere else.
Apple Maps directions
One tap to open turn-by-turn transit directions. R·iving sets the alarm, Apple Maps guides the journey.
Commute profiles
Save groups of alarms like "Morning to Work" or "Evening Home" and activate them in a single tap.
Privacy
Your trips are nobody's business.
R·iving runs entirely on your iPhone. No servers, no accounts, no dashboards for strangers to query. The only network calls the app makes are to OpenStreetMap for place names, and even those include zero personal identifiers.
The data we don't collect is the data we can't lose. That's by design.
Read the privacy policy →- ✓No user accounts
- ✓No location history sent to servers
- ✓Non-personalized ads only (Google AdMob)
- ✓No trackers or fingerprinting
- ✓Data stays on your device
- ✓Uninstall = gone forever
Built for
Anyone who's ever missed a stop.
Daily commuters
Fall asleep on the subway, wake up at the right station. Every time.
Travelers
Never worry about missing your stop in a city you've never been to.
Night bus riders
Red-eye routes, overnight coaches, last-train-home commutes. Covered.
Students
Read for class, listen to lectures, catch up on sleep. The app has you.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Does the alarm work when my phone is locked?
Yes. R·iving uses iOS background audio and geofencing, so the alarm plays even when your phone is locked, the screen is off, and the app is fully closed.
Does it work on silent mode?
The alarm plays through the background audio system, which bypasses the silent switch on most devices, as long as your volume is turned up. For the most reliable wake-up, keep the ringer volume high before starting your trip.
Why does it need "Always" location?
Background location is required so iOS can wake the app and fire the alarm when you enter a geofence zone, even if the app is closed. It's the only way third-party apps can legally do this. Your location never leaves your device.
How accurate are the alarms?
Very accurate above 200 metres. Below that, iOS geofence reliability varies depending on GPS signal. For best results on fast trains or in dense cities, use at least a 300m radius. The app warns you if you set it too small.
Is my city supported?
PIN mode works absolutely anywhere on Earth. Transit mode uses OpenStreetMap data, which has excellent coverage in most major cities worldwide and is improving constantly. If your local transit isn't mapped yet, just use PIN mode instead.
How much does it cost?
R·iving is free to download and use. It's supported by unobtrusive banner ads. An optional $1.99 one-time purchase removes all ads forever if you'd prefer the cleanest experience.
Does it drain my battery?
R·iving uses iOS native geofencing, which is highly battery-efficient. The OS only wakes the app when you cross a boundary. On a typical commute, the impact on battery life is negligible.
Ready to sleep on the train?
Download R·iving and set your first alarm in under 30 seconds.
Free · iPhone · iOS 16+