Hotline: Notification Alarms
Martin Dimitrov Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Hotline: Notification Alarms is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Martin Dimitrov. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated October 24, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 11 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 24
- 2026 · v1.4
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About Hotline: Notification Alarms
Some notifications can't wait: your driver arriving, a production page, the doorbell. On iPhone they're the same quiet banner as everything else, and you see them hours later. Hotline turns the notifications you choose into real alarms: loud, full screen, and through Silent and Focus, like the Clock app. HOW IT WORKS 1. In Shortcuts, add one automation for the apps you care about that runs "Send to Hotline". You set it up once. 2. In Hotline, make channels with rules: an app, a person, a word, or a call ringing right now. 3. Matching notifications ring your iPhone like an alarm. Everything else stays a quiet banner. RULES THAT FIT YOUR LIFE • Ring for a doorbell, a production page, or a message containing "urgent" • Ring for a call while it's still ringing, or when Mom calls 3 times in 5 minutes • Match words or regular expressions in the sender, title and body • Only at certain times, like nights or weekdays • Only when an alert repeats, like a server warning 3 times in 10 minutes • A cooldown so one event doesn't set off several alarms • Preview which recent notifications a channel would ring for, and why EVERY CHANNEL, YOUR WAY • Ring now, or count down first so you can cancel from the Lock Screen • Snooze, or ring again every few minutes until you stop it • A sound for each channel, or your own from Files with Hotline Pro • Start from templates, or turn any notification into a channel • Weekly stats on what Hotline received and rang • A color for each channel • Show the notification's text on the alarm, or keep it private • Turn off one channel, or all of Hotline from Control Center BUILT TO BE TRUSTED • Test any channel with one tap • History shows every notification Hotline received and what it did • No account, no server, no tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone TRY IT FREE Your first 3 real alarms are free. After that, a one-time $4.99 purchase unlocks unlimited alarms, your own sounds and more History, shared with your family. No subscription. Ringing for notifications needs iOS 27; on iOS 26, other Shortcuts automations can ring channels. Hotline only sees notifications from the apps you pick.
What’s new
Version 1.4 · Updated October 24, 2026
Alarms can vibrate before they ring, and channels back up to iCloud. • Vibrate first: a channel can vibrate for 30 seconds up to 15 minutes before its alarm rings out loud • Pause Channel, chosen as an alarm's second button in the editor, keeps a channel that won't stop ringing quiet for an hour • iCloud Backup keeps your channels and the sounds you imported for them in iCloud as you change them, so they come back after reinstalling Hotline or on a new iPhone, and Shortcuts that ring them keep working • Restore from iCloud lists each device's backup • Export Backup asks whether to include History, and Settings shows what channels, sounds and History take up • Hotline's tones ring louder, and tapping a sound rings it for a few seconds as your alarm will, at your alarm volume and in Silent mode too • Bark is now a real dog; the old Bark is called Buzz • Boost a quiet imported sound, and undo it any time • The sound picker explains which iPhone settings set your alarm's volume and vibration • History shows icons for more apps • Fixes for the alarm widget and the Calendar setup test
App privacy
The developer, Martin Dimitrov, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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