Wakepoint

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About this app

Wakepoint is a proximity alarm for travelers. Tell it where you're going, then close the app and take a nap — Wakepoint will ring a loud alarm the moment you get near your destination.

Perfect for:
• Long bus, train, or metro rides where you'd love to sleep but might miss your stop.
• Road-trip passengers who want to wake up before an interesting turn-off.
• Anyone who has ever slept past their station.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Add a destination — paste a Google Maps share link, or search a place by name.
2. Choose a trigger radius: 200 m, 500 m, 1 km, 2 km, or 5 km.
3. Flip the switch to arm the alarm. Put your phone away.
4. When you get within the radius, the alarm rings loudly — even if your phone is locked and Wakepoint is closed.

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
• Works even when you kill the app or the phone is asleep. No missed stops.
• No account, no login, no email address needed.
• No ads.
• No tracking. Your location never leaves your device — it's only used to compute distance to the destination you set.
• 100% free.

PERMISSIONS
• Location (background): needed so the alarm can fire while the app is backgrounded or the phone is locked. Without this, you'd have to keep the app open the whole trip.
• Notifications: required on Android 13+ to show the ongoing "Wakepoint armed" notification and to ring the alarm.
• Exact alarm: makes the alarm fire on time instead of within a battery-saving window.

Wakepoint is open, honest, and does exactly one thing: wakes you up at your stop.

What’s new

Fixes:
• Location permission is now preceded by a clear in-app disclosure
in every place the app asks for it (Google Play compliance fix).