Snow Day. The alarm clock that takes a hint.
School's closed. The kids don't know yet, and their alarms are still set for 6:10 AM. One tap from under the covers and every one of them stays quiet. Tomorrow they ring like nothing happened.
Go on, press it. Nobody's phone gets hurt.
Tuesday morning
It's 5:12 AM
Snow day · Springfield Schools
You
- 5:30 AMGymRings as usual
Others
- 6:00 AMAnne · Work
- 6:10 AMAndrew · School
- 6:10 AMGrayson · School
- 6:40 AMAubrey · School
Tuesday, September 15
5:12 AM
Messages · nowSpringfield Schools
Silence Andrew's 6:10 AM?
Tuesday · School
It stays silent Tuesday. Wednesday it rings as usual.
Restore the snow day?
Andrew, Grayson and Aubrey will ring as usual Tuesday.
Snow Day · nowHow your phone knows.
You tell it once, in one sentence: which app the school uses, who the texts come from, and the words that mean stay in bed. From then on it does the reading. That sentence never leaves your phone, and neither do the school's texts. The house only ever hears the one line that mattered.
Try it. Type what the school might send and see what your phone would make of it.
Notification rules
School closed
When a notification from Messages sent by Springfield Schools says any of closedsnow dayno school then Silence who Household
Still an alarm clock. A stubborn one.
Every alarm lives on the phone that rings it, same as the clock app you already have. The internet only ever carries the one word that says not today. So on an ordinary morning:
- Wi‑Fi off all nightStill rings
- Phone restartedStill rings
- App closedStill rings
- Battery at 3%Still rings
And nothing says done until the other phone says done. You watch it get there in plain words: Sending…, then Waiting for Andrew's phone, then Andrew's phone confirmed. If that phone is off, out of reach or says no, you hear about it. Loudly, with one thing to do:
Questions you might have.
- How does it know school is closed?
- The school texts you, same as always. You've told your phone which words to look for: closed, snow day, no school. When one turns up, your phone quiets the kids' alarms and tells the house. Nobody wakes up to do it.
- What about a 2-hour delay?
- Same trick, different words. The kids' alarms get two more hours, and Andrew's row reads Delayed to 8:10 AM · was 6:10 AM. If the school later says closed, closed wins.
- Does Snow Day read my texts?
- Only if you turn it on, and only the apps you pick. It looks for your words and nothing else. Those words, and every other text, stay on your phone. When one matches, the house hears the school's first line (at most 140 characters), who sent it, the app it came from, which sentence caught it, and the time. That's all.
- What if the school changes its mind?
- Tap RESTORE on your phone. It asks first, then every alarm in the house goes back to its own time, and every phone says so. That works right up until the earliest alarm would have rung. If you'd rather decide yourself, leave the reading off and tap the widget when you know.
- Can I turn off my wife's or husband's alarm from my phone?
- Yes, on Android, with Snow Day on both phones. Tap SILENCE ANNE'S 6:00 AM, confirm, and Anne's alarm stays quiet that one morning. Nothing on Anne's phone is touched, and it rings as usual the next day.
- Will the alarm still ring if the phone is offline or restarted?
- Yes. Every alarm lives on the phone that rings it, like any alarm clock. Wi‑Fi off, restarted, app closed, battery nearly gone: it rings. The internet only ever carries the one word that says not today.
- Does it work with the alarm app I already use?
- Android doesn't let one app touch another app's alarms, so Snow Day keeps its own. Your everyday alarms can stay right where they are.
- Is it on the Play Store?
- Not yet. Android only, and free while we learn. Ask below and setup codes come by email, one per phone.
Try it in your house. Free while we're still learning.
Snow Day is in a small pilot: a handful of houses, real mornings, no charge. Parents are admins, kids are members. One setup code per phone, and your everyday alarms stay wherever they already are.
Android only, and not on the Play Store yet. Free while we learn, and the houses that help us test it get a thank-you price when it goes on sale.