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Modeh Ani — Morning Prayer Alarm

Getting started

After installing, you'll be asked to choose the Modeh or Modah prayer form, grant alarm permission, and optionally share your location so Shabbat skip can respect sunset. Alarm permission is required; location is optional and can be refreshed later from Settings.

The alarm isn't firing

iOS 26 uses AlarmKit, which is a separate permission from standard notifications. If your alarm isn't going off, check:

• Alarm permission: Settings → Modeh Ani → Alarm (must be enabled).
• Notifications: Settings → Modeh Ani → Notifications (enabled as a backup).
• Focus/Do Not Disturb: Alarms fire through most Focus modes, but a custom Focus filter can silence them. Check Settings → Focus.
• Device volume: AlarmKit uses alarm volume, not media volume — make sure the side switch isn't set to silent and the alarm slider isn't at zero.
• Reinstall: If all permissions look right, delete and reinstall the app. Permissions reset cleanly.

Why did my alarm skip today?

If you've enabled Shabbat skip and/or holiday skip, the alarm will be suppressed on those days. The home screen shows a small badge indicating the reason (e.g., "Shabbat", "Pesach", "Erev Yom Tov"). Turn off the relevant toggle in Settings to restore the alarm immediately.

Shabbat skip timing

Shabbat begins at candle-lighting time — 18 minutes before sunset on Friday — and ends at nightfall, 42 minutes after sunset on Saturday. These are the standard Ashkenazic defaults. They depend on your location, so if you've declined location access the skip uses a less-precise calendar-day fallback (all of Saturday). A future update will let you choose different minute offsets for customs that use different boundaries.

Israel vs. Diaspora holidays

Settings → Holiday observance lets you toggle between the Diaspora holiday calendar (two days of Yom Tov) and the Israeli calendar (one day). Your alarm schedule and the "skipped" badges both update automatically.

Changing voice or gender later

Settings → Voice. The change takes effect for the next alarm.

The prayer text looks too small or too large

The app respects the Dynamic Type size set in iOS Settings → Display & Brightness → Text Size. If the prayer doesn't fit on screen, the prayer surface now scrolls — drag up to see any lines hidden by the dismiss button.

VoiceOver and accessibility

Every screen is navigable with VoiceOver. The Hebrew prayer lines are tagged with the Hebrew language code so VoiceOver can voice them correctly. The dismiss button becomes available after the prayer animation completes.

Diagnostics

Open Settings and tap Diagnostics to reveal recent alarm-sync events and AlarmKit status. This is useful if you're reporting an issue — copy the panel's contents into your email.

Something else?

Last updated: June 10, 2026