Finished a session
Waxi celebrates and leaves a small gift in your collection.
Pomodoro timer for iPhone & iPad
Don't Wake Waxi
She sleeps while you focus.
Start a session and Waxi drifts off. Pick up your phone and you wake her. The name is the mechanic — sleep is her reward for your attention.
iPhone & iPad · English & German · Not released yet
The one idea
The name is the mechanic.
Most focus timers reward you for finishing. Don't Wake Waxi flips it around: Waxi sleeps while you focus, and a quiet phone is what keeps her that way.
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Before you start
Waxi waits, wide awake, for the session to begin.
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While you focus
She dozes off, then settles into deep sleep as the session runs. Your job is to leave the phone alone.
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If you reach for it
Pick up your phone and she wakes with a start. A bump of the table won't do it — a real pick-up does.
Your phone's motion sensor spots the pick-up. It is the one sensor iOS lets an app use without asking for any permission — and it only decides whether the phone moved. Nothing about your movement is saved or sent anywhere.
Something to protect
Finish and she leaves you a gift. Break the streak and something goes wrong.
Every session ends with a keepsake from Waxi — or, if you cut one short, a mishap. Both land in your collection.
Cut a session short
A mishap instead: Waxi burns the cake. It's never a scolding — you didn't fail, the cake did.
Streaks, milestones and a statistics view keep track of the whole collection.
What's inside
A small app with a lot of character.
A proper Pomodoro timer underneath — with Waxi on top.
Seven moods, one Waxi
She reacts to your session: waiting, dozing off, deep asleep, startled awake, content during a break, and celebrating a finished round.
A real Pomodoro timer
The full Pomodoro sequence with pause, resume, skip and reset. Set your own durations and number of rounds. If the app is closed or restarted mid-session, the timer picks up where it should be.
Live Activity & Dynamic Island
See the running session on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island without touching your phone.
Streaks & a collection
Gifts for finished sessions, mishaps for abandoned ones, streaks, milestones and a collection view with statistics.
Session history with a chart
A history of your sessions with a chart, so one bad day doesn't hide the pattern.
Soundscapes, or your own Apple Music
Ambient sound while you work. Prefer your own? Pick Apple Music instead — that part runs through Apple's MusicKit and is covered by Apple's own privacy terms.
Notifications
Reminders when a session or break changes while the app is in the background.
English & German
The whole app is available in both languages.
Planned: an optional glance check
An optional extra to notice when you look away from your work, using the front camera. Entirely on your device, nothing is saved as an image, and it stays off unless you switch it on. Not built yet.
Privacy
Nothing leaves your phone.
No account, no server
The app has no sign-up and does not talk to any server of ours.
No tracking, no ads
No analytics, no advertising, no third-party libraries that watch you.
Stored on your device only
Your sessions and collection stay on your iPhone or iPad and are removed when you delete the app.
The specifics
Technical facts
| Platform | iPhone and iPad (iOS / iPadOS) |
| Distribution | Apple App Store |
| Languages | English, German |
| Account | None needed |
| Network | No connection to our servers (optional Apple Music runs through Apple) |
| Price | Not announced yet |
Launching soon
Get an email the day she wakes up.
Don't Wake Waxi is still in development, heading for the App Store. Leave your email and we'll tell you the moment it's live — one message, nothing else.
One email at launch, nothing else. No newsletter, no third party.
Questions
Before you ask.
What happens when I pick up my phone during a session?
Waxi wakes up with a start. Your phone's motion sensor notices the pick-up; a bump of the table is not enough.
Does the app need any permissions?
Detecting the pick-up needs none — iOS doesn't require a permission for the motion sensor. Notifications and Apple Music are optional and ask only if you use them. The planned glance check would use the front camera, but it is optional, off by default, and not built yet.
Does it collect or send my data?
No. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising and no server of ours involved. Your sessions and collection stay on your device.
Can I use my own music?
Yes. Besides the built-in soundscapes you can choose Apple Music. That part is handled by Apple's MusicKit, under Apple's own privacy terms.
Is it free?
Pricing hasn't been announced yet. We'll say so here and by email when it launches.
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone and iPad.
When does it come out?
No date yet. Leave your email above and you'll hear the day it's live.
Let her sleep. Get your focus back.
Don't Wake Waxi is heading to the App Store. Get notified the moment it's live.