Pinwake
Never miss your stop. A real alarm before you arrive, while you scroll, play or watch.
What it does
Look up at the right moment
Lost in your feed, a game or a show? Pinwake watches the map and rings before your stop, not two stations after it.
A real alarm, even on Silent
It uses the iPhone's own alarms, so it rings through Silent mode and never gets buried in notifications.
Real bus lines
See the buses that go where you're heading, with their stops, the walk and the total time. Get alerted a set number of stops before yours.
Trains, even underground
The Bangkok rail network on one map. Pinwake plans your route and keeps time underground, where GPS can't reach.
Always in view
A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island shows your next stop and how long until the alarm.
Private by design
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your location is used on your iPhone and never sent to us.
Get started
- 1
Search for where you're going
A place, an address or a bus stop. You can also long-press the map to drop a pin.
- 2
Choose how you're travelling
Car, bus or train. For buses, pick the line you'll take; for trains, choose your From and To stations.
- 3
Tap Start Trip and carry on
Allow location Always and alarms when asked, so Pinwake can watch for your stop while you use other apps or your phone is locked.
Troubleshooting
The alarm didn't ring.
Check Settings → Pinwake: Location should be set to Always with Precise Location on, and Alarms should be allowed. Low Power Mode and turning off Background App Refresh can delay location updates.
It rang too early or too late.
In Pinwake's Settings, set Wake me to Earlier or Later for each way of travelling. On buses you can count stops instead of distance.
How does it work underground?
On a train, tap I'm on it once you've boarded. Pinwake then times your ride from the timetable and the train's stops, so the alarm still rings where there's no GPS.
Does it work outside Bangkok?
Yes. The stop alarm works anywhere. Bus lines and the rail map cover Bangkok today, with more cities to come.
Will it drain my battery?
For most of the ride Pinwake uses low-power location, and only switches to precise GPS as you get close to your stop.
Contact
Questions, bugs, or a city you'd like covered? Email google@npwitk.com and include your iPhone model, how you were travelling and roughly where. I read everything.
Pinwake is a helper, not a guarantee: GPS can be less accurate in tunnels and between tall buildings, so keep an eye out too.