One alarm, one person
Most alarms are built to fill a room. When the hearing aids or processors come out at night, everyone in earshot hears it except the one person it's for. Here's the fix: a silent band only its wearer feels.
Alarm clocks were designed for ears. Turn one up and it reaches farther: across the room, through the wall, down the hall. What it can't do is find one person. So when the person it's for doesn't wake to sound, that's not a personal problem. It's a design problem. And every usual workaround solves it the same way: by handing the job to someone else.
Volume was never the fix
A louder alarm reaches more people, not the right one. Touchwake flips it. At alarm time, our band buzzes on your wrist instead of ringing in the room. A tap on the wrist instead of a knock on the door.
“Apple Watch has a good wakeup alarm, it's like being tapped on the wrist, there's something very deaf-friendly about the way it taps you.”
Only the person wearing it feels it
Sound spreads to everyone in earshot. A bed shaker moves the whole bed. A buzz on one wrist stays on that wrist. No ringing, just a strong buzz on one wrist, so the partner or the roommate next to you keeps sleeping.
“It’s nice as it doesn’t wake up my partner who is hearing.”
Nobody has to be on alarm duty
Ask anyone who's relied on someone else to wake them: the noise was never the hard part. The person was. The partner who gets up first. The parent calling. The roommate knocking. An alarm on your own wrist makes the morning yours again. Nobody has to come into your room.
The usual fixes, side by side
| Phone alarm | Band | Shaker |
|---|---|---|
| Wakes you by touch | ||
| No:Rings out loud | Yes:Buzzes your wrist | Yes:Shakes your bed |
| Wakes without sound | ||
| No:Whole room hears it | Yes:Silent. Just you | Yes:Vibration-only mode |
| How strong | ||
| Partly:Just a ringtone | Yes:Strong wrist buzz | Best:Shakes the whole bed |
| No phone or app | ||
| No:It is the phone | Yes:One button | Yes:Stand-alone clock |
| Power | ||
| Yes:Charges by the bed | Yes:Days per charge* | Yes:Plugs in, no charging |
| Smartwatch | Band | Shaker |
|---|---|---|
| Wakes you by touch | ||
| Yes:Taps your wrist | Yes:Buzzes your wrist | Yes:Shakes your bed |
| Wakes without sound | ||
| Yes:Just a tap | Yes:Silent. Just you | Yes:Vibration-only mode |
| How strong | ||
| Partly:A light tap | Yes:Strong wrist buzz | Best:Shakes the whole bed |
| No phone or app | ||
| No:Usually needs both | Yes:One button | Yes:Stand-alone clock |
| Power | ||
| No:Often charged daily | Yes:Days per charge* | Yes:Plugs in, no charging |
| BandGoes anywhere | ShakerStrongest wake |
|---|---|
| Best for | |
| Shared beds, shared rooms, travel | Deepest sleep, at home |
| Touchwake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Phone alarm | Smartwatch | BandGoes anywhere | ShakerStrongest wake |
| Wakes you by touch | No:Rings out loud | Yes:Taps your wrist | Yes:Buzzes your wrist | Yes:Shakes your bed |
| Wakes without sound | No:Whole room hears it | Yes:Just a tap | Yes:Silent. Just you | Yes:Vibration-only mode |
| How strong | Partly:Just a ringtone | Partly:A light tap | Yes:Strong wrist buzz | Best:Shakes the whole bed |
| No phone or app | No:It is the phone | No:Usually needs both | Yes:One button | Yes:Stand-alone clock |
| Power | Yes:Charges by the bed | No:Often charged daily | Yes:Days per charge* | Yes:Plugs in, no charging |
| Best for | Light sleepers, own room | App and fitness fans | Shared beds, shared rooms, travel | Deepest sleep, at home |
*Buyers report several days to over a week per charge.
Want the bed covered too? Pair it with the Touchwake Shaker (reason 7).
It goes wherever you sleep
No cord at night, no outlet, no clock on the nightstand. Charge it and it lives on your wrist: a hotel room, a friend's couch, a first apartment, a shared cabin. It fits in a pocket.
Choose your Touchwake
If it doesn't wake you, email us within 60 nights of delivery. Full refund. Keep it.
Free US shipping. Arrives in 7-17 days. Stops working within 12 months? We send a new one. Bought it for someone else? Same 60 nights, counted from the day it arrives. Either of you can email us.
Choose your Touchwake →
One button. No app. Written steps.
Set the time and up to 3 alarms right on the band. No phone, no Bluetooth, no account. Learn the button once and you're set. Every order email comes with written setup steps, and support is by email. To charge, pop the module out and plug it straight into a USB-A port. Buyers report several days to over a week per charge.
“As described. Nice little vibrating alarm, just what I was looking for. Works well, and easy to set once you get used to the single button operation. Perfectly happy with purchase.”
One tip: display on the inside of the wrist
Where it sits helps. Wear the band with the display on the inside of the wrist: that's where most people feel it best. Prefer the outside? That works too. At alarm time you get a strong buzz right there, on the one person who needs it.
“It works very well as a vibrating alarm. The vibration is strong enough to wake up a deep sleeper. This is the one purpose that I purchased it for. So I am fully satisfied.”
Sleep through everything? Pair it with the Touchwake Shaker
The band is all most people need. For the ones who could sleep through a marching band, there's the Touchwake Shaker: its pad goes under your pillow and shakes the bed at alarm time. Get it on its own for $69.99, or take the Band + Shaker for $99.99. The band for anywhere, the shaker for home.
60 nights. Full refund. Keep it.
If it doesn't wake you, email us within 60 nights of delivery. Full refund. Keep it. No return shipping, no waiting, just one email. Stops working within 12 months? We send a new one.
What buyers say
“Very good silent and strong alarm vibration. Exactly what I bought it for.”
“cool, waking up without Sound, just vibrating.”
“exactly what i wanted - silent alarm”
“As described. Nice little vibrating alarm, just what I was looking for. Works well, and easy to set once you get used to the single button operation. Perfectly happy with purchase.”
Choose your Touchwake
If it doesn't wake you, email us within 60 nights of delivery. Full refund. Keep it.
Free US shipping. Arrives in 7-17 days.
Stops working within 12 months? We send a new one. Bought two for two people? If one band doesn't wake its wearer, we refund that band ($42.50). Bought it for someone else? Same 60 nights, counted from the day it arrives. Either of you can email us.
Choose your Touchwake →Questions
Will it wake me?
That's the job. It buzzes right on your wrist. Most people feel it best with the display on the inside. If it doesn't wake you, email us within 60 nights of delivery. Full refund. Keep it. Sleep through everything? Pair it with the Touchwake Shaker.
Will the person next to me feel it?
No. The buzz stays on your wrist. No ringing, just a strong buzz on one wrist.
When will it arrive?
Free US shipping. Arrives in 7-17 days. Running late? We email you, and you can cancel for a full refund.
Who's behind Touchwake?
I'm Vlad, the founder. I'm hearing. In college at RIT, the Deaf student in the room next to mine had an alarm that woke our whole floor every morning. Everyone but him. That floor is why I started Touchwake: one alarm, one person. Read the story →
Buying one for a roommate or a partner? Read about the alarm that woke my whole dorm floor →
Advertisement. Touchwake is a wake-up alarm, not a medical or safety device. Forum quotes are about alarms in general. Touchwake is not affiliated with RIT or NTID.