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About Roost

Roost (栖息) is a gentle stress, sleep, and habit companion for iPhone and Apple Watch. It reads your Apple Health metrics on-device to show a live stress reading, nightly recovery, guided breathing and meditation, smart reminders, and a wake alarm — all private, no account, no servers.

Getting started

• Permissions: On first launch, finish the short intro. At the end, allow Health and Notifications so reminders, scores, and the wake alarm work.
• Apple Watch: Install the watch app from the Watch app on your iPhone. Add a Roost complication to your watch face from the face editor.

Frequently asked questions

Open Settings → Notifications → Roost and make sure notifications (and sounds) are allowed. Check that a Focus / Do Not Disturb schedule isn’t silencing them, and that the in-app quiet hours don’t cover that time.

On iOS 26 and later, enable Gradual Wake in Sleep setup and grant the alarm permission when asked — Roost then schedules a real system alarm that rings until you tap “I’m up.” On older systems it falls back to a repeating notification volley.

Tap “Start” on a breathing pattern. The orb shows a per-second countdown; on Apple Watch you’ll also feel a tap each second and a directional pulse when the phase changes (inhale ↑ / exhale ↓).

Remove the Roost complication from the watch face, then add it again so watchOS regenerates the preview. If it persists, re-launch the Roost watch app once, or restart the watch.

Roost Pro is a one-time purchase (no subscription). If you reinstall or switch devices, open the upgrade screen and tap Restore Purchases to re-validate your Apple receipt. Pro supports Family Sharing.

In-app, go to Settings → Reset Local Data to clear everything stored on the device. Health data is managed in Apple Health and is not affected.

Still stuck?

Email seanalready8@gmail.com with your device model and iOS/watchOS version, and we’ll help.