AI tool
Clive
Clive lets you ask an AI assistant to set iPhone alarms, including from your calendar. It is for people who manage their day with multiple alarms and want to create them by voice instead of one at a time.
About Clive
Clive is an iOS app from the software studio Tortoise that lets AI assistants set alarms on your iPhone. It connects Claude (or another assistant with custom connectors) to Apple's AlarmKit, so you can ask the AI to create alarms from natural language requests or calendar events. The app shows an on-screen character walking to an instrument and playing it when an alarm is triggered.
Review
Clive tackles a narrow, practical problem: setting multiple iPhone alarms by hand is tedious. Instead of tapping through the Clock app, you describe what you need to Claude and the alarms appear. The app requires iOS 26 and a compatible AI assistant, which limits its current audience.
Key Features
- Natural language alarm setting through Claude's connector directory
- Calendar integration for pulling events directly into alarms
- On-screen character animation that walks to an instrument and plays it when an alarm fires
- Uses Apple's AlarmKit to trigger native iPhone alarms
- Free tier supports up to five alarms
Pricing and Value
Clive is free for up to five alarms. Beyond that, Clive Pro costs $1.99 per month. The pricing is straightforward-a single paid tier unlocks additional alarm capacity. There are no other pricing models mentioned at launch.
Pros
- Eliminates manual alarm entry when you need several set at once
- Works with the native iOS alarm system rather than a third-party notification hack
- Low monthly cost for users who set many alarms regularly
- Calendar-aware alarm creation reduces copying events over manually
- Connector-based approach means the AI doesn't need special phone permissions beyond what the app handles
Cons
- Requires iOS 26, which excludes users on older iPhone models or those who haven't updated
- Depends on Claude or another AI assistant with custom connector support; it's not a standalone tool
- Not well suited for people who set only one or two alarms a day-the free tier's five-alarm cap may feel like overhead rather than help
Clive fits someone who already uses Claude and manages a schedule dense enough that manual alarm setting becomes a friction point. It doesn't try to replace a full calendar or task manager-it just turns AI requests into ringing alarms. For users outside the iOS 26 and Claude ecosystem, or those with minimal alarm needs, the app won't apply.
