First ThingWho it's for › Shift workers
An alarm that gets night shifts.
Most alarm apps assume you sleep at night. First Thing plans around earlies, lates and nights: when to sleep after a night shift, when to wake before the next one, and how to get back to days.
Free. Pro free for 14 days, no card.
Sound familiar?
Five alarms for a four-shift rota.
Earlies, lates and nights each need a different time, and you end up switching them on and off every week.
Day sleep never feels like sleep.
After a night on, there's no plan for when to sleep and when to get up for the next one.
Back to days wrecks the week.
The first early after a run of nights is the one you miss.
Keep your calendar up to date. First Thing does the rest.
Put your shifts in your calendar as you get them. First Thing works out every alarm, every day sleep and every bedtime around them. No rota in your calendar? Set your pattern once in the app instead.
Free asks you with one tap. With Pro, it moves the alarm by itself and tells you why.
How First Thing handles shifts
Your shifts, in your week
Set earlies, lates and nights once. Each one gets its own wake time and the bedtime that goes with it.
FreeDay sleep after nights
After a night shift, it plans your sleep through the day and wakes you in time for the next one.
FreeGetting back to days
Coming off nights, it moves your bedtime earlier a step at a time, by an hour at most each night.
FreeA rota, planned.
Two earlies, a late, two nights and a rest day. One alarm each, worked out from the shift, with sleep planned around it.
Questions
Does First Thing work for rotating shifts?
Yes. Set your earlies, lates and nights in your week, or keep your rota in your calendar and it reads it.
Can it plan sleep during the day?
Yes. After a night shift it plans day sleep and wakes you in time for the next shift.
Will it wake me for a shift I've swapped?
If the change is in your calendar, it follows it. If not, tap tomorrow and set the time; a time you set yourself is never moved.
Is shift work in the free version?
Yes. Shift work, day sleep and getting back to days are all free.
Sleep when the rota says, not when the sun does.
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