Awan

Three ways to trigger. One app.

Awan fires a reminder the moment you arrive at or leave a place, at the times of day you choose, or when your iPhone connects to (or disconnects from) your car — plus a built-in scanner to pull text out of documents and signs.

Steps to your first reminder.

Tap + and Awan first asks what should trigger the reminder — Location, Time, or Car. The edit screen then adapts to your choice. Steps 3 and 4 below (location & radius) apply only to Location triggers.

1

Open the Add Screen & Pick a Trigger Type

Tap + in the top-right corner of the Home screen (or New Reminder at the bottom of the list). A sheet appears first asking what should trigger the reminder — Location, Time, or Car. The fields on the following edit screen adapt to your pick.

2

Enter Title and Description

• Title (required) — e.g. "When arriving home"
• Description (optional) — shown in the notification body

3

Pick a Location

A — Tap the map to drop a pin at any exact point.

B — Search for an address or place name in the bar above the map.

C — Select a Saved Location from your favourites library.

4

Set the Trigger Radius

Drag the slider to choose how close you need to be. The map zooms automatically to frame the circle.

Radius	Best for
100–200 m	A specific shop or building entrance
200–500 m	A neighbourhood or shopping area
1 km	A whole district or town
2 km	A large area, campus, or rural property

5

Trigger Types Explained

The trigger type you chose in Step 1 determines how and when the reminder fires:

Trigger Type	Fires when
📍 Location	You arrive at — or leave — a place you pick on the map. Choose Arriving or Leaving with the pill at the top of the map.
⏰ Time	At one or more specific times of day. Add up to 15 fire-at times; each row in the Schedule card shows a time you can tap to edit.
🚗 Car	When iPhone connects to — or disconnects from — your car's Bluetooth or CarPlay. Optionally pin to a nearby saved location so it only fires there.

For Location triggers, the Arriving / Leaving pill floats at the top of the map. Tap either option — the circle updates instantly to visualise your selection.

⬇ Arriving

⬆ Leaving

📍

Blue inside

Arriving — fires when you enter

⬇ Arriving

⬆ Leaving

📍

Blue outside

Leaving — fires when you exit

6

Configure Alert Options

The main Alert Options card on the edit screen carries a single toggle:

Option	Behaviour
Urgent	Loud alarm — plays even in Do Not Disturb or Silent mode. Off = regular notification

Active, Repeat Until Acknowledged, Complete on Open, and the full Schedule live in Advanced Settings — see Step 7 below.

Use Urgent sparingly. It bypasses Do Not Disturb.

7

Advanced Settings & Schedule (Optional)

The Advanced Settings button (the card with the sliders icon at the bottom of the form) opens a sheet with the secondary toggles and the Schedule card:

Option	Behaviour
Active	When on, monitoring begins immediately after saving. Turn off to save without starting monitoring
Repeat Until Acknowledged	Sends up to 5 follow-up notifications at the chosen interval (1, 2, 5, or 10 min) until you open one
Complete on Open	When on, tapping the notification marks the reminder as done. Overrides the global setting in Settings

The Schedule card controls when the reminder is allowed to fire. For Time triggers it appears inline directly under Alert Options on the main form. For Location and Car triggers it lives inside the Advanced Settings sheet.

Schedule Type	Behaviour
Every Day	Fires on any day the trigger condition is met
Weekdays	Choose specific days of the week — only fires on the days you select. An optional From/To date range can bound it further
Custom (date range)	Pick a From and To date — e.g. today through 7 Dec. The reminder fires every day in that range and auto-deactivates after the end date. Set From = To for a single day

Time Window — enable the toggle, then pick a start time and end time. The reminder will only fire while the current time falls within that window.

Leave Schedule on Every Day and Time Window off for reminders that should fire any time the trigger condition is met.

8

Save

Tap Save in the top-right corner. The reminder appears in your list and monitoring begins immediately.

Everything in one glance.

A stats bar, live filter counts, and one-tap toggling keep your list under control.

Four stat tiles sit at the top of the Home screen, each showing a large total count. Tap a tile to filter the list to just that group; tap it again to clear the filter.

A search field sits directly under the My Reminders header. Type any word and the list filters in real time across each reminder's title, description, and pinned location name. A trailing × clears the field.

Use All / Today / Active / Inactive to filter your list. Counts update live.

The Today filter shows only reminders scheduled to fire today — based on their day schedule (Every Day, a matching Weekday, or a Custom date range that includes today). Results are sorted nearest-first based on your current location.

• Each row shows a distance label — how far away the reminder location is from you right now
• A map icon next to the distance opens turn-by-turn navigation to that location (Google Maps if installed, or your default navigation app)

Tap the circle on the left of any row to pause or resume monitoring without deleting the reminder.

Tap any reminder to open its detail page.

• Live map / time hero / car hero with the trigger overlay (read-only)
• Summary strip — three glance tiles: status, total fire count, and last-fired timestamp
• Description, radius, and address
• Coordinates (latitude / longitude)
• Status pills — trigger type, urgency, active state, Repeat Until Acknowledged + interval, and Complete on Open
• Trigger History card — lists the most recent fires (up to 5) with relative and absolute timestamps. The most-recent row is highlighted with a "Last Fired" pill. Tap Show All (visible when there are more than 5 entries) to open a sheet grouped by day.
• Deactivate — turns the reminder off
• Reactivate — re-enables a deactivated reminder

Configured to how you work.

Choose System (follows device), Light, or Dark.

Tap the Language row to toggle between English and Arabic instantly — no restart needed.

Toggle iCloud Sync to keep your reminders and saved locations in sync across all your Apple devices signed into the same iCloud account.

Awan is free to try. You can create 1 reminder and 1 saved location without a subscription — no time limit. Editing and deleting are always free. A subscription is required only when you want to add a second reminder or a second saved location.

Your reminders on the road.

When your iPhone is connected to a CarPlay-enabled vehicle, Awan shows today's reminders on the car's screen — no need to touch your phone.

The CarPlay screen shows all reminders scheduled for today as a single, unified list — no section headers. Each row carries a leading icon so you can tell the trigger family at a glance:

The list is ordered with the most actionable items first — location reminders (nearest first), then time reminders (next fire first), then car reminders. Urgent reminders always render with an orange circle background regardless of trigger family so they stand out.

Tap any reminder row on the CarPlay screen to open turn-by-turn navigation to its location. Google Maps is used if installed; otherwise your default navigation app launches.

When a reminder fires while CarPlay is active, a full-screen alert appears on the car display showing the reminder title and description. If a reminder fired shortly before you opened Awan on the car screen, that alert is surfaced too, so you don't miss it. Two buttons are available:

When CarPlay is connected, reminder audio is routed through the car's speakers:

• Urgent reminders play the alarm sound through the car speakers at full volume
• Regular reminders use the notification sound you selected in Settings → Notifications

Free to try. Unlimited when you're ready.

Awan lets you explore the full app before asking you to subscribe.

• 1 reminder — any trigger type (Location, Time, or Car), active or inactive, with all options available (urgent, schedule, time window, etc.)
• 1 saved location — full editing at any time
• 20 text scans and 20 auto-logged parking records before they lock
• Editing and deleting are always free regardless of subscription status
• If you delete your free reminder, you can add a different one for free

• Adding a 2nd reminder (and beyond)
• Adding a 2nd saved location (and beyond)

Choose the plan that suits you on the subscription screen:

Both plans include a 7-day free trial on first subscription. No charge until the trial ends — cancel any time from the App Store before the trial expires. Current prices are always shown on the subscription screen inside the app.

Users who purchased Awan before the subscription model launched receive free unlimited access forever (Legacy status). No action needed — the app detects this automatically.

Go to Settings → Subscription → Manage Subscription to upgrade, downgrade, or cancel via the App Store. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

Common questions.