All OK-to-wake clocks

Our pick · Best without an app · Best for a shared room

An all-in-one clock with no app: a sleepy face at bedtime, an optional yellow “almost time” light, green at wake-up, plus a nap timer and sleep sounds.

Set on the clock

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Stops, but keeps its settings

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, one wake-up time every day

Our pick · Best for a later weekend wake-up

Hatch's app routines with a battery that keeps the light and sound going in a power cut or in another room.

Set up in an app · Runs on battery

Set it

In the Hatch Sleep app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, separate weekend times

Our pick · Best if the power goes out

Bedtime and wake-up times set on the clock, an orange “almost time” glow, a 30 to 180 minute nap timer and an alarm. It also runs on AA batteries.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, one wake-up time every day

Our pick · Best for naps as well as mornings

A no-app clock that grows into a real alarm clock: an optional red bedtime light, a green wake-up light with a sun, two alarms with snooze and a nap timer.

Set on the clock

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Stops, but keeps its settings

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, one wake-up time every day

Our pick · Best if you want to change it from your phone

For families happy to run bedtime from an app: routines with your own colors and sounds, several steps a night, and a time-to-rise light.

Set up in an app

Set it

In the Hatch Sleep app

In a power cut

Stops until the power is back

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, separate weekend times

A bedtime and wake-up schedule set on the clock that keeps running on its rechargeable battery, with a parent lock and a Bluetooth speaker.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

An app-run sound machine and night light with 34 sounds, lights and music at bedtime and wake-up, alarms and a child lock.

Set up in an app

Set it

In the Dreamegg app

In a power cut

Stops until the power is back

Naps and weekends

Nap timer and weekend times: Dreamegg does not say

Hatch's newest plug-in sound machine and night light, with Time-for-Bed and Time-to-Rise light schedules in the Hatch Sleep app that keep working after the three included months of Hatch+.

Set up in an app

Set it

In the Hatch Sleep app

In a power cut

Stops until the power is back

Naps and weekends

Nap timer and weekend times: not in the manual

The plainest stay-in-bed signal: a red light you switch on at bedtime, a green light at the wake-up time for an hour, a digital clock and a yellow night light.

Set on the clock

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

The manual does not say

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

Day-by-day sound and light routines from your phone; most useful if you already have a Nanit camera.

Set up in an app · Runs on battery

Set it

In the Nanit Sound + Light app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, separate weekend times

A small silicone owl with no clock face and no buttons a child can change: in its Bluetooth app you choose the colors for bedtime, naps and wake-up on each day of the week, and it then follows them by itself on its battery, without a sound.

Set up in an app · Runs on battery

Set it

In the Ooly app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

Nap wake-up time, separate weekend times

Set the alarms and the bedtime, wake-up and nap colors from your phone in the Tommee Tippee app; the night itself starts with the Sleep button on the clock.

Set up in an app

Set it

In the Tommee Tippee Smart app

In a power cut

Stops, but keeps its settings

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, separate weekend times

Bedtime and wake-up times set on the clock itself, no app, with a time display and built-in sounds.

Set on the clock

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Stops, but keeps its settings

Naps and weekends

Nap timer and weekend times: not in the manual

A clock set on its buttons: the screen glows blue with a moon from the sleep time and turns orange with a sun at the wake-up time, with an optional alarm, a key lock and a built-in rechargeable battery.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A digital clock and a real analog clock under one soft silicone cover, George the elephant or Luna the moon: it glows orange before bedtime, goes dark at bedtime, turns orange again 30 minutes before the wake-up time and green when your child may get up, with an alarm sound only if you switch it on.

Set on the clock

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Stops, but keeps its settings

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A soft silicone bear that makes no sound at all: it glows a warm yellow from 30 minutes before the wake-up time and turns green when your child may get up. It runs on its built-in battery and has a night light you switch on with a tap.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A soft silicone penguin that makes no sound at all: it glows a warm yellow from 30 minutes before the wake-up time and turns green when your child may get up. It runs on its built-in battery and has a night light you switch on with a tap.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A white digital clock with a soft silicone sheep that makes no sound at all: if you want, the sheep glows orange 15 or 30 minutes before the wake-up time, and it turns green when your child may get up. It runs on its built-in battery, and its warm night light switches itself off after 15, 30 or 60 minutes.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A soft silicone sheep that makes no sound at all: it glows a warm yellow from 30 minutes before the wake-up time and turns green when your child may get up. It runs on its built-in battery and has a night light in more than one color.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A turtle that glows red all night from the bedtime you set, can turn orange with a rising sun before wake-up, and turns green at the wake-up time, with 14 sleep sounds, a ring night light and a built-in battery.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A bunny clock set on its buttons: the screen glows red with a sleeping moon at bedtime and turns orange with a sun at wake-up time, and it runs on its own rechargeable battery.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A first alarm clock for a child of 5 or more who is learning to tell the time: an analog face beside a digital screen, a moon that turns to a sun at the wake-up time, and an alarm (birdsong, a train or a cuckoo) you can leave off.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A no-app wake-up light that can stay silent or sound an alarm, with a nap timer, a display you can switch off and AA batteries as a backup.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Partly, for a few days on batteries; Pabobo says keep it plugged in

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A small battery clock for trips and holidays: a lit sheep shows asleep until the wake-up time, then switches to awake, silently or with an alarm, and the lid opens out into a stand.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A rabbit that sleeps until the wake-up time you set and then wakes up, silently or with one of four alarm sounds, with a moon that sets 10 minutes before, its own wake-up times for naps and weekends, and AA batteries as a backup.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

Nap wake-up time, separate weekend times

A koala that sleeps until the wake-up time and then turns its face awake, silently or with birdsong, with a night light at two strengths and an analog and digital clock for learning the time later.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Batteries (not included) keep it going; Pabobo does not say which features

Naps and weekends

Nap timer and weekend times: Pabobo does not say

A rechargeable UK clock that changes color by itself at bedtime and wake-up, set on its own buttons, with seven display brightness levels.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A simple clock set on its own buttons, with stars at night, a sun in the morning and a separate nap wake-up time. No app, no account.

Set on the clock

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Stops, but keeps its settings

Naps and weekends

Nap wake-up time, one wake-up time every day

A French app-controlled clock whose face sleeps at bedtime and wakes up in the morning, with a baby monitor, night light and lullabies built in.

Set up in an app

Set it

In the REMI app

In a power cut

Stops until the power is back

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, separate weekend times

A small rabbit set on its buttons: its eyes close at bedtime with a red light, an orange light comes on 15 minutes before the wake-up time, and the eyes open, with green and a wake-up sound if you want them. It runs on a rechargeable battery.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

Nap timer and weekend times: not in the manual

Red, yellow and green on the clock’s buttons: a red stay-in-bed light, an optional yellow “soon” light 20 minutes before, green at wake-up, and a nap timer up to 3 hours.

Set on the clock

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Stops, but keeps its settings

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, one wake-up time every day

For owners of the US Mirari OK to Wake! 8091: how to set its green wake-up light and nap timer with the buttons behind the back door.

Set on the clock

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

The manual does not say

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, weekend times not in the manual

Sleep, wake-up and 30 to 120 minute nap modes set on the clock's buttons, and it keeps running on AA batteries.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, weekend times not in the manual

Multi-step bedtime routines set over Bluetooth, no Wi-Fi network needed, and a second iPhone can sign in to the same account, one phone at a time.

Set up in an app

Set it

In the Skip Hop app

In a power cut

Stops until the power is back

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, weekend times not in the manual

A small bear clock with eyes that close when you press its button at bedtime and open at the wake-up time; it runs on AAA batteries, with no plug at all.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A soft bear whose belly shows red at night, orange in the last 30 minutes and green at the wake-up time, with lullabies, white noise and a cry sensor; it runs on AA batteries.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day

A dog that closes its eyes at bedtime with a red light, glows orange in the last 30 minutes while 12 stars count down, and opens its eyes on green; it runs on AA batteries too.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

Nap timer, one wake-up time every day

The simplest automatic wake-up light: orange 30 minutes before, green at wake-up time, on a rechargeable battery with an optional Bluetooth speaker.

Set on the clock · Runs on battery

Set it

On the clock’s buttons, no app

In a power cut

Keeps running on its battery

Naps and weekends

No nap timer, one wake-up time every day