1. Bedtimeone of 30 light colors you pick in the app
  2. Wake-up timeanother of the 30 colors, or a light effect
Skip Hop lets you pick the colors in the app; this drawing shows one choice.

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The tradeoff: The app is iPhone and iPad only, you have to be within 30 feet to change anything, the box has no wall adapter, and Skip Hop's own shop is out of stock.

From Skip Hop’s own pages and manual: the sources.

Model 9O259910 · US, CA · Out of stock at the maker’s own shop (checked on 17 October 2026)

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Drawing of the Skip Hop Smart Snail in one of its colors, not a photo

Set this clock up

  1. Plug the Snail into a wall outlet with a USB adapter (none comes in the box), then install the Skip Hop App on an iPhone or iPad (iOS 14 or later) and let it use Bluetooth.
  2. The Snail glows blue when it is ready to join your account. Red means it is still linked to another account: hold the Standby button for 5 seconds until it turns green, then blue. Then tap Add Device in the app, find the Snail and give it a name.
  3. Build the night from the bedtime presets (Get ready for bed, Sleep, Stay in room, OK to leave room) or your own steps, each with its light color, sound and start time, and check AM and PM on every time. Steps must not overlap: leave at least one minute between them.
  4. Give the last step of every routine a turn-off time, which sets how long that step plays: let the morning’s OK-to-leave-room light run long enough that a child who sleeps in still sees it.
  5. The Snail has no battery: after a power cut, or when you move it, open the app near it so it gets the time again, or the routines play at the wrong time. Changes need your phone within about 30 feet; thick walls and doors shorten that.
  6. Holding Standby for 5 seconds is a factory reset and the Snail forgets every routine. Skip Hop gives it for moving the Snail to a new account, or when the app cannot connect to it at all.

Check the age warning and whether your child is ready separately, and see how to set an OK-to-wake clock for other clocks.

Setup and everyday controls

You set it up in the Skip Hop app, with an account.

How you set it
Set up in an app
Buttons on the clock
Yes
Change it from your phone
Yes
Account needed
Yes

When grandma, a sitter or the other parent sets it

Skip Hop links the Smart Snail to one account: another grown-up signs in with that account’s login in the app on their own iPhone or iPad, within Bluetooth range of the Snail, and only one phone can control it at a time.

Where they change it
The Skip Hop app on an iPhone or iPad, within Bluetooth range of the clock; Skip Hop makes the app for iPhone and iPad only, so an Android phone cannot change it.
What they need
Your Skip Hop login, used in the app on their own iPhone or iPad: Skip Hop links the Snail to an account, not to a phone.
More than one clock
Add each Snail to the same account with the + button in the app; a Snail that glows red is still linked to another account.
At the same time
One phone or tablet at a time.
Resetting or passing it on
Deleting the Snail in the app’s settings (anyone signed in with your login can), or holding Standby for 5 seconds, frees it for another account, but it forgets every routine.

How to give another grown-up access in the app.

App or buttons: which suits your family?

Schedules, light and sound

Runs on its schedule, and you can also start it by hand.

What you can schedule on this clock

  • Bedtime light at a set timeYes
  • Wake-up light at a set timeYes
  • Nap timerYes
  • Different weekend timesNot in the manual
Wake-up light at a set time
Yes
Bedtime light at a set time
Yes
Nap timer
Yes
Several light or sound changes a night
Yes
Can also start it by hand
Yes
Silent wake-up light
Yes
Sound machine
Yes
Dimmable light
Yes
Shows the time
No
Child lock
Yes
Preset routines
5

Features the maker’s manual doesn’t mention aren’t listed here, so the clock matcher won’t suggest this clock for them.

A nap timer and a nap wake-up time work differently. The planner keeps them separate.

Clocks changing, or an early riser? Move the wake-up light in small steps with the clock-change planner.

Without Wi-Fi or a phone

Saved schedules keep running without Wi-Fi.

  • Routine edits require a compatible iPhone or iPad within Bluetooth range

Local Bluetooth control range: up to 30 feet.

Power, and what happens in a power cut

Plugged in

When the plug comes out, it stops.

Needs to stay plugged in · 5 V DC, 2 A USB; wall adapter not included

Runs on battery?
Needs to stay plugged in
Power connection
5 V DC, 2 A USB; wall adapter not included

See why a battery that keeps the settings is different from one that keeps the light on.

Subscription and included parts

The wake-up light works without a paid subscription.

In the box

  • Smart Snail
  • USB cable

Do OK-to-wake clocks need a subscription?

When your child outgrows the light

The Skip Hop manual does not describe a separate sound alarm, so a school-age child who needs waking may need another clock. When to move on to a kids’ alarm clock.

Check it in your home

While you can still return it, try the buttons and the app you will actually use. These are checks for you to make; we have not tested this clock.

  • Find how to change the times and switch the wake-up light on, then check it shows the light and sound you chose.
  • Check the brightness, the volume and where the clock stands, using the maker’s placement advice. Check what the lock stops and which buttons still work.
  • Use the clock’s own preview or test, if it has one, rather than unplugging it or resetting it to see what happens.
  • Have the other parent, a grandparent or the sitter open the app with their own account. Read what to do after a power cut before you need it.

Agree on what the light means and what to do if it does not come on, then keep the manual or the maker’s help page with your plan.

Show your child what this clock’s light means, and leave a note for the sitter.

If the light does not come on, check the time, the mode and the power before you reset the clock.

Questions about the Skip Hop Smart Snail

Does the Skip Hop Smart Snail need an app?

Yes. You set it up in the Skip Hop app. App or buttons? →

What does my child see on the Skip Hop Smart Snail?

Bedtime: one of 30 light colors you pick in the app. Wake-up time: another of the 30 colors, or a light effect. See the drawing →

What happens to the Skip Hop Smart Snail in a power cut?

Stops until the power is back. It runs on USB power with no battery, so it stops in a power cut, and the app has to reconnect afterwards. Battery or memory backup? →

Can the Skip Hop Smart Snail do naps?

Yes, it has a nap timer that you start at nap time. Nap timers vs nap wake-up times →

Can I set a different time for weekends?

The maker’s pages do not say, so plan to change it by hand at the weekend. Plan a new wake-up time →

Does the Skip Hop Smart Snail have an alarm?

Its manual does not describe a separate alarm. Kids alarm clocks →

Can grandma or a sitter change it?

Yes, once they are invited in the app. The controls section above says who can invite them and what they can change. Sharing a clock →

The maker’s pages

Details can differ between versions and countries. Dates show when we last checked something that changes, like stock or a recall. Every source we use