Decide your sleep before you lose it.

At 10:45 PM, Garmin shows 6:30 AM. Your brain shows doubt. Countdown Alarm — the app from Alarm for Garmin — shows 7h 45m of rest so you know tonight is enough for tomorrow's energy, focus, and mood.

Under-sleeping isn't a badge of honor. One short night becomes a foggy morning, weaker workouts, and decisions you'll regret. The fix isn't willpower at 6 AM — it's one honest look at your wrist before you stay up another hour.

$9.99 / month

7-day free trial on your watch · less than a coffee per week

Get Countdown Alarm on Connect IQ

Best on your phone: open the link from Messages or Notes so Connect IQ can jump to the app page. Then install and scan the in-app QR for your 7-day trial.

See real sleep length, not clock math

Your armed screen reads Rings in 7h 45m — not a wake time you decode when you're already tired. You instantly know if you're protecting 7–8 hours or stealing from tomorrow.

Fix your alarm before it's too late

Drag your wake time and watch 7h 45m rest update live. Catch "only 5 hours" at 11 PM — not when the alarm shocks you out of 4.

See rest left when you wake at night

Raise your wrist or open glances — Countdown Alarm shows 7h 45m rest even after the app itself has closed. Add the Rest complication to Face It / your watch face if you want it on the clock.

Built for your Garmin

Countdown Alarm runs on 70+ devices — Venu 4, Venu 3, Fenix 7/8, Forerunner 965, and more. Same app, same brand: Alarm for Garmin.

FAQ

Countdown Alarm is the rest countdown on your wrist. Garmin does not let apps copy into the built-in Clock alarm.

How do I see how much sleep is left at night?

You don’t need the app sitting open. After you Set, add Countdown Alarm to your glance list (hold a glance → add). Raise your wrist and swipe to it: it shows live rest time. On Venu 4 you can also add the Rest left complication to a Face It watch face.

Why does the app close by itself?

When it stays open all night, that’s the app working. When it vanishes, Garmin usually sent you back to the watch face after a notification, Morning Report, or another system screen. While an alarm is armed, Countdown Alarm now holds a silent “Rest” session so Garmin is more likely to keep the countdown instead of killing it. You may see a recording indicator; nothing is saved to Garmin Connect. Phone notifications during sleep still interrupt — Do Not Disturb on the watch helps.

Can you set the watch Clock alarm for me?

No. Connect IQ has no API to create or change Garmin’s built-in alarms. We will not ask you to set the time twice.

Why didn’t the watch wake me?

Garmin will not let a Connect IQ app vibrate like the system alarm while the app is closed and you are asleep. We cannot work around that. The glance still shows remaining sleep when you check the time at night.

I pressed the top button and got a menu instead of the countdown

If you reopen the app at night, the first press only wakes the display. Press again for options.

Without Countdown Alarm, you gamble every night

Guess whether you have "enough" sleep left
Accept 5–6 hours because the watch never showed the trade-off
Pay with energy, training quality, and patience the next day

$9.99/month is cheaper than one ruined morning. Your health compounds — so does this decision.

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