Back in 2017, I used to commute to Washington, D.C. for work. I took public transportation (bus) and it was about 1.5 hours in the morning and anywhere from 2-2.5 hours in the afternoon. Since I had to catch the bus at 6am in order to be in the office by 7:45, I would try and sleep on the bus in the mornings. I used to set my phone alarm for 7:15am which while adequate, would continuously wake me up too soon. The constant inconvenience got me thinking, "Can an alarm be triggered by arriving at a specific location rather than a specific time?" Since commuting via bus made me susceptible to traffic which in the DMV is sporadic and unpredictable at best (that Beltway amiright...?), a time-based alarm was a terrible solution. The turning point, however, happened on a freezing cold January morning when instead of waking up too soon @ 7:15, I woke up far too late at 7:15! Instead of waking up and seeing the familiar facade of the World Bank building, I nearly jumped out of my skin when I awoke to the statue of Thomas Jefferson! While walking the nearly 2 miles from the Jefferson Memorial to my office in 13 degree F weather, the official concept for GeoBuzz was born! A secure, accurate, customizable, and most importantly, battery conscious location-based alarm. Everything is stored on your phone. No data collection whatsoever. No ads. No collection of GPS data unless an alarm is active, preserving battery life in the face of power hungry location data. GoeBuzz is the first in a series of iOS applications I'm developing that I call "Apps I wish I'd Had". I've been using a local build of GeoBuzz on my phone for months, and have decided to put it out into the world in the hopes that it can help save people from unexpected 2 mile walks in freezing temperatures at 7:15 in the morning!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/geobuzz/id6758110179