Hatch Rest alternative: a sleep clock app
If you are looking for a Hatch Rest alternative in the UK, there is a reason you need one. Hatch no longer makes the Rest or the Rest+, and by its own help pages it sells the product that replaced them, the Hatch Baby, in the United States and Canada. This page says what the Hatch Rest did, what you can still buy here, and how a sleep clock app compares.
Facts on this page were checked on 12 November 2026 from Hatch’s own shop and help pages. They change; check before you buy. Snoozaroo is not affiliated with Hatch.
What the Hatch Rest was
The Hatch Rest was a bedside light and sound machine in one. Parents bought it for three things: a night light, sleep sounds, and a “time to rise” signal, where the light changes at a time you choose to show a child it is OK to get up. It was set from the Hatch Sleep app on a phone, over Wi-Fi. The Rest+ added a battery.
Hatch’s help pages now say it no longer makes or sells the second-generation Rest or Rest+, and point to the Hatch Baby.
What Hatch sells now, and where
| Hatch Baby | Hatch Go, formerly the Rest Go | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A plug-in light and sound machine with bedtime and time-to-rise cues | A small sound machine for travel |
| Shows a child when to get up | Yes, with its light | No. Hatch says it has no light and is solely a sound machine |
| Set from a phone | Yes, in the Hatch Sleep app | No. It has no app |
| Where Hatch sells it | From its own site, to the United States and Canada | In the UK through Amazon |
So the only Hatch for children that Hatch’s help pages say it sells in the UK is the Go, and the Go is not a sleep clock. A Hatch Rest you find for sale here is old stock or second-hand; Hatch’s own advice is to check that the seller is Hatch.
Hatch Rest alternatives in the UK
The time-to-rise light was the part of the Hatch Rest that did the job of an OK to wake clock, and there are three kinds of thing that do the same job here:
- a clock with a picture face, such as the Tommee Tippee Groclock;
- a light that changes colour, such as the Zazu Sam or the Purflo Snoozee;
- an app on a tablet or phone you already have, such as Snoozaroo.
How to choose a sleep trainer clock compares the kinds point by point.
How Snoozaroo compares
| Hatch Rest, as it was | Snoozaroo | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A bedside light and sound machine | An app for an Android tablet or phone, with iPad coming |
| The stay in bed signal | Its light | A pal asleep under six stars that go out one by one |
| The get up signal | The light changes | The sun comes up and the pal wakes |
| Set from your phone | Yes | Yes |
| Change it at night without going in | Yes | Yes, with Plus, while the app is open on the screen |
| Sounds | Yes | White, pink and brown noise and a fan, free; more with Plus |
| A night light for the room | Yes | No. The screen shows a dim, still night scene; it is not a lamp |
| Needs a screen in the bedroom | No | Yes, a tablet or phone |
| Cost | No longer sold new | Free; Plus from £2.99 a month, £19.99 a year or £44.99 once |
Where each one wins: the Hatch Rest was a lamp and a sound machine that needed no screen in the room. Snoozaroo is for the toddler years: it shows the rule as a picture a young child can read, it costs nothing to try on a tablet you own, and with Plus the pal leads the bedtime routine as well. Prices are set in Google Play and may change; you always see the current price before you pay.
If the screen is your worry, what the night scene is, and what we do not claim is set out in full. How the sleep clock app works shows the rest.
Questions
Can I still buy a Hatch Rest in the UK?
Not new from Hatch. Hatch says it no longer makes or sells the Rest or the Rest+, and its replacement, the Hatch Baby, is sold in the United States and Canada. Hatch sells the Hatch Go in the UK through Amazon.
Is the Hatch Go an OK to wake clock?
No. It is a sound machine. A travel OK to wake clock has what it does and what to pack with it.
Does a Hatch need a subscription?
Not for the basics. By Hatch’s own account the Hatch Baby’s lights, sounds and time-to-rise cues work without one, and its paid plan adds extras such as guides and a larger sound library. Hatch’s own pages gave more than one price for that plan on the day we checked, so we give none here.
Does Snoozaroo have a night light?
No. At night the screen shows a dark, still scene, as dim as you set it. It is there to be looked at, not to light the room.
Does Snoozaroo play white noise?
Yes. White, pink and brown noise and a fan sound are in the free plan, each with a time to stop and a volume cap you can lower.
Is there a subscription?
The sleep clock is free and stays free. Plus is optional: £2.99 a month, £19.99 a year, or £44.99 once. Every new family gets 14 days of Plus with no card. See plans and prices.
What age is it for?
From about two and a half, with most children understanding it by three. See what age an OK to wake clock works from.