The wake-up journal
Sleep science, alarm teardowns and honest comparisons — written by the people who built an alarm with no snooze button.
Alarmy alternatives: the honest list
The best Alarmy alternative depends on why you are leaving. A fair comparison of Risly, Sleep Cycle, the built-in Clock app and Alarm Clock Xtreme, including where Alarmy still wins.
How it worksWhat is the alarm app that makes you take a picture?
You saw it on TikTok: an alarm that only stops once you photograph something across the room. Here is what the app is called, how the camera mission works, and whether the photos leave your phone.
Sleep scienceIs snoozing actually bad for you?
Snoozing costs about six minutes of sleep and did not measurably harm cognition in the largest study to look. The real damage is that it makes you late. Here is what the research actually found.
ComparisonThe best alarm apps for heavy sleepers
A fair comparison of the alarm apps that actually wake heavy sleepers: Risly, Alarmy, Sleep Cycle, Alarm Clock Xtreme and the iPhone Clock app — including which one to skip and why.
ProblemI keep sleeping through my alarm
You are not sleeping through your alarm. You are turning it off in your sleep and forgetting. Here is what is actually happening, and the four fixes that work in order of effort.
How it worksThe alarm that makes you do math
A math alarm keeps ringing until you solve problems correctly. Here is how it works, why chained problems beat single ones, and the honest case for when a math mission is the wrong choice.
ComparisonThe best alarm app for ADHD
ADHD mornings fail for two reasons: a delayed body clock and a snooze button that asks an impaired brain to make a decision. Here is what to look for in an alarm app, and which one to pick.
TroubleshootingiPhone alarm not going off: the real causes
The usual culprit is Attention Aware Features quietly lowering your alarm volume when the camera sees you looking at the phone. Here are the seven causes, ranked, with the exact settings to change.
ProblemHow to stop hitting snooze
You will not out-discipline the snooze button, because you make the decision while your judgement is impaired. Five things that work, ranked, and one that only works if you can afford it.
How it worksThe alarm that makes you do push-ups
A push-up alarm keeps ringing until the front camera has counted your reps. Here is how the counting works, how many reps to set, and the honest limits of what exercise does to sleep inertia.
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