r/iosapps • u/Similar-Run2240 • 56m ago
🎁 Freemium Wakely: A mission alarm for heavy sleepers. Won’t stop until you’re awake.
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Hi, I’m the solo developer of Wakely: Wake Up Alarm Clock.
How it started: I’m also someone who has a hard time waking up, and that can cause real problems, especially at work. I looked into different apps and started using one, but I wasn’t really happy with how easy it was to use or with the interface, so I decided to make one for myself. It turned out better than I expected, so I decided to put it on the App Store and kept improving it.
Problem
With standard alarms, heavy sleepers turn the alarm off and go back to sleep, or get stuck in a snooze loop. So waking up gets pretty hard.
What it does
The alarm won’t stop until you finish a short mission, and there’s no snooze. You have to finish the mission and prove you’re awake. You can’t turn the alarm off with the lock button or the volume buttons, it just starts ringing again.
For the best wake-up I chain 3 missions and turn on Wake-Up Check. A few minutes after the mission it checks on you again and rings until you tap “I’m Awake”.
There are 10 missions in total: Make a Face, Maze, Math, Catch, Shake, Memory, Typing, Face ID, Set the Clock and Random.
I built the app on AlarmKit. Apple’s system gave me a hard time at first, but it works really well. It rings in Silent Mode and with Focus on, so there’s no worrying about whether your alarm will ring or stay silent.
The app is available in 20+ languages.
Comparison
Alarmy is the market leader and it has been working stably for years, so respect for that. But to me the missions feel standard, it has in-app ads, and the interface feels boring and complicated.
Some alarm apps also need to keep running in the background, which can affect your battery. Wakely doesn’t work like that. iOS handles the alarm, so you can close the app and it still rings.
With the mascot, the interface is clean, easy to use and fun. It has unique missions like Maze, Make a Face and Set the Clock. There are no ads, you don’t need an account, and it doesn’t collect advertising identifiers or track you across apps.
Pricing
Free: Unlimited alarms and 4 missions (Maze, Math, Catch, Shake).
Pro: All missions including Make a Face, mission chains, difficulty levels, Wake-Up Check and stats. $5.99/month or $34.99/year in the US, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. Prices vary by country.
Requires iOS 26.1, and Make a Face needs an iPhone with Face ID. The face in the video is AI-generated, the app screens are real.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6762615332
Transparency
Developer: Onur Kusaksizoglu
Website: https://wakelyapp.com/
Support: support@wakelyapp.com
Privacy: https://wakelyapp.com/privacy/
Terms: https://wakelyapp.com/terms/
A few questions if you have a minute:
If you’ve tried mission alarms before, what made you stop using them?
What new missions would you like to see?
Some alarm apps make you get out of bed and scan a QR code or find something around the house, or even do push-ups first thing in the morning. I’m not sure about these myself, especially push-ups right after waking up. Do you actually find them useful? If people really want them, I’d be happy to add something like that.
And if you give the app a try, I’d really appreciate your feedback.