iPhone · Free to use
One photo across the room turns it off — there is no snooze button. Your wake rhythm grows, and your circle sees the moment you're up.
The whole morning loop is free. No survey wall, no "subscribe to continue."
Why your alarm stopped working
So you do — half asleep, arm out from under the duvet, and you don't even remember doing it. A louder alarm doesn't fix that. Getting your feet on the floor does.
How it works
The bathroom mirror. The kitchen counter. Anywhere you physically can't reach from bed.
There is no snooze button — not disabled, the app doesn't have one. On iOS 26 it rings through silent mode.
Your phone matches the photo against your spot in about a second. That's the only way it stops.
Your rhythm grows, the photo lands in your private journal, and your circle sees you made it.
What you get
Every proved morning extends it. Records for your earliest wake and perfect weeks, and a saver to repair the day life got in the way.
Every proof photo lands in a private diary of your mornings. It never leaves your phone — not to us, not to your circle.
See the time to your alarm without unlocking.
Small targets that rotate every Monday, plus a monthly challenge with a medal you keep.
Your rhythm on the home screen, so the number is the first thing you see.
The circle
A puzzle you solve half-asleep is a thing you learn to beat. Friends aren't. Invite a few with a code — they see "up" the moment you prove it, you see theirs, and a weekly board keeps score of who's actually getting out of bed.
Cheers and nudges. Not another feed to scroll.
You're leading this week.
Pricing
No setup survey that dead-ends in a paywall. No "subscribe to continue" on the screen that matters. The alarm, the proof, the rhythm, the circle — all of it, free, for as long as you use it.
This is the whole morning loop. Nothing here expires.
An upgrade, never the gate. Cancel in a tap.
Privacy
Daybreak compares your morning shot against your spot right on your iPhone. The image is never uploaded, never shown to your circle, and never seen by us. Delete your account and every trace goes with it.
Questions
Then the alarm keeps ringing. That's the point — it's the one thing a half-asleep swipe can't defeat. If you set a spot you genuinely can't reach, you can recalibrate it in a few seconds.
On iOS 26, yes — Daybreak uses Apple's alarm system, so it rings full-screen through silent and can't be swiped away. On earlier versions it arrives as a time-sensitive notification.
Actually free. The alarm, photo proof, your rhythm, the journal, quests, and a friend in your circle cost nothing and don't expire. Plus is an upgrade for people who want sunrise timing, full history, and an unlimited circle.
No. They see that you're up and what time — never the picture. Proof photos stay on your device.
Your rhythm resets, but you get streak savers to repair a day when life gets in the way. It's a rhythm, not a punishment.
Tomorrow morning
Daybreak is in final testing for iPhone. Get on the early list and you'll have it the day it lands.
Coming to the App Store · iPhone, iOS 17+ · Free to use