23 × 4 + 17 = ?
MATH
Arithmetic that scales from gentle nudge to genuinely rude. Three difficulty tiers; hard mode chains several problems.
EARN THE
SILENCE.
ToughAlarm keeps ringing until your brain is actually awake. Solve it, shake it, type it — or get out of bed and photograph a spoon. No lazy taps. No half-asleep swipes.
⏰ RINGING
06:00
MON · ALARM 1 OF 1
THREE MINUTES OF HONEST WORK.
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06:00:00
IT RINGS
Full volume, on the lock screen, exactly when it said it would. On hard mode, snooze isn’t on the menu.
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06:00:41
YOU WORK
One task or a chain of them, in strict order: arithmetic, shaking, retyping, or a photo mission. Difficulty is your call — made the night before, when you were brave.
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06:02:17
IT STOPS
Silence is granted when every task passes. By then your brain is running — and going back to sleep is suddenly the harder option.
FOUR WAYS TO PROVE YOU’RE UP.
SHAKE ×30
SHAKE
Shake the phone until the counter says you’re done. Half-hearted wiggles don’t count. Your arm wakes up first, then you.
“I am awake and I…”
RETYPE
Type the sentence back, character-perfect. No autocorrect, no paste. Typos at 6 AM are a feature, not a bug.
📷 FIND: SPOON
PHOTO EARLY ACCESS
Photograph the object you chose — the kitchen spoon, the bathroom tap. Recognition runs on-device. The real task is leaving the bed.
BUILT STUBBORN, ON PURPOSE.
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You sign the deal awake
Before your first hard-mode alarm, ToughAlarm makes you read exactly what you’re agreeing to. Tomorrow-you can’t claim they weren’t warned.
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Survives the night
Reboots, daylight-saving jumps, three alarms landing on the same minute — the queue holds and rings them in order. Tested against the calendar’s dirtiest tricks.
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An escape hatch, counted
Real emergencies happen. Hold 30 seconds, confirm twice, and the alarm stands down — 8 times a month. We count. You’ll know when you’re spending one.
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Strongest on Android
Android gets the full no-easy-exit experience. On iOS, Apple always keeps a system stop button — we work within that, and we won’t pretend otherwise.
YOUR ALARM CONTENT STAYS PUT.
Your alarms, missions and photos stay on your phone. Google ML Kit processes images on-device and sends only limited, non-identity-linked technical metrics for operation and diagnostics.
No account
Nothing to sign up for, nothing to forget the password to.
No cloud
Alarms, task progress and logs live in a local database on your device. Delete the app, it’s all gone.
No tracking
No ad networks, no cross-app tracking, and no user profiles. ML Kit metrics are encrypted in transit and not linked to you.
TOMORROW,
06:00.
Free on both stores. Set one alarm. See who wins.
Task enforcement is strongest on Android. On iOS, system limitations mean a stop button always remains available. The emergency escape hatch (8 uses/month) is on by default.