Alarming Wakeups

Your friends are your alarm clock now. Alarming is a real alarm app with one twist: the sound that wakes you up was recorded by someone you know. Set an alarm. Send an invite link. Your friends record short voice clips from their browser — no app install, no sign-up — and an accepted clip can play at ring time after it downloads to your phone. You don't know which one. You don't get a preview. Good luck. Could be your sister yelling about your posture. Could be a coworker doing a goat impression. Could be your roommate gently reminding you that you're loved. The whole point is you find out when the alarm goes off. WHAT IT DOES • Real alarms. The boring-but-reliable part stays boring and reliable. Set a time, pick the days, snooze if you must. • Invite links. Share a link in any chat app. Friends drop a clip from the browser in seconds. • Mystery sound. One downloaded submission can be picked for the alarm. No previews. No mercy. • Fallback bell. If nobody comes through with a downloaded clip, the app uses a built-in local tone. • Sound Lab. Record your own wake-up clips on-device, trim them, and save a little library for future alarms. • Local-only mode. Don't want to sign in? The app still works as a regular alarm clock. Friend clips just stay locked behind sign-in. WHY FRIENDS MATTER Standard alarm sounds are designed to be ignored. A voice from a person you actually know is much harder to swipe away. Alarming is the alarm clock your friends weaponize against you, and you against them. Send each other invite links. Build a small chaos circle. Wake up to something you didn't expect. THE FINE PRINT • iOS 26 and up gets the full AlarmKit experience — downloaded friend clips can play directly as the alarm sound, even when the phone is locked. • iOS 17–25 falls back to local notifications, where iOS settings such as Silent Mode and Focus can affect delivery. • Sign in with Apple or Google to connect local alarms to invite links and receive friend clips. Signed-out users stay in local-only mode and never touch our backend. • Microphone access is only used in Sound Lab when you explicitly hit record. • Friend clips are short and accepted automatically from invite links. Keep them respectful — alarm owners can remove or report clips, revoke invite links, and block future submissions. Built by a solo developer. Bug reports, feature requests, and support requests are welcome at jackson@middleout.dev. Mornings are about to get weird.