# Alarming Wakeups — Friends pick your wake-up.

> Friends pick your wake-up. (iPhone/iPad app by Jackson Matthew Tomlinson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alarming-wakeups/id6760679017 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jackson Matthew Tomlinson](https://appshunter.io/developer/1832523133)
- Category: Lifestyle, Social Networking
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-28
- Data updated: 2026-07-31
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alarming-wakeups/id6760679017/reviews.md

## What is 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.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-07-29

No release notes.

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