Daybreak vs Diple

Most alarm apps make you sit through a quiz, then ask for your card before you can set a single alarm. Daybreak doesn't. Set your wake time, invite a friend, and get up — free. The whole morning loop works without paying, and it always will. Here's the part that gets you out of bed. THE ALARM YOU CAN'T FAKE Your normal alarm has a design flaw: you can kill it from bed. Daybreak can't be. The only way to end the morning standoff is a photo of a spot you can't reach without standing up — the bathroom mirror, the kitchen counter, the front door. It's matched on your device in a second. No rep-counting, no math, no arguing with a camera. One photo, and you're up. No snooze button exists. YOUR CIRCLE GETS YOU UP Mornings are easier when someone's watching. Invite friends with a code: they see "up" the moment you prove it, you see theirs, and the weekly board settles who owns the morning. First one up gets noticed. It turns out the thing that actually beats the snooze button is not wanting to be the last one still in bed. THE STREAK Every proved morning extends your wake rhythm. Watch the week fill in, set records — earliest wake, perfect weeks — and earn milestone badges. Miss a day? A streak saver can repair it. QUESTS & A MONTHLY CHALLENGE A fresh quest every week — up before 7 all five weekdays, prove both weekend mornings — and one big monthly challenge with a medal that's yours to keep. BUILT FOR YOUR LOCK SCREEN The night before, a countdown to your alarm sits on your lock screen. Your streak lives on a home-screen widget, staring at you. On iOS 26 the alarm is the real thing — full-screen, rings through silent mode, and it stops when you prove you're up, not before. YOUR MORNINGS, KEPT PRIVATE Every proof photo lands in a journal only you can see — a diary you write by getting up. Photos never leave your phone. WHAT'S FREE The alarm, photo proof, your streak, the widget, the journal, quests, badges, and your circle. The morning tool is complete on day one, no trial clock ticking. DAYBREAK PLUS For when you want more: wake with the actual sunrise at your location, unlock your full history and insights, add proof spots for any habit (the gym mirror, your desk), and carry extra streak savers. Plus is $3.99/month or $23.99/year — and it sits on top of the free app, never in front of it. Tomorrow it begins. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Diple brings your notes, writing, and reading together. Capture an idea, keep a journal, or work on a longer draft in Markdown or plain text, then gather your documents into Collections and shape them into a work of your own. Markdown and Plain Text • Switch between Live, Immersive, Preview, and Source modes for writing and reading • Use Markdown headings, lists, to-do lists, tables, links, code blocks, and more • Sum values, add or delete rows and columns, and scroll wide tables • Insert images from Photos or Files to bring words and pictures together • Jot down ideas in plain text or capture them with Speech to Text Collections and Reading • Organize related documents with covers, chapters, numbering, and your own reading order • Browse the table of contents, read across documents, and pick up where you left off Document Links • Type [[Document Name]] to link documents and jump between them with a tap • See which documents mention the current one in Backlinks Themes, Fonts, and Writing Paper • Explore ink-inspired, classic, and other themes with Light or Dark appearance • Write and read in a variety of fonts, and keep the same font in PDF, Word, HTML, and image exports • Choose Writing Paper for editing and reading, or create your own from images • Change the app icon to make your writing space your own Export and Share • Export to Markdown, TXT, Word, PDF, HTML, or reading-layout images, and save images to Photos • Export a Diple Document to import on another device with images and videos intact • Export documents in batches or as whole folders, or combine a collection into one file Version History • Revisit your edits, compare changes, and restore the content you need • Lock important versions to preserve milestones and prevent automatic cleanup Organization and Search • Create folders and nested folders to organize notes, journals, and drafts • Search document titles and content to find what you need • Use find and replace to update repeated text • Recover deleted documents from Trash Access Protection • Add password, Face ID, or Touch ID verification to folders or Collections • Enable Trash protection to require biometrics for documents from protected folders Biometric verification is handled by the system. Diple never accesses or stores face or fingerprint data. Data Backup • Back up documents, folders, Collections, and version history, then restore on this or another device • Add a password and hint, or export backups for storage and device transfers • Merge on restore with restore rules, and lock backups against accidental deletion Data Migration • Move everything or just what you select to Diple on a nearby device, keeping local images, notes, version history, and folder protection • After Face ID or Touch ID verification, data is encrypted and sent device to device, never via our servers • Migration doesn't use iCloud or take up iCloud storage Spotlight Search, Siri, and Shortcuts • Search document titles, content, and Collection names with Spotlight • Use Siri and Shortcuts to create or open documents, append text, or open Collections • Manage access in Settings; protected content stays hidden from Spotlight and Siri Available in 32 interface languages. Diple Pro offers monthly and yearly subscriptions and a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices and available trial offers are shown on the purchase screen. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. If you receive a free trial, the subscription renews at the displayed price when it ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end of that period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime purchases do not renew. Terms of Use: https://michaelsilvester.github.io/journal/diple-terms-of-use/?lang=en Privacy Policy: https://michaelsilvester.github.io/journal/diple-privacy-policy/?lang=en