UpRoar — The alarm for heavy sleepers who've tried everything

THE SNOOZE, MEASURED

Nobody decides to snooze. You just do.

The call gets made before you're awake enough to make it — which is why willpower keeps losing to a button your thumb can find with its eyes shut.

Source: Robbins et al., Scientific Reports, 2025 — 3M+ recorded sleep sessions.

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1 in 2 mornings end in a snooze

More than half of all logged sleep sessions finish with the button, not the alarm.

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20 min gone before you're awake

What heavy snoozers lose to fragmented, non-restorative sleep each morning.

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3M+ sleep sessions measured

These aren't survey answers — they're recorded nights, at scale.

THE WAKE CHAIN

Set it so half-asleep you can't win.

Stack up to four tasks. Clear them in order, or the alarm keeps going. Pick the ones that beat your particular brand of morning stubbornness.

SpeakRead the line aloud

SolveFresh maths each ring

ShakeShake–freeze–shake

TypeExactly, no paste

MemoryRepeat the pattern

WalkReal counted steps

ScanA code across the house

🔒 ANTI-CHEAT

A photo of the code by your bed buys you nothing

The camera stays locked until your phone's own pedometer counts the steps. Registering the code took a recorded walk too — so the only route through is the one that ends with you standing in the bathroom.

The scan task showing 0 of 20 steps and a camera viewfinder locked until the steps land.

⏱️ WAKE-UP CHECK

Getting up isn't the same as staying up

A few minutes after you clear the chain, UpRoar checks in once more at a time you can't predict.

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You clear the chainAlarm off, phone down, morning yours.
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A few minutes passHow many, you don't get told.
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It asks againBack under the duvet and it counts against you.

WHAT KEEPS YOU HONEST

Three forces, working together.

💵 MONEY

Snoozing costs something real

Put $1–10 on the morning. Snooze and it goes to charity — never to us. Stakes are optional, 18+, and capped at $7.50 a week; forgiveness is earned at streak milestones rather than handed out.

🤝 SQUAD

Four people who notice

Your squad sees whether you got up. They can nudge you while it's still ringing, and roast you when you don't. Nobody wins money off anyone — the pot goes to charity.

The squad screen showing who is up this morning.

🔥 STREAK

Something you won't want to break

Shields cover the rough nights you didn't choose. Streak revives are earned by clearing a harder chain — never sold back to you, because paying to un-fail on top of a snooze charge is just a second punishment wearing a friendly hat.

Download free for Android

GET IT

Tomorrow morning starts tonight.

Set one alarm, pick a chain, and leave the stakes at zero until you trust it. Raise them when you're ready.

Download free for Android

Direct download · 18.6 MB · Play Store soon

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Android today. iPhone is next — email us and you'll hear first.

A person stretching in front of a bright window at sunrise, the bedside clock reading 6:03.

ANSWERS

Asked before downloading.

Is UpRoar free?

Yes. The alarm, every wake-chain task and the squad are free, with no ads and no account needed to try it. Money stakes are optional, for adults only, and you set them yourself — the app works fully with stakes at zero.

Will it ring if my phone is on silent or Do Not Disturb?

Yes. UpRoar plays through Android's alarm channel, which ignores silent mode, and it asks for Do Not Disturb access so the full-screen alarm breaks through DND. Volume keys can't silence a ringing alarm either.

What happens if I try to cheat it?

The tasks check the physical world: steps only count from your phone's pedometer after the alarm fires, shaken steps are detected and thrown away, and the scan task only accepts a code that's genuinely across the room. Force-quitting doesn't help — the server keeps score.

Where does snooze money go?

To charity, in full. UpRoar never keeps a forfeited stake — snoozing pays no one, least of all us. Stakes are capped at $7.50 a week and are strictly 18+.

Why is UpRoar Android-only?

Reliable alarms need deep system access — exact alarms, full-screen wake, sensor checks — that Android exposes and iOS limits. iPhone is on the roadmap; email [email protected] and you'll hear the day it lands.

How is UpRoar different from other mission alarm apps?

Most mission alarms stop at puzzles. UpRoar chains up to four physical tasks, adds optional real-money stakes that go to charity, shows your squad whether you actually got up, and re-checks you minutes later — because clearing the alarm isn't the same as staying up.