Make Your Bed
If you are searching for an Alarmy alternative, it helps to start with what your mornings actually need. Some people struggle to wake up at all. Others wake up fine, then lose the first part of the day to their phone. Alarmy and Make Your Bed are built for different versions of that problem, and this page lays out the difference plainly so you can choose what fits.
What Alarmy does
Alarmy is an alarm clock and sleep app from Delight Room Co., Ltd., available for iPhone and iPad. According to its App Store listing, it is built around "Alarm Missions": to turn off the alarm, you complete a task such as solving math problems, playing a memory game, shaking your phone or doing squats. There is also a photo mission, where you photograph something you set up ahead of time. The listing describes an anti-snooze feature for heavy sleepers, along with a sleep tracker that can check for snoring, calm sleep sounds and bedtime reminders.
Alarmy is a free download with in-app purchases, and its listing describes a 7-day free trial for premium features. If your main challenge is getting out of bed when the alarm rings, an alarm-mission app like this is designed for exactly that.
What Make Your Bed does
Make Your Bed is not an alarm clock. It is an iPhone app that keeps your distracting apps locked each morning until you have made your bed.
- You choose the apps. The apps you pick stay blocked each morning until you take a photo of your made bed.
- Websites are blocked too. When an app is blocked, its websites are blocked as well, in every browser. Blocking a whole category of apps also blocks that category's websites.
- You set the schedule. Pick the days that get locked and the hour the lock comes back.
- One photo unlocks your day. Once the app sees a made bed, your apps unlock for the rest of the day.
- Private by design. Your bed photo is checked on your iPhone and never uploaded. There are no ads in the app.
The key difference
An alarm-mission app focuses on the moment you wake up: it makes the alarm harder to silence. Make Your Bed focuses on the stretch right after you wake up: it makes your feeds, games and other time-sinks unavailable until you have done one small, useful thing.
So the question to ask yourself is simple. Is your trouble waking up, or is it what happens once you are awake and holding your phone? If it is the second one, locking your apps until your bed is made may suit you better. Some people may even want both: an alarm that gets them up and an app lock that keeps the morning on track.
Side by side
| Alarmy | Make Your Bed | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Alarm clock with missions to turn it off | Keeps chosen apps locked each morning |
| What you do | Complete a mission such as math, shaking, squats or a photo | Make your bed and take a photo of it |
| Blocks apps and websites | Not described in its App Store listing | Yes, chosen apps and their websites in every browser |
| Devices | iPhone and iPad | iPhone, iOS 17 or later |
| Free trial | 7 days for premium features, per its listing | 2 weeks |
Skipping a morning
Life happens. With Make Your Bed, a Pillow Token is an emergency skip that opens your apps for the day without a photo. You get 2 free Pillow Tokens every month. Buying extra Pillow Tokens is optional. If you want more, you pick the price, from $1 to $50.
What Make Your Bed costs
Make Your Bed is $14.99 a month or $79.99 a year. Both plans start with a 2-week free trial.
Choosing what fits
There is no single right answer here. If you sleep through alarms, an app like Alarmy is made for that. If you are up on time but your phone takes over your morning, Make Your Bed gives you one small win first and keeps your apps waiting until you have it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Make Your Bed an alarm clock like Alarmy?
No. Alarmy is an alarm clock that asks you to complete a mission to turn off the alarm. Make Your Bed is not an alarm. It keeps the apps you choose blocked each morning until you take a photo of your made bed.
Does Make Your Bed block websites as well as apps?
Yes. When an app is blocked, its websites are blocked too, in every browser. If you block a whole category of apps, that category's websites are blocked as well.
Can I use Make Your Bed and Alarmy together?
Make Your Bed does not replace your alarm, so you can keep using the alarm app you like to wake up and use Make Your Bed to keep your apps locked until your bed is made.
How much does Make Your Bed cost?
Make Your Bed is $14.99 a month or $79.99 a year. Both plans start with a 2-week free trial.
Which phones does Make Your Bed work on?
Make Your Bed is for iPhone only and requires iOS 17 or later. It is coming soon to the App Store.
Coming soon to the App Store
Make Your Bed is coming soon to the App Store for iPhone (iOS 17 or later). Plans are $14.99 a month or $79.99 a year, and both start with a 2-week free trial. Questions in the meantime? Write to us at hello@makeyourbed.io.