Rizen
Rizen is the closest Alarmy alternative for iPhone that goes further than the alarm itself. Both apps use missions — math, walking, QR scans, shake — to force a real wake-up. The difference is what happens next: Rizen flows into guided morning rituals, adds an evening wind-down with app blocking and sleep soundscapes, and tracks streaks — a full morning-and-evening system rather than a standalone loud alarm.
Credit where due: what Alarmy got right
Alarmy popularized the mission alarm — the insight that an alarm you must earn your way out of beats any volume slider. If you're reading this, you probably already believe that. The question is what you want after the alarm goes quiet.
Where the two apps diverge
Alarmy's job ends when the alarm stops. Rizen treats that moment as the beginning: you're standing, alert, phone in hand — the most trainable sixty seconds of your day. Instead of dropping you into your home screen (and its feeds), Rizen rolls straight into your morning ritual.
| Capability | Alarmy | Rizen |
|---|---|---|
| Mission alarms (math, walk, QR/barcode, shake, photo, memory) | ✓ | ✓ 12 missions |
| Fitness missions (push-ups, squats) | ✓ | ✓ camera-verified |
| Make-your-bed & touch-grass missions | — | ✓ |
| Guided morning rituals after the alarm | — | ✓ 13+ rituals, auto-chained |
| Evening wind-down routine | — | ✓ |
| App blocking at night | — | ✓ during wind-down |
| Sleep Mode with soundscapes | ✓ sounds | ✓ paired with rituals |
| Streaks, badges, insights | partial | ✓ 44 badges, ritual + sleep insights |
| Built on Apple AlarmKit (iOS 26) | — | ✓ native, reliable alarms |
Who should pick which
Stay with Alarmy if you want a standalone loud alarm with missions and nothing else in the app — it does that job well, and it's available on Android.
Switch to Rizen if the alarm was always a means to an end: you're trying to become a person with real mornings and sane evenings. The mission alarm is the ignition; rituals, app blocking, and wind-down are the engine. That's the part no alarm-only app offers.
One honest caveat: Rizen is iPhone-only and needs iOS 26+, because it's built natively on Apple's AlarmKit — which is also why its alarms fire reliably alongside Focus modes.
How to do it with Rizen
Switching takes five minutes:
- Recreate your alarm in Rizen with the same wake time and an equivalent mission — every Alarmy mission type has a counterpart.
- Re-register your QR code if you used one; any printed code or barcode works.
- Add the part Alarmy couldn't do: a two-ritual morning (breathing + day plan) and an evening wind-down with app blocking.
- Run both for two mornings if you're cautious, then delete the one that's just an alarm.
Try it tomorrow morning
You already believe in mission alarms. Get the version that keeps working after the alarm stops.
Free download · 4.7 ★ on the App Store · iOS 26+