Risly is an anti-snooze mission alarm clock for iPhone: a loud alarm that rings through silent mode, Focus and a locked screen, with no snooze button to hit. The only way to make it stop is to get up and complete the wake-up mission you picked the night before.
What is Risly?
Risly is an iOS alarm clock built for heavy sleepers — the ones who dismiss an alarm in their sleep and wake up two hours late. It runs on Apple's AlarmKit (iOS 26+), so it fires at full volume through Do Not Disturb, Focus and the silent switch, which most third-party alarm apps cannot do. Instead of a snooze button, every alarm is locked behind a mission: scan an object across the room, solve mental-math chains, shake the phone, or do push-ups counted by the camera. Made by Belle Etoile Labs.
Key Features
- No snooze button — there is no dismiss shortcut either; the alarm keeps ringing until the mission is done.
- Rings through silent and Focus — built on AlarmKit, it goes off at full volume on a locked screen, in Do Not Disturb and in any Focus mode.
- Seven wake-up missions — Object Scan, Math Chains, Shake, Push-ups, QR Code, Barcode and Flash Grid, each with adjustable difficulty. See every mission
- On-device camera AI — object recognition and push-up rep counting run locally on the iPhone.
- Missions that physically move you — Object Scan and QR Code make you walk to another room before the alarm goes quiet.
- Streaks and wake-up stats — your streak, average wake-up time, how long you took to kill the alarm, and your favourite mission.
- 18 languages — from English and French to Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Thai.
Who is it for?
- Heavy sleepers — people who genuinely sleep through a normal alarm.
- Chronic snoozers — anyone stuck in the nine-minute loop who wants the button gone for good.
- People on a fixed schedule — gym, commute, early flights: mornings where being late has a real cost.
- Anyone fighting sleep inertia — the groggy first minutes when your brain is not online yet. Why snoozing backfires
What can you do with Risly?
- Guarantee you leave the bed: point Object Scan at your bathroom toothbrush — the alarm only stops once you are standing in the bathroom.
- Wake your brain, not just your body: Math Chains forces your prefrontal cortex online instead of letting you react out of habit.
- Make oversleeping impossible on a big day: put Push-ups on the 5 a.m. flight alarm.
How does it work?
- Set the alarm and pick a mission and its difficulty the night before.
- The alarm fires at the set time — silent mode, Focus and a locked screen do not stop it.
- Complete the mission. Only then does the alarm go quiet and your streak tick up.
Pricing
Risly starts with a 3-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription, cancellable at any time. A reminder is sent before the trial ends. Requires an iPhone running iOS 26 or later.
FAQ
Is Risly free?
Risly is a paid app with a 3-day free trial. After the trial you pick a monthly or yearly plan, and you can cancel any time.
What platforms does it support?
iPhone only, iOS 26 or later. Risly depends on Apple's AlarmKit — the framework that makes the alarm unstoppable — so there is no Android or web version.
Does it really ring on silent mode?
Yes. Because it is built on AlarmKit, alarms break through Focus, Do Not Disturb and the silent switch, reliably and at full volume.
Can I skip the mission?
No, and that is the whole point: no snooze button, no dismiss shortcut. You pick how hard the mission is the night before, from gentle to ruthless.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Alarms and missions run on the device, and the camera missions are processed on-device. More answers
