Tasks
Scheduled reminders through the day, with the same optional barcode gate for the ones you genuinely can’t skip.
Android · Free on Google Play
Orbit Alarm
Prove you’re awake.
Most alarm apps let you tap “dismiss” and roll straight back to sleep. Orbit Alarm doesn’t — every alarm launches a real challenge you have to finish, fully conscious, before the sound stops.
- Free
- No account needed
- Works offline
- Android 7.0+
The wake-up mission
Four ways to prove it, one per alarm.
Set a different challenge for every alarm — the meeting-day one brutal, the lazy-Sunday one gentle.
- 01
Maths
Solve a real equation — not tap a button that says “yes, I’m awake.”
- 02
Shake
Physically move the phone until the counter is satisfied.
- 03
Tap
Chase a target that jumps around the screen until you’re truly awake.
- 04
Barcode scan
Get out of bed and scan a code you registered earlier — the bathroom toothpaste works well.
If starting things is the hard part
A physical first step, before your brain can argue.
Task paralysis, executive dysfunction, time blindness — if any of those are familiar, you already know that knowing what to do isn’t the problem.
The barcode challenge forces the one thing that actually breaks the freeze: get up, walk to the thing, scan it. You’re already moving before you had time to negotiate with yourself. It works exactly the same way for Tasks, not just alarms.
Built to resist you
The 6am version of you will try everything.
Orbit Alarm is built to stop that version of you specifically.
Full volume, enforced
Locks to maximum the instant it rings and keeps re-applying it — turning the phone down mid-ring does nothing.
Snoozing is capped
A snooze limit you set per alarm, shown on screen as you use it, with an optional penalty that shortens each one.
Emergency Dismiss, barely
A real escape hatch for emergencies, but a skill-based challenge rather than a free pass. Can be switched off per alarm.
Survives the usual tricks
Do Not Disturb, battery optimisation, and swiping the app away from Recents — it keeps ringing through all three.
Beyond the morning
The rest of the day, and the night before it.
The same discipline applied to everything else you’d rather put off.
Timers
Chained countdown sequences for cooking, workouts or focus blocks — one step rolls straight into the next.
Stasis Pod
A full-screen ambient visual and soundscape to drift off in, with a bedtime signal and its own optional barcode lock.
Morning report
Dismiss your alarm and get the local forecast and a short daily insight — a reason to check your phone that isn’t doom-scrolling.
Fourteen original tones
From gentle synth chimes to full red-alert klaxons.
Every tone is an original sci-fi composition, including a gradual wake-up ramp that builds in volume, and a randomiser that keeps every morning a little different.
Your data stays yours
No account. No cloud sync.
Your alarms, saved barcodes and preferences live on your device, not our servers. Read the full Privacy Policy for details.
Ready to actually wake up?
Free to download, no account required. Questions first? The support page answers the common ones.