Arisely is a free Android alarm clock built for heavy sleepers — the people who tap snooze in their sleep and wake up late. Unlike a normal alarm, it keeps ringing at full volume until you complete a wake-up mission you choose, from solving math to doing camera-verified push-ups. It is published on Google Play by Applass Android Apps under the name Arisely: Push-Up Alarm Clock.
If you have ever turned off an alarm without remembering it, the problem is not your willpower. It is the off button. A single sleepy tap is all it takes, and your half-asleep brain is very good at finding it. Arisely’s core idea is simple: remove the easy off switch.
What makes Arisely different from a normal alarm app
Most alarm apps let you dismiss the sound with one tap. Arisely doesn’t. When the alarm fires, you pick a mission, and the alarm keeps ringing at full volume until you actually finish it. There is no “slide to stop,” so there is nothing to tap by reflex.
Three engineering choices make that work in practice:
- Exact-time alarms. Arisely uses exact alarms that fire even when the phone is locked, idle, or the app has been closed for hours — not batched, delayed background tasks. The alarm goes off when you set it, every time.
- The alarm audio channel. The sound plays on Android’s dedicated alarm channel, so it rings at full volume even when your media is muted or Do Not Disturb is on. There is an extra-loud boost for the heaviest sleepers.
- A mission gate. The sound stops only when the task is complete, and the tasks require real attention — which is exactly what a half-asleep brain lacks.
The 10 wake-up missions
You match the mission to how deeply you sleep. Light sleeper? A quick math problem is enough. Sleep through a fire drill? Put a barcode across the room, or make yourself do push-ups.
| Mission | What you do to turn the alarm off |
|---|---|
| Math | Solve a quick problem |
| Memory | Watch a pattern, then repeat it back |
| Code | Retype a random code exactly |
| Sequence | Find the next number in the pattern |
| Typing | Retype a short phrase exactly |
| Trivia | Answer a multiple-choice question correctly |
| Shake | Shake your phone a set number of times |
| Step | Take a set number of steps |
| QR / Barcode | Scan a code you placed near your bed |
| AI Push-Up | Do a set number of push-ups in front of the camera |
You can also chain missions so one alarm runs several in order — for example math, then a barcode across the room, then push-ups — each with its own difficulty and number of rounds. The alarm only goes quiet once you’ve finished the whole chain, which is far harder to beat half-asleep than any single task. One mission is free; chaining two or more is a Pro feature.
The AI Push-Up Mission
This is the feature most alarm apps don’t have. You set a push-up count, and Arisely’s camera checks your form in real time. You can’t fake the reps and you can’t skip them. It is the strongest option in the app because it gets your body moving and your heart rate up before you are fully awake — and once you are physically up and moving, falling back into bed is a conscious decision, not a reflex.
Guards that stop you dodging the alarm
A mission only helps if you can’t kill the alarm before you reach it. Two optional guards, active only while the alarm is ringing, close the two common dodges:
- Lock volume while ringing snaps the alarm volume back up if you try to turn it down.
- Power-off guard turns the screen back on if the power button sleeps it and, once you grant its Accessibility permission, closes the long-press power menu when it appears — so the alarm can’t be switched off there.
Both are off by default, so you opt in only if you need them. A forced hardware shutdown (holding the power button) can’t be blocked by any app, and Arisely doesn’t pretend otherwise.
Is Arisely private?
Your alarms are. Arisely keeps what you create on your phone, and the free version’s banner ad is the one exception:
- No account needed — install it and set an alarm. There is no sign-up and no email.
- Your alarms stay on your phone. Alarms, settings and your sleep log are never sent to Arisely’s developer or any server. There is no cloud sync.
- One banner ad in the free version. Google AdMob serves it on the Alarms, Sleep and Settings tabs, never on the ring screen, and receives your device’s advertising ID to do so. Arisely Pro removes the ad, and Arisely then requests no ads at all. Purchases are verified by RevenueCat, which knows each install only by a random anonymous ID.
The privacy policy has the details.
That matters for an app you grant alarm, camera, and motion access to. The camera used by the push-up mission checks your form on-device; there is no cloud account recording your mornings.
Arisely vs a standard alarm app
| Standard alarm app | Arisely | |
|---|---|---|
| Turn off | One tap / slide | Only by completing a mission |
| Volume | Can be muted by media volume or DND | Plays on the alarm channel, full volume |
| Reliability | Can be delayed by Android battery limits | Exact-time alarms fire even when locked or closed |
| Physical wake-up | None | AI-verified push-ups, steps, shake, or walk to a barcode |
| Account | Often required | None |
| Your alarms | Often synced to an account | Stay on your phone |
| Ads | Varies | One banner in the free version, never on the ring screen; Pro removes it |
Who Arisely is for
- Heavy sleepers who sleep through every alarm and snooze without remembering it.
- Students and workers who genuinely cannot be late.
- Night-shift workers who need a loud, reliable wake-up at odd hours.
- Anyone who wants a light workout built into the start of their day.
Everyday details that make it usable
A hard alarm is only useful if the basics are solid. Arisely covers them:
- Repeating alarms for the days you choose, plus one-off alarms for a single wake-up
- Snooze length and snooze limit that you set (or turn off entirely)
- Reminders for upcoming alarms
- Wake to any audio file on your phone, or pick from a built-in tone library grouped into Trending, Funny, Motivational, Classic and Nature — all royalty-free
- Dark mode and 12/24-hour time
The bottom line
Arisely is a loud, reliable alarm clock that makes sure you actually get up. It is free, needs no account and keeps your alarms on your phone; Arisely Pro removes the free version’s banner ad. If “just put the phone across the room” has stopped working, the mission gate — especially the AI push-up check — is the next step up.
Download Arisely on Google Play
More from the Logic Lab: All articles · Also by Applass: Mindful Guard blocks distracting apps on a schedule, and ScreenVeil lets you keep audio playing with the screen off to save battery.