Beyond Alarm vs Alarmy

Alarmy and Beyond Alarm share the same core idea: the alarm doesn't stop until you finish a mission. Beyond Alarm builds on it in two directions — a mission that counts real exercise, and a block that keeps your phone shut once you're up.

The short answer

• Beyond Alarm counts reps. Push-ups, squats and jumping jacks are counted by the camera with on-device pose detection, rep by rep.
• It handles the hour after the alarm. Morning Lockout starts the moment you beat the alarm and keeps your chosen apps shut.
• Every mission is free right now. Pro only removes ads.
• Alarm and blocker in one app, with a Phone Block whose Strict mode is free after one short ad.

Side by side

Alarmy's column comes from its own Play listing, App Store listing and website at the time of writing (27 October 2026). "—" means its listing doesn't mention it.

Where Beyond Alarm pulls ahead

Exercise that is counted, not checked

A photo or a barcode proves you walked somewhere once. Beyond Alarm's push-ups, squats and jumping jacks are counted by the camera on your phone, and the alarm keeps going until the set is done. Ten squats is hard to fake from under a duvet.

The minutes after the alarm

Most lost mornings aren't oversleeping. They're the twenty minutes of scrolling after the alarm stops. Beyond Alarm's Morning Lockout begins the moment you finish your mission — not at a clock time you guessed the night before — and keeps your chosen apps shut while you get going. On Android it can lock the whole phone, with calls still coming through. On iPhone it shields the apps and categories you pick through Screen Time.

A free strict mode

Phone Block lets you block apps for anything from 5 minutes to 8 hours. In Strict mode there is no stop button until the timer ends, and free users turn it on by watching one short ad.

Beyond Alarm

Beyond Alarm does this part for you: the alarm will not switch off until you have actually moved, and the apps you pick stay locked afterwards.

What Alarmy offers

At the time of writing, Alarmy's Play listing describes missions including barcode, photo, maths, memory, typing, shake and squat, loud alarm sounds, a Wake Up Check that restarts your missions if you ignore the alarm, and a sleep tracker with snoring recording and sleep sounds. It also lists an optional "Prevent turn off" feature while the alarm rings. Its website lists Wake Up Check as a Premium feature, and the App Store listing offers a 7-day free trial of Premium.

Switching from Alarmy

1. Install Beyond Alarm and allow the permissions its setup asks for. On Android, the reliability screen walks you through battery and autostart settings.
2. Recreate your alarm times and repeat days.
3. Add the missions you used in Alarmy — maths, memory, typing, shake, photo or a barcode.
4. Stack a camera exercise on top, such as ten squats. You can chain up to five missions on one alarm.
5. Turn on Morning Lockout and pick the two or three apps you lose mornings to.
6. Run one test alarm before you rely on it, then switch Alarmy's alarms off so two apps aren't ringing at once.

Sources

Checked on 27 October 2026. Listings change, so check them before relying on any detail. Beyond Alarm's details are checked against its own code.

• Alarmy on Google Play
• Alarmy on the App Store
• Alarmy website