Inspiration

Waking up is a problem for a lot of people, and the cost is real.

  • Late to work, and the boss notices.
  • Late to school, again.
  • Late to a flight, and the ticket is gone.

Most of us have hit snooze "just one more time" and woken up an hour late. A normal alarm is easy to silence half asleep, so it fails exactly when it matters.

I wanted an alarm that does not let you go back to sleep. Weky makes you prove you are awake: solve a problem, shake your phone, or get moving. The alarm only stops when the mission is done. Then it turns the win into a streak and a badge, so waking up on time becomes a habit you can see.

Weky is also my first iOS app. I have been online for more than ten years, and with today's AI tools I finally built the app I wanted to use myself.

What Weky does

Weky (weky.app) is a smart alarm clock for heavy sleepers. It will not stop until you prove you are awake.

  • Complete a mission to silence the alarm: push-ups, squats, math, a sky photo, and more.
  • Build a streak and earn badges for every morning you win.
  • Track your sleep and see how your wake-up time improves.
  • Track and grow small habits.

Challenges

  • Making missions hard to cheat. An alarm is useless if you can trick it, so each mission checks real movement, not just a tap.
  • App Store review. I had to fix several rejections around pricing before the app was ready.
  • Marketing. This is the biggest one. Building was the easy part compared with making people find the app.

What I learned

Every day I hit a new error and had to ask what a function really does and why the app behaves wrongly. That daily loop taught me more than any course.

I also learned that shipping is only half the work. The other half is telling people your app exists.

Why Shipaton

The RevenueCat Shipaton is a great chance for me to meet other indie builders and solo founders who think the way I do, and to share ideas in a language we all understand.

My hope is to discover new things, learn from this community, and let more people try Weky. If you are a heavy sleeper, I would love to hear how it works for you. You can follow the journey on Instagram, LinkedIn and Threads.

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