The alarm that makes you get up and take a photo

How Photo Verify works

1. 1

   Camera opens

   Tap Start Challenge and a full-screen custom camera UI takes over. A big emoji and label at the top tell you what to photograph — for example, '🚽 toilet' or '☕ coffee maker'.

2. 2

   Walk to the object

   You have to physically get to wherever that thing is. Walking is the point.

3. 3

   Tap the shutter

   WakeWin's custom camera captures the photo. No iOS 'Use Photo / Retake' interruption — it just captures and verifies in the background.

4. 4

   AI verifies

   Claude Haiku 4.5 checks if the photo actually contains the object. Takes about a second.

5. 5

   Pass → puzzles. Fail → fresh object

   If the AI doesn't see the object, you get a new one to photograph, and the camera stays open the whole time. Up to 3 tries, then it's on to the puzzles.

6. 6

   Solve your puzzles

   Then the brain challenges: at least 5, or 8 in Hard Mode.

What you might be asked to photograph

Everyday objects — straightforward household objects that exist in most homes, for example:

What about privacy?

Your photos are never stored by us. The image goes to Anthropic's Claude API for the check, and the AI returns a verdict. We only log the result (which object, matched or not, confidence, attempt number) to tune the object list and detect abuse.

Under Anthropic's commercial terms, API data is not used to train models and is deleted within 30 days (longer only if flagged for a usage-policy review).

Why this is the missing piece

The fundamental problem with puzzle alarms is that you can solve the puzzle without leaving the bed. The puzzle wakes your brain. It does not move your body. So the warmth wins, you sink back, and the day is already off-track.

Photo Verify breaks that. You have to actually be somewhere else in your home. By the time you've walked to the kitchen and photographed the coffee maker, you're standing up, blood is flowing, and going back to bed feels weird. That's the entire trick.

Availability

Photo Verify is free for everyone and switched on by default for new alarms. When Hard Mode is enabled, Photo Verify is required automatically for every alarm. WakeWin is live on the App Store for iPhone (iOS 26 or later); Android is coming soon.