About Mad AI: Angry Alarms
Mad AI: Angry Alarms is an app for iPhone and iPad aimed at people who ignore polite productivity tools. You create a goal with a deadline, and the app keeps sending reminders and alarms that escalate until you finish the task or stop the goal. Finishing means uploading photo proof rather than tapping a checkbox.
The loop has four steps: set the goal and start the clock, beat the timer while notifications ramp up, upload a photo that the app checks against what you wrote, and keep a streak of completed goals going. The site says it is possible to stage a photo, but the design is meant to block a one-tap fake. A built-in coach writes sarcastic, tough-love reminder copy.
The app suits any goal that can be shown with a photo, such as workouts, studying, posting, chores or side projects. It requires iOS or iPadOS 18.0 or later, offers English, Italian and French pages, and is explicitly not therapy or a medical tool.
Key features
- Goals with deadlines and a running timer
- Escalating reminders and alarms until done
- Photo proof of completion checked by AI
- Completion streaks across goals
- Tough-love AI coach messages
- Runs on iPhone and iPad (iOS 18 or later)
Good fit for
- Workout and study accountability
- Finishing chores and side projects on deadline
Mad AI: Angry Alarms: questions and answers
- What is Mad AI: Angry Alarms used for?
- Mad AI: Angry Alarms is an iPhone and iPad accountability app where you set a goal and deadline, upload photo proof, and get AI checks and escalating reminders until it is done. It is a good fit for workout and study accountability, and finishing chores and side projects on deadline.
- Is Mad AI: Angry Alarms open source?
- No. Mad AI: Angry Alarms is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Productivity category, open-source options include Loop Habit Tracker, Foqos and PowerToys.
- What are some alternatives to Mad AI: Angry Alarms?
- Mad AI: Angry Alarms competes with Focusmate, Forest and Habitify.
Open-source alternatives to Mad AI: Angry Alarms
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Loop Habit Tracker, a mobile app for creating and maintaining long-term positive habits
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Foqos
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Foqos allows you to lock apps behind the tap of a NFC tag or scan of a QR code. Free and o
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PowerToys
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Files
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A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.
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Zen Browser
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Welcome to a calmer internet
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ShareX
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ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any a
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SaaS alternatives to Mad AI: Angry Alarms
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Focusmate
Productivity
Virtual coworking service that pairs people for live body-doubling work sessions
SaaS
Forest
Productivity
Focus timer app that grows a virtual tree while you avoid your phone
SaaS
Habitify
Productivity
Habit tracking app with reminders, statistics and cross-platform sync
SaaS
Pomio
Productivity
Productivity app that helps you stay focused and build habits one session at a time
SaaS
Krono
Productivity
Pomodoro and focus timer app for managing time and tasks
SaaS
GoalGetter
Productivity
Habit tracker app to build routines, break bad habits and reach goals with reminders and insights
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