Two options, deliberately. This category is full of pricing mazes with weekly, monthly, several yearly and lifetime tiers, which makes comparison almost impossible. We would rather you could work out what you are paying in five seconds.
What it costs
| Plan | Price | Works out at |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0 | One protected alarm, indefinitely |
| 3 Protected Mornings | $0, no card | Full Pro, three mornings |
| Mornio Pro, monthly | $7.99 | About $1.84 a week |
| Mornio Pro, yearly | $29.99 | About $0.58 a week, or $2.50 a month |
The yearly plan works out about 69% cheaper per month than monthly. If you already know the app works for you, it is the obvious choice; if you are unsure, monthly costs you nothing extra to find out.
What Pro unlocks
- The stay-awake check and automatic restart, which is the main reason to pay
- Backup alarm protection, four minutes after the primary
- Unlimited protected alarms rather than one
- Full alarm history rather than the 7 most recent entries
Details of where exactly the line falls are on is Mornio free.
How billing works
All purchases go through Apple's in-app purchase system and are billed to your Apple Account. We never see or handle your payment details, and there is no Mornio account involved at any point.
Subscriptions renew automatically at the then-current price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Apple charges within 24 hours before the period ends. This is standard App Store behaviour rather than anything specific to us, and the full terms are in our Terms of Use.
How to cancel
- Open Settings on your iPhone
- Tap your name at the top, then Subscriptions
- Select Mornio, then Cancel Subscription
You keep Pro until the end of the period you already paid for, then drop to the free tier. Your alarms and history stay on the phone. You do not need to contact us, and we would rather you could leave without a conversation.
How to restore a purchase
Open Mornio's settings and tap Restore Purchases. Because purchases attach to your Apple Account rather than to a Mornio account, signing in to the same Apple Account on a new iPhone restores Pro. There is nothing to remember and no password to lose. Note that your alarm history does not transfer, because it never leaves the device.
Refunds
Refunds are handled by Apple, not by us, using reportaproblem.apple.com. We cannot issue one directly even when we would like to. If something went wrong, tell us at support@mornioapp.com anyway, because we would rather fix the cause.
How this compares
| App | Monthly | Yearly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mornio | $7.99 | $29.99 | Free tier; no ads |
| Apple Clock | Free | Free | No mission, no follow-up check |
| Kiwake | $1.99 | $14.99 | Last published version April 2021 |
| SuperAlarm | $7.99 | From $14.99 | Plus $2.99/mo to remove ads; weekly tiers exist |
| Wayk | $9.99 | $19.99–$59.99 | Listing states subscription required to set alarms |
| Alarmy | Many tiers, roughly $4.99–$69.99 | Free tier; carries “Contains Advertising” | |
| Nuj | Free app | You set your own penalty amounts | |
We are not the cheapest and do not claim to be. SuperAlarm's lowest listed annual tier and Kiwake's are both under half our yearly price, and Apple's Clock is free. What you are paying us for is the follow-up check, the absence of ads and tracking, and the fact that there is only one thing to buy.
Two pricing warnings, for any app
- Watch for weekly plans. A $4.49 weekly subscription costs over $230 a year, against annual tiers in the same apps at $14.99 to $29.99. Weekly plans exist because they look small at checkout. Mornio does not offer one.
- Check what a subscription includes. In some apps, removing ads is a separate recurring purchase on top of the subscription.
Why there is no lifetime option
We considered it and decided against it for now. A lifetime purchase for an app that has to keep working across future iOS releases is a promise we would rather not make badly. If that changes we will say so here rather than quietly.