Mornio vs Wayk: which alarm app is better for heavy sleepers?
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We make Mornio. So take our opinion for what it is, and check the receipts. Every Wayk fact below is taken from Wayk’s own App Store listing, checked on 12 August 2026, and linked at the bottom of this page. We say plainly where other apps beat Mornio, because a comparison you can’t trust is worth nothing to you.
Short answer
Choose Wayk if you want mission variety: pushups, photographing the sky, making your bed, finding an object, reading an affirmation aloud, maths, plus streaks and morning insights. It runs on iOS 17 and later, and 4.8 stars from about 18,000 ratings is real evidence it works for people.
Choose Mornio if your problem is not getting up but staying up. It has one mission, a scan away from the bed, and then checks again minutes after you dismiss the alarm, restarting it if you do not answer. It also has a free tier, where Wayk’s listing states an active Wayk Pro subscription is required to set alarms and use missions. The cost is that Mornio requires iOS 26.1, which many iPhones cannot run.
Wayk is one of the strongest recent entrants in this category, and its ratings reflect that. The comparison with Mornio comes down to three things: how much variety you want, whether you are willing to subscribe before setting a single alarm, and which iOS you are on.
Side by side
Mornio and Wayk, from their App Store listings on 12 August 2026.
Mornio
Wayk
Developer
Mornio
Dialed Labs Inc.
Minimum iOS
26.1
17.0
App size
6.9 MB
275.7 MB
Ratings
New app, small review base
4.8 stars, about 18K ratings
Missions
QR or barcode scan only
Pushups, photo of the sky, make your bed, find an object, read a verse or affirmation, maths
Usable without subscribing
Yes, free tier plus 3 free Protected Mornings
Listing states Pro is required to set alarms and use missions
Follow-up check after dismissal
Stay-awake check, then restarts
Streaks and morning insights
Streaks
None
Yes
Account required
No
Not stated on listing
Data used to track you
None declared
Usage Data
Price
Free tier; Pro $7.99/mo or $29.99/yr
Monthly $9.99; yearly $19.99, $29.99 or $59.99
Latest listed version
Shipping regularly
1.0.2.016, dated 30 July 2026
Where Wayk is better
Variety, polish and reach
Far more missions, and unusually varied ones. Pushups and making your bed are physical in a way scanning is not, and photographing the sky forces you outside or to a window.
iOS 17 and later, reaching many iPhones Mornio cannot.
About 18,000 ratings at 4.8 stars, a strong signal that it works for people.
Streaks and morning insights, which Mornio does not offer at all.
Only Usage Data under tracking, which is a lighter declaration than Alarmy's or SuperAlarm's.
Actively maintained, with a listed version dated 30 July 2026. That matters more than it sounds in a category where several apps have not shipped in years.
Read that list properly before reading ours. If mission variety is what you want from an alarm, Wayk does more than Mornio does and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Our case is narrower than “we are better”.
Where Mornio is better
You can actually try it
There is a free tier. Wayk's listing states a Pro subscription is required to set alarms and use missions after the setup questions, so you cannot run a basic alarm without paying. Mornio's free tier covers one protected alarm, and three Protected Mornings unlock everything with no card.
Cheaper monthly, $7.99 against $9.99. Not cheaper yearly: Wayk lists $19.99, $29.99 and $59.99, so its lowest annual tier undercuts our $29.99 and its middle one matches it exactly. Check what you are actually offered before assuming either way. Full breakdown on what Wayk costs.
No account at all, and nothing declared under Data Used to Track You.
An immediate follow-up check. Streaks work across days; Mornio's stay-awake check fires minutes after you dismiss the alarm and restarts protection if you ignore it.
6.9 MB against 275.5 MB, and no questionnaire before your first alarm.
The real dividing line: which failure is yours?
Most comparisons in this category count features. That is the wrong axis, because these two apps are aimed at different moments of the same morning.
Wayk is built for the moment the alarm goes off. Its missions make stopping the noise cost you something: pushups, a photo of the sky, making the bed. If you sleep through sound, or you dismiss alarms without ever really surfacing, that is exactly the right intervention and more mission types genuinely helps.
Mornio is built for the ten minutes after. A mission ends. The moment it ends, you are a person standing in a room at 6am with permission to lie down again, and no mission can follow you there. Mornio’s stay-awake check fires 2, 3, 5 or 10 minutes after you dismiss the alarm, and if you do not answer it, the alarm starts again.
Streaks and morning insights are not the same mechanism. They work across days, so they reward the mornings you already won rather than intervening in the one you are currently losing. Both approaches are reasonable. They just solve different problems, and you know which one is yours.
A note on subscription-first apps
Requiring payment before you can set an alarm is a legitimate business model, and Wayk's ratings suggest plenty of people are happy with it. It is also stated openly on the listing before you download, which is more than some apps manage. But it does mean you are committing before you know whether the missions work on you, which is the only thing that actually matters in this category. If you go that route, take an annual tier rather than the monthly one, and test the app properly in the first few days.
Which should you install?
You want to try before paying
Mornio. Its free tier sets a real protected alarm, and three Protected Mornings need no card.
You want physical missions like pushups or making your bed
Wayk. Mornio only scans.
You are on iOS 17 to 26.0
Wayk. Mornio cannot run on your device.
You want streaks and morning insights
Wayk. Mornio has no gamification.
You dismiss the alarm and get back into bed
Mornio. This is the one case where the answer is not close, because a mission ends and the stay-awake check does not.
You want no account and no tracking declaration
Mornio.
You are only comparing on price
Neither, yet. Read what Wayk costs first, because its lowest annual tier undercuts ours.
Try it before you pay for it
A real protected alarm on the free tier, and three Protected Mornings with no card.
Wayk is the broader app: six mission types including pushups, making your bed and photographing the sky, plus streaks and morning insights, on iOS 17 and later. Mornio does one thing, a QR or barcode scan away from the bed, and then checks again a few minutes after you dismiss the alarm, restarting it if you do not respond. Wayk's listing states a subscription is required to set alarms at all; Mornio has a free tier but requires iOS 26.1.
Is Mornio better than Wayk?
For one specific problem, yes: dismissing the alarm and then falling back asleep. Mornio's stay-awake check fires minutes after dismissal and restarts the alarm if you ignore it, which nothing in Wayk's listing describes. Mornio is also usable without paying, is 6.9 MB against 275.7 MB, needs no account and declares nothing under Data Used to Track You. We make Mornio, so weigh that.
Is Wayk better than Mornio?
In several ways, yes. Wayk has six mission types against Mornio's one, adds streaks and morning insights, runs on iOS 17 and later rather than requiring iOS 26.1, and holds 4.8 stars across about 18,000 ratings against Mornio's much smaller review base. If you want mission variety or you are on an older iPhone, Wayk is the better app for you.
Is Mornio cheaper than Wayk?
On monthly, yes: $7.99 against $9.99. On yearly, not necessarily, because Wayk's lowest listed yearly tier of $19.99 undercuts Mornio's $29.99 and its middle tier matches it exactly. Mornio also has a free tier and three free Protected Mornings, while Wayk's listing says a subscription is required to set alarms at all. Check the live listings, since prices vary by region. For every Wayk tier on its own, see what Wayk costs.
Does Wayk check that you stayed awake?
Its listing describes streaks and morning insights rather than a check a few minutes after you dismiss the alarm. Those work across days rather than within a single morning. Mornio's stay-awake check fires 2, 3, 5 or 10 minutes after dismissal and restarts the alarm if you do not respond, which targets the relapse window specifically.
Does Mornio or Wayk collect more data?
Wayk declares Usage Data under Data Used to Track You. Mornio declares nothing in that section and requires no account at all. Wayk's declaration is one of the lighter ones in this category, well below Alarmy's and SuperAlarm's, which both add Location and Identifiers. These are developer declarations that change between versions, so check the live listing.
What missions does Wayk have?
Its listing names doing pushups, taking a photo of the sky, making your bed, finding a random object, reading a Bible verse, reading an affirmation aloud and solving maths problems. That is considerably more varied than Mornio, which only offers scanning a registered QR code or barcode.
Sources
Wayk: Alarm Clock to Wake Up, Dialed Labs Inc. App Store listing (mission list, subscription requirement, pricing tiers, version history and App Privacy labels).
Apple, AlarmKit framework documentation, and Apple’s WWDC25 session “Wake up to the AlarmKit API”, on the iOS 26 framework that lets third-party alarms sound through Silent mode and Focus.
App Store details change without notice. Everything above was checked on 12 August 2026. If you spot something out of date, tell us at support@mornioapp.com and we’ll correct it. Written and published by the Mornio team. Last reviewed 12 August 2026.