How photo missions work
- Pick a photo mission when you set your alarm.
- The alarm rings: no snooze, and dismiss only opens the mission.
- Go and take the photo. That means getting out of bed and, for most missions, out of the bedroom.
- PushClock verifies it. The photo is checked automatically. If it matches the mission, the alarm ends. If not, try again.
The photo missions
- Make your bed: photograph your made bed. Hard to crawl back into it afterwards.
- Touch grass: go outside and photograph actual grass.
- Sky photo: get to a window or a door and shoot the sky.
- Object hunt: find the item PushClock asks for somewhere in your home.
- Pet hunt: track down your pet for a morning portrait.
- Custom photo: choose your own target, like the coffee machine or your running shoes by the door.
- Draw it and Recreate a meme, for mornings that need a sense of humor.
Why a photo gets you up
A photo mission moves you. You can't photograph the sky from under a duvet, and by the time you've walked to the kitchen, found the object and framed the shot, you've been upright and in the light for a minute or two. Light and movement are the two strongest signals that tell your body the night is over.
It's also a neat way to bolt a habit onto your alarm. "Make your bed" makes the first task of your day automatic. A custom photo of your gym bag or your vitamins does the same for whatever habit you're building.
What happens to your photos
To verify a photo mission, the single photo you take is sent securely to our servers, checked by an AI model for a pass or fail, and then discarded. It isn't stored and isn't added to any profile. (Exercise missions are different: those are analyzed entirely on your phone.) Our Privacy Policy has the full detail.
Mix it up
Photo missions pair well with the rest of PushClock. Use a push-up alarm on gym days, a math alarm when you need to be sharp, or set the mission to random so your sleeping brain never knows what's coming.