An alarm clock that speaks the language of someone close to you.
Samewake is an alarm clock that can answer back. It begins with the numbers you trust: whitelist who may wake you, and if one of them set the same minute, your alarm is a live call — you start the day together. If nobody did, Dawn wakes you herself.
Join the waitlist The first invites go out by email, in order of signup.“Hello — this is Dawn. You asked to be woken now, so here we are. Someone in your circle set this exact minute too. I'm connecting you in three… two… one.”
No match today? The call still comes — with Dawn's voice alone. The alarm always fires; a person is the upgrade.
How it works
Three choices, one phone call.
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Set your minute
06:30 means 06:30 — matching is to the exact minute, so everyone on the call chose the same start.
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Whitelist who may wake you
Enter numbers privately — no invites go out, and nobody ever sees your list. A connection forms only where it's mutual: you entered them, they entered you, and you both chose the minute.
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Answer the call
At your minute, your phone rings — Samewake calls you, you never dial. A friend, a relative, a colleague, someone like-minded you haven't heard from in a while — or Dawn, when the minute is yours alone. The line closes on time, at the shorter of the caps you each set.
Every field you fill is a consent
Your profile is a set of whitelists, and every one of them answers a single question: who may call me? Numbers come first; later a language, a place, and more. Filling a field joins that pool — leaving it empty keeps you out. Nothing is mandatory, because each field is its own yes. E.g.:
Everyone here starts with the same “Oh, the alarm already...” The first seconds after answering are shared; what follows is your own.
What we're building first
We're expanding gradually, one step at a time: first the numbers you trust, then the attributes that connect you with others, and finally minutes beyond the morning. Every phase works on its own.
Waitlist and profiles
We collect who you are, when you wake, and which circles you'd join — exactly the form at the bottom of this page. It becomes your test account.
Dawn calls you
A real phone call at your minute, opening with Dawn's greeting. Works with zero matches from day one — the alarm always fires.
Numbers you trust
Whitelists go live. You enter numbers privately, nobody is notified, and when two people have each other listed and pick one minute, the wake-up becomes a live bridge — three-two-one between voices that already trust each other.
From numbers to attributes
The same consent, one ring wider: add a language, a city, a town, or a district to your profile and you've joined that pool — don't add it and you're not in the pool. One mechanism, any attribute — this is how you decide who may call you.
Best match and group wakes
Pairing by stated goals rather than chance; group calls around big events; founders waking founders.
Shared minutes beyond the morning
What starts as a morning wake-up doesn't have to end there — learning, a workout, a walk, lunch, work. The alarm can mark not only the start of your day, but the start of focused activity too.
The app
The incoming-call screen becomes the alarm on your phone, internet calls bring the cost of a wake-up toward zero, and the whitelists live in your pocket.
Save your spot
When your invite is ready, we'll email you a private link to set up your profile and alarms.