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• Check that alarm permission is allowed: open the iOS Settings app, find Beat the Blanket, and make sure alarms are turned on.
• Open the app and confirm the alarm is switched on, with the right time and repeating days.
• Beat the Blanket uses Apple's AlarmKit, which needs iOS 26 or later.
• For extra alarms, check that Blanket Plus is active.

Because alarms depend on your iPhone's settings and power, please keep another alarm for anything important.

Alarm volume follows your iPhone's settings. Open Settings › Sounds & Haptics and raise the ringer and alerts volume. Check the sound chosen for that alarm in the app; with Blanket Plus, each extra alarm can have its own sound.

That's intentional. While the challenge window is open, pressing the iPhone Stop control can schedule another alarm 30 seconds later. Stop doesn't complete the challenge.

To finish, either:

• open the challenge and take a mirror selfie that matches your saved one, or
• use End alarm and confirm you're away from your saved home (this needs location permission).

Opening the challenge camera gives you one 30-second quiet window to take the photo. If you don't complete it, a separate rescue alarm rings.

The morning alarm counts until sunrise at your saved location. If sunrise can't be determined, the window is 15 minutes. Extra alarms always have a 15-minute window and keep their own history.

No. When you end an alarm by confirming you're away from your saved home, your morning streak is kept, but that day doesn't add a win.

• Open Beat the Blanket. Opening the app updates the alarm's state.
• If a challenge is still open, complete the mirror check or use End alarm.
• If it's still there after the challenge window has ended, restart your iPhone.

If it keeps happening, let us know with the details listed below.

Take your reference selfie in the mirror you'll use in the morning, ideally somewhere away from your bed, such as the bathroom. Use the lighting you'll have when the alarm rings, keep your face and the mirror clearly in frame, and hold the phone the way you naturally would. You need a reference selfie before you can turn on a mirror-checked alarm.

• Stand at the same mirror as your reference selfie, at a similar distance and angle.
• Turn on a light. Dim rooms are the most common cause of failed checks.
• Wipe the camera lens and the mirror.
• If your setup has changed, replace your reference selfie in the app's settings when no alarm is active.

The check compares how similar the two images look. It doesn't identify you, so a different mirror or room is the usual reason it fails.

Open the iOS Settings app, find Beat the Blanket, and turn on Camera. Mirror-checked alarms can't be completed without it.

Your reference selfie stays on your iPhone, protected by iOS and left out of backups. Photos taken to stop an alarm are checked on your iPhone and then discarded; they aren't uploaded or saved to Photos. See the Privacy Policy.

Sunrise is calculated on your iPhone from your saved sunrise location. If you've moved or are travelling, refresh your sunrise location in the app, or enter a city or ZIP code. Check that your iPhone's date, time and time zone are set automatically.

You don't have to. Enter a city or ZIP code instead and the app will calculate sunrise for that area. Location permission is only needed to use your current location or to end an alarm by confirming you're away from home.

Make sure location permission is allowed in iOS Settings and that your saved home is correct. Location accuracy can be lower indoors; try again near a window or step outside.

The daily morning alarm and morning streak are free. Blanket Plus, monthly or yearly, adds extra alarms, each with its own repeating schedule, sound, label, mirror check and history. The app doesn't limit how many you add, though iOS has its own system limits. The current price is shown in the App Store.

Open the Alarms tab, open the Blanket Plus sheet, and tap Restore purchases. Make sure you're signed in to the App Store with the Apple Account you used to subscribe.

Tap Manage subscription in the app's settings, or open the Settings app, tap your name, then Subscriptions. Cancel at least 24 hours before your renewal date to avoid the next charge. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription.

Apple handles all payments and refunds. You can request one at reportaproblem.apple.com.