<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Alarm Mate Blog</title><description>Wake-up buddies, alarm missions that beat the snooze button, and alarms you can trust.</description><link>https://alarmmate.app/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Let a friend pick your alarm (they&apos;ll choose 100 push-ups)</title><link>https://alarmmate.app/blog/let-a-friend-pick-your-alarm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alarmmate.app/blog/let-a-friend-pick-your-alarm/</guid><description>Share a link and a friend picks your wake-up mission and how hard: Normal, Hard or Brutal. They don&apos;t need the app. You find out when it rings.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>let a friend pick</category><category>alarm challenge</category><category>wake-up missions</category></item><item><title>Like Tinder, but for your alarm (not for dating)</title><link>https://alarmmate.app/blog/find-a-wake-up-buddy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alarmmate.app/blog/find-a-wake-up-buddy/</guid><description>Set an alarm and get matched 1-on-1 with someone whose alarm rings the same minute. It borrows the match screen from dating apps, and nothing else.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>wake up buddy</category><category>match</category><category>social alarm</category></item><item><title>Body doubling for mornings: how it works for waking up</title><link>https://alarmmate.app/blog/body-doubling-mornings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alarmmate.app/blog/body-doubling-mornings/</guid><description>Body doubling means doing a task while someone is present. It helps with getting out of bed too. What the research says, and how to set one up.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>body doubling</category><category>morning routine</category><category>wake up buddy</category></item><item><title>Why you turn off your alarm and don&apos;t remember it</title><link>https://alarmmate.app/blog/turn-off-alarm-dont-remember/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alarmmate.app/blog/turn-off-alarm-dont-remember/</guid><description>You probably did wake up. A 1997 sleep study shows how the memory can vanish when you fall back asleep, and which alarm tasks keep you up long enough.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>sleep inertia</category><category>alarm</category><category>alarm missions</category></item><item><title>What is a social alarm? Why we built the first one</title><link>https://alarmmate.app/blog/social-alarm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alarmmate.app/blog/social-alarm/</guid><description>A social alarm wakes you up with other people: a buddy at the same minute, friends who pick your mission, groups that ring together. How it works.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>social alarm</category><category>wake up buddy</category><category>alarm apps</category></item><item><title>Accountability partner apps for mornings, compared</title><link>https://alarmmate.app/blog/accountability-partner-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alarmmate.app/blog/accountability-partner-apps/</guid><description>We make Alarm Mate, so read this with that in mind. Four ways to get a real person into your morning, what each app does, and where each one falls short.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>accountability partner</category><category>morning routine</category><category>wake-up buddy</category><category>alarm apps</category></item></channel></rss>