Clucky’s new alarm app wakes you up with a crowing rooster
- ID
- 21787
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 06 Sep 2026, 1:00 AM
- Fetched
- 06 Sep 2026, 1:09 AM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/05/cluckys-new-alarm-app-wakes-you-up-with-a-crowing-rooster/
- Source URL
- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 1.5
- Created
- 06 Sep 2026, 1:10 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- vibe_coders
What happened
Clucky is a newly launched iPhone alarm app that forces users to complete missions—math problems, tile memory, push-ups, AI camera challenges—before dismissing alarms, with a crowing rooster as its signature wake-up sound. Founded by Adrian Angelo Abelarde, a former software engineer at Fanatics, it offers social accountability groups called Nests/Flocks and a pro subscription at $39.99/year.
Why it matters
Minimal practical relevance to builders. The only notable detail is the $39.99/year pro pricing for a single-purpose iOS app, which could inform pricing decisions for niche consumer utilities, but there is no technical, infrastructural, or strategic takeaway here for developers or founders shipping AI/ML or SaaS products.
Discussion angle
Whether a $39.99/year subscription for a single-feature alarm app signals a viable pricing floor for niche consumer utilities, or whether this is an outlier that only works with viral novelty hooks.