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SinceWake asks “Are you up?” when you pick up your phone after the night, and the morning is anchored the moment you answer Yes — at the minute the phone moved, not the minute you tapped. Steps due 30+ minutes after waking still fire on time. Steps whose minute has already passed by the time you answer fire at once and say when they were due. Until you answer, nothing is scheduled: the question simply comes back with the next pickup. You can always tap “I'm awake” instead.

No. The iPhone's motion chip records stillness and movement on its own; when you pick the phone up after hours of stillness, SinceWake asks “Are you up?” and one tap anchors the morning at that minute. Nothing is anchored without your answer. The Apple Watch companion is stage two: worn overnight it will add heart rate and wrist movement, and when the two agree the anchor will happen silently.

SinceWake is $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year with the first 14 days free, or $69.99 once for lifetime access. Every option unlocks the whole app — there is no limited free tier, no ads and no account. US prices shown; your App Store lists the local price for your region.

No. SinceWake has no server, no accounts, no analytics and no ads. Sleep and motion data are read on your devices and never leave them. See the privacy policy.

It clears today's wake-up on both devices and cancels the scheduled chain — useful after an accidental Yes or “I'm awake” tap. The next time you pick up the phone, SinceWake asks again.

Tap the circle next to a reminder on the iPhone or the watch — completions sync between devices. You can also hit “Done” right on the notification, without opening the app.

It comes down by itself when the morning is over: the last step ticked, or its time up. Before that, iOS ends Live Activities after eight hours or when the app is force-quit. It comes back with your next wake-up.

Yes. In Edit reminders switch the chain from By time to In order: the steps keep only their order, the morning is on the first one not ticked, and a step left unticked for 15 minutes gets one reminder. The morning closes three hours after you woke unless you change the number in Settings.

On the iPhone open Settings → Diagnostics → Full export, tap “Collect the last three days”, then attach it to the form below. It holds what the app actually saw: steps quarter-hour by quarter-hour, the motion log, sleep from Health if you granted it, every check that ran, and what detection would have made of it. Reminder times are in it; their wording is not, and neither is anything that identifies you.