Chess Puzzle Alarm rings like any alarm. To switch it off you solve a chess puzzle. No mindless snooze tapping, so your brain is awake before your feet hit the floor.
Free. No ads, no accounts, fully offline.
The snooze button is too easy. A chess puzzle is not.
When the alarm rings, a chess puzzle appears. Find the winning move and the alarm stops. Pick how hard the morning puzzle should be, from a gentle one-mover to a real tactical test, or drill a theme like forks, pins and checkmates.
Not just for mornings. Puzzle Rush serves puzzles that ramp in difficulty as you go. Clear as many as you can before three strikes end the run, then chase your best score.
Every solve builds your streak. Track your current run, your best ever, and a full history of how you have been doing, so the habit sticks and the mornings add up.
Milestones for streaks, rush scores and puzzles cleared give you a reason to keep coming back and a way to watch yourself improve over time.
Built for iPhone, on iOS 26 and later.
Built on Apple's AlarmKit, so alarms ring through Silent mode and Focus at the volume you expect.
Set how hard the puzzle should be per alarm, from an easy one-mover to a serious tactic.
Drill forks, pins, checkmates and more, or leave it mixed for a fresh challenge each day.
Thousands of puzzles bundled with the app, from the public Lichess database. No connection needed.
No accounts, no analytics, no ads. Nothing you do ever leaves your device.
Choose your board theme and a light or dark look that is easy on early-morning eyes.
Swipe through the app.
