Bird Rise - Every morning, a different bird wakes you up.
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Bird Rise is a nature-inspired alarm clock that wakes you up to real bird songs. But it’s more than just an alarm: it’s a daily connection to nature. By turning your wake-up call into a moment of discovery, Bird Rise helps you start the day energized, present, and just a little bit smarter. Some features: Identify the singer - Every alarm introduces you to a specific bird. Learn its name, appearance, and habitat as you wake up; Daily Curiosity - A fascinating fact about your bird of the day.
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Tiny Mario
Hey Product Hunt folks
The honest origin story: one morning my wife's Alexa read out a message from our niece saying she missed us. Leandra woke up, eyes wide, and booked a flight to Brazil on the spot. That unplanned, emotional wake-up was the spark. We wanted to build a "social alarm" where loved ones record secret messages for you to wake up to.
Being the product people we are, we did the one thing product folks usually avoid: we ran Facebook ads to test the idea before building it. We pitted the "Social Alarm" against a few others, like Alarm from Your Future Self, Alarm with Quotes, and yes, a Sexy Voice alarm. Somewhere in that pile, almost as a joke, was "Alarm with Birds."
I was personally rooting for the Future Self idea. I have weird needs, I know. We were both very sure people wanted to wake up to friends.
We were wrong. Birds won.
Turns out nobody wants to "log in" to another social interaction the second they open their eyes. They've had enough of that already. They didn't want connection first thing in the morning. They wanted peace. I completely misread the room.
So we swallowed our pride and listened to the data (and the birds). Bird Rise wakes you to real birdsong instead of a jarring buzzer. The embarrassing twist is that I didn't even start this project excited, and somewhere between hunting down the right Song Thrush audio and debugging audio sessions, I got completely hooked. We now watch bird documentaries and whisper "White-throated Sparrow" at trees like absolute weirdos.
It's native iOS, it's not another AI wrapper looking for a problem, and it reconnects us a little with nature every morning. For something that started as the loser of our own ad test, that feels like a win.
Would love your honest feedback, and please tell me your favorite bird.
Tiny Mario
More dirty secrets about our journey building and finding product-market fit for this project. https://diego.horse/the-social-fall-the-bird-rise/
Congrats on your launch🎉
It's simple and I really like it. The story is also very interesting and engaging. I like your approach; it makes sense, you've put it into practice, and you've got the numbers to back it up. I appreciate your attitude in creating it.
I live in Japan, and one bird that sings in the mornings here is the "brown-eared bulbul." You might not hear it often in cities, but if you go to the countryside or areas with lots of nature, you can hear its pleasant song in the morning. This is the first time I've ever researched birds, so I'm not sure if I'm right, haha.
Mailwarm
very nice! congrats on your launch
Very cool! How many different birds are in the system?