Captcha
1. What it does
Gives you a task to solve in order to dismiss the alarm.
CAPTCHAs make sure you wake on time and won’t be late for your daily duties. CAPTCHAs prevent any unintentional alarm dismiss.
2. Where to find it
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Settings → CAPTCHA: Stop oversleeping!
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Alarm-specific settings → CAPTCHA: Stop oversleeping!
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CAPTCHA can also be configured in Alarm-specific settings. You can override your default CAPTCHA settings on each alarm and use a more difficult CAPTCHA on special occasions (e.g. exams) or an easier CAPTCHA on the weekends. |
3. Options
Default CAPTCHA |
CAPTCHA for all alarms (that are not overridden by Alarm-specific settings) |
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CAPTCHA Difficulty |
Sets CAPTCHA difficulty. How is difficulty used depends on each CAPTCHA. E.g. Math CAPTCHA requires you to do more equations with larger numbers on higher difficulty. |
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Preview |
See the selected CAPTCHA in action.
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Settings |
Some CAPTCHAs have addition settings, e.g.:
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CAPTCHA Cheating protection |
Prevents avoiding solving the CAPTCHA, see Cheating protection details |
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CAPTCHA ADD-ons |
Download a free extension with more CAPTCHA tasks from Play Store |
Alarm volume in CAPTCHA |
Lowers or mutes the alarm volume while solving a CAPTCHA task
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4. Guide
4.1. CAPTCHA types
Simple math |
Select the correct answer to a math problem from a list of 4 answers |
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Typed math |
Type the correct answer to a math problem without a hint |
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Sleeping sheep |
Find an awake sheep |
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QR code |
see QR Captcha |
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NFC tag |
see NFC Captcha |
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Shake it |
Shake your phone |
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Dream diary |
Write down your dream (10 characters minimum at Difficulty 1).
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Say cheese! |
Smile to your front camera, with more difficulty you need a cast a more charming smile! |
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Laugh Out Loud |
Laugh at your phone microphone |
Captcha Captcha |
Classic CAPTCHA known from the early internet days - type the letters of a distorted image |
Random Captcha |
Solve up to 5 different tasks each morning |
Multi Captcha |
Solve up to 15 chosen tasks in a row |
Mirror text |
Read and type a text from a mirror-flipped quote - pre-defined or your own (configured in Settings → Captcha → Settings) |
Swearing |
Swear your way to dismiss (English only) |
Zombie Walk |
Walk 14-74 meters with the phone |
Let there be light |
Put your phone to a light source |
Fun with Flags |
Recognize flags |
Spin around |
Spin around while keeping thumbs on the buttons on the screen |
4.2. QR code and NFC tag CAPTCHA
The QR and NFC CAPTCHAs are the ultimate solution for waking up. You can place a QR code or NFC tag in your bathroom or kitchen. The alarm than won’t stop until you get out of bed and scan the code/tag.
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Power off protection and Force stop and uninstall protection cannot be used with NFC tag Captcha, or with a QR Captcha using an external QR scanning app. |
QR CAPTCHA |
You can use any barcode or QR code (there are many free online QR code generators). |
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NFC CAPTCHA |
You can use any credit card, some membership cards or ID cards.
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Only at home |
Allows you to skip CAPTCHA when not at home.
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Must scan all codes |
You need to scan all saved codes. |
Learn new QR code / NFC tag |
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Delete a QR code / NFC tag |
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4.3. CAPTCHA cheating protection
There are three ways of protecting the alarm from your devious morning self, Power off protection, Wakeup motivation, and Force stop and uninstall protection.
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Power off protection and Force stop and uninstall protection will overlay the screen, preventing you to cheat the tasks. You cannot use 3rd party scanners (for QR Captcha) or NFC tag Captcha with these option. |
4.3.1. Power off protection
Power off protections hides power-off dialogue, so you cannot restart the device or turn it off.
4.3.2. Wakeup motivation
This option allows you to set a small wager on not cheating the Captcha. This will boost your motivation to wake up!
The wager is refundable anytime directly from the app by using the REFUND button.
If you cheat the Captcha, the wager is lost.
4.3.3. Force stop and uninstall protection
This advanced option grants the app admin privileges to prevent uninstalling the app.
Admin privileges also prevent the system from clearing the app’s data.
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To uninstall the app or to clear the app’s data, you need to revoke this option! |
FAQ
Cannot find settings for one of the task in MultiCaptcha
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Disable MultiCaptcha and select the Captcha task you wish to change.
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Open Settings → Captcha → Settings and change the task.
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Re-select MultiCaptcha again.
Captcha did not work at all
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Send us the application log by using Left ☰ menu →
Support →
Report a bug right after you encounter any troubles with the Captcha task. Please, add a short description, what exactly is happening.
I cannot uninstall the app
You have probably activated uninstall protection in CAPTCHA Cheating prevention.
This option registers the app as a device administrator in order to block turning off the phone when an alarm rings.
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Go to System settings → Location and Security → Device Administrator and deselect the admin which you want to uninstall.
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or disable Force stop and uninstall protection in Settings → Captcha: Stop oversleeping! → Captcha Cheatin protection (might be hidden under Advanced menu)
Now uninstall the application. If it still says you need to deactivate the application before uninstalling, you may need to Force Stop the application before uninstalling.g
I had to solve Captcha (not at home) when I was not at home
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Not at home feature only works when we see your location is significantly different from the home (±5km at least) as we do not collect fine location for privacy reasons.
Send us the application log by using Left ☰ menu → Support →
Report a bug.
QR code scanning does not work
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External scanners cannot be used together with Captcha Cheating protection feature. |
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If there is an issue with Google’s vision API, the scanner might not recognize the QR code.
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Try to use another QR scanner - e.g. Barcode Scanner and Google Lens are supported.
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Clear the preferred app for QR scanning in System settings → Apps → Sleep → Clear defaults.
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On newer phones clear the preferred app in System settings → Apps&Notifications → Sleep → Open by default → Clear defaults.
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Now open the Sleep QR scanning in Settings → Captcha → Preview and try to scan the code.
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The app will ask you which app will be used for scanning.
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Choose Always option to confirm this app for scanning your QR code upon Captcha task.