Aubade is built around one idea: waking up is a decision worth making intelligently. Here's how that decision gets made — from the moment you sleep to the moment you wake.
Aubade doesn't make decisions for you. It applies your rules with precision. Tell it your target recovery, your latest acceptable wake time, your wake window, and any exceptions.
Example: "Wake me between 7:15 and 7:45 only if I'm in light sleep or my recovery is above 90. If I hit 94 before 7:15, wake me early."
Heart rate, HRV, movement, sleep stage signals, and time asleep all feed a continuously-updated recovery model. It runs quietly through the night.
Lower resting heart rate through the night signals deeper recovery.
Heart rate variability is one of the strongest indicators of nervous system recovery.
Light, deep, REM, and awake periods — drawn from Apple Health and on-watch signals.
Your past 14–60 days form a baseline so today's number is meaningful for you specifically.
As your wake window approaches, Aubade evaluates every signal against your rules — and either waits, prepares to wake, or wakes you now.
Apple Watch wrist tap. Felt only by you, never by a partner.
Begins at the edge of hearing. No sudden onset.
Volume and intensity increase over 60–90 seconds.
Engages only if earlier stages don't bring you up.
Most alarms have one volume: maximum. Aubade escalates only as needed, and only as far as needed. The full alarm becomes a fallback — not a default.
Three styles available: Gentle for normal mornings. Balanced for most days. Immediate for the days reliability matters more than comfort.
Aubade tells you — in plain language — why it woke you when it did. The decision is never a black box.
You reached your recovery target of 92 and were in light sleep. Projected benefit from more sleep was below one point.
At 7:10 you were in deeper sleep and below target. We waited until 7:24, when your sleep state improved.
You were below your target score, but your latest wake time of 7:45 arrived.
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