Show HN: Wakeup.io - Free Online Wake-up Call Service

[dubcanada]

What an excellent way to spam people!

I just sent my friend 200+ wake up calls in 5 minutes. I really hope it calls him 200 times.

And it's free.

[dubcanada]

Apparently you get text messages letting you know you subscribed, and you can just reply stop to block them. He just yelled at me when he got 200 text messages in a row.

[Miyamoto]

How are the owners affording these costs? Sending calls and text messages isn't free obviously.

Or are they selling our information?

From the terms:

We use your personal information to operate, maintain, and improve our sites, products, and services.

That could be interpreted pretty loosely.

[cmaxwe]

I tried to schedule a wake up for 12:50pm and it said I am getting a call at 12:50am. FML

[zoul]

Why is this better than setting up an alarm?

[jswhitten]

It would be good for people who don't have an alarm on their phone.

Can you set the wakeup call for 20 years ago?

[chapel]

I see there is no information about cost. Are there any plans to charge, and if so what would you charge?

Maybe a $25-$35 year plan would make sense depending on how often the wakeup calls are needed.

[jonahx]

I'm guessing there might be advertising along with your call.

"Good morning! And be sure to check out new McDonald's value meal..."

[untog]

$25-$35 a year for wakeup calls?! Did setting an alarm really get that hard?

[buremba]

It could be a nice spam tool.

[xofer]

What keeps people from entering someone else's number here?

[slig]

New idea: prank.io. You pay $1 and enter your friends number and it'll call him/she between 2am and 5am couple of times.

edit: friend who was pranked can pay $5 to discover who was the asshole.

[ocfx]

Nothing apparently, I put my moms phone number in set at 4:20 PM. I'm so edgy.

[niftylettuce]

You can now cancel the wake-up calls by dialing 857-254-9253.