Tessera: Photo Puzzle Alarm
Wake up to photos you love
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Wake up to your favorite memories. Every alarm reveals a photo through a relaxing sliding puzzle, making mornings feel calmer, warmer, and worth waking up for.
Wake up to someone or somewhere you love.
Tessera transforms your morning alarm into a relaxing photo puzzle. Instead of reaching for the snooze button, you'll reveal one of your favorite photos piece by piece until the full image appears.
It's a gentler way to wake up.
Tessera requires an in-app purchase
Tessera is available as a free download. Access to the app's main features requires an in-app purchase.
A warmer way to wake up
Unlike traditional alarm apps that rely on math problems, QR codes, or impossible challenges, Tessera focuses on creating a better morning. Every completed puzzle ends with a quiet moment to enjoy the finished photo before you start your day.
Features
• Wake up with your favorite photos
• Solve a relaxing photo puzzle to dismiss your alarm
• Choose between Arrange and Sliding puzzle modes
• Create one-time or repeating alarms
• Native snooze support
• Works with Silent Mode and Focus using Apple's latest AlarmKit
• Live Activities for the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
• Beautiful, fast, and designed for iPhone
Access to these features requires an in-app purchase.
A little morning message from someone you love
Tessera lets someone send you a morning message with a photo.
If you receive a Tessera message from another person, you can open it and set a single, non-repeating alarm using that message without purchasing Tessera.
This is a limited sharing experience and does not provide access to the main Tessera features.
Your memories stay private
Your selected photos never leave your device.
Tessera doesn't upload your memories to the cloud, require an account, or include third-party analytics. Everything happens entirely on your iPhone.
Perfect for
• Family photos
• Your partner
• Children
• Pets
• Favorite places
• Travel memories
• Anything that makes you smile in the morning
Whether it's your favorite person, your dog, your cat, or a beautiful place you've visited, Tessera lets every morning begin with something meaningful.
Download Tessera and discover a warmer way to wake up.
Note: The photos shown in the App Store screenshots are for demonstration purposes only and are not included with the app. You choose your own photos from your photo library.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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You can now send a morning message to someone you care about, making it easier to start their day with something personal.
The developer, Tamas Bereczki, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Tamas Bereczki
- Size
- 15.4 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.1 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 10 more
- English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Tessera Yearly $4.99
- Tessera Monthly $0.99
- Tessera Lifetime $8.99
- Copyright
- © Tamas Bereczki