--- title: Dwayne Johnson Releases Motivational Alarm Clark App description: It also lacks what is perhaps the most important feature of digital alarm clocks: the snooze button. canonical: https://time.com/4314635/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-alarm-clock-app/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-02T19:14:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T13:15:31.000Z og:title: The Rock Wants to Wake You Up With His Motivational Alarm Clock App og:description: The actor hopes the program will inspire those wrestling with ambitious goals og:url: https://time.com/4314635/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-alarm-clock-app/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef652e04461afc95/6988917c3c1639f90a45d148/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-alarm-clock-app.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Warner Bros. 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Waxman Staff Writer Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:15 PM UTCPublished: May 2, 2016 7:14 PM UTC **Correction appended: May 2, 2016** [Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson](http://time.com/4299718/dwayne-johnson-2016-time-100/) rocked the Internet Monday with the launch of his new [motivational alarm clock](http://projectrockofficial.com/) app. Just type your goal into the free app, choose a day and time for the alarm to go off, and the [_Fast & Furious_](http://time.com/4205812/vin-diesel-fast-furious-release-dates/)star will deliver a daily video message. The app comes with 25 custom alarm tones featuring heavy metal instrumentals, the entertainer himself singing and playing guitar and even a cat meowing. Users can also set their alarm to “Rock Time” — supposedly when the star of HBO’s _Ballers_ wakes up, which the program warns could be as early as 5:30 a.m. since he is a gung-ho morning person. It also lacks what is perhaps the most important feature of digital alarm clocks: the snooze button. “The Rock is not a fan of that button,” according to a description in the App Store. The software is available for iPhone and Android devices via iTunes and Google Play. **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated the scope of The Rock’s partnership with Under Armour. 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