Independent studio · Rhode Island

Thoughtful apps for better mornings.

Anchor & Rise is a small studio founded by Michael LaBreche. We make Chirprise, a social alarm app that brings the people you care about into your morning.

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Chirprise is in testing on iOS and Android. It isn't in the app stores yet.

The Chirprise Shop's For You page featuring the free Hallows' Eve seasonal theme

New this fall

Seasonal themes for your whole morning.

Hallows' Eve and Autumn Grove change the sky behind Home, and Day Cycle follows the time of day. Preview any theme before you apply it.

Chirprise Home in the Hallows' Eve theme: the clock under a bare tree and a rising moon — **Hallows' Eve**A spooky moonlit branch. Free this season.

Chirprise Home in the Autumn Grove theme: the clock under a maple with a hanging lantern — **Autumn Grove**Golden trees and drifting leaves.

The Themes picker previewing Day Cycle, Autumn Grove and Hallows' Eve skies for Home

Inside Chirprise

What's new in the app.

Real screens from the current test build, captured October 2026.

Try it on first

Pick a companion and preview it on your own Home before you buy.

The Chirprise Shop's Wardrobe, where you tap a companion card to try it on

A profile that feels like you

Your room and your companion fill the top of the page.

Badges worth keeping

Earn bronze, silver, gold and prismatic frames for your shelf.

The Chirprise Achievements collection with bronze and silver badge frames grouped by Mornings, Friends, Nest & Shop and Games

Your people, up top

Pin friends to The Roost and see who's up this morning.

The Chirprise Friends page with friend requests, a joint alarm invite, and pinned friends

Six games inside

Word, route and reflex games for Wake Missions or any time.

The Chirprise Games hub with Rosewing Scramble, Roost Route, Rally Bells and Canopy Climb

Little ways to say good morning

Send Morning Confetti and see it the way your friend will.

The Shop's Social aisle previewing Morning Confetti the way a friend will see it

See everything in Chirprise

The studio

A small studio with one simple test: does this genuinely help someone?

Anchor & Rise started with a hard morning and a hopeful question: what if the people who care about you could be part of waking up? We build carefully, put reliability and privacy first, and leave room for warmth.

About the studio

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