Instant Wake Up Reviews

Not sure why I’m having this issue but InstantWakeUp sends me a notification that it’s crashed and then doesn’t go off in the morning after I’ve relaunched it. The alarm goes off when I reopen InstantWakeUp instead of when it’s supposed to which is just a waste of time. This has happened 5 times in a row

This could be a great app, unfortunately it’s the most annoying thing on my phone. You have to turn on notifications so it will go off but then it sends you multiple notifications a day for no reason. Every time my phone goes off since I downloaded this thing I have notification from it. Also there’s a don’t wake your spouse button which would be awesome of it didn’t play THE LOUDEST ad I’ve ever heard after you turn the alarm off. It woke up my sleeping baby and wife. There’s absolutely no chance of pay 12$ for this.

As of 2/7/23, InstantWakeUp can no longer refresh in the background. It does not use the background refresh API, and it seems apple has decided to shut off whatever avenue they were using to accomplish this.

As such, InstantWakeUp does not ignore the silent switch and will only vibrate the phone *if* the alarm is able to go off, which it really can’t anymore unless you leave InstantWakeUp open and don’t lock the screen.

Hopefully an update comes where they properly use the background refresh API so it can work again.

3 stars because it used to work fine, but the janky workaround is what ultimately made it fail. You can no longer rely on InstantWakeUp, the built in alarm system is far more likely to actually wake you up currently, as it will go off. It’s very hit or miss if InstantWakeUp will even alert you in any way currently.

When InstantWakeUp works, it’s great. But its function really necessitates reliability. Even as it claimed to run in background mode the alarms did not go, and then when I opened InstantWakeUp it was super annoying as I had to do the challenges for all three alarms back to back before I could do anything else. I’m legitimately upset that I paid money for the premium; it’s ridiculous that a review from two years ago mentioned this crashing problem and it’s yet unresolved

This worked really well for me for few weeks before I started sleeping in even doing these crazy missions in my sleep and then continued to sleep many hours passed my original alarm. I decided to try the “barcode mission” so I had to get up and ended up having to UNINSTALL InstantWakeUp to get it to shut up because even after scanning THREE toothpaste bottles (you might be in a neurospicy hour when…😂) because it told me the barcode was invalid. I’m sorry it doesn’t accept non mint flavored toothpaste, but cmon! Can’t there be an escape option or “something is wrong!” Option so that it’s not blaring classical music every 10 seconds with no end in sight. Yes it woke me up. But now I’m having to emotionally recover so I don’t bite my fiancés head off this morning from dysregulation. Little help here? 😕

Works good for heavy sleepers, however it will drive you nuts when it crashes every time you solve the problem and then the alarm goes off over and over until you delete it!

I liked that it woke me up but when I was doing the color sort to stop the alarm it wasn’t working and the alarm wouldn’t stop. So I had to delete InstantWakeUp all together to make it stop because it was not stopping it was glitching. But it woke me up

It worked fine for a while....

Now it works occasionally seemingly with no rhyme or reason

If I set an alarm for 7:30 am to take my meds and anther for 8:30 am to get up, what’s been happening is I wake up late (after 9:30) and no alarm has gone off, but as soon as I open InstantWakeUp , they go off one after the other forcing me to complete the tasks one after the next to turn it off

An alarm you can’t trust is bad......and it adds insult to injury that it works as soon as you open InstantWakeUp to check what’s wrong

To the developer, please help, provide guidance, something.....

I’m using the paid version of InstantWakeUp
on an iPhone XS Max plugged in while on nightstand
-Bluetooth headphones turned off before I go to sleep
-Notifications from various apps come thorough during the evening
-Background mode is on and battery saving is off

I feel like I agree with most people who say InstantWakeUp used to work well. But now the alarm is so much quieter on my home screen rather than in InstantWakeUp when it uses the volume I'm used to. Yes, it still usually wakes me up, but it sometimes takes longer than it should.

It works very well and gets me up in the morning. However, i have to remember to open InstantWakeUp in the background every night which is hard for me. There’s a mode to let it run in the background without keeping InstantWakeUp open constantly, but it DRAINS your battery. I mean really drains it. It halved the life of my phone when i had it on.

Wish there was a way to set an automation for the background mode to turn on at x time. or perhaps only turn on when plugged in.

Why does InstantWakeUp crash so often? The reason I got it is because I’m a HEAVY sleeper and I will not even remember waking up & turning my alarm off before going back to sleep. That can’t happen with InstantWakeUp which is why I love it; however, it has failed on me due to crashing so many times that I have to set up a backup alarm. I don’t understand it. Biggest pro though is that it has turned me into a morning person who gets up at 4:30 am when it does work.

I like the Instant Wake Up Alarm Clock name better than the original name sleep crusher

I hate InstantWakeUp. I routinely delete it every morning and redownload it before I go to bed. I’m writing this review as it redownloads. I wake up at 3:30am everyday for work. The sound InstantWakeUp makes sends me into immediate panic and disparity. I forcefully hold the volume button down while also occupying the “the don’t wake my spouse” button out of shear terror the sound will go off again before I complete my math equations. I often forget I’m supposed to pay attention to the color patterns and stare into the abyss as the colors change wondering why, that’s all. Just “why” eventually I come too and am angry again. I’m not happy until I some how unlock my phone and get to the Home Screen to delete InstantWakeUp. The peace in the silence after I hit the delete app button is undeniable. I suppose for now, I will continue to delete and redownload. Deleting InstantWakeUp before the alarm goes off again is my only sense of success and after spending the first 10 minutes of my day in the most competitive and enraging competition of my life, I’m numb enough to start my day of work on time. Thank you.

I’m a really cheap person and since InstantWakeUp it free, has lots of features and wake me up, InstantWakeUp is truly amazing.

I absolutely loathe this alarm. The procedural noises mean I can't get used to the sound and so it can wake me up out of a dead sleep, the multiple 'games' to shut it off jar my groggy brain into a semi-wakeful state, and the forced advertisements make my blood boil, which shakes off pretty much any remaining sleepiness.

Which is why I rarely let it go off. I have this alarm set for 9:05, and my main alarm set for 9:00. When I hear my first alarm I am jolted awake because I know if I don't wake up I'll have to deal with the Sleep Crusher alarm - and that is ample motivation to get up! I'm not sure if I'm the only one who gets the most use out of InstantWakeUp by avoiding using it, but hey - it works! On the rare occasions when I do sleep through my first alarm the Sleep Crusher alarm is almost always there for me - it does have a tendency to crash once in a while, so I recommend having a backup alarm just in case, but on the whole it works incredibly well.

Finally a simple app house and get a bed with some extra precautions. no huge wellness plan. No giant subscription at $60 a year. Just a nice happy that get the job done and I could be happy with. I was happy to pay the full price of InstantWakeUp , happy to suggest to others.

This has some small flaws, but none compared to it’s benefits for me. I work 2nd shift and had a class that started very early in the morning. InstantWakeUp motivated me out of bed every morning, and I never arrived late. I feel like my life has changed since I started waking up at a reasonable hour. I purchased the ads-free version, even though the ads are not really bothersome at all just to support the developer. InstantWakeUp rocks and I highly recommend.

InstantWakeUp is so perfect and helps me wake up even if it pisses morning me off. I have one problem though, do not use the toothpaste scanner if your toothpaste came in a box, bc most likely you threw that box away and will not have a barcode to scan. I had to reinstall InstantWakeUp bc it was blaring for about 5 minutes while I tried to think of something. It also knows if you scan something that isn’t toothpaste. A note for the devs is make it so when you toggle the toothpaste scanner, it makes you scan it right then and there and if you can’t scan it then it just will be toggled off. Hope this helps and be careful.

You need InstantWakeUp. The first time I set it I accidentally left all 3 missions set and jumped out of bed like there was a chainsaw in front of me. Shaking and trying to answer algebra while holding the volume down button. I was def up after that! Unfortunately, the way I sleep, this is necessary. I have downloaded near every alarm app and somewhat good ones will stop working after a couple weeks ( why does that happen?) . When I switched to iPhone I googled best alarm clocks and this was on the list. Waited a week or 2 to make sure it was continuously waking me up and not stopping after a week. So happy I am able to wake up early again and get to gym before work. You guys have no idea how grateful I am for this alarm !

It works. Will change change your lazy mornings for good