Alarm Clock for Me - Wake Up! Reviews

by GrannyGinney

Used the free version for over a year & it was GREAT! Then, ads got extremely annoying so spent the $3.99 for the upgrade. At the get-go, have to agree to allowing notifications AND app had to be left open overnight in order for the alarm to work! That should’ve been a red flag but had already paid for the upgrade so continued on.
Chose a new wake up time & music. Before I could finish, at the bottom of the screen was an ad that wasn’t supposed to be there w/the upgrade! Figured it was “operator error” so turned phone off ... in hopes to reset - & started over. Saved the new time, previewed the music. Continued to have those annoying ads so, again, turned phone off & started over. Did this 3-4 times. “Appeared” new time & music was saved & being totally exasperated, left app open, put phone on the charger & went to bed.
The next morning, “old” music woke me up at the “old” time!!
Have an IPhone 8 - anyone else having this issue? Is it the phone, the upgraded app or me?
I’m so disappointed! Btw, IF I read it correctly, not only does one have to allow notifications, have to also allow access to music (understandable), camera (why??) & a list of almost everything on your phone! Should’ve NEVER agreed to such intrusive allowance!! Ended up deleting Alarm For Me Upgraded App!! Now I’m out $3.99; have No Alarm & feel totally ripped off!!

by Lil' Miller

Not sure where to start
1) I set 3 alarms with different sounds, but all 3 ended up playing the exact same song
2) the volume would randomly spike to horribly loud for no reason
3) you have to have AlarmClock open at all times on your phone at night to give yourself even a chance at the alarms going off. You cant set the alarms and close AlarmClock or even lock your phone or it will malfunction and one morning none of the alarms even went off.
4) if you turned your phone sideways while an alarm was going on, the button to turn off the alarm would completely disappear. Then you had to open and close the alarm app until it decided to come back and all the while your alarm is blaring
5) tried to turn on 10 shakes to turn off alarm. It did not work. After 5 minutes of shaking it up, down, sideways, and every combination of directions I could, it was only counting 6 total shakes. I had to uninstall AlarmClock to get the alarm to stop
Also some of the default alarm sounds are very clearly a literal recording of a real alarm that they didn’t even bother to edit the length of properly

AlarmClock is designed badly and works even worse. Try a different one. Its very telling that despite the high # of 5 star reviews, the most helpful reviews are nearly all 1-3 stars. Not sure who these people are that left 5 star reviews but they aren’t providing much help in their review.

by Me5468632

I downloaded the free version to test out that the alarm would in fact work through my Bluetooth headphones. It did and connected well, and it didn’t play on the phone’s speakers. However, listed in their features in clearly states that in will run in the background without AlarmClock having to be running. I checked a couple reviews that also said it would run in the background. So I felt $4 is a bit steep for an alarm app but if it does what I need it to do then it’s fine. Bought AlarmClock - left it open but switched to another music app and nothing but a notification; no vibration, nothing. Tried various other things and played with all the settings- it absolutely will not sound the alarm or vibrate unless you have the phone open to AlarmClock .

by Jorobins

When my other regular alarm app started behaving erratically after the upgrade to ios11, i was forced to go to AlarmClock. I desperately want to switch to another alarm app. AlarmClock pesters you with notifications for products and other crap pretty much all the time. And you can’t turn off notifications because that is needed for the alarm to go off. And this is the only app that exploits notifications for ads. I will jump ship as soon as possible. Two thumbs down!!!!

Update: The developer responded to the above review by recommending their paid apps to avoid nagging pop ups. So their marketing strategy seems to be to drive their free app customers to pay for their app by hounding then with pop ups. I’m sorry. (a) no other free app has ever pestered me with a pop up. Non intrusive ads yes! I can understand. Notifications are for alarms and not for your crazy stupid ads. (b) this just drives me far from all your products. And I’ve just deleted AlarmClock and started using another alarm app. Adios!

by Khris10117

I like how AlarmClock looks and functions, but you have to have AlarmClock open in order for it to play your own music, which I get, but after waking up to my alarm in the morning only to burn my hand off because running programs AND charging my phone always heats up my phone, I decided I’d rather just have their sounds go off. Well, every time I’ve set an alarm, it doesn’t go off until I unlock my phone to find out why my alarm ISN’T going off! So you have to have your phone unlocked so the alarm goes off...a feature that the phone does automatically and I would have to change that feature every night and every morning. No thank you. 😩
Update: I was contacted by them informing me that if the phone was on silent mode, it wouldn’t go off. (Paraphrasing of course) And my response to their response is an, as polite as one CAN say: no dur 👍🏻

by GeriLS

First, yes I know this is a free app. But the over-whelming amounts of ads, most prevalent pop-up ads that open my browser and tell me I've won a gift card, are limiting the functionality of AlarmClock! In a matter of minutes, this morning I had 6 windows opened in Safari by the same gift card ad. It is making AlarmClock not worth the hassle! I can't even leave AlarmClock open to use it as a clock. The ads take over my screen. When I open AlarmClock to check my alarms, ads pop up before I can get to the alarm screen. Yes, I could pay you $4 to remove your highly annoying tactics trying to force me to pay for the upgrade. Or I can ignore your coerced marketing, delete your app and find another of dozens of free apps to replace it. OK - I just read reviews of the paid app. It appears that the pop-ups also occur in the paid version. Definitely searching for a better alarm app!

by Gh0stP0tat0

It's one thing to have ads. That's fine. However, full screen ads that interrupt you MID ALARM CHANGE and then literally cannot be closed are beyond obnoxious.

It's a good app, does what it advertises, but I haven't bought the paid version solely because of how obnoxious and insanely frequent the ads are. It's a complete turnoff. It would even be different if they could be closed, but I can bap away like mad at that little misleading 'x' and it will literally never disappear until the ad just times out.

Sometimes it doesn't even show me an ad. It just opens up AlarmClock store, and right under where half a second before my finger was touching the screen for an app feature, is conveniently where the 'Get' button turns out to be. Everything all together make it feel immensely shady and again makes me not want to bother with the paid version. I keep hoping new versions will be less irritating, and maybe I'll bite the bullet and get it, but I think I'm at the point of uninstall here soon. If a company wants to trick me into clicking to purchase stuff in the store, why would I go and buy their app and just trust that it would be better? I've bought apps before where it turned out to be just 'fewer' ads, not 'zero' ads, and no real increased functionality.

If there had just been a trial period with less obnoxiousness, I'd have probably bought it ages ago.

by GrifterWolf

So I remember having AlarmClock a couple of years ago but I’d stopped it when the snooze button no longer appeared on the Lock Screen. I am giving it a second try. I am still trying to see if the snooze button is better on various settings because it does not appear on the Lock Screen still. And the more frustrating thing is that despite me selecting several songs from my playlist and seeing my playlist as the option it STILL pulls from the default tones list. I should not have paid a second time to have ads removed because so far it really isn’t worth that $5. And this product really should be a lot better than this, it performs the basic function of an alarm but nothing else is working as advertised. Very disappointing.

by Jlsn77

I’ve tried multiple alarm clocks and this one is the closest to what I’m looking for. I bought the paid version of AlarmClock because it said it would run in the background, which it does. However I have two issues. 1) the alarm does go off when in the background but it doesn’t keep some of the options I selected such as fade in. It’s very loud and 2) when the alarm goes off it doesn’t show the snooze or stop options on the screen unless AlarmClock is open. I was hoping it would come to the front even if the Lock Screen was on. I’m sure it’s just because I have a setting wrong but it’s frustrating that I can’t find a simple basic alarm clock that works how I need it to. Guidance or suggestions are welcome

by Tennselr

When I first picked this up I loved AlarmClock. I could connect with my music and use songs to wake up to instead of some blasting alarm in my ear.
I rate it down to a three because since the new update I feel it no longer functions as an alarm should. As example, the song I pick for my alarm only plays once. It used to continue playing. Shouldn't an alarm keep "alarming" until I shut it off? I have slept through this twice now.
Secondly, AlarmClock doesn't run in the background. It has to be AlarmClock your phone is active on for it to work, so if you get anything else going, such as a network asking to join; the alarm will not function.
In my opinion not good. Fix those two things and you would have a great app again

by Shouldntbesodifficult

The "alarm clock for me" app is great but has flaws. For example the adds pop up every 5 minutes! This wouldn't be much of a problem if it didn't require you to keep AlarmClock open the entire night. So when your trying to sleep the adds pop up and light up your room. But AlarmClock is also pretty great at waking you up. There are many settings to how to wake up like shaking your device, doing a math question (easy,intermidiate, or hard you choose) or just tapping a button. Also their are many different settings to customize what music you want to play, when you want to wake up, how long will your snooze be,ect. It also includes weather.

by Robo-1701

It has a clean, beautiful interface that manages to be informative and uncluttered at the same time, but I would like to recommend a few additions:

1. Add a few more prevalent marks for the five minute intervals between the quarter hours on the ultrasonic display, possibly in conjunction with an optional digital readout near the weather data in case the user is experiencing an early morning brain fog.
2. A 24-hour setting for the ultrasonic display.
3. Allow entire albums and playlists to be imported for alarms.
4. A display with a more classic analog look would not be displeasing either.

Additional: I noted that a number of other reviews commented on the add aspect. I understand that ads are there to provide a form of compensation for production and that there is a paid version available which I will decide on one way or the other when I am in a position to make an app purchase. In the meantime I would recommend that a ticker approach, perhaps one matching the color setting of the display and which would be replaced by a feed of article titles/links from one or more pages of the user’s choice in the paid version. I hope that my thoughts can be of service to both the programmer and my fellow downloaders.

by Anjelly12

Be careful. If you’re like me and are completely out of it when waking up you’ll end up accidentally clicking on an advertisement while trying to snooze the alarm. It’s not just 1 as window theyre back to back consistent with the amount of alarms that go off- if I had 3 alarms ring then there will be 3 ad windows. Also, they’re not just regular ads- they’re scam ads “you have been selected as our iPhone winner”. Those are scary things to accidentally click on and they always pop up the most when the alarm is going off. Almost like they want to just maximize their ad revenue by gaining clicks from people who are in a dead sleep and can’t focus on what they’re doing as they’re waking up. Very annoying. Otherwise it is an obnoxious alarm which is exactly what I need to get up. Would give it 5 stars if it wasn’t so sketchy.

by Nesty FUEL

This application is great I’m using for the past year, but lately, during night time, the application is trying to change my actual location giving a message during the night in the display, the message is bright white with a sound, it wake me, I answered that I do not want to change my actual location, but it keep appearing every hour. This do not happened every day but at least one a month. I’m trying check how I can disable this function during the night after the apps is running but it seems imposible. If this function to change the actual location is not operating after you go to sleep it will be a perfect apps. What bothers me is that the location function want to change my actual location to another town that I’m not located.

by Sariyachandler# Softball08

I love AlarmClock it really helps me wake up to a different song but the only thing that you have to have is Appel music and I have Apple Music but you have to pay for it so I just have to play the music of of AlarmClock . I personally think that you should just use the one on you’re apple iphone and they have more choices of music . But over all I like AlarmClock it also tells you the weather and there’s also music that makes you fall asleep like rain music and everybody like that one it will also allow you to control how long you want the music to stay on. So I will be issuing this alarm for now on and I texted to see if it actually works and it dose it also gives you the time. And includes timers countdowns and other stuff. So I really like AlarmClock I suggest that you get it cause it’s a really nice app.

by TKK8263

Love AlarmClock, many styles of display, Was worth a few dollars for full version, I forget cost but know it was cheap. I love the versatility, have had no issues, use when traveling or at home, my own music for each alarm. The only addition I would add is a suspend one time button, sometimes I get up before alarm and start getting dressed ect. I don’t want alarm going off, wish I could just hit one button that suspends alarm for that day only, as of now I have to delete alarm and hope I reset that night, so I hope developer sees this and adds to next update, other than that best alarm I’ve ever owned.

by Mat25000

Used to be the best…but now one Star. Since last update it opens frozen! The seconds are frozen, you can’t set any alarms or do anything. If you open and close or usually 3-4 times it will work. Sadly I don’t feel I can trust it to work. If it gets fixed and will consistently open correctly I’d consider using it again. In the meantime I have switched to “Nightstand.” It has a very simple interface and is easy to read at night. Paid extra for features that mainly consist of a few more clock faces. Was kind of disappointed but was only $2.99. At least it consistently works, so is my go to for now.

by Pamonas

I absolutely love this alarm clock but it’s more then just an alarm clock. It let’s me know what the weather is like outside at that moment, it’s got a really cool flashlight which comes in handy at night when I don’t want to get up and turn on the lights. I also wanted to say that the best thing I like about the alarm is that, when it goes off it doesn’t immediately screech out loud but it starts off real soft and low then progressively gets louder until you can hear it and wake up. There are several sounds to choose from, I choose the tune get funky.....try it you just might like it.......thank you for coming up with an alarm clock app that works really well for my needs and the needs of others if they’ll just give it a try!

by Cali Rose Albano

I’m impressed with the ease it is to set up Additionally, I was impressed with the options given to turn the alarm off~ you can make it so you have to actually do math in order to turn it off😃 this way you can’t trick your alarm and go back to sleep! I’m looking forward to the morning to see how it goes! I’ll check back in with a report for everyone

Here’s an update on AlarmClock !
I used it the first time and really liked that I had to do the simple math because I’m all honesty
Having to think woke me up more than thing
I own my own business so I have no one to check in with but myself so I think this is going to help me be accountable to myself!!
It has a lot of other features like being able to use your own Apple Music as the alarm and much more !
I really like the options It allows for color scheme and clock style
It’s pretty cool
I’m going to encourage you to give it a try
Plus it’s free👍🏼😃

As I use it more I’ll add my opinions
I like simplicity and short directions for new things
This is right up my alley~user friendly!!
Highly recommend by me
Thanks for reading and a thumbs up!

by Geschei

Because of my tinnitus I need white noise to sleep in addition to an alarm clock. AlarmClock has not only those features but also has the weather!

I like how I can can wake to my music. I'm able to customize the type of white noise I need and set a timer to stop when the alarm goes off.

The only problem I have is with the ultrasonic clock. It's really cool but the day of the week does not update! Frustrating at times. Please look into this matter. Otherwise a great app and even better app for all the features you get for the price.

by Ms. Layde

I’ve had AlarmClock for a while and all of a sudden the sound of the alarm is on silent! I have done EVERYTHING to assure the sound is on but yet it still is on silent. Is this a way in to making people purchase the advanced alarm clock? I’m going to have to find an alarm that works.
UPDATE: To the developer, I have made sure sound functionality is working correctly on the phone in setting under sounds and the do not disturb is NEVER turned on my phone. I also made sure the sound is turned on in the alarm as well. Matter of fact, this will be the second time this has happened tonight (5/3/18) and I wrote my original review in March. Clearly something is wrong with AlarmClock and it needs to be fixed. I’m not sure if it’s bc of system updates on the phone or what. Maybe it’s time you update AlarmClock.

by Eka28

All I wanted was a clock face for my phone that I could use at night. But EVERY SINGLE TIME I open AlarmClock, I get some sort of message asking me to change my app settings, upgrade AlarmClock , or write a review. Very annoying!! I just want to be able to open AlarmClock and use it. I will find another one. UPDATE: After I posted this review, I received a response from the developer saying this was because AlarmClock was free, and suggested I pay for the upgrade. Well, I have used plenty of free apps, but never had this experience where I get a message to change my app settings EVERY SINGLE TIME I open AlarmClock . This is annoying and if I wanted to change my settings I would do so. I don't want AlarmClock asking me to do so every time I go to use it. Seems like common sense to me. The last thing I'm going to do is pay for AlarmClock, or any "upgrade."

by Excited Consumer

The free version is terrible. The pop ups are obnoxious and bothersome. The first night I used AlarmClock the alarm didn't go off because of an overnight pop up. The alarm went off once before it quit working. This was the free version.

I decided to pay for the full version because of the pop ups. Once again it worked the first night and that was it. AlarmClock doesn't do the one thing it's designed to do... wake you up with an alarm. I recommend trying to find another app and not wasting your time on this one. I deleted AlarmClock and wish I could get my money back. AlarmClock is terrible.

Also the fact that you have to leave it open to even work is garbage. If you accidentally close it good luck. This is very inconvenient to the user.

by DavidCrosmierIII

I cannot even try AlarmClock for 5 minutes without being assaulted with at least 6 pop-ups wanting me enable accesses or upgrade. Why the author didn't use an 'if' statement to skip all upgrade requests the first few uses is beyond me. This is a kitchen sink app by offering too many disjoint features. Weather? (got that by default already) and wanting location services is top much for me.
So why did I download it?

I was hoping that the alarm system would be more robust than the iPhone default. It isn't. I want to be by allowed to select the date. If you want an alarm more than 7 days in the future, don't look here! To be fair, the iPhone alarm works the same way.

by Guess My Age?

Just downloaded AlarmClock . So did my family. Seems awesome! Exactly what we needed and is useful. Not over the top, complicated or annoying. Just did a text alarm that proved that it will go off when AlarmClock is shut, (phone is off) but won’t stop until you open AlarmClock . I think that’s great because you will fully wake up by opening your phone and going to AlarmClock to deactivate it. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Also, math problem to deactivate?!? AMAZING!!! My son will get some early math in with this one!!! Also, a flashlight when you double tap? So cool!!

by Policeproperty

I have had AlarmClock for about two years now. I have had no problems. I have not upgraded to the ad free app & have not seen the need to. I have not received the ads that I have read about from other comments. Or maybe I am just immune to them after all of this time, (which I highly doubt).
I do love the fact that I can choose the color & the weather being displayed. I think you have given me an awesome app! Thank you!