Category : Productivity
I've been using this alarm clock for years and have seldom ever had an issue with it. Admittedly, there have been a few times where my alarm would either not go off at all, or I'd wake up late with the "missed an alarm" notification sitting in my notification bar. These things seem to happen sporadically but infrequently, even with the recommended settings. That aside, I like the features it has including the ability to use an online radio as your alarm.
Used the app for years and it has always worked well for me with only a few minor annoyances, but the recent update has made it basically unusable for me. When the alarm rings, you now get a screen with a MASSIVE snooze button and a significantly smaller dismiss button (which is where you click to get to the math or whatever). Because of this, I now just keep on snoozing it again and again! There might be a way to change this, but it's not very intuitive so I haven't figured it out.
I love this app primarily for the play random song from play list alarm feature. I hate waking up to the same alarm tone everyday. Only problem is that this awesome feature worked flawlessly on my S7, but since installing on my S9 I can't create a playlist from audio stored on my sd card. App crashes when I try to create a new play list. I had reported the issue, but haven't seen any fix.
This is an edited review. I still think that the controls/settings need to be simplified. However, other than that, I think it's perfect. I have the free version and I can create and name multiple alarms, choose a distinct ringtone from my own media, for each one. The app comes to the forefront of the phone and is easily dismissed, even if the phone is asleep. It has a visually attractive interface. I can choose to have the alarm start quietly, and I can choose over how long a period it will take to get to a volume of my choice. I can start the day with a bit of pre-alarm birdsong if I wish. AVG has told me about being able to edit the alarm name. but I hope they take note of the fact that just by looking, you cannot tell this is possible. You might want to perhaps highlight the alarm name when it's created or opened, so users are aware of this.
Google Clock is severely lacking both in features and in ease of use. This app is a great alternative. It's easy to create and toggle alarms, the template and awake check features are super useful. It even has calendar integration! Ads are not at all intrusive and it's reasonably priced if you want to remove them.
Terrific app. I've used this for years...maybe a decade. Either way it has always been reliable on three different phones and two tablets. Many negative reviews sound like the users have an extremely minimal understanding of how to use their settings. Even easier is the red bar that helps optimize the app such as Do Not Disturb and Battery Optimization. AVG does provide A LOT of settings to make their app very personalizeable, perhaps this is where the negative reviewers are struggling.
The best alarm clock app ever!! Got lots of options (even if you're not premium), i love the "re-write random number and letter combinations to turn off the alarm" so much! And the gentle alarm thing too! And the option to automatically open an app after the alarm is turned off! I love everything about this app honestly haha 💕 they have ads (which is understandable, considering you can literally use most features for free), but the premium is a one-and-done thing so it's very convenient.
Used this app for years and have zero complaints about the alarm part, it works as stated. My only complaint is with the timers, as the times up notification won't go away anymore. Was working great until a few weeks ago, now the only way to get rid of it is to reboot the phone. I use the timers about 10 times a day so rebooting a few times a day to get rid of multiple times up notifications is beyond annoying. Also, ads are too long and frequent.
I've used this app for years and have gritted my teeth as it has become clogged and bloated with ads, but it has recently just started failing to go off, instead showing a notification that my alarm failed to go off, instead of, you know, ACTUALLY GOING OFF. My friend has experienced this as well. App is doing its best to get us fired, avoid if you need this for work or anything important. It used to be good and reliable, but my trust in it is non existent now.
To those who struggling not only waking up but getting out of bed, I highly recommend this app. Google's alarm clock app has a major bug so I got this and won't go back. Ads are not invasive at all, and I am very happy with my one time purchase of the barcode scanner functionality -- the only thing to successfully get me out of bed on time every morning.
Can't clear notifications. The timer notifications never go away ever. Now I had an alarm that wouldn't stop going off even though I repeatedly disabled it. I had to uninstall the app entirely just to make it stop. Turning off the wake up check, changing the settings it didn't matter it kept going off every ten minutes no matter what I did. Ads can be very intrusive and sometimes look like emergency alerts. I used this app for years but it's just become unusable now. :(
The alarm continues to come back on after dismissing it even though it's the only alarm set. The "are you awake" feature is nice but what's the point if the main alarm comes back on. When the alarm sounds I select dismiss to stop it. The alarm will sound again about 10 minutes later (no, I didn't hit snooze when trying to turn the alarm off) as if I never hit dismiss. This will happen sometimes as much as three to four more times before getting the "I'm awake" alarm.
Love the app. Had it the years. But it all of a sudden won't let me clear notifications. Also, I have mine set to never auto-dismiss but I woke up an hour late on Wednesday and my notification said I "missed an alarm". How does one miss an alarm if the didn't clear it? Additional Suggestion- can you make an option to set a task like math problems to disarm alarms before they've done off?
Great app. It's mainly catering towards people like myself who have a hard time sleeping and waking up. You can set multiple alarms with 'tasks' that help wake you up in the morning. These range between math problems, passwords, and getting up and walking. The difficulty on these can be changed to personalize and tweak further, making it just right for you. TLDR; if you can't wake up this will help.
One thing that is really getting on my nerves with this hassleware is the obnoxious habit to send notifications that "no alarms have been set". Folks, when there are no alarms, then have the app shut the f...k up and remain quiet and silent!!! It is utterly idiotic to be interrupted just to be told that there is no reason for an interruption. Ring the alarm when there is one, but when there is none, then there is no justification for disturbing the user with pointless notifications!
I like the options for ringtones are also music that you have in your playlist. Also, the challenges that you have to solve to make sure you're up and then the alarm will turn off. I was skeptical at first because I wasn't sure if this alarm clock would be easy to use and effective. But it has been around a year and I haven't wake up late since.
I almost love this app. I purchased this app because it forces me to wake up, so I thought. I found that being forced to walk to dismiss the alarm was incredibly helpful, but they put an X button on the top right corner so you can just press that and not walk. That is the entire purpose of "walk to dismiss", not "walk to dismiss, if you feel like it, if not, it's cool, I don't want you to feel pressured, press X and keep sleeping" function. It might sound ridiculous to some, "just don't press the button and just walk!", but if I had the will power to do so, I would not make a purchase of an alarm in the first place LOL.
I used to really like this app (aside from the ads), but now the app seems to trigger the alarm at random times that I have not specified. Since I have my morning wake up alarm set to sound even if the phone is muted, this has been disruptive when it goes off at times during the day when I need the phone to remain silent, like during religious services or business meetings. So I will probably remove the app.
Wakeup check completely broken, turns on an hour after the alarm, turns on even when the alarm is turned off, I've had 6 of these in a row just keep going off well after all the alarms have been disabled. Really poor. The tips did not resolve the wakeup check issue. It still persists, I had one go off 15 minutes after my most recent alarm, which I turned off at the source. Yet the wakeup check still persisted.
I have a life-long sleeping disorder and this is the only alarm I've found that can wake me up in the morning! I have the sound of birdsong before my alarm goes off, which helps me to wake gently, and then scanning a barcode to stop the alarm gets me up. BUT, sometimes it doesn't go off! EDIT TO REPLY: I've completed 2 out of 3 recommendations for the alarms to always go off, and cannot follow the third because the app doesn't show up on the list of available apps when I follow the instructions
Alarm clock extreme has helped me with my scheduling and making sure I don't miss important events. The alarm clock itself is great but its the added features like reminders, timers, and puzzles with varying difficulty to make sure you are actually seeing the alarm. Excellent App.
Fairly average, attempting to be a cross between Google Clocks and Microsoft ToDo. Nothing more, pretty superfluous to requirements with the Themes, Scan Codes, Additional Reminders, etc, just paid for junk bloatware of virtually no value. App works ok though. If you do use it, simply utilise NetGuard or other such firewall App to block access to data (WiFi/Mobile) by Alarm Clock and you won't be bothered by intrusive adverts at all, as the Alarm Clock App is completely unable to retrieve them.
Always wakes me up ... after hitting the extra large (to avoid dismissing alarm accidentally) snooze button many times! ⏰ Can add so many types of alarms daily, weekly, weekends, one-time etc. Also integrates with Google calendar 📅 to show appointments. Lots of great features and functionality built in and they continue to add and update. This app is NOT left in the desert 🌵 to whither away. Lol 😆 Now it has a timer ⏲️ and more. I've tried others but keep coming back to this one! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Used to be the best alarm ever. Now it's unreliable with all the ads, I don't trust it for important occasions. Also for some strange reason, since the last updates, I've mistakenly erased my default alarm a few times. Make a confirmation prompt or something. I've been using this app for years, but it's just gotten worse and worse and NOT better. I can't name 1 useful added feature other than pop-up ads ???