Gentle Wakeup - Alarm Clock
* Basic wake up light functions can be used completely free *****You will have complete control over the wake up processStart the sunrise 20 minutes before your desired wake-up time and define your personal brightness level at the end. Add slowly increasing sounds of birds twittering and add a device vibration as a backup 5 min after wake up time. Enjoy a nice weather show before you get out of bedFeatures:
- Alarm Clock: Fully functional alarm clock with repeated alarms and snooze function.
- Gentle sounds: Wake up with different gentle sounds or your favorite music.
- Brightness adjustment: Brightness ist adjusted smartly to not blend in the night.
- Weather forecast: An animated weather show presents you the weather conditions and temperature for the day.
- Individual Wakeup: Get waked up without disturbing your partner.
- Easy and intuitive: All main functions can be accessed by symbols directly from the main screen.
- Soft torch light: Use the soft light to find something in the nighttime without waking up anyone else.
- Portrait and Landscape: Your device can be placed in portrait or landscape mode on your nightstand.
- Autostart: The app starts automatically even if you close it. No additional battery consumption over night.Stop waking up stressed out by an alarm tone in the morningIn the stone ages noises meant danger from animals or from enemies. We still have this basic instinct in our brains. Start getting awake by light and you will never want to wake up by sounds again.Next features coming soon:
- Sunset/Sundown simulator slowly fading the sunlight off overtime (sleep timer) to fall asleep gently (lull)
- NightlightExplanation of required Android permissions:
- Photos/Media/Files: Access to storage is needed to play your own songs.
- Camera: Access to camera is needed to activate the flashlight. The camera itself is not used.
- Location: Location info is required for weather forecast. Location can also be set manually by searching for a city name.
- Fading sunlight simulator lets the sun rise and set
- Multiple alarms and clocks
- Different ring tones selectable. Music from device or playlist as ringtone selectable.
- Snooze function with time limit so you do not oversleep
- No extreme loud alarm at beginning while still sleeping (increase)
- Vibrating function is fully configurable
- Diplay will illuminate with sunshine slowly for a soft waking
- Device light can be used as a booklight in dark room at night
- Torchlight can be activated as a torch to find something in the nighttime.
- Can be used for a siesta sleep at noon as well
- Enjoy a relaxing nap and miss no timer thanks to led and xtreme alarm clock vibration
- Set ramp time for snoozing in bed
- Helps with time change (daylight saving zone, standard time) and jet lag
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* Basic wake up light functions can be used completely free *****
You will have complete control over the wake up processStart the sunrise 20 minutes before your desired wake-up time and define your personal brightness level at the end. Add slowly increasing sounds of birds twittering and add a device vibration as a backup 5 min after wake up time. Enjoy a nice weather show before you get out of bed
Features:
- Alarm Clock: Fully functional alarm clock with repeated alarms and snooze function.
- Gentle sounds: Wake up with different gentle sounds or your favorite music.
- Brightness adjustment: Brightness ist adjusted smartly to not blend in the night.
- Weather forecast: An animated weather show presents you the weather conditions and temperature for the day.
- Individual Wakeup: Get waked up without disturbing your partner.
- Easy and intuitive: All main functions can be accessed by symbols directly from the main screen.
- Soft torch light: Use the soft light to find something in the nighttime without waking up anyone else.
- Portrait and Landscape: Your device can be placed in portrait or landscape mode on your nightstand.
- Autostart: The app starts automatically even if you close it. No additional battery consumption over night.
Stop waking up stressed out by an alarm tone in the morningIn the stone ages noises meant danger from animals or from enemies. We still have this basic instinct in our brains. Start getting awake by light and you will never want to wake up by sounds again.
Next features coming soon:
- Sunset/Sundown simulator slowly fading the sunlight off overtime (sleep timer) to fall asleep gently (lull)
- Nightlight
Explanation of required Android permissions:
- Photos/Media/Files: Access to storage is needed to play your own songs.
- Camera: Access to camera is needed to activate the flashlight. The camera itself is not used.
- Location: Location info is required for weather forecast. Location can also be set manual
Category : Lifestyle
Reviews (29)
Really like the app. I really like how the slow wake is implemented and how the yellow lighting mimics sunrise. Only gets 4 stars due to ads that require waiting and clicking to get out of and somewhat confusing options for subscription(?) to remove ads.
The best app I've ever downloaded. I normally need an average of 6 alarms to wake up and even then I sometimes oversleep. I've always struggled with waking up and thought I'd try something with light as the bedside lamps have worked before. I now only need ONE of these alarms and I'm up with no issues. It has actually changed my life!! Do not hesitate to download, it is amazing
This app has really helped me wake up without startling myself with multiple series of alarms. I had been looking for a physical clock until someone mentioned checking to see if my phone could do it since no physical clock had all the features. This was the first app I tried and I've loved it so far. I have ADHD and PTSD and this alarm clock has been extremely helpful for me. I'm debating paying for the full pro version now.
Worth Trying I have used this app for over a year and can say that it does help me wake up much more gently than a normal alarm clock. I use the owl (which sounds more like a bird/morning dove but w/e) and find it to not be jarring to wake up to. I have stopped using the light feature, but I will say it has worked well when I used it in the past. I think it is worth paying a few dollars to get rid of ads for this app so you don't have to watch dumb Tik Tok ads right before you go to bed.
This app is a cool idea and seems to have a lot of built in functionality however it's very hard to use / navigate with the non-standard, somewhat primitive UI and also seems to ask for unnecessary permissions. If the app UI was updated to use modern material design specifications and normal navigation techniques, I think the app would be a lot better 👍
Update: Three years after originally writing this review, Gentle Wakeup is still my go-to alarm! I enjoy waking up to the dawn chorus of birds. Sometimes, I have to wake up in places and at times when there are no birds to hear. This app is a great substitute.
It's nice in theory but the ads are extremely annoying and the paid version is way too expensive. Hard pass.
Better mornings since I started using this app. The light, like a sunrise, wakes me up in a less jarring manner. I ended up buying it.
This app is wonderful. It helps me wake up ready for the day. I love the many sound and light options. Workout help, weather and countdowns are a few of the many other features I'm grateful for. Try this! You will like it!!
So happy that I can wake to a light alarm. Use it every day. Love the new features. I recently added the bird calls to my morning alarm. So helpful when the clocks change for day light savings. Love it! ❤
This is my favorite wake-up alarm app. I wish it had more free features although the basic wake-up sound & light work to wake me up. It is much better than the Lumie alarm clock light that I used for a while - even though I'm running this on an old Samsung galaxy S3
Great App. Reliable and creates a positive environment to wake up to.I just wish that there was more aesthetic options. Also more choices of alarm sounds. More personalisation in the whole.
This app is extremely helpful and does as suggested. The first time I used it, I was able to wake up from a 3-hour sleep at 5am. It was not easy, but possible to wake up and get started. This seemed impossible before. I don't usually do what I did that first day, but I wake up using this app almost everyday now, and it's easier than it's ever been.
it is very nice to wake up slowly to light that gradually grows in intensity, 20 minutes before the actual alarm time. The bird sounds are also nice to hear while waking up, they could be mistaken with real birds chirping outside the house ;)
Great app, and it fits right in for what I've wanted to use to wake up naturally year round. Light and bird sounds have a great impact for naturally waking the mind, my one problem is with the variety of bird noises. I prefer to wake up kind of slowly which this app helps achieve greatly, but there's a bird call in most of the relavent options that drives the flow from sweet to jarring back to sweet. It's hard to find one without that 1 jarring call. That's the difference between 4 and 5 stars.
Works really well. Just finding out which wake up sound I prefer. The loops could be a bit longer, it's a bit too obvious especially the bird song which I'd like otherwise.
Love the features on this app! Bird sounds, waking with light, connecting with workouts and easy snooze. So many choices and so much to love. I enjoy waking up with gentle wake up.
Great for waking up calmly and less grumpy. Don't know why but I tend to feel more rested when I wake up more naturally like this
I am frustrated with the app at this point. I purchased a package that included eliminating ads. Now the ads are back and I can't contact the developers from within the app. Can someone fix this issue please! I use this app as my sole alarm clock. I like many of the free features and just haven't gotten around to purchasing the full app to eliminate the ads
Works perfectly. A little complicated but able to customize. The commercial products never worked for me. I'm really sensitive to light. This app actually wakes me up gently and has a nice auditory birds wakeup that is the right amount of relaxing and annoying. lol it isn't too repetitive nor too loud right away - but won't keep you in bed ignoring it for too long either.
This is a great app. Lots of features and so many options! Unfortunately for me, it doesn't really help me get up as well as I'd hoped, but that's my problem, not the fault of the app. I would recommend this to people who don't have major issues waking up in the morning like I do!
Love this app. I wake up gradually every day with light and birds chirping, instead of being jolted awake by a sound alarm. 🥰 only a few glitches on rare occasions.
Does just what you expect and only a few adds here and there. Paid version has a lot of bells and whistles, but all I really need of an alarm clock is that it wake me without taking a year off my life by startling me awake.
The light is perfect and gradual. I enjoy the sounds, especially the birds. It's a much more pleasant way to wake up than a beeping alarm. One time, it didn't go off as scheduled but otherwise had been dependable. The repeatable alarm options are not very good. You can choose to repeat on "certain days" but then theres no way to choose which days. To turn alarm off you're to slide right but that does nothing. I have to shut down the app to turn alarm off. Other than that I love it
Some much customization available which makes it ideal for those with very specific and finicky requirements. But not for me. Hated the interface, it was too busy and none inviting. Hated the different levels of pricing, just keep it simply and stop trying to develop complex pricing to trick people into going for the full version. Hate the price..overpriced in my opinion when compared to others out there, especially when you have Gentle Alarm with almost the same features as this one for a fraction of the price.
The app automatically snoozes when you open it to turn off the alarm. And then you have to wait 5 minutes to try disarming it again. This can be frustrating, especially when its rigged to make lots of noise (not being able to gently turn them off and all). Could use some more bug fixes here and there. (wrong awakening times) Otherwise, a great app that does its job better than the competition.
Edit: The app creater was very responsive and helpful, so I increased my rating. The app is pretty nice for being free, but the premium version is probably necessary for any long-term use, but is fairly expensive compared to others. I have fiddled with the settings many times, and in every experiment the app hasn't worked correctly. The sound does not work in increments and only begins at the highest volume.
great concept! I've always wanted a gentle wakeup alarm but I do not like buying extra stuff to clutter up my home. the only problem is that I keep turning it off while trying to snooze it. it seems to accept any random swipe as moving the slider to turn it off. some days I'm awake enough to notice and get up, some days I'm not. I can't find anything in settings for this issue so I have a backup alarm set from a different app so I'm not late for work again.
I had high hopes for this app but unfortunately I can't recommend it. It has too many useless bells and whistles, the settings and menus are extremely counter intuitive, horrible ux design and my alarm went off even when it was supposedly turned off!! An unpleasant confusing experience overall.