Breakthrough Alarm

Name: Breakthrough Alarm
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Dennis Yang

Exact-date task alarms

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

1 Rating
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Dennis Yang
Language

EN
English
Size

2.7
MB

iPhone

Set exact-date or repeating task alarms, snooze from the alert or phone buttons, and mark them done inside Breakthrough Alarm. Never miss the important thing you promised yourself you would do. Breakthrough Alarm schedules task alarms that interrupt like an alarm, not a quiet reminder. Use it for paperwork, calls, errands, appointments, deadlines, routines, and anything that needs to break through your day. Key features: - Schedule alarms for a specific future date and time - Repeat alarms daily, on weekdays or weekends, weekly, monthly, or yearly - Create alarms with Siri or the Shortcuts app - See the task title directly on the alarm - Snooze from the alarm presentation or with phone buttons - Choose a default snooze duration for each alarm - Mark the task Done inside Breakthrough Alarm only when it is actually handled - Sync tagged Apple Calendar events using #alarm or the alarm clock emoji - Optionally turn every calendar event into an alarm - Temporarily silence all alarms while previewing what is due within 24 hours - Review, duplicate, delete, or clear completed-alarm history - Choose from multiple alarm sounds - See upcoming alarms and open them from Home Screen widgets - Store alarm data locally on your device Use up to five active alarms for free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks unlimited active alarms. Calendar access is optional and used only for calendar sync. Requires iOS 26 or later and AlarmKit access.

Ratings & Reviews

3.0

out of 5

1 Ratings

Getting better
Sep 25
NeverMindedAnyway
As I mentioned in the first version of my review, I got this app mostly because it lets me snooze alarms by using the volume and power button buttons which seems to not be a common feature of other alarms. The developer responded to my critique and made it possible to create repeating alarms and delete history items. I do like the history feature. Unfortunately for me in particular, the reason I am looking for a alarm app to replace iPhones native alarm is because iPhones native alarm will not show you the name of the alarm that you have snoozed. Unfortunately, while this does show me the name of the snoozed alarm, it will only show one snoozed alarm at a time. So if there are two or even three snoozed alarms you cannot see the name of each of them on the home screen. If all snoozed alarms showed on the home screen, I could probably switch from iPhones native alarm to this app. I don’t know if Apple allows that, though. It is good that when you look at the list of alarms you see them in order of nearest upcoming alarm. That is a step above iOS. A problem with the repeating alarm setting is that it does not allow you to select days of the week. So if I want an alarm to repeat on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, I have to create three different alarms. There seems to be only three different alarm sounds that I can choose, which is pretty limited. I wonder if the developer can’t make available all the system sounds that are a standard part of iPhone. Also when I change the sound, it should play so I know immediately what it sounds like. Or maybe add a test button.

Developer Response
Thank you for the thoughtful feedback, especially about phone-button snoozing. We addressed every item you raised: alarms can now repeat daily, on weekdays or weekends, weekly, monthly, or yearly; History entries can be deleted individually or cleared entirely; alarms can be created through Siri and Shortcuts; and alarms can be marked done from the Home Screen widget. Your review gave us a clear roadmap and helped make Breakthrough Alarm substantially better.
Getting better
Sep 25
NeverMindedAnyway

As I mentioned in the first version of my review, I got this app mostly because it lets me snooze alarms by using the volume and power button buttons which seems to not be a common feature of other alarms. The developer responded to my critique and made it possible to create repeating alarms and delete history items. I do like the history feature. Unfortunately for me in particular, the reason I am looking for a alarm app to replace iPhones native alarm is because iPhones native alarm will not show you the name of the alarm that you have snoozed. Unfortunately, while this does show me the name of the snoozed alarm, it will only show one snoozed alarm at a time. So if there are two or even three snoozed alarms you cannot see the name of each of them on the home screen. If all snoozed alarms showed on the home screen, I could probably switch from iPhones native alarm to this app. I don’t know if Apple allows that, though. It is good that when you look at the list of alarms you see them in order of nearest upcoming alarm. That is a step above iOS. A problem with the repeating alarm setting is that it does not allow you to select days of the week. So if I want an alarm to repeat on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, I have to create three different alarms. There seems to be only three different alarm sounds that I can choose, which is pretty limited. I wonder if the developer can’t make available all the system sounds that are a standard part of iPhone. Also when I change the sound, it should play so I know immediately what it sounds like. Or maybe add a test button.
Developer Response Sep 11
Thank you for the thoughtful feedback, especially about phone-button snoozing. We addressed every item you raised: alarms can now repeat daily, on weekdays or weekends, weekly, monthly, or yearly; History entries can be deleted individually or cleared entirely; alarms can be created through Siri and Shortcuts; and alarms can be marked done from the Home Screen widget. Your review gave us a clear roadmap and helped make Breakthrough Alarm substantially better.

Choose exactly when your alarm sounds again with Snooze Until. New - Pick a specific future date and time for any due or already-snoozed alarm, directly from the Alarms screen. - Use Snooze Until to adjust an existing snooze without waiting for the alarm to ring again. Improved - Snoozes that continue into another day now show the date as well as the time, so you can see when the alarm is set to return. - One-time snooze changes leave your saved snooze duration, repeating schedule, and original calendar event unchanged.

Version 0.2.67 Sep 20

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Information

Seller: Dennis Yang
Size: 2.7 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 26.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

Unlimited Alarms $1.99

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