Alarmy - Alarm Clock & Sleep 4+

Alarmy is my lifesaver

After years - literally years - of not being able to wake up on time, Alarmy has come to my rescue. I am an incredibly deep sleeper, and waking up has always been extremely difficult for me. I often slept through alarms, or would be so groggy in the morning that I would turn off my alarm without a second thought and oversleep; essentially, I consistently overslept and was late all the time for university and work or even missed them completely. At one point I even had five physical alarm clocks in my bedroom to try and wake me, but all that would happen was I would wake up furious at the noise, get up, turn them off and go back to sleep.

Alarmy changed all that with its thoughtful features, that effectively tackle each of these issues. The sound and volume options cut through my sleep but not in a way that makes me want to punch someone, and I like the range of options of activities by which to turn off the alarm, as it caters for different people’s preferences. My personal favourite is the squatting option, as it forces me out of my bed for an extended period of time and wakes me up more than staring at my phone. I also really love the wake-up check because of my habit of going back to sleep.

This alarm is the only one that has ever worked consistently for me and I’m not exaggerating when I say that this app has changed my life. I cannot sing its praises highly enough. Thank you Alarmy!! Here’s to many more years of waking up on time☺️

Slowly changing my life

After seeing this on someone’s morning routine I downloaded this and have been using it for the last 2 weeks to help implement regular wake up times. I have CFS/ME (classed as ‘mild’) and this has made such a huge difference! Before, I would have sooo many alarms and totally overuse the snooze button which, even tho I crave sleep, was making me feel so much worse. Now, i set my radio to come on 30 mins before I need to get up, then an alarm on this app to get me out of bed at just the right time. It’s fab!!! No more snooze button!! This app forces me to get up and walk to the other end of the house to turn the alarm off and is really helping correct my body clock and sleep routine. I never thought I would say this but I genuinely look forward to mornings now. Hopefully the good progress continues.
Suggestion: perhaps an the option to ‘lock’ an alarm for, say, the 30 mins before it’s due to go off, with the same requirement to ‘unlock’ and then amend/delete it as it would be to turn it off (ie barcode, quiz etc). So, if you do wake up early, you’re not able to turn the alarm off without doing the same exercise, therefore not allowing you to stay in bed! Hope that makes sense. Keep up the great work either way, just casually improving lives over there!

‘Woke’ me when I had been up for ages!

I thought this alarm app looked great. In theory it has a lot going for it, which is why I gave it a second star. But twice in 6 days it has ‘woken’ me when I’ve been up for a long time. I was trying it for the unique way it’s meant to wake you. I can get all the other benefits from other apps I already have. So there’s no point my paying for an app that fails one third of the time.

In response to the developer’s reply, yes, I had done everything you tell us to do. I don’t complain about something before absolutely following all the instructions. On the occasions when it went off when I was up, I was actually using my phone at the time, and that meant I was no longer obeying the instructions. I assumed that it wasn’t going to go off that morning, because of that! You have a great many negative reviews (as well as lots of positive ones) so I think you need to make the trial period a month in order to have time to help the people for whom this app doesn’t work. You’ve had people late for work, late for appointments, fired, and I’m sure there must have been other complaints (there are too many to read) because Alarmy didn’t work for them, so you need to do something proactive to help people before the end of their trial period, or your business won’t thrive. I don’t have time to fiddle with it any more, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I’m certainly not going to pay for it, as it takes too long to get help.

Developer Response ,

Hi Clumsy Dormouse, this is June​ from Alarmy team.‎
I'm genuinely sorry for the trouble you went through.‎
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### 1️⃣ Gist‎
Due to iOS policy, Alarmy cannot make a sound when the conditions below are fulfilled **at the same time.**‎
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1. Alarmy is removed from the background AND‎
2. Your phone is in silence mode / Focus mode.‎
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When Alarmy is removed from the background, the app will send endless system notifications to replace the original alarm.‎
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**So please make sure not to let your phone in silent mode / Focus mode.**‎
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If you turn the silent mode off, then even if the operation of Alarmy is terminated by iOS, you will be able to get help to wake up from the system notification sound.‎
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### 2️⃣ How to let Alarmy ring‎
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Please check the article below if you'd like to know further more about how to let alarms go off stably.‎
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- https://bit.ly/43xVePB‎
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Hope this guide helps.‎
We keep searching for better ways to make your alarms ring more stably, so hope you stick with us.‎
We promise to do our best to wake you up fully and completely!‎
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Best regards,‎
June Kim‎
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Change your mornings with Alarmy! - Alarmy Team -