Alarmy - Alarm Clock & Sleep 4+

Fantastic

I'm not often compelled to write reviews but I knew I had to for this one! I've tried an insane number of alarm apps and set an equally insane number of consecutive alarms but none of those helped. I tried Alarmy for just one day and it's brilliant. I was out of bed instantly and rushing to the other size of the house to take a picture and make the alarm stop. If you struggle to get up, then this is the perfect app to overcome that struggle and get to your work. Something I really appreciate is also the variety of alarm sounds, which means that the alarm isn't blaring and doesn't wake my little sister up from her sound sleep.

Alarmy is great but only when it works

I’m already annoyed enough about Alarmy not being able to work when its not in the background, but yeah i guess its Iphone so can’t be helped I really tried looking for a solution but still to no avail. Now even when I make sure its in the background and my low power mode is off and no do not disturb, it still didn’t ring this morning! I thought i made a mistake again but no checked my phone and my dad said my phone was “blinking” no idea what he meant but he told me definitely no alarm sound at all. And its just this isn’t the first time it didn’t ring and i have no idea of the cause why! What’s the point of this really great alarm app when sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t like I’ve even been trying to resort to using the app on my samsung tablet or going back to the regular iPhone alarm app. This is just way too freaking frustrating! You CANNOT depend on this app!

Developer Response ,

Hi 0-0-00-0-0, this is June​ from Alarmy team.

Thank you for alerting us to the issue you have been having with Alarmy. I certainly understand your frustration. First and foremost, on behalf of Alarmy, I apologize for your inconvenience.

 
### Why does this kind of issue happen?

 

- With the recent increase in iOS versions, restrictions on the behavior of third-party apps such as Alamy are being tightened, making it difficult for Alarmy to operate reliably in the background.
- In order for the alarm to go off stably, the app must operate normally in the background, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to minimize battery consumption as the risk of forced shutdown by the OS increases.

 
### The way to minimize the battery consumption

 
Please try the below to save your battery while using Alarmy.

- Remove Alarmy in the background when you don't have an alarm soon and only open Alarmy just before you go to bed.
- Please make sure to charge your phone when you reopen Alarmy app before going to bed so that your alarm goes off well the next morning without running out of battery.

 
### Dev team is working hard to lessen the battery consumption.

 

- Although there are technical restrictions with the iOS version updates, we’re doing our best to ensure that the battery is not consumed unnecessarily so that you can use the alarm comfortably.
- We are working hard on how to minimize battery consumption to the extent that the alarm can ring stably, so please wait a little bit!

 
We take your feedback seriously and see it as an opportunity to learn and enhance our logic to save power consumption. It'd take time to resolve the issue, but hope you know that we are trying our best to improve it.

Feel free to contact us if you have any other issues or suggestions.

Best regards,
June Kim

Change your mornings with Alarmy! - Alarmy Team -

Great app but unreliable

I love this app as it definitely wakes u up if it works properly and has no issues. Most of the time I son’t even need to do the missions but when j hear the alarm sound constantly I would wake up. But the thing is I’m so scared of relying on it completely after missing important meeting when it didn’t work. U always need to have a backup like your normal alarm app or even backup alarm on your ipad because the alarmy app doesn’t ring sometimes. For example if you set your alarm before restarting your phone for some reason, the alarms don’t ring anymore, the phone just vibrates and notifications show up. Even if u left the app in the background running and ensured everything sometimes the app goes wonky and doesn’t ring. So it’s a great alarm app but not to rely on it completely is a good idea.

Developer Response ,

Hi srishwishbish, 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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Also, please remember the following to let you wake up with the ringtones from Alarmy:‎
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1. Swipe off other apps from the list and open Alarmy before going to bed.‎
2. Don't forget to relaunch the Alarmy after the OS updates or app updates as it would be terminated from the background after those updates.‎
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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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- http://bit.ly/3Vi7Zci‎
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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 -