Clock 4+

I’ve used this app for as long as I can remember and the long list of alarms I set for various reasons gets to be confusing. It would be cool if there was a way to group alarms for various tasks/activities into folders. It would also be nice to be able to set an alarm for a particular date rather than just the standard day of the week. For example, when I find out I need to wake up early for a flight 3 Fridays from now, why don’t I have the option to set the alarm for the day I need it to go off? The current option forces you to set it for every Friday. It’s a small but annoying thing. I know lots of people use calendar reminders for this reason, but why not build in a calendar to make the alarm app more functional?

Another issue I’ve noticed more recently is, the swipe to snooze is so touchy that more times than not the alarm doesn’t swipe down properly and turns off rather than showing the option to snooze or turn off. I now have to use multiple alarms, as I can never trust the snooze is going to work. I can’t remember when exactly I started noticing this but I think it may have been after an update. Either way, after being a lifelong apple clock app user, I am considering deleting it and finding another one. I think this app has just been neglected or de-prioritized and is in need of a little TLC by developers or more people are going to stop using it.

I felt blessed having a great job and making decent money until I gave in and took friends urging for me to change to an Apple I phone. Upon changing I first felt I would like it but that soon changed in the most horrible way. I placed my trust in Apple and set this app up to use the alarm to wake me up in the morning since my Boss was a real stickler on being punctual. Set my alarm for a 0545 wake up and it didn’t go off causing me to over sleep two hours. I thought perhaps I slept really hard and didn’t hear it. My Boss was livid and drug me across the carpet with a stern warning that if it occurred again I would be fired. So the next night I set the alarm and double checked it three times. Again I over slept and when I got to my job I was sternly told I had 30 mins to pack my stuff and report to HR to clear out. It’s been two months and I haven’t been able to find employment. I went thru my savings quickly trying to keep from losing everything but it all was in vain. My car was repo’ed and I’m in the process of being evicted. It’s sad how one simple but important app could quickly turn your life upside down. I’ve been eating a small simple meal every day like soup or potted meat and crackers but it’s about all gone. My health has taken a major dive and I feel terrible. I’m all out of options. Thank you Apple 😰

I use this app for many things, timers, stopwatch etc. what I don’t use if for is an alarm because there are not enough features. I had to download a separate app for that, and I wish I didn’t have to do that.

Some simple suggestions would be to add options to the alarm like to set it for every other Thursday, or for a specific date. My other alarm does that, but I have to remember to open it before I go to sleep. Yours works even if my phone is silent and I forgot to set, but it has to be for every Thursday, when the alarm I might need is for a meeting or a flight that is 3 weeks or a month away. And if my alarm is to remind me of something during the day, unless I keep the other app open all day, it won’t work. Yours on the other hand, works no matter what. Reminders and calendar events don’t always work because they don’t make enough noise. If I’m mowing the lawn or feeding the animals I’ll probably miss it because it will make a small noise and then just stay on my phone, but if I don’t look at it till I come back in the house to wash my hands, then I’ve missed it.

Hope to see some updates soon, otherwise, everything else works pretty good.