Progressive Alarm Clock App Reviews

Some annoying issues. I used to love this alarm clock but there are some seriously annoying issues that can hopefully be fixed. When it first goes off, there’s a slow build which gradually wakes you up. I like to hit snooze a few times before I get up. But after you hit Snooze, the second alarm doesn’t do the gradual buildup and is on FULL volume. Secondly if you have a noise background enabled, it stops after you hit snooze, which is annoying because it makes you wonder if it’s going to sound an alarm a second time to wake you up. After you hit snooze the background noise shouldn’t change. Third, and, maybe this can’t be fixed but you can’t snooze unless you open the app. I want to be able to reach over like a regular alarm clock and hit snooze, not sit up and open the app. Please Fix!!

Love it!. It’s such a better way to wake up. I use the 10 minute selection and always up in 8-9 minutes. No need to hit snooze anymore. Even with the volume on 50% it still wakes me up slowly but surely. The only thing is if you are married or other etc, you have to set this before their jolting alarm comes first or convince them to use this too.

Throw your other alarm clocks away. This alarm is extremely customizable including the option to invoke the dreaded “Sure Wake.” I have slept thru fire alarms before so I need a backstop in case I sleep thru the standard alarms. You will not sleep thru Sure Wake. Most of the time, the Tibetan bowls suffice and I love the variety of bowls as well as the 7 different timing patterns. I have used a LOT of different alarms and apps - I got rid of them. This is the only one I need.

Great app!. Truly a nice way to wake up- you choose which bell sound resonates with you and it gently wakes you up w that sound! So much nicer than any other alarm out there! I would give it 5 stars, but it would be super nice to be able to customize how you want to wake up, not just use the ones set up in the app... It would be great to be able to set more than one day at a time at perhaps different times... and I would love more bell sounds to choose... I'm sure they will figure that out. As it stands though, I do love waking up this way- if you have to wake up to some type of alarm!

Great app. The app works great but might need a upgrade because of the potential OLED burn in problem on the newer phones. Maybe have the time move slightly to the left or right or simply have the two dots slowly blink since the numbers actually change at least every hour. Anyway thanks for a great app. Also it would be nice to have option to stop alarm when phone is locked. The face recognition does not work well as soon as I wake up in the morning. I currently have to grab the phone and cut the volume down when it rings

Great App, needs countdown timer with resets, would then be perfect !!. Excellent functionality. Never fails to wake me. Tones are great-would like to have a few more ? On the progressive settings, takes a big long to get loud but this is a minor issue Would very much like to see a countdown timer with resets added as part of this app at the next upgrade. Would be near perfect then !!

Loved this app, but now it Hass to be reinstalled about once a week. This is my favorite alarm clock app, and I’ve used it for years. But for the last few months, it just stops functioning about once a week— when I touch the app on my phone screen, it disappears –-and I have to delete and reinstall it in order to set it for the next morning. I don’t see a way to directly contact the developers, so I hope they’ll see this and fix the problem. If so, I will be happy to revise my review and rating. .

Air Raid Siren Sound. I’m usually a very lite sleeper but just here lately I’ve been sleeping so heavily I don’t hear the alarms gentle sound. By the time I hear it the sound is going to give me a panic attack....... I have heard this screaming Air Raid Siren sound three times. My poor husband can’t decide if he should comfort me or get me to turn the alarm off. I’ve changed the progressive alarm setting to what the best possible progressive setting that is offered. I would recommend this app to everyone.......Family and friends as long as you don’t have a have a heart condition so try this app it is the best progressive alarm App I have found. Really try it. Excellent app, try it. Me I’m hoping to return to my normal sleep pattern.

Very Nice. Awesome and peaceful way to wake up every morning. It would be nice to get some updates/enhancements for this app. Maybe add a few new options for sounds or allow users to edit alarm settings from the lock screen (like when listening to music/radio). I've had this app for a few years and I don't think there's been more than 1 "major" update/enhancement to it.

Many years user. I have been using this alarm for what feels like over a decade but I don’t know if it really has been that long! It’s a freaking alarm clock so I inherently hate it but it’s by far the most gentle way to wake up in the morning. Starts so quietly, so many options for how to progress it… gets loud and annoying enough to not be able to fully ignore it. Thanks!

Best Alarm Clock Ever!. I'm nearly impossible to wake with any type of alarm clock, (I have broken many,) and this one works! The progression of gentle tones, rather than jarring alarm clock sounds, (although the failsafe would definitely wake up most people,) is a wonderful way to wake up. Whenever I have adapted too much to one singing bowl, I choose a different one. This is also a great app in my therapy practice, when I want to let people know our time is almost up, without an annoying alarm interrupting the session. The only thing that could make this app better is more singing bowl options.

Gentle but effective. I've been jolting myself awake for years with music or loud, jarring tones, and at first I was frankly afraid this wouldn't work. I tested it out over a weekend and was pleasantly surprised. There is a somewhat limited selection of gong "tones," but they do run a range of frequencies (and I'm guessing there's something there to satisfy most folks). I've been using this app 5-6 days a week for several weeks, and it's been great. The gong is an emotionally neutral sound, and the fade-in makes for a much easier welcome back to the waking world. Highly recommend.

Great app. This app works mostly like I had hoped. Simply and smartly. One downside is that I can't turn the alarm off in the morning without first going through the machinations of logging into my phone. This disrupts what you want an alarm like this for in the first place. Disclaimer: Maybe there's a way around that problem that I just haven't figured out yet. If that was fixed I'd give a 5. Still, this app way better than most (generally speaking).

My favorite app!!. I LOVE this app! The alarm clock component is a gentle, non-jarring way to wake up. I love it! However my favorite feature is actually the clock with large lit numbers in landscape mode! It's even an extra bonus that I can program the color of the numbers. I use this for teaching classes. It doesn't sleep unless I tell it to and the purple numbers are not bright so it doesn't affect the ambiance of the room. Best app ever. Only down side is that it uses a lot of battery power when alarm is set. Best purchase I've made yet from the App Store.

Randomly not working. I have used this app for years, I understand how it works and what the settings do. In the last two months it has failed me five times, I wake up well after my alarm time and there is no bell, nothing. The alarm will always say that it is set for 23 hours and however many minutes I overslept. I am not sure how, but it appears that instead of the alarm activating, it just resets to the next day. I have uninstalled the app, I have restarted my phone, done both several times, not sure what is going on, but after this morning I can’t trust the alarm. It is a real shame too, I like how it functions, but what good is it if it won’t go off at the specified time?

Turns off. This started out as a great alarm clock, as the sound is lovely, and I can actually adjust the volume to be not very loud. That sounds rather basic, but on an iPhone, finding an alarm clock that isn’t connected to the general volume on the phone is a hard task. Also, it seems to be the theme these days that super loud is good. Anyway, the problem with Alarm Clock is that it doesn’t have a schedule so you have to start at each day. Also, it takes the volume down to zero each time. So, if you don’t check the volume, you probably won’t hear your alarm as it is so low. That all means that each day you have to turn on the alarm clock, check the volume and then I hope that you did it correctly.

Best Alarm Clock. For years I’ve hated the startling and abrupt awakening of alarm clocks, including the iPhone alarm. I’ve been using this for over a year so I can’t remember how much it was, a dollar maybe? Well, best $1 ever spent. This alarm clock peacefully wakes you up starting from a very low volume and slowly increases. The alarm chime choices are a lovely assortment of soft Asian bells that fit perfectly. I’ve never had it fail, not once. If you’re looking for a quiet alarm, this is it.

Worth Checking Out. It does the best out of all alarm apps as far as having an ascending alarm so it gets the job done if that is the most important aspect of your alarm, as it is mine. However I wish there were other relaxing tones available other than the ringing bowls. Also, it would be nice if the alarm’s volume could be set independently from other aspects of phone usage instead of it being the volume level of whatever level was most recently used by your phone no matter if it was this app or another. I recommend, but it definitely has improvements that seem simple to add, and would be worth paying a few bucks for.

Alarm at the end is awful. This would be a 5 star review hands down but the alarm at the end is awful. If you have a heart condition, anxiety or ptsd it will trigger your fight or flight. It even startled my dog. I do not see a way to change this so I guess we are stuck with it? Please for the love of god, there are plenty of less Annoying sounds you could use for the alarm at the end and I’d use this every day if I could not have to listen to it

Works like a charm for me 👍. I hold weekly, virtual counseling sessions and this is THE BEST mechanism I have found to help keep me on time. Yeah, I still “turn it off” sometimes and end up going over, but that is a function of MINE and certainly no fault of this GREAT timer application! THANKS SO MUCH for a SUPER alarm!! I have no need to look any further.

Been loving this app for 11 years now. Some apps just work. This is one. It’s a classic. This app just straight up works. I’ve kept using it through multiple iOS versions at this point. I noticed the last app version update was five years ago. I only hope that the app continues to run forever on future updates.

Best alarm I've ever used.. I've used this app for a couple of months and it works wonderfully! I wake up more gently, consequently feeling more refreshed as I start the day--that's something I can't say about the other conventional alarms I've used. And now the app runs in the background! This is, hands-down, an essential app for me. Five stars. Keep up the good work!

Nail Bender. Great app! I got this app for the gentle wake up feature and have been very pleased with it! No issues with it. I set the volume very low, and when the chimes start sounding I can’t even hear them. They slowly grow louder. I’m not a light sleeper but this gentle increase of volume always wakes me before the sound gets harsh. Then I discovered the white noise feature. Now I run the noise which is helpful for sleeping. The noise shuts off just before the chimes begin. 95% of mornings the sudden cessation of the white noise is what wakes me and I never hear the chimes.

Fine on iPhone terrible on iPad. 26. May 2024. I have used this app for a long time mostly on iPads. Of course it is also written to work on iPhones. The only issue that I have with the application is that the display on the iPad Pro 12.9 inch Gen 3 & Gen 5 is distorted with colored bands, going across all controls that make it very difficult to be able to read this is existed ever since the second generation of iPad pros were introduced so it's been close to four years now and this issue is not been resolved. I have contacted the developer, but I have not gotten any kind of response to my issues it's an extremely nice Alarm Clock application pleasant to wake up to gives you plenty of options on how it alarms and the tones that are used. The only negative is the display on iPad pros I wish that would be fixed so I'll recommend this app because it is fine on an iPhone, but I'll only rated at three stars until they fix the display

Gentle wake up. It seems almost Neanderthalish to still use an archaic alarm that goes off suddenly and makes you instinctively reach for the snooze button. Ever since I downloaded this app, I feel like I went from driving an old busted down jalopy to a self-driving state of the art Tesla. You don’t understand but I do because I’m fully rested from sleeping thoroughly and waking up gently and you’re not. Download the app now!

Wish I knew you have to the alarm every time. I love the idea but hate I have to remember to set it every night. The developer said there's no way to program it automatically goes off every day at the same time like my Clock app alarm does. I got so used to Clock app where it automatically resets for the next day. With Clock app if you can get a set an alarm MP3 or to gradually chimes louder and louder for 20 minutes you can set that as your alarm. I'm not sure such an MP3 exists but it shouldn't be hard for someone to make it, I'd pay for it even like $1.

The Best Progressive Tone Alarm. This app is just what I was looking for. I have it set to chime or gong with the sound of a Tibetan signing bowl and then gradually increase in volume as the interval between gongs decreases. You can adjust most parameters to come up with the perfect program for you. It is far superior to the mechanical zen clocks that cost a whole lot more and are not nearly as reliable.

Was 5 stars until today. This has been a great alarm app until now. The progressive bells have provided a perfect wakeup. No sudden, jarring panic, just a natural feeling of awakening. Tonight, none of that happened. Within an hour of setting the alarm, a very loud, discordant noise came from the app, and it had reset from 8 am to 2 am. I reset back to the settings I’d originally chosen and went back to bed. An hour later, a different loud alarm sounded, and the app had reset the alarm for 3 am. Another reset. Now it’s 4 am and the same thing has happened again. Hacked? Maybe. Just be aware.

A home run!. I rarely pay $2 for an app, but when I discovered this one, I just had to have it. It's been a delight to use, and such a pleasant way to wake up - I LOVE IT!!! And if you've ever priced actual progressive alarm clocks, you'll know that this is the bargain of the year. Lots of choices of tones & patterns, and being able to save 3 "favorite" times is nice. Get this app!

Great Way to start the day❣️❣️❣️. This app is so much nicer than regular jarring alarms!! Makes waking up so much nicer. I set it five minutes earlier since it starts out so quiet and gentle, but it has never failed to wake me. So amazing to wake up in serenity instead of fight/flight. Try this App - you’ll be so glad you did❣️❣️

Drains battery and patterns that are overly complicated. Unless I plug in my phone overnight, this app usually drains the battery. I like the progressive feature, but it needs something very simple like one chime every minute, getting progressively louder. The patterns are so convoluted that it doesn’t make any sense. I don’t understand why Apple can’t create a free morning alarm clock that has something very gentle like birds singing or ocean noises. When I had my Samsung, I had dozens of choices. With Apple, it’s essentially this one or nothing.

Makes waking up less awful. This app has very soothing sounds to gradually wake you which is great. I’ve never had an issue waking up with this alarm clock! I contemplated giving it 4 stars because it’s inconvenient that I have to keep the app open in the background but I figure, like any app that doesn’t come already installed in your phone, it isn’t possible for the app to work if you close out of it. Im someone who religiously exits out of all apps before locking my phone. It’s a habit. I’m always nervous I’m going to exit out of this app before bed so I keep a recurring alarm in the iPhone alarm clock app just in case ( I’ve never had to use my back up alarm btw). Overall, great app!

Not a morning person? Buy this alarm!!!. I am NOT a morning person, so when my son started school, I was dreading hearing a loud terrible alarm go off. I can safely say that this is hands down the best alarm I’ve ever used!! By the time I hear a dong, I’m completely awake and happy! I love it so much that I’ve told all my friends about it!! If you aren’t a morning person, buy this ASAP!!! You won’t regret it!!

Best wake-up experience. I love this alarm! It makes for a very pleasant entry into the day. I use the 6-minute fade in and the best part is that even at its loudest it’s not at all obnoxious so that I don’t feel any urgency to turn it off right away. This means that I can lounge in bed a minute or two to feel fully awake without having to hit the snooze button. I’ve had this app for years, and it’s still my go-to alarm. Highly recommended!

Close to perfect. The only thing missing (that would have me give it 5 stars) is that I can’t add my own sound or music clip... you only get your choice of 6 ringing bowl sounds to choose between. They are nice, but I’d prefer to be able to select my own sounds. That said, I love the variety of fade in options, plus the choice of what I’d like to happen if I hit snooze, and more. The interface is pretty, straightforward and intuitive. Good product.

My favorite app … but no voice activation.. I have been using this app for years. It is the most effective alarm for my “not a morning person brain.” The bell & gong like tones don’t freak out my dog with a heart issue) It would be nice if I could set it up to work with Home and Siri But since Siri is very unreliable and apple make constant updates that would probably make this app less reliable. Reliability is more important that convenience .

Buggy but good. My original review said I wasn't going to use this app because I didn't trust it because there were crashing bugs when I tried to use certain settings on the options screen. (Since then I've also noticed that the app does not appear to have been updated in seven years, which I would guess means it's technically dead and will eventually stop working altogether. That's too bad.) The generally positive reviews have convinced me to overlook all that, however, and I've been using the app to wake me up for work for the better part of a week now and it has been great. The benefits of a gradual alarm without interruptions while I'm setting it up or nags to pay for a subscription to get features I neither want nor need (Sleep Cycle, which I used happily for about ten years now, has lately become guilty of both of these transgressions, causing me to look elsewhere for a gradual alarm clock app) is a fine thing. And as a regular meditator, I very much appreciate the singing bowl tones it uses to wake me up. Long may it continue to function!

But.... This app would be absolutely perfect, if the journal entry button to either save my journal entry, or cancel my journal entries were switched. Everywhere else in my computer world, the save button is on the right, and the cancel button is on the left, so I find myself erasing I accident my journal entry I have it. And I often don’t want to redo my entry, so I miss out on my journal entry of the day.

Years Of Satisfaction. All of my 20+ night shift years began being jarred out of sleep by the raucous sound of my typical, average alarm clock. Prior to smart phones and apps I invested in a Now And Zen alarm however it was so difficult to set I’d keep raucous set as well in case I failed. I found this app in my retired years however better late than never and I am sooooo pleased. The bells sound extremely realistic. Setting the alarm is a breeze. My setting is dark and my volume lower than max. I’m usually awakened by the first bell but I may listen to a few more for the pleasure of it. I can’t sufficiently praise this app. My only suggestion to users: If you use a Bluetooth headset don’t forget to turn it off unless you’re planning to use it. To the developer- Many Thanks 🙏🏻

One of the best apps I've ever bought. A lot of apps have problems from time to time. I've never had any problem with this app. I use it almost every day. I love that I can have three default time set, and that it goes off audibly even if the phone is on silent; not the same as turning the volume all the way down. It also has choices of a lot of tones. Ultimately, I love waking up slowly and gently. I used to have a Zen alarm clock, which finally died after about 10 years. I replaced it with this app and love it. I'm a very deep sleeper, and if I have to be up by a very specific time, I just set the alarm ten minutes early. In the last few years, it's never taken more than 15 minutes to wake me up. I travel a lot for my job and have never missed a flight when I needed to be up early. It gently wakes me up no matter how tired I am.

Amazing alarm! So peaceful!. This is the best way to wake up! Gradually and peacefully! You may want to gradually wake up over a 20 minute period with the bowl sounding very low, till it gets to the full volume you set... or set it to chime every few seconds at your wake up time.. or many variations in between.. This developer truly understands a zen lifestyle! Beautiful Tibetan bowl chimes instead of a glaring radio or buzz alarm, what a way to start the day! I have the other two apps Zen Meditation Timer and Zen Reminder-for mindfulness.. All three of these apps are fantastic, and I use them daily! (and no, I don't know the developer!)

Great way to start your day!. An assortment of progressive sounds provide a pleasurable waking experience. I use this app every day and overall I'm very happy with it. It would be nice if the volume control for this app could be separate from the rest of the phone functions, thus allowing my alarm to be at full volume in the morning even if I were to use my iPhone for calming music when I go to bed at low volume. Brightness control would also be nice...

1000x better than Apple’s alarms. I have been using the Apple phone alarms for years and finally said I needed to stop doing that because they were so jarring for my nervous system. I love the gentleness of the different progressions that this alarm app offers its users. It’s so soft and gentle and subtle. Progressive 4 is my favorite setting because I literally uses 1% sound increase increments.

Love it!. I remember, years ago, there was a physical product similar to this that I wish I had bought but never did. This is the next best thing. I honestly don’t see how anyone can use one of those nasty sounding alarm clocks. This, I usually wake up to moments after it goes off anyway and it’s far less jarring and intrusive; it’s just better on the psyche. I do agree, though, with one other reviewer who suggested a “set it and forget it” feature which I think would be simple to implement.

perfect!! best alarm ever.. i had a progressive wake-up alarm clock which i paid about $85 for and loved dearly for about 10 years- but alas, it stopped working. the idea is brilliant- why be jarred awake when you can be gently coaxed there, with a fool-proof loud sound at the end just in case- and while i preferred the gradually progressive nature sounds that came with my actual clock, this app basically has the same effect, and the sound of the bells is well done. i also love the options for choosing different progressions. bottom line, this is hands-down the best way to wake up in the morning, and for 99 cents it's an absolute steal. only gripe is that the app has to be open and running in the background and manually started every time you want to use it- would be great if they could integrate a way to make it recur on set days, or set it in advance for a certain date. either way, still well worth using, and in fact would consider it the best app i've ever purchased!

Great alarm to help me wake up.. I have always struggled getting up early in the morning but using this alarm along with a light timer has been a huge help for me. Waking up more gently in the morning over a 10 minute Period Has been in a enormous help it is the first time I have been able to wake up consistently early in the morning without feeling like I was half dead.

Only alarm I use. I’ve been loving the use of this app for several years now, ever since finding it I never used the standard alarm on my phone again. What would take it over the top would be the option for a timer that uses minutes/hours as other alarm apps have. Not having that option doesn’t detract from the overall function of this app, but having it would truly make this app a wonder.

Good but some faults. The app is glitchy sometimes. I’ll open it and the words and images will be tiny and crammed on one side of the screen with most of the screen black. You can’t manipulate any of the settings when it does this. I’ve had to close it and restart the phone to get this to go away. This happens one in three times I use the app. Most recently it effected the ability for the alarm to turn on at the time the app was set for. Fortunately I have a backup traditional cell alarm. You cannot play the alarm if the app is closed out. You also need to set it every day. It would be nice if you could set it and leave it, but you cannot. I wouldn’t use this app at all if I could find another quiet start option.

What's the big deal?. Sure the interface is not as attractive, but it fits the new iOS 8 style. You set the wake-up time and then turn off the screen. I have to look at it for about 10 seconds every day. It still is one of the best alarms on the market. It will wake me without disturbing my wife. Many times I wake to the slowly increasing volume without even realizing the alarm is what is waking me.

Not good.. It was advertised as gentle Tibetan singing bowls waking you up by fading in louder and louder. In reality, it sounds like a basic one chime bell with a 2-3 second pause between each bell sound. It does fade in, but it starts at the time you want to wake up. In other words, if you set your alarm for 6, you’ll hear a whisper quiet bell at 6 (if you even hear it) ring once, the a few seconds later again, and again as it gets louder. I’m very easy to wake up, but even I wouldn’t hear this one-chime bell at full volume (set to full volume, but it starts whisper quiet) until at least a few minutes had gone by and it reached full volume. Worst of all: I had to pay before I could use it and now I regret the purchase.

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Peaceful wake up. So perfect for couples that wake at different times. The alarm doesn’t wake my husband but I wake up nice and peacefully. Thank you

Makes waking easier. I feel like this alarm sets me up for a more productive, less adrenalin-filled day. To use this alarm is an act of self care.

Love it! Reliable as clock work.... Love this app!! Best way to wake up with these gorgeous resonant soft bells. Been using it for years - never fails - trustworthy and reliable as clock work. Thanks so much!!

Excellent app. This is the alarm clock I've always wanted, a lovely gentle awakening rather a shocking noise.

Awesome! Nice to wake up to.. Highly recommend, I’ve been using it and it’s nice to slowly realise your alarm is going off in the morning instead of being slapped In the face! Sometimes I sleep right till the end of the alarm period and hear the ringing bells, other times I hear the first softest bell and get up a bit earlier. Either way, it’s adaptive to how I feel and works well. You can even make the alarm range longer for a smoother and gentler wake up if you have time. I am enjoying the first one right now :) Get it!! Start the day off with a win!!!

SomeGreat features but limited. Really wish you could customise the time to you’re preference. Or add a longer sequence that wakes you up slowly over the space of an hour. Adding a light feature that starts off very dim and gets lighter at intervals would also be a useful feature

I like it. Feels great on my nerves system to wake up with out a sickning apple alarm 🚨 ⏰

Best wake up tool. Lovely selection of singing bowl sounds depending on which key resonated with you.

Progressive alarm clock. Love waking gently from my sleep to the sound of Tibetan singing bowls.

Simple, perfect.. It’s exactly what I was looking for. A soothing, progressive alarm without all the added bells and whistles like tracking, journaling or meditation. Best of all, no need to keep your phone on a charger all night to keep it going. Great app!

It works.. It only loses a star for the look of the thing - sounds and idea are excellent. Gently persistent enough to irritate you awake. Gets through sleep normal alarms can't penetrate.

Great!. Love the sounds!

Mike. Great app Used it for 12 months

Faultless. So easy to use and reuse

Great app. It's far sweeter to wake up to the gentle tones in Progressive Alarm clock than the many alternatives. Great variety of tones and progressions. The only change I wish occurred was that it wasn't so easy to stop the alarm inadvertently - if you accidentally exit the app you'll sleep right through!

It’s a good way to wake up.. It doesn’t startle me of a morning.

A great way to wake up!. So great being able to wake up to a choice of gorgeous bells.

Great. This app is a great way to wake up. I always feel relaxed and am grateful that I have not been woken by some horrible sound. The only complaint that I have is that the app seems to chew my battery overnight. If this can be fixed then it would be rated 5 stars.

Add a feature. Disarm the alarm if you’re already awake (touched your phone and opened another app)

Love this app!. Such a calming way to wake up, not at all jarring. I just "wake up" as opposed to being jarred awake and needing an hour before my nerves settle (as happens for me with the normal alarm clocks). I also use it when I am working if I have something I need to move onto or an appt.

Sublime. Absolutely sublime, a wonderful idea

Doesn’t really work for me.. I really like the beautiful sounds and the fact that the volume increases gradually at a rhythmn which you can preset. But I hadn’t thought about the limitations of it not being a native iPhone app: In order to use the ‘Snooze’ function you first have to unlock your phone (assuming it has a passcode set, as most people do). If I’m awake enough to do that, I don’t need an alarm in the first place. Also the ‘Snooze’ and ‘Stop’ buttons are both onscreen buttons. If you’re fumbling for the phone in a half-awake state, it’s not hard to hit ‘Stop’ instead of ‘Snooze’, and turn the alarm off entirely.

Great start. Wakes me up just right

Terrible. You pay good money for an app and it doesn’t work, incredibly difficult to set the alarm as it does not set regardless how many times you follow the instructions. Every now and then it will set and works great but that’s very rare, I’m just disgusted with this app and insulted they demand money for an alarm that just won’t consistently work.

Best alarm sound to wake up to. Love this alarm, can't think of a nicer, sound to wake up to. Most of the time only 1 chime wakes me but if really tired then the increasing volume of each chime will wake me at some stage! :)

Peace Awakening. Great way to wake up with easy to use app

Very beautiful!. Very beautiful sound, I'm really enjoying it! Plus it keeps bugging me to leave a review... ;-)

Great way to wake up. I love this app! So lovely to wake up gradually to the beautiful, soothing sounds.

Excellent. Great way to wake up :)

Beautiful sound. Lovely to wake to. Great features to let you know how many hours until you wake, great choice of sounds, and clever colour features so that you can have a lowlight option for viewing in the dark.

Lovely. Lovely to wake up to. The quality of the bells is outstanding and they sound beautiful.

A+. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Great wake up but drains battery. Very nice to wake up to but really wish it wasn’t such a drain on my phone battery. Might have to stop using it because i need to plug my phone in at night if I want to use it.

Simply the best alarm clock. Invaluable app. Amazing sounds, awesome flexibility.

Nearly perfect. This is a terrific app. I can think of one extra function to make it perfect. It would be very helpful if a person can confirm that an alarm has been set and started if there was an added mark of some sort to the on-screen app. It means that it will be very easy to see if I have correctly started the alarm. Thanks.

Mr. Excellent alarm clock

A great app!. I really love this app! The sounds are beautiful to wake up to and I highly recommend it as an alarm clock! The only thing I'd like to see added into it is the option to select different days and times to set the alarm.

Love it for meditation. Really enjoy using this as a meditation timer. I give it 4 stars as I’d love to see a couple of extra features. 1. A timer to count down 2. Ability to set different alarms on different days. Now that I know how to use it I think it’s great, however I didn’t find it intuitive at the start. When I first downloaded it it took some playing around and testing the features.

Great app. Great to wake up in such a peaceful way!

The only alarm clock I like. Provides a gentle wake in the morning without waking up everybody else.

Pretty good but needs a couple of tweaks. We live this app and find it very relaxing to wake to. What we’d like to give it five stars is this: 1. Ability to run in background so the app doesn’t need to be actually running to work 2. Ability to set alarm schedules like every Mon, Tue, Friday at say 6am and have these repeat every week 3. Like 2 but have maybe 5-10 schedules. Or at least a few more presets. 3 is not enough for us. We both work odd hours so having these would be awesome even if we have to lay a bit more. Pro version?? Thanks.

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Almost there. I would give it 5 stars if I could schedule week day automatic alarm

Peaceful Way to Wake. Basic app that wakes you up gently, gradually & reliably. Nice way to start the day.

wow dont waist your money. I tried for 4 morning and only one time it worked and they other i had to put a safety alarm to wake me up. It never worked

Wish list. This alarm app is amazing. I love being gently brought awake. I use the dark mode so I can barely see the time in a dark room. However, I wish I could dim the time even further.

Oh wonderful. Yes i love it. A blissful and intentional way to begin our most important journey: today

So So. Its basically the only option for a progressive alarm clock, so I give it a few stars for existing. But I wish it had more than just the buddah bell sounds and didn't eat the battery by technically being a countdown timer.

The Civilized Way to Wake Up. What's worse than waking up to loud buzzing? A clanging bell or an incessant bonging - that's what's worse! This app spares from you being jolted awake out of a sound sleep. Who ever thought of this app should get a Nobel prize.

Calm Gentle Start. Love several options for sounds, & pattern frequency. Would love option to set multiple, regular fixed alarm times ‘once’ for the one day (eg: 8:00a, 12:00p, 4:00p, 8:00p)… otherwise, am thoroughly enjoying easy start to my day. Ahhhhh. (No more ‘jolt’)

Fantastic app!. I love this app because the increasing frequency and volume of bells allows you the space to wake up when you are in the appropriate phase of your sleep cycle. It does drain the battery a bit - uses about 20% through the night. But still a great app!

Nice app. It’s good but it would be perfect if i could snooze my alarm clock with the lock button on the right of my iphone bc in the morning i have to use the facial recognition and the screen light is pretty brutal. Otherwise the bolls sounds are really nice and the progressions options are very gentle. I appreciated the guide to use the app as well. Almost perfect.

Meditation. I use this app to set a timer for myself when I meditate and I love the gentle way that this brings me out of the meditation.

Love it. Love this alarm and have been using it daily for years now. One thing I would like if you would be able to set up alarms to for same days or the same alarm every day so you don't have to do it every time.

Alarm. I love this alarm!! It's the best alarm I've ever used and recommend it to everyone!

Love this!!. My husband and I love waking up to this alarm clock...it’s such a calm peaceful sound to wake up to.

I wish it worked. Doesn’t work on my phone. I set it, go to sleep and then i sleep in. Dosent work. Very upsetting. Using iphone 8.

Love it!. It's a nice gentle way to wake up verses a blaring alarm first thing.

No separate volume adjust. I was disappointed there is no separate volume adjustment it can be changed by music volume after you set the alarm.

Great alarm clock with increasing volume option. I have been using this app for years. I find it the most gentle for waking up if you choose to set it that way. Even works when your phone is in sleep mode. Only thing I wish it had were the option to have repeat alarms daily and also option to set your own iphone music (mp3 or whatever) to wake up to.

RHCB 1960. Great app. Have used it for years!

Been using this app for 5 years. This app is amazing. I have yet to find one like it. You’ll be softly worked up, and will feel much more energized in the morning! I love this all and recommend it!

Lovely start to the day. I love waking up to the gentle sound of gongs. It’s creates a calm feeling instead of the jarring feeling of a regular alarm.

Love it!. The sounds are beautiful.

Essential. Have used this alarm for over 4yrs now. Always wakes me slowly & quietly. Thanks for such a great app.

Love this!. Simple. Has made waking up so much nicer!

Perfect!. This app is simple and has everything I need. So grateful thank you!

Battery Drain. Used 34% battery overnight, which is definitely not cool.

Ipad version better. Ipad version has ability to customize ring pattern which is so must better that presets. Please add that to iphone version otherwise great app love the non jarring bell tones

Pretty Good. Sometimes seems to glitch but not often ...has a wide variety of bell -like wake up tones.

Love it!. I'm not a morning person, and used to dread my alarm clock. I would always wake up startled. Using this alarm allows me to wake up slowly & gently ... And I love the 'sure wake'. I never worry about sleeping in! :)

Awesome, Peaceful Wake ups!. Love this app! I use it all the time to wake up peacefully & gently. It starts quiet & gets louder so I have no fear of sleeping through it. (I only wish it had an icon on home screen when alarm is activated to be sure it is on.) Thanks!

Can't set alarm past 12:59pm. It's a little ridiculous that you can't set this alarm past 12:59pm. An obvious design flaw when it comes to those of us who enjoy afternoon naps or differently scheduled sleep cycles.

Keeps crashing after one week. After paying for the app, I used it for a few days and now it just crashes upon opening and won’t open. There is no customer support or way to update online - so the only solution I can think of would be to delete and repurchase but that sucks.

The civilized way to wake up.. Got rid of my radio alarm clock years ago. Much better to start the day gently. I also use it for notification for appts and tasks. The soft bell at low volume is not intrusive in the open office.

Amazing. Amazing app. I enjoy it every time.

Awesome tones to slowly rise. Great app. I use it every work day!

Let me use my own music!. If this was free, I wouldn’t complain. I red somewhere that I could choose my own music with this app - I erred.

Most Peaceful Way to Wake Up. I have a strict "no smartphone in bedroom" rule that has been in effect forever until several months ago when I first tried this app. I couldn't imagine waking up any other way! Thank you 🙏🏾

Scam. Impossible de programmer l’alarme...décevant.

Still too much battery consumption. An excellent alarm clock, but drains phone battery overnight if not plugged in. There has to be a better way.

A great alarm!. I enjoy waking with this alarm - more options would be super, especially starting with chimes that are quiet with a wider delay.

Volume Issue. Overall alarm works well, but I wish the volume control was not linked to my phone volume as I would like to be able to turn off the volume on my phone at night and still have the volume on my alarm on.

Nice. Love the soft start tones

Exactly what I was looking for. The progressively increasing volume of the bells is just what I was looking for. No more being jarred awake, and yet I can be certain of not sleeping through the alarm.

Perfect. Love it. Best way to wake up.

Love it!. I've used it for several years now and it works awesome!

Love it. Wakes me up so gently, I love it. Takes the annoyance out of an alarm clock. Ive used it for a few years and it's gotten better. Used to eat the battery, but it's improved so much with updates. In its current state it's awesome, just wish I could set it to go off on weekdays without having to be turned on every night.

Best alarm program so far!. Works like a charm. Love the graduated volume. Reliable. Thanks for this. I've never found an alarm I liked as well as this.

Simple and effective app. It’s exactly what I wanted. A calm and peaceful way to wake up and the sounds of bells just makes it that much more tranquil. Simple app. Be careful it’s a bit finicky. I found it didn’t go off once because I think I jaded another app after setting the alarm. Not exactly sure how it happened but for the first few tries set up your iPhone alarm as a plan b just so you’re not late for work. But I do enjoy this app.

Best app I ever bought. I've literally been using it for years, and would never go back to a traditional alarm clock.

Love it but would rather it bypassed the headphones. Love this app, but I wish it didn’t sound through the headphones. I used to listen to ambient sounds through earbuds while falling asleep and the default phone alarm would sound out loud, but this one goes through the earphones. As the earbuds have usually fallen out by morning, I’ve had to stop using them.

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Perfect for Me. Meets all my criteria for a great alarm clock app: Simple, no bells or whistles, easy to set, quiet alarm that gets progressively louder, easy to snooze and turn off. I think I went through 20 alarm clock apps before I found this, I've been using it for several years now and I couldn't be happier with it.

Completely stops working. I love the alarm sounds and is very much like my old digital and analog Zen clocks. But this app stops working after a short time. I try to open and it doesn’t open. I have to delete it and download it again and hope it works for more than a couple of weeks!

Good but limitations. I love the sounds produced by this alarm. I love that it gently wakes you up. What I do not love is that it sometimes mysteriously does not go off. I really don’t understand it. I can understand if I have the phone silenced and it doesn’t go off… But several times I have set the alarm as well as I know how on my iPhone and put it on my bed stand and it does not go off in the morning.

Does what it says, but…. As I’m used to the default apple alarm clock where I can set alarms for certain days, and always have them on, this app does not have that feature. Every night, I have to go into the app and make sure that the alarm I want for the next morning is set. Other then that, it’s nice to wake up to a much more peaceful sound

The best way to wake from a sound sleep. This alarm has the most wonderful resonance the bells softly ring and continue to vibrate afterwards. It is a beneficial way to slowly wake and be present. There is a calmness and mindful state you start your day. Thank you. So many can benefit from this app.

Great alarm. I have always hated the harsh wake up of a traditional alarm clock. This softly wakes you without the sudden startle into consciousness that leaves your heart pounding. I like that there is a back up alarm in case you don't wake to the din of the bowls but I have never needed it. I always hear the alarm b/w the 1 and 2 minute mark.

Perfect alarm. My old alarm app was no longer supported, so I needed something new. My top criteria was a fade in alarm with a pleasant sound. What I found were apps with so many bells and whistles that I couldn’t imagine peacefully using every day. This app is perfect. It met my criteria and works every day.

This is the best app on my phone (and I have 100+ apps)!. I adore this alarm clock! I have a pacemaker, so being jolted awake by a loud alarm clock has been a struggle for years! The progressive feature allows me to wake a little more softly, allowing me to gentle pull awake. Honest, best app on my phone - I've recommended it to dozens of friends - they seem really happy, too!

Great alarm. I’ve been using this alarm for a few years now and I love it. The journal has an issue that you can’t see past a paragraph and it doesn’t scroll so that you can see what you’re entering. Other than that it’s a great alarm with a variety of sounds to gently wake up to or end mediations.

How about days of the week?. I love it. Years ago I used to use SUZU which was also a great alarm clock like this one. How about letting me set the days of the week that the alarm goes off so I don't have to remember every night to set it if I want to use it?

Works great w/one flaw. This app has been hugely beneficial to my scheduling. I just wish you could set a timer instead of punching in the time of day that the alarm should go off. A little annoying to have to close the app solely to check the clock on the home screen, then go back in to set the alarm for the correct time. Other than that it’s great!

Love it, but not perfect. I love this app so much, and I’ve recommended it to several people. The only downside is that it often crashes, and then I have to uninstall and reinstall, but it works again. It's a little annoying, but overall, it's worth it. I’ve never had any issues with the alarm not going off.

Great. Diddo with all the positive reviews. One thing kinda annoys me though. The app has what appears to be a notification number (1) in the top corner that I can’t get rid of. The app is up to date, and there are no “messages” or “notification” tab in the app to see why this notification number is there.

Love this alarm app!. Used to have a Zen clock and loved the progressive chime alarm it had. It quit working and I found this app which is so versatile and portable. Won't sleep without it now. It is so easy to set or change that you don't have to barely wake up to do so.

Who Needs the Rest because This is the Best. This app offers a blissful assortment of dulcet tones to gently nudge the sleeper from R.E.M. to reality. And for the sensitives who rely on decibel deadening earplugs to shield against the assault of urban pandemonium, the app's bone rattling it's-about-time-you-f...ing-wake up-buzzsaw-like vibration of last resort a.k.a. SureWake is guaranteed to blast you into high alert. It's lovely, it's lyrical and more importantly it's fail safe.

Digital Replacement for my Zen Alarm Clock. I have a physical Zen alarm clock with a chime. This app replaces it quite well when I'm on the road. I don't use the snooze button so I don't have the same issues has some other reviewers. I wish I could customize the various intervals myself.

Perfect app that’s reliable yet straightforward. It works perfectly and easily. I especially like it that when I set an alarm it tells me how long before the alarm goes off. This way I could catch if I had accidentally set the alarm for pm instead of am.

Needs some love after iOS 15 install. Needed to allow it permission explicitly to work in do not disturb mode after the upgrade. LOVE this app. Saved my marriage after being yelled at for my prior jolting alarm clock.

Tones don't wake me. This app seems to work for a lot of people, but I'm finding for me unfortunately the progressive gentle tones aren't actually waking me up. I wake up with the back up loud blaring alarm feature, which I'm glad that they have, but also makes me feel that I might as well use a different normal alarm clock. I like the idea, but it's not working for me.

Became unreliable. I loved this alarm clock come but recently it just doesn’t work. Don’t know why but it stopped waking me up in the morning. Two nights in a row, I know I started it but it never went off. Update , I don’t use the alarm every day but still have noticed that it turns off sometimes when I think I have set it. I like the chimes but an alarm needs to work every time !

Nice, but uses too much battery. I do like the escalating volume and waking up to the bell tones. I have a habit of closing my apps at night and it took some training to remember not to close this one (the alarm with the phone still works when it's closed). I am disappointed in the battery usage. I start the day with a low 90% charge due to this app. I haven't stopped using it yet, but I'll continue to consider other options.

The Perfect Alarm. Always goes off, wakes me gently, has just the right amount of sound and preset options. I can’t believe people are waking up to sirens and full-volume alarms when this app exists. Literally perfect and the best $0.99 I have ever spent. Thank you for making this app!

Really happy. I have wanted something that would wake me gradually. I can’t stand any of the tones that accompany the native “gentle” iPhone alarm. I’m thrilled to have found this app. The tones are peaceful, gentle, and ease me awake. It would be great to see repeat alarms, instead of needing to set the alarm daily, but it’s still fantastic in spite of that one feature.

Requires re-downloading often. All-time favorite wake up app. But tired of going to set the alarm, and having the text and clock scrunched up and crowded on the left side of the screen so that it is unusable. Turning the phone off doesn’t fix it. Exiting and rebooting doesn’t fix it. Only thing that works is to delete it and re-download it😢

I love this app!. The alarm starts softly with a low chime and gradually becomes louder if I don’t turn it off. It also works in airplane mode, when the battery saver is on, and when the “do not disturb” feature is on (I turn it on at night before going to sleep), thus saving you battery life and oversleeping embarrassment.

Great!. So happy I found this app. Such a pleasant way to wake up every morning. 2 drawbacks: Drains my phone battery. Would be helpful if the volume could be set separately from the phone volume. I sometimes like to fall asleep with a podcast playing on low volume, but then barely hear the alarm when it goes off at that volume

Would have been great, buuuut.... This app would have been great but the big problem is that if you have headphones plugged in, you will not hear the alarm. I fall asleep with headphones in since i listen to mediation at bedtime, but they do not stay in through the night. So the first time i set my alarm i actually missed it because you could only hear it through the headphones which were no longer in my ears. I hope they update this app to fix this.

Outstanding app. It’s simple, easy to use and totally reliable. No problems at all since I started using it several years ago. I do wish it had another one or two bowls with a lower pitch, but the low pitch one they do have is good enough.

Awesome app! Volume setting should be updated.. Love the app, the only thing I would change is that it should be able to independently from other phone functions regulate the volume. Currently the high volume for waking up applies to all functions. So e.g. falling asleep to music at a low volume will translate into a low alarm volume for waking up.

Least jarring way to wake up.. I use this app all the time. I waited a while before rating because I had to determine if the challenges I was having were due to the app or to me. Eventually determined that the times the app failed were my error. Once I got the hang of it, I haven't had any problems.

Works well, peaceful wake up, not alarming. My only alarm clock. Has never failed me. I use a tibetan gong whose sonorous plea woos me from blissful REM dreamscapes to the savage light of day or the lunatic darkness of winter's attempt at morning. Now that I have reviewed the app so pleasingly, may I be released from the "snooze button" review reminder? Really, I love the app, but review grubbing for a product I paid for is marketing I can live without.

Work most of the time!. I’ve had this alarm for years and love it! Recently, there have been days when it doesn’t go off and will turn off the alarm or sometimes reset itself for the next day without alarming for the day it was originally set for.

So much better than a standard alarm.. I’ve been using this as my daily alarm for years now. It’s reliable, and has never failed me. I love the beautiful tones — such a gentle, peaceful way to start the day. I’ll never use a standard, jarring alarm again.

Still loving this app. I have used it for years snd depend on it daily. Very workable with sounds and colors Wales me up gently every day, and when i am lazy, it definitely will tell me it is time to GET UP!! Or it will let me choose “not yet” as i like. I agree with the above statements, best app ever, as i use it more than any others. ❤️

Excellent but. Never fails to wake you up but the bells are a bit aggressive for me and make me jump out of bed, which is contrary to the idea of slowly increasing the volume, having the option of changing the bells for any other sound I might like would solve this and make it a 5 star alarm.

Nice features, but not easy to shut off. Like the tone and ease of setting the alarm. Just a wee bit frustrating to have to log into the phone first to shut it off. I’d really love an interface that could easily shut off the alarm without having to enter my 6-digit passcode into the phone.

Seems to Work. Seems to wake me more naturally than an instantly blaring alarm, and I am perhaps less groggy as a result of that, although my typical sleep pattern is really too screwed up to know for sure. Other than that the app seems solid and well designed. I like it and use it every night.

Add timer, alarm recurrence, show current time. Good app, worth the money - the “sure wake” after 10 mins option is nice option. But there’s two needed features: 1) want the ability to set a recurring alarm. Right now it’s a one-time only. I want to set alarms to ring the same time every day. 2) add a countdown timer feature, for taking a 20 min nap etc without calculating the alarm time 3) show the Current Time when setting either alarm or timer. Do we don't have to jump out out the app to see the current time. Hope you can add those then it will be perfect. They would be simple to add compared to the current feature, and would make it much mote useful. thanks

Not as straight forward as it ought to be. I love the idea of this app. The slow but persistent gonging of a bell at increasing volume and frequency of tolling is very pleasant. The different schemes are logical and helpful. That said, the requirement that the app be active all day in order to work, that you have to reset the alarm each day, and so forth is a pain. If these annoyances were removed, it’d score an easy 5 stars.

LOVE this app!. I had an analog clock like this years ago and am thrilled to have an app version of it on my phone. Over the years I've become conditioned to wake up in the morning on the first chime. Effective without being "alarming" - a beautiful start to my day.

Glitchy sometimes. I love the quiet way to wake up. Great compromise for my boyfriend and I - I have kids that have to get to school and he starts work when he naturally wakes up. However, similar to another review, it is glitchy sometimes. Opens up small and crammed in a corner so you can’t turn it on.

Simple, reliable, full featured.. Explore the many options to customize. You know your alarm is set because the clock displays on the lock screen. No clock, no alarm. Used everyday for several months.

Isn’t reliable. Sometimes the alarm won’t go off and when I look at the app the next morning (having missed it) it says the alarm will go off in 23 hours. Occasionally it is somehow setting the alarm for the next day. But when I look at it the night before, it says 9 hours like it should. This has happened to me a handful of times.

Issues. I love this alarm. The instructions are easy to follow. I have been having an issue for the past year where I will click on the app, it will pop up and then disappear. I have to uninstall and then reinstall the app in order to use it again. Is this a bug that can be fixed with an update?

Good app, one issue. The sounds are great and the app works well. The only thing I wish was different is that it would be nice if the volume could be changed in a menu instead of being connected to the general phone volume.

Okay progressive alarm but very incomplete. I like the progressive alarm but it really needs a way to set this for specific days of the week and allow for multiple persistent alarm times (I.e. It will go out at 6 am Monday-Friday but 8 am on Saturday and Sunday). Currently you need to set the alarm time and turn it on every night which inconvenient and error prone. I much prefer an option that allows me to set it once and not have to remember to set it every night.

Suddenly eating up battery. I have used this alarm clock for a while and really liked it, but last night it ate up almost all my battery during the night. My phone went from a charge of 82% to 18% and according to battery use information in settings, background activity from this app seems to be the cause. I have never noticed this in previous versions, so this might be a bug with the latest update. I don't think I will be using it again.

Best alarm ever!. I have been using this app for my alarm clock for years now. The gentle wake up is wonderful. I'm not jolted awake yet I know the sure wake feature will keep me from oversleeping. Thank you for this marvelous app. Still loving this app! Obnoxious alarm clocks ⏰🔨are a thing of the past!

Sad to delete. I’ve enjoyed this app, especially the progressive gentle wake feature, but perhaps with an update it no longer consistently works. Can’t have that in an alarm clock. I have to “close” the phone or the app never lets the phone go into sleep mode automatically and stays illuminated, also not good for a dark room and sleeping. And now, when I close the phone, it sometimes turns off the alarm.

Makes waking up a lot less painful, less annoying. My husband routinely wakes up to morning radio, which has motivated me to beat him to the punch. I have been using this alarm for over a year now and I love it. Easy to set, easy to adjust. It's one of my most-used apps and I love it.