Clock Alarm++

After a recent iOS update the free alarm clock I had been using for years stopped working and attempts to find some update resulted in some message that it was not available in my country! So the search began. Nothing I tried came close until I tried "Clock Alarm ++". I was concerned that adds would make it unusable, but happily it seems that the small add bar at the bottom of the screen disappears in landscape orientation 😉 The feature set provides almost everything I had loved about my previous clock. I can easily create and edit as many alarms as I need (haven't found any limit if there is). One minor difference that I'd love to see in a future release would be the ability to name each alarm. I frequently create alarms to remind me when I need to get ready to leave for appts or events. Otherwise this app has become my one go to alarm clock. I especially appreciate having today's weather and sun up down times on-screen. Quick access (without having to open settings or a menu) allows me to adjust character color, brightness, flashlight, add/edit alarms and the sleep timer all with one (or two) taps on the screen. My previous clock did allow choosing local music storage for wake-up or sleep timer, but this clock does have a wide choice of alarm sounds, escalating volume per alarm. The sleep timer allows choosing some pre-mixed sounds or creating your own mixture using 18 different sounds (rain, thunder, stream, beach, etc.). Each "mix" can be saved and selected for the sleep timer with an adjustable duration. All and all this app has proven to be a clean, simple and RELIABLE alarm clock and just what I needed! Thanks!!

Simplicity has its merits and advantages for sure, and this app has plenty of potential in its simple no frills design and straightforward layout that allows the user to jump right into adding their Alarms so they could go right to sleep if they happened to be doing it on the fly just before they had go to sleep and needed a potentially reliable way of waking up, or getting somewhere, on time. Though, this simple interface design has its drawbacks. Namely that the most glaring one is the lack of clarity in the interface’s controls. There’s no dedicated Settings button that clearly labels what you can or might want to change to fit your needs. So you are left having to literally "Play" around to figure out what does what and while this is not necessarily a huge drawback it is still somewhat annoying when you were expecting a clear interface to go along with the clean simplistic design of the app. For me though, the reason I’m going to have to delete this app, has nothing to do with the lack of a clear interface. Instead it’s because I could not find any way to change the Clock Settings from a 24 hours to a 12 hours settings or AM & PM settings. I’m disabled and can’t do the conversions from a 12 hour clock into 24 hours any more, so without the ability to switch this feature, this Alarm clock is useless to me. Barring this fact, the app seems quite useful and if you’re willing to spend the time to learn the system, then this app seems like it could work quite well, though be aware I’ve never actually used the actual Alarm Feature.

Needed a different sound cause nothing wakes me up if I’m over tired. This works great! I only gave a 4 star rating cause I just couldn’t seem to get it set up. It took a few to figure out but now I love it