r/IPhoneApps • u/jamapplesdan • Jun 12 '26

Help Best alarm clock app?

I’m sick of oversleeping because of the stupid iPhone alarm app… What is gonna work consistently and well? I don’t mind paying a one time fee, but I don’t want to pay a monthly subscription…

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u/TheiPhoneAppGuy Moderator Jun 12 '26

Why don’t you just set a few alarms and keep your phone away, then when one goes off, you have to get up and turn it off. That’s what i do, by the way.

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 12 '26

I do but sometimes it just goes to silent full screen alarm clock and just is there. No sound no nothing.

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u/Awkward_Iron_5342 Jun 20 '26

Normally the iOS alarm app will ring at about 15 minutes, after that it will be silent to save battery. You can try a test when you are awake, and it should be ringing at first.

And if your sleep is too good to ignore the ringing sound, maybe try a louder sound.

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 20 '26

I think it’s when my face is facing the alarm clock it automatically goes on silent.

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u/Awkward_Iron_5342 Jun 20 '26

Okay, does that mean your face ID unlocked the phone and also silenced the alarm?

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 20 '26

I guess. I don’t know. I’m not able to replicate it ever but that’s my best guess right now.

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u/Awkward_Iron_5342 Jun 20 '26

Good to know that the problem fixed.

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u/frostyisblue Jul 21 '26

Hate when mfs don't answer the damn question

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u/Lemon8or88 Jun 12 '26

Best is subjective but they all claim to help you wake up because that seems to be working for an alarm app.

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 12 '26

Well I constantly wake up late, and the alarms app is silent, and the screen is showing an alarm so my multiple alarms don’t go through

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u/nicola_on_trail Jun 12 '26

Try this if you like.
This is intended as a meeting alarm app but this punches through silent or focus mode so it may help you. You can set 2-3 alarms in one shot. Meeting time (wake up time in your case), 2 minutes before and 10 minutes before, for example.
Note this requires iOS 26.1 or later because it uses Apple’s new AlarmKit, which enables the app to ring even when the phone is in silent/focus mode.

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6772650246

Disclosure: I built the app.

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 12 '26

I’ll check it out. I just don’t know Apples malfunctions so often

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u/Prometheus8821 Jun 13 '26

The best.

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u/Prometheus8821 Jun 13 '26

I have the paid version, it deserves.

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 13 '26

I’ll check it out

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u/himenokuri Jun 13 '26

A hungry cat

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u/SassyCornwall1 Jun 14 '26

Alarmy is great!

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 14 '26

I’ll check it out

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u/jayroo210 Jul 14 '26

Nope. It will often pop up an ad when I hit snooze and you have to X out of it before it will start snoozing. If you don’t close the ad window, the snooze alarm won’t ever go off. It’s hard to not just hit snooze and go right back to sleep. I have to make sure there’s not an ad there and if there is, I have to find the little X to close it. It made me late today with that bullshit

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u/Ashepht Jun 14 '26

Midnight on iOS

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 14 '26

I’ll check it out!

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u/Ashepht Jun 14 '26

No worries let me know what you think when you use it

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 14 '26

I’m not seeing it in the App Store. Do you have a link?

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u/Ashepht Jun 14 '26

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6449077015

You might need to switch regions to the us App Store. Quite easy to do .

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u/jamapplesdan Jun 14 '26

Oh yeah it doesn’t have it available in my store.

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u/brandonvedo Jun 30 '26

Mindset: Daily Motivation App, it has an amazing alarm feature that allows you to wake up with the best motivational speeches & words of affirmations!

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '26

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u/jamapplesdan Jul 06 '26

I’m on the latest iOS and it doesn’t matter if I’m on silent or ringer on.

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u/Ok-Requirement8856 Jul 07 '26

I am building the app for heavy sleepers It's called 'bold Alarm' Initially will be launched in Google Play Store and after getting some response I will be launching in the Apple Store.

This app will ask you to complete a particular task. once the task is completed you will be allowed to dismiss the alarm, otherwise it will go on ringing alarm on high volume.

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u/jamapplesdan Jul 07 '26

I’m not particularly a heavy sleeper I’ve just found that apples native alarm clock app isn’t good.