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Progressive Alarm Clock app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 560 ratings )
Utilities Health & Fitness
Developer: Spotlight Six Software LLC
0.99 USD
Current version: 5.2.1, last update: 5 years ago
First release : 18 Mar 2010
App size: 46.21 Mb

Progressive Alarm Clock will wake you up gently and gradually using the beautiful sounds of the Tibetan singing bowl. At the specified alarm time, the bells will begin to ring in a pre-defined pattern - starting out softly and slowly and gradually getting louder and more frequent. Youll come out of your slumber slowly and peacefully. No more being jolted awake.

+ After setting the alarm, the app can be put in the background - allowing you to use other apps. At the specified alarm time, the alarm pattern will begin.

+ Choose from five pre-defined patterns with varying bell schedules and escalation lengths.

+ Choose from six different bells of varying size and metal compositions - from bright and clean to deep and complex with lovely overtones.

+ You may enter journal notes upon awakening - great for recording your dreams before the memory fades. You can then go back and review your journal entries and you may export the journal via email. For privacy, you may set a password to prevent unauthorized access.

+ To save battery, you may lock your devices screen and the alarm will still work. Either start the alarm and press the lock (sleep) button, or turn on the "Auto-Lock" setting.

+ This app uses the same amazing bell sounds used in our Insight Timer meditation timer. Here are some app store comments pertaining to the bells:

"Best sounding bells of any meditation app so far" - sibergrrl

"The bell samples in this app are gorgeous" - LairBob

"Several different bell sounds to choose from and they all feel live" - VaderPi

"Great Sound Quality" - KarlAgathon

"The tones are stunning" - hellsleeve

"Beautiful bell sounds" - Wolf94114

"Wonderful digital bell sounds" - zenji

"The bell sounds are lovely" - pngwen

Other Features:

- Snooze from 1 minute to 30 minutes

- Sure Wake: Optional LOUD backup sound

- Seven colors available for time display

- Optionally keep phone from sleeping

- Huge landscape time display

- App works even when phone is sleeping (locked)

Pros and cons of Progressive Alarm Clock app for iPhone and iPad

Progressive Alarm Clock app good for

If you like to wake up feeling "zen" right away, buy this app. Its a super alarm, with fantastic options!
Love the alarm, BUT miss an option to dim the light all the way down once The alarm is set. Even "Dark" is rather bright AND sucks up all battery in a nights course. Should Be an easy update to make this gem Perfect...
Very nice tones, slow progressive waking. Doesnt have to be in the foreground. Highly recommended!
I have a Progressive Alarm Clock with a real bowl but it broke and no one know how to fix it so I was beyond thrilled when I saw the link to this app from their Zen Timer app (which I highly suggest for meditation). I was cautious at first because the sound quality of my real clock was so crisp, clear, and filled with vibrations and I didnt know if an app could achieve the same quality of sound - this app does! I was very impressed and as someone who gets a lot of apps I am not easily impressed. I love that this works in the background as I bought the iHome alarm clock and the fact you have to keep it on that only ruined the usability of it. Whoever made this app was truly thinking usability. I am so happy to have found it and highly recommend it. I do have one suggestion to the makers, in settings you can choose the colour but in order to see the colour you have to flip back two screens to see it and if you dont like it flip back to colour in settings and choose another, it would be easier to just have the colour words in the colour so that we dont have to flip back and forth. This isnt a big issue because you set the colour and then dont do anything with it again so this isnt a complaint but a suggestion for whenever an upgrade is done. Buy it, you will be happy and your awakening in the morning will be so much more pleasant!
Totally awesome! No more annoying sounds. Just calming notes that nudge you into reality.
I was skeptical at first but this really did make waking up quite painless. I love the sound set. My only complaint is that the UI could be a lot more minimalist. A but more care put into the graphic design would make for an almost perfect app.

Some bad moments

This does not run in the backgound while using other apps. Went right thru The alarm time without sounding. Worked when set and not altered.
Nice tones, nice features. On a 3GS with OS 3.1.3 or 4.1, itll burn 20-30% of the battery overnight with the screen off!
Consumed 30% of power running in the background for six hours. Not ready for the app store.
Turns itself off. YOU WILL BE LATE FOR WORK!!!! Dont waste your money on this app. Garbage. Zero stars❌
I set my alarm and get up. I never snooze. I wear earplugs. This a bad alarm for me. I can set an alarm, have it go off, and turn it off successfully. Just not this alarm. It works fine when I test it. Wonderful app! But in the real world I cant hear it even at max volume, I cant successfully shut it off, and sometimes it doesnt go off. Clearly this is user error but the app set me up for defeat. Most irritatingly, when it goes off and I do hear it something I do in those first moments causes the screen to go blank. Then with the alarm bonging away I have figure out how to log into my phone, find the app, open it, figure out which part of the screen I need to touch, and accurately touch it, all with gummy, blurry eyes and a fogged brain. The app needs some simplifying. As it is its useless to me. Too bad because in testing its beautiful and very gentle. Im sorry I cant use it.
I love to wake up with progressive alarms as opposed to conventional ones and I was looking for an app to do so as my zen alarm clock broke. I do not like this app because its not user friendly and is not designed for daily use. I wish it had features like the native iPhone alarm clock where you can set daily alarms. I also do not like the fact that if the app gets closed out, the alarm shuts off. In my mind, this shouldnt be. It seems this app is ok for specific, occasional use.

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