[Question] Countdown/stop watch timer - Nexus One Themes and Apps

Is there any recommendation for a countdown timer for Android? I'm surprised that the native alarm clock doesn't have this function.

I use the simply-named "StopWatch" app by sportstracklive.com.
It should be the first thing that pops up when you search the marketplace for "stopwatch".

i use "timer" by The spinning head

I use supacount, I like it because it has the option for saving multiple countdown times and running them simultaneously. Too bad you can't assign different alarms for each of them though.
Stopwatch is good too, it shows the minutes left for the countdown in your statusbar. After the last update it also supports saving of multiple countdown times but you can't run them simultaneously. It also has the same flaw as supacount in that you can't assign different alarms to each countdown. And of course it has stopwatch functionality.
I think the main difference which makes me use supacount over stopwatch for my countdown needs is that the supacount alarm is shown over the lock screen, so you can dismiss it immediately if your phone was sleeping. Stopwatch would force you to unlock first before you can stop the alarm. And supacount also allows you to name your countdowns.

blaboy51 said:
i use "timer" by The spinning head
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+1
I like this one. Nice UI, does the job, and it is free. They have a paid one with more functions I was thinking about getting to help support the developer.

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[APP][2.1+] T-Alarm 2.0.0 - Fast and handy alarm clock with useful feature

T-alarm is the alarm clock program with fast and handy interface.
The main feature of the program is that you can change once the time of next alarm. The T-Alarm restores the previous schedule after it'll wake you up with changed schedule. So, you don't need to restore your changes manual after each time you change the schedule.
The other feature is that you need few key presses to change the alarm. If you frequently change the alarm time for tomorrow you can do it with a few key presses and immediately see the next alarm time.
You can set the music file from the card for the alarm. You can press a music file name during file selection to listen it.
for browser:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.FedoroffSoft.TAlarm
for device
market://details?id=com.FedoroffSoft.TAlarm
Feature list:
- Next alarm time at the lock screen. System alarm icon at the notification bar
- Alarm can be once changed or cancelled. The program restore the base schedule after alarm triggering
- It is easy to quick change the next alarm time
- Select sound file from sd-card to use as ring-tone
- Notification in the notification bar with snooze indicator
Expected features:
- Various settings: default signal profile, Hide/show icons at the notificatonn bar
- selecting ring-tone from the standard ring-tone list
- selection melody from the standard media catalog
- setting the minimal time of the sound. A short sound will be looped till the minimal time
- other features
I have posted the T-Alarm on the Android Market.
You can find it by the "T-Alarm" name
I will try it out right away. I would suggest that you add an option to show an alarm notification in the notification bar when there is an alarm set up, and from this notification the app should be started.
Sure, I'll add the status in to the notification bar.
I've filled the feature list more exactly in the first post. Your suggestion is in it.
Now I'm concentrating on the design, but the other features will be definitely implemented.
claus1953 said:
I will try it out right away. I would suggest that you add an option to show an alarm notification in the notification bar when there is an alarm set up, and from this notification the app should be started.
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I've added the notification bar icon.
New version is available on the Market and in this forum.
You was right, this is a very useful feature. Now it is easy to check the T-Alarm is working and time of a next alarm.
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I've added the notification bar icon.
New version is available on the Market and in this forum.
You was right, this is a very useful feature. Now it is easy to check the T-Alarm is working and time of a next alarm.
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Great i just upgraded. Now one more question, would it be possible that the alarm notification is accepted and recognized as normal alarm, so it can be shown in widgets that show the next alarm?
I will try it. Thanks for providing.
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Now one more question, would it be possible that the alarm notification is accepted and recognized as normal alarm, so it can be shown in widgets that show the next alarm?
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I'm sure it is possible because of other alarm programs can do it.
I have it in mind to make but I thought to do it in future.
But now I look how to do it and if it is simple like the notofication bar I'll make it in some of a near version.
Yes it is possible as i saw it in another alarm clock app that is why i am asking for it. With this it will be my choice of alarm app
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I found that adding a next alarm time to the lock screen is easy to do and done it last weekend.
Verson 1.2.2 shows next alarm time at the lock screen.
I had also added the system alarm icon to the notification bar. I plan to make an option to hide alarm icon form the notification bar. Two alarm icons might be too many for the notification bar
I've issued a new version of the T-Alarm.
There was a bug that the lick screen time some time disappeared on my Samsung Galaxy S.
I keep working on design. It is the most required feature now
BETEP.OK said:
I've issued a new version of the T-Alarm.
There was a bug that the lick screen time some time disappeared on my Samsung Galaxy S.
I keep working on design. It is the most required feature now
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Looking and working very good for me. Thanks and keep up the good work. This is currently my first choice alarm clock.
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Today I've published new version of my application.
T-Alarm 2.0 have a nice design.
I also made much code refactoring inside the program's code, hence it works a bit faster.
Now I plan to add more little features.

[FUTURE APP] Wake Up! Radio/Alarm

Hey all,
I'm building what I hope will be the ultimate radio/alarm clock app for Android.
I'd love some feedback on what are favourite must-have features in current radio, alarm or desk-clock apps, or better yet, what are some features you'd love to see that no-one's implemented yet?
Any great ideas will of course get a free copy of the full app.
Cheers,
Radiofan.
I think the most obvious is a configurable snooze button. I'd personally like a large on screen button but I'm sure others would like to use the volume or power button to snooze. Not sure if that's possible but I'd love to see the option for on screen or hardware snooze.
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If the on-screen button and volume button both did snooze would that work? Or would you want to be able to configure it to be only one or the other?
Radiofan.
Gahh Its Lee said:
I think the most obvious is a configurable snooze button. I'd personally like a large on screen button but I'm sure others would like to use the volume or power button to snooze. Not sure if that's possible but I'd love to see the option for on screen or hardware snooze.
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Gahh Its Lee said:
I think the most obvious is a configurable snooze button. I'd personally like a large on screen button but I'm sure others would like to use the volume or power button to snooze. Not sure if that's possible but I'd love to see the option for on screen or hardware snooze.
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Anything's possible.
I will likely be putting an alarm clock function into my FM app soon. (See sig.)
A generic app should be able to start any program or send any Intent. Different "snooze" functions (and Intents, or sequences of) could be selected with configurable buttons.
IE. Volume Up could snooze 10 minutes, Down 5, Power could make the radio louder after 15 minutes, etc.
The Intents could start a streaming station or "real FM'. But what if there was an error ? Need to detect silence or error and just beep, or beep after 5 minutes anyway ?
You really need to test stuff like this if people are going to depend on it. OTOH, it's just another excuse for the Boss. LOL.
Must have:
- Snooze (on screen large button, far away from dismiss button haha)
- Volume button snooze
- Select song for alarm
- selectable snooze time
- maybe be able to stack songs, if you like it to ring for maybe 10 min...
- choose how long its gonna ring before it will automatically turn off
- attractive an simple UI, no crazy blue and red mix color scheme haha.
- set up alarms for future dates
- set days for which the alarm will ring
Thats all i can think of, and then of course the other normal things, like have multiple alarms set at the same time.
Good luck, would be cool to be able to test it!
David

Snooze

Does anyone else find it absolutely the alarm's snooze function to be completely ridiculous that the you have to:
1) Enable an option just to be able to snooze an alarm
2) Can then only snooze a preset, non-configurable, three times in five minute intervals
3) Once the alarm goes off the actual snooze button is tiny. Like 1"x3/4" big. You have to try and tap this while fiddling with your phone in the middle of sleep. You can't just slide your finger across the phone to a preset snooze area as you could with all other galaxy phones that I can remember.
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Does anyone else find it absolutely the alarm's snooze function to be completely ridiculous that the you have to:
1) Enable an option just to be able to snooze an alarm
2) Can then only snooze a preset, non-configurable, three times in five minute intervals
3) Once the alarm goes off the actual snooze button is tiny. Like 1"x3/4" big. You have to try and tap this while fiddling with your phone in the middle of sleep. You can't just slide your finger across the phone to a preset snooze area as you could with all other galaxy phones that I can remember.
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cant you snooze it by pressing the home button??
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cant you snooze it by pressing the home button??
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Never tried that and I'm not sure. Will try tonight once my wife is home since she is the one with the phone. I was just creating the thread to get discussion going because she didn't know there was no snooze until the alarm went off this morning. But even if the home button does snooze, it will only snooze if the option has been set and then will only snooze three times, and to top it off only in five minute intervals. Why can't that be changed?
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Never tried that and I'm not sure. Will try tonight once my wife is home since she is the one with the phone. I was just creating the thread to get discussion going because she didn't know there was no snooze until the alarm went off this morning. But even if the home button does snooze, it will only snooze if the option has been set and then will only snooze three times, and to top it off only in five minute intervals. Why can't that be changed?
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i dont know how the alarm and snooze thing work on the S6, but on my S4 i can snooze it with the home button without even waking up, and i can snooze every alarm 10 times, with 3 minutes between every two rings....hope its the same with the S6 because i am planning on getting one soon....
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i dont know how the alarm and snooze thing work on the S6, but on my S4 i can snooze it with the home button without even waking up, and i can snooze every alarm 10 times, with 3 minutes between every two rings....hope its the same with the S6 because i am planning on getting one soon....
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I'll post a screenshot tonight but I do know that when you go to add an alarm that there is an area under the time that you select for 'Options'. That expands the window and you have a few options like vibrate, change the ringtone, increase volume as alarm goes on, and there is Snooze. Selecting it sets snooze to go off three times in five minute intervals....no ifs, ands, or buts about it. It won't go off repeatedly until you turn of the alarm and can't adjust the intervals. That is really my (and my wife's) biggest issue with it that you can change the intervals and that is a preset three times that can't be changed. So you won't be able to set it to your liking of "with 3 minutes between every two rings"
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Does anyone else find it absolutely the alarm's snooze function to be completely ridiculous that the you have to:
1) Enable an option just to be able to snooze an alarm
2) Can then only snooze a preset, non-configurable, three times in five minute intervals
3) Once the alarm goes off the actual snooze button is tiny. Like 1"x3/4" big. You have to try and tap this while fiddling with your phone in the middle of sleep. You can't just slide your finger across the phone to a preset snooze area as you could with all other galaxy phones that I can remember.
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Use Timely, it is a fantastic and beautiful app
altimax98 said:
Use Timely, it is a fantastic and beautiful app
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+1 for Timely.
IMO, there's not much use complaining about system apps like this that are so easily replaceable. Just download one you like better!
Yep, Timely all the way. I don't even know what the alarm of my current phone (LG G3) looks like, been using Timely since day 1..
Snooze shouldn't even be a feature at all. Just get your butt up when your alarm goes off...
Maybe everyone should have to go to the military for a few years. That would fix your snooze problem right up. ☺
JasonJoel said:
Snooze shouldn't even be a feature at all. Just get your butt up when your alarm goes off...
Maybe everyone should have to go to the military for a few years. That would fix your snooze problem right up.
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This. My wife hits snooze like 3-4 times before she gets up, I get up when my alarm first goes off. It's funny and annoying really, we both get up at 5:20 but her stupid alarms always wake me up earlier.
It's a bit ridiculous that they removed functionality from the prior generations. I am coming from an S4 and the default alarm app was perfect, could choose snooze duration and amount of times and setting up a repeat was as easy as tapping the days I wanted the alarm to ring on. I know default apps are easy to replace, it's just unfortunate that I now need to use a new app for functionality that always used to be there. </rant>
TicKByT said:
It's a bit ridiculous that they removed functionality from the prior generations. I am coming from an S4 and the default alarm app was perfect, could choose snooze duration and amount of times and setting up a repeat was as easy as tapping the days I wanted the alarm to ring on. I know default apps are easy to replace, it's just unfortunate that I now need to use a new app for functionality that always used to be there. </rant>
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It is unfortunate, but as others have said - Timely is awesome.
How in the hell do they fudge something like that up.
Sorry if I'm gravedigging, but the Google clock available from the Play Store allows you to adjust the snooze interval. With root, I was able to uninstall the Samsung clock in Titanium Backup so the Google clock is the default.
Thanks so much for the timely recommendation. I was having a hard time finding an app that gestures would work with.

[APP] [4.3+] Wake me up! Smart Alarm (Android Wear/Android Nougat compliant)

Hello !
I'm David, an Android developer from France.
I would like to present you my latest application : Wake me up!
Wake me up! is an alarm application with advanced features.
It is constantly improved and I try to be as responsive as possible.
Every feedback is welcomed and read. I try to answer to as many as I can
In fact, multiple added features came from ideas of persons who tried the application.
It is from the start made with Material design in mind.
It is compatible with Android 4.3+ and fully compliant with Android 6 Marshmallow, 7 Nougat and Doze mode.
Integration features
Android Wear
Tasker, as an event plugin or following an event
A night mode as a Daydream
Scheduling features
Define a non-repeating feature for multiple days on the next week
Forbid your alarm to ring during a short or long period of time without disabling it.
Set a repeating alarm to repeat every two, three, ... weeks.
Define a specific date from which your repeating alarm will automatically disable itself
Change the time your alarm will ring on specific days
"Gentle wake up": will start ringing softly some time before the scheduled alarm.
Skip an alarm or go back to a previously skipped alarm in one tap
Quick nap: easily set an alarm to ring in 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes or 1 hour in one tap
Calendar-related scheduling features
Associate your alarm with one calendar on your device and:
Stop an alarm from ringing on days having "all-day" event (multi-days event are supported and you can filter the events with tags)
More already planned for future releases
Informational features
Weather forecast
Weather forecast summary
Up to seven days
Temperatures chart : displays temperature evolution starting three hours before the ringing time up to two days after.
Maximum and minimum temperatures
Wind speed and direction
Sunrise and sunset time
Pressure
Rain chance
Powered by Forecast.io
Displayed on each enabled alarm card and when an alarm rings
TTS message after having dismissed an alarm:
Greetings
Current date
Current time
Weather forecast
Maximum and minimum temperatures
Ring features
Select one of your ringtone
Progressive ringtone
Repeating TTS message
One time TTS message, then repeating ringtone
Use a music file as a ringtone
Vibrate
Progressive, specific or default brightness
Lower ringtone volume when taking the phone
Mute ringtone when taking the phone
Snooze and missed alarm features
Customize the sooze length
Decreasing snooze length: the snooze length will be shorter after each report, down to one minute
Auto-snooze: missed alarms will be automatically snoozed
Snooze an alarm by flipping the phone
Auto-snooze: define a maximum number of time an alarm will be automatically snoozed
Change last alarm length: you can change the length of you alarm when it will ring for its last time before being missed instead of automatically snoozed
Forbid any snoozing
Look features
Theme your alarm using default colors
Choose one of your pictures as your alarm background and use one of your picture's palette color as its theme
Choose your alarm's button color
Automatically see a picture background related to your weather forecast
Custom notifications: a notification that displays your next alarm, permits to dismiss it and shows weather forecast
Night mode
Shows current weather summary and temperature
Multiple types of night modes:
Standard night mode
Temporary full brightness on tap
Fully black screen, shows information on tap
Tasker integration
Use variables set by the application to create your own screens
Snooze or dismiss an alarm when an event occurs
Generate an event when an alarm:
Is enabled
Is disabled
Goes off
Is snoozed
Is dismissed
Is missed
Other features
default settings: Set your own default settings that will be automatically applied when you create a new alarm
Online backup/restore (alarms and settings) via Google Drive
Local backup/restore
Quote of the day , displayed when the alarm is dismissed
Timer
Clone an alarm
Lock your alarm with a passcode
Hide your notifications on a secure lockscreen
Permanent notification: a notification that always displays your next alarm, even if it will ring in more than two hours, and permits to skip it or go back to it. It also shows weather forecast.
Challenges: solve a mathematical challenge to dismiss the alarm
Challenges: reproduce a text to dismiss the alarm
Widgets: a widget that shows the next ringing alarm, permits to skip it or go back to a previously skipped alarm
Test your alarms before saving
Dark theme for the application
Some of the advanced features are free for 14 days. Then the Premium pack unlocks them.
Some screenshots are attached to this post (the PlayStore description provides more):
I hope you will like my work!
Google Play Store link
Google+ community
Google+ Beta community
Translation project on OneSkyApp.com
Have a nice day!
Changelog
4.1
Calendar: Calendar events can be added to the text-to-speech message. (Premium)
Night mode: A timer can now be set on the "Night mode" to close it automatically.
Widget: The "Upcoming alarm" widget can now be configured for its transparency and its texts color.
Weather: Weather charts can now have a minimum and maximum temperature to use if necessary.
It is now possible to have the background picture also displayed on the alarm information screen, blurred for readability
4.0
Action Launcher: Added compatibility with the new Launcher Shortcuts.
Calendar: Display events of the day on your alarm screen. (premium)
Calendar: Limit all-day events that disables an alarm to those with a specific tag. (premium)
Android Wear: New layout type: slide instead of tap (premium)
Android Wear: Devices can now play a default ringtone. (premium)
Android Wear: Progressive ringtones are supported! (premium)
Android Wear: Limit vibrations to the Wear device! (premium)
Weather: Alarm screen now shows the temperature variation during the next 24 hours. (premium)
Movements: Movements can be setup for each alarm to either dismiss or snooze it.
Movements: Shaking the phone is now a supported movement (with flipping the phone and waving the hand 3 times over the phone).
3.7
Possibility to not hide the alarm screen automatically.
Made new weather-related background, material design oriented.
Weather temperature are now displayed on the alarm screen.
Improved big pictures as alarm background handling
Display a warning message when leaving the application without saving changes made to an alarm.
3.6
Added the possibility to permit snoozing only for a number of times.
3.5
Android Nougat compatibility! (DirectBoot, Multiwindow)
First calendar synchronization feature! (Premium) Added the possibility to automatically disable an alarm based on all-day events from an associated calendar.
Alarm Cards now also show a tooltip indicating if the ringing instance will be skipped and why. Alarms needs to be saved again to enable this feature.
Added the possibility to snooze an alarm by passing three times a hand very close to the proximity sensor. Needs to be enabled in the settings.
A warning icon is now displayed next to an override if it is set on a day when the alarm will be disabled.
Google Drive automatic synchronization can now be limited to WiFi connections (enabled by default).
3.2
FEATURE: Online backup/restore available using Google Drive. It does not yet support music files synchronization.
FEATURE: Tasker: Added a new plugin which permits to launch the Night mode automatically (Premium).
FEATURE: Night Mode: added the possibility to change the background color.
IMPROVED: Locking an alarm also locks the "Skip" and "Go back" buttons in an alarm card, but not in the permanent notification. (Premium)
IMPROVED: Skipping an alarm or going back now displays a message about when the alarm will ring next. (Premium)
3.1
Backup! You can now backup and restore your alarms and your settings. For now, the backup is local only, online backup will come later.[/B]
Temperatures chart! There is a new temperatures chart available. It displays the evolution of the temperature starting three hours before the ringing time of an alarm, up to two days after.
It's available for each alarm that has weather forecast enabled and that will ring in less than 48 hours. (Premium)
Block snoozing. You can remove the "snooze" possibility for your alarm. Doing so, it will only be possible to dismiss it, and it won't be automatically snoozed.
New Tasker plugin: snooze or dismiss your alarm when an event occurs.
New option to automatically delete non repeating alarms that will have no other occurrence, instead of disabling them.
Added a new TTS option: say the name of the day, and say the date including the name of the day.
3.0
Timer! It works the same as Google's one, but with a few more options.
An alarm can be set to ring each week, every two weeks, and so on (up to every 16 weeks) (PREMIUM).
A tasker event can now be linked to all alarms, not only one. (PREMIUM).
2.11
Added the possibility to force the display of a fullscreen alarm, even when the screen is on.
Customize the font color in the night mode and in the DayDream.
A new widget permits to launch the Night Mode directly from the homescreen.
TTS volume can now be set separately from the ringtone volume.
A new setting permits to decide if the challenge needs to be solved only to unlock the dismiss button, or for both the snooze and dismiss buttons.
2.10.0
"Night mode" that also works as a Daydream. It also features advanced options, some of them limited to Premium users, like weather forecast and touch options.[/B]
Possibility to change, for a specific day, the time an alarm will go off (Premium).
Alarm screen can be displayed in landscape mode.
Possibility to select an audio file as a ringtone (Premium).
New challenge : reproduce a text (Premium).
TTS messages can now tell weather forecast temperatures.
New widgets to create in one tap a quick nap alarm.
Improved App, widget and notifications design.
The "next alarm" widget now permits to skip to the next alarm or to go back, the same way as the permanent notification.
The permanent notification now shows the weather forecast icon when using the Wake me up! style.
Improved volume management.
Added a "Thanks" section.
Testing an alarm is now free.
2.9.0
Week start day can be set to either Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
Clone an alarm (Premium).
Choose between a repeating ringtone, a repeating TTS message or one non-repeating TTS message followed by a repeating ringtone.
Skip the next alarm or go back to the previous from the permanent notification.
Choose between Android's style and Wake me up! style for the notifications.
Weather forecast: air pressure, sunset time, sunrise time and probability of precipitation (Premium).
Bugfixes
2.8.0
Possibility to set an alarm length from 1 second to one hour, per alarm.
Possibility to set, per alarm, if the alarm will auto-snooze or not.
Possibility to set, per alarm, the number of time an alarm will auto-snooze before being missed.
Possibility to set a specific alarm duration for its last repeat.
Weather forecast also displays max and min temperatures, as well as wind speed and direction, on alarm cards.
Improved TTS
Improved math challenge
Bugfixes
2.7.0.1
New: Quick nap. You can now define alarms that will ring in 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes. In the general alarm settings, you can define their settings.
New: Possibility to display only one notification, if multiple alarms are set to be fired in less than two hours.
New: Possibility to skip the next ringing date or to go back to the previous one (Premium).
New: Possibility make an alarm silent by taking the phone.
Translations: greatly improved spanish translation thanks to Luis Diaz!
No more ads for non-premium users.
Fixed: Progressive ringtone checkbox
Fixed: Weather background on cards for future dates
Fixed: Error message displaying incorrectly when launching the app on Android 4.3 and 4.4.
Fixed: Alarm schedule display on a small screen.
Optimized: Alarm card display
2.6.0
Revamped the edit alarm screen
Custom brightness : you can now set progressive brightness per alarm, or choose a specific brightness for your alarm, or stick to your default brightness.
Text-to-speech options: Wake me up! is now polite (it was not vulgar before!). It will greet you when you wake up, if you'd like to, tell you the date of the day and the time.
First widget! You can add a widget on your homescreen showing you your next alarm. You are also able to dismiss it provided it will go off soon.
Non-premium users can now create up to six alarms.
Notifications can be hidden on a secure lockscreen.
Math challenge. Resolve a simple sum to make sure you're awake before snooze and dismiss buttons are displayed.
See weather forecast on your alarm screen without text-to-speech.
Revamped help popups.
2.5.6
Fixed: battery usage in some cases
2.5.2 - 2.5.5
Improved: weather forecast management
Improved Android Wear connectivity
Added the possibility to display bigger snooze and dismiss buttons
2.5.0 - 2.5.1
First Android Wear support! You can check using an Android Wear companion app when your next alarm will ring. You can also enable/disable Android Wear synchronization for each alarm. Also, your alarm will be shown on your watch when it will be fired.
Weather forecast improvements. You can see on each card your weather forecast, provided your alarm is enabled and will ring in less than seven days. You also do not need the localization permission anymore. Finally, you can choose to show a weather related picture background when your alarm rings.
New Tasker events: Fired alarm, Missed alarm, Enabled alarm, Disabled alarm
Wake me up gently: your alarm will start ringing before its set time, with a really low volume, increasing progressively, ensuring you a pleasant awakening.
Progressive brightness: brightness will start really low and rise progressively.
Improvement: the length of a progressive ringtone can now be set for each alarm.
Bugfixes, of course
2.1.1 - 2.1.3
Wake me up! is now also a Tasker Event plugin! Dismissing or snoozing an alarm are now event recognized by Tasker. (Premium)
Reorganized settings
Weather forecast can now be enabled alarm by alarm.
You can now always have a permanent notification displayed showing your next to ring alarm.
Wake me up! detects if you lift your phone and decreases the volume of your ringtone (to be enabled in the settings).
Bugfixes
2.0.0
Weather support, with TTS! Wake up knowing if you will need an umbrella! (Premium pack)
Initial tasker support. You can automatically create an alarm. More to come next.
You can now define a non repeating alarm which is not tied to a specific day. Enabling it will make it ring on the same day or the next day.
A notification now appears when your next scheduled alarm is in silent mode and won't vibrate, warning you that it won't be heard.
Clicking on a notification will bring its alarm edit screen.
1.9.5
You can now snooze your alarm by flipping the phone!
You can define an interval of time in which the dark theme will be automatically used
1.9.0
Text-to-speech is possible in place of ringtones! (Premium pack)
You can now setup your alarms to automatically be snoozed instead of missed
Dark theme for the whole application to rest eyes in the dark
Italian translation
Bugfixes
Updated the first post and the changelog with the information about 2.0.
Regarding the initial Tasker support, as I am not a huge tasker user, could Tasker users tell me what they would like to see?
Thanks!
Updated the first and the second post with the changelog from version 2.1, uploaded today on the PlayStore.
Thanks to feedback from the small Google+ community, Wake me up! is now recognized by Tasker as an event plugin!
Using this plugin, you can launch tasks when an alarm is snoozed or dismissed.
Feeback is welcomed!
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Hello!
I just published a bugfix release (2.1.2) with corrects the crash that occurs on Android 6.0 while activating weather forecast.
I am sorry for it.
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First of all, please let me wish you all a Merry Christmas!
Wake me up! 2.1.3 as been uploaded on the PlayStore, containing bugfixes.
This alarm has great potentials. Thank you for sharing it with XDA. I have several some comments and suggestions:
1) Does it support Android 6.0.x Doze Mode? Many are reporting that alarms other than stock are not reliability working because they are not optimized for Marshmallow. So far, only one app in the Playstore claims to be optimized for MM.
2) I have been searching for an alarm replacement for my current Alarm Clock Plus. The killer feature are: Auto Snooze and TTS current time.
The way I have my alarms set up: a) Alarm goes off, TTS current time, alarm tone plays for 20 seconds with escalating sound, b) alarm automatically snoozes for 10 minutes with no input from me, c) after 10 minutes alarm goes off again, TTS current time, tone plays for 20 seconds and auto snoozes with no input from me, d) after 4 cycles, alarm will continue to play until input from me. All times are settable.
Also, a nap mode allowing for a quick input of timed alarm is cool too...
If your alarm can add the weather TTS, so the alarm can read something like, "Good [morning/afternoon/evening], the time is [time], today's forecast is [weather], alarm tone plays [settable seconds], auto snooze, repeat after snooze period, that would make me switch immediately.
snovvman said:
This alarm has great potentials. Thank you for sharing it with XDA. I have several some comments and suggestions:
1) Does it support Android 6.0.x Doze Mode? Many are reporting that alarms other than stock are not reliability working because they are not optimized for Marshmallow. So far, only one app in the Playstore claims to be optimized for MM.
2) I have been searching for an alarm replacement for my current Alarm Clock Plus. The killer feature are: Auto Snooze and TTS current time.
The way I have my alarms set up: a) Alarm goes off, TTS current time, alarm tone plays for 20 seconds with escalating sound, b) alarm automatically snoozes for 10 minutes with no input from me, c) after 10 minutes alarm goes off again, TTS current time, tone plays for 20 seconds and auto snoozes with no input from me, d) after 4 cycles, alarm will continue to play until input from me. All times are settable.
Also, a nap mode allowing for a quick input of timed alarm is cool too...
If your alarm can add the weather TTS, so the alarm can read something like, "Good [morning/afternoon/evening], the time is [time], today's forecast is [weather], alarm tone plays [settable seconds], auto snooze, repeat after snooze period, that would make me switch immediately.
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Hello,
I'm very sorry for not seeing your post until now. I was deep into programming and testing the 2.5 version and I missed it. Again sorry about this!
I will try to answer your questions:
1. Yes, it supports Doze and uses the AlarmManager new APIs. It works with Android 6 and the alarm goes off on time. The different feedback I receive tells be that it works well.
2. As of now, there is no greeting message. But, that's quite funny. I am currently working on it. I though that would be a cool feature to have for the next version. So, it will be here.
TTS weather forecast is here but needs the premium pack (which is less than 1$ excluding taxes). But, it plays after the user has snoozed or dismissed the alarm. Nevertheless, the alarm tone plays during a time you can set. You can set the time the alarm will take to go full volume, and the length after which the alarm will be "missed". Missed alarms can be automatically snoozed. You can set a snooze period for each alarm. And this period can decrease every time the alarm is snoozed.
Let's say that you set it to 10 minutes. If yor alarm is missed, it will ring again after 10 mintues. But, the next snooze period would be 8 minutes, then 6 minutes (or whatever snooze decrease you like). Then it will ring each minute.
All times are settable.
You can also quickly input a quick alarm using Google Voice. But, you can also create a new alarm, select a time to go off, and it will ring at this time (either the same day or the day after).
To answer briefly your last question, it would more be like:
- alarm tone plays [settable seconds], auto snooze, repeat after snooze period (as many as necessary)
- manually snooze or dismiss => Good [morning/afternoon/evening], the time is [time], today's forecast for [location] is [weather]
Have a nice day, and again, I am really sorry for having missed your questions.
Hello,
I just published a new version (2.5.2) which should fix some synchronization issues between the handled device and the Android Wear device.
Every feedback is welcomed!
Have a nice day!
Greta app and yeah new update seems to fixed the Moto 360 2nd Gen issues.
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MrWicked1 said:
Greta app and yeah new update seems to fixed the Moto 360 2nd Gen issues.
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Thank you!
I'm working on new features, most of them asked by users.
If you'd like a feature, please do not hesitate to talk about it!
Hope you find the app useful and you'll continue using it!
xdagritche said:
Thank you!
I'm working on new features, most of them asked by users.
If you'd like a feature, please do not hesitate to talk about it!
Hope you find the app useful and you'll continue using it!
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Sounds good, I already discussed a couple via email with you. Great app non the less
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Hello!
I updated the app this weekend
The last updates added the possibility to display bigger snooze and dismiss buttons and improved Android Wear connectivity and weather forecast management.
Hope you'll enjoy it!
Have a nice day!
Hello!
Last update fixed a problem in some cases regarding battery consumption.
Have a nice day and sorry about it!
Look, really nice, thank you)
Poma Nine said:
Look, really nice, thank you)
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Thank you! I hope you'll find it useful.
Hello!
I just added the changelog for "Wake me up! 2.6" in the second post.
As usual, each feedback is read and appreciated!
snovvman said:
2) I have been searching for an alarm replacement for my current Alarm Clock Plus. The killer feature are: Auto Snooze and TTS current time.
The way I have my alarms set up: a) Alarm goes off, TTS current time, alarm tone plays for 20 seconds with escalating sound, b) alarm automatically snoozes for 10 minutes with no input from me, c) after 10 minutes alarm goes off again, TTS current time, tone plays for 20 seconds and auto snoozes with no input from me, d) after 4 cycles, alarm will continue to play until input from me. All times are settable.
Also, a nap mode allowing for a quick input of timed alarm is cool too...
If your alarm can add the weather TTS, so the alarm can read something like, "Good [morning/afternoon/evening], the time is [time], today's forecast is [weather], alarm tone plays [settable seconds], auto snooze, repeat after snooze period, that would make me switch immediately.
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xdagritche said:
2. As of now, there is no greeting message. But, that's quite funny. I am currently working on it. I though that would be a cool feature to have for the next version. So, it will be here.
TTS weather forecast is here but needs the premium pack (which is less than 1$ excluding taxes). But, it plays after the user has snoozed or dismissed the alarm. Nevertheless, the alarm tone plays during a time you can set. You can set the time the alarm will take to go full volume, and the length after which the alarm will be "missed". Missed alarms can be automatically snoozed. You can set a snooze period for each alarm. And this period can decrease every time the alarm is snoozed.
Let's say that you set it to 10 minutes. If yor alarm is missed, it will ring again after 10 mintues. But, the next snooze period would be 8 minutes, then 6 minutes (or whatever snooze decrease you like). Then it will ring each minute.
All times are settable.
You can also quickly input a quick alarm using Google Voice. But, you can also create a new alarm, select a time to go off, and it will ring at this time (either the same day or the day after).
To answer briefly your last question, it would more be like:
- alarm tone plays [settable seconds], auto snooze, repeat after snooze period (as many as necessary)
- manually snooze or dismiss => Good [morning/afternoon/evening], the time is [time], today's forecast for [location] is [weather]
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Hi again. Your product has great potential and it's good to see that you're continuing to work on it. I've been playing with it for bit. I'll once again petition for some wanted features so that I can replace Alarm Clock Plus.
1) Please allow the alarm to speak Good [morning/afternoon/evening], the time is [time], [date], (optionally) today's forecast for [location] is [weather], and play the selected alarm tone automatically each time. I would like to hear this information without having to manually snooze or dismiss the alarm. This way, as I am laying and agonizing in bed with the prospect of having to get up, I know the time without having to open my eyes or do anything. And, as the alarm automatically snoozes and repeats, I know the current time. This way, I know how late it's getting and determine that I must get up!
2) Please allow the alarm duration setting to be freely adjusted. The current shortest time is 1 minute (under Settings > Volume > Silence after). I would like to be able to have the alarm silenced after 10 or so seconds. It would be nice to be able to set the Silence after time to whatever I want.
3) Add number of times alarm will auto snooze, after which it will play for an extended period, but stops repeating (To address scenarios: 1--if I fell asleep, after numbers of snooze repeats, the alarm will keep playing for a longer period to force me to wake up, 2-- if I left the phone with an alarm set, but left the phone somewhere, I wouldn't want the alarm to keep playing all day).
So the way it would work: [Alarm goes of the first time, reads time, date, etc., plays tone for 10 seconds, auto snoozes for set period], [alarm goes off after snooze period, reads data, current time, plays tone for 10 secs., auto snoozes], [repeats for number of times I set and auto quits]
4) Add the ability to "Skip next alarm". This is useful for holidays. This way, I can skip the next alarm without having to remember to disable and reenable the alarm.
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On the "nap" feature, it's just a shortcut to set an alarm for "x minutes/hours from now". Say I want to take a nap for 30 minutes, I add an alarm for 30 minutes rather than having to figure out what time that would be.
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Questions:
1) Under individual alarm settings > Alarm Type > Volume > Progressive ringtone -- what is the Length setting?
How is this different from general settings > Volume > Duration for gradually increasing volume?
2) Alarm icon on the notification bar necessary when an alarm is enabled? If not, I would like to be able to disable the icon on the notification bar. Space is precious.
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The cost of the premium is more than worth it. I would be glad to donate $20 or more if these features can be implemented. Thanks for your consideration.
Hello!
Thanks for your feedback!
I will try to answer your questions.
snovvman said:
1) Please allow the alarm to speak Good [morning/afternoon/evening], the time is [time], [date], (optionally) today's forecast for [location] is [weather], and play the selected alarm tone automatically each time. I would like to hear this information without having to manually snooze or dismiss the alarm. This way, as I am laying and agonizing in bed with the prospect of having to get up, I know the time without having to open my eyes or do anything. And, as the alarm automatically snoozes and repeats, I know the current time. This way, I know how late it's getting and determine that I must get up!
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To make sure how you want it done. Are you thinking of :
- "text-to-speech then ringtone" repeating to "text-to-speech then ringtone"
- or "text-to-speech" then "repeating ringtone"
snovvman said:
2) Please allow the alarm duration setting to be freely adjusted. The current shortest time is 1 minute (under Settings > Volume > Silence after). I would like to be able to have the alarm silenced after 10 or so seconds. It would be nice to be able to set the Silence after time to whatever I want.
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This will be in the next "feature" version. I may have more bugfix versions before releasing new features. It will be possible to set for each alarm its length. I see it as a dialog providing something like [number between 5 and 60] [unit seconds/minutes].
snovvman said:
3) Add number of times alarm will auto snooze, after which it will play for an extended period, but stops repeating (To address scenarios: 1--if I fell asleep, after numbers of snooze repeats, the alarm will keep playing for a longer period to force me to wake up, 2-- if I left the phone with an alarm set, but left the phone somewhere, I wouldn't want the alarm to keep playing all day).
So the way it would work: [Alarm goes of the first time, reads time, date, etc., plays tone for 10 seconds, auto snoozes for set period], [alarm goes off after snooze period, reads data, current time, plays tone for 10 secs., auto snoozes], [repeats for number of times I set and auto quits]
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I will add it for a next "feature" version. It will be possible to set the number of time an alarm will autosnooze and the alarm length for its last autorepeat.
snovvman said:
4) Add the ability to "Skip next alarm". This is useful for holidays. This way, I can skip the next alarm without having to remember to disable and reenable the alarm.
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It is already available . For each alarm, you can define as many "disabled periods" as you like. Your alarm won't ring during those periods.
snovvman said:
On the "nap" feature, it's just a shortcut to set an alarm for "x minutes/hours from now". Say I want to take a nap for 30 minutes, I add an alarm for 30 minutes rather than having to figure out what time that would be.
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I just added it on the todolist. I cannot give you an estimate for about when it will be available, but it will definitely be.
snovvman said:
1) Under individual alarm settings > Alarm Type > Volume > Progressive ringtone -- what is the Length setting?
How is this different from general settings > Volume > Duration for gradually increasing volume?
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The first one is specific to the alarm. The second one is a default setting. I will adjust the labels so that they show the same vocabulary.
snovvman said:
2) Alarm icon on the notification bar necessary when an alarm is enabled? If not, I would like to be able to disable the icon on the notification bar. Space is precious.
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It depends on which one you're talking about.
If it is the one related to the notification displaying the next alarm, yes it can be disabled.
If it is the one on the right, next to the clock, it is a bit more difficult. I already made a bit of research, andto be quite frank, the code is there. But I am unable to find a way to remove it for Lollilop and higher. Until I find a way, I won't make this available.
snovvman said:
The cost of the premium is more than worth it. I would be glad to donate $20 or more if these features can be implemented. Thanks for your consideration.
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Thank you! Maybe I should add a donate option like Chris Lacy did
I hope you'll find my answers satisfiying.
Have a nice day!
David
Hello David,
Thank you very much for taking the time to respond and being open to product enhancements.
xdagritche said:
To make sure how you want it done. Are you thinking of :
- "text-to-speech then ringtone" repeating to "text-to-speech then ringtone"
- or "text-to-speech" then "repeating ringtone"
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I'm not sure what you're asking, but I'll do my best to describe what I want:
Settings under "Alarm Type"
Length: 11 seconds
Snooze parameters: 8 min
TTS: Greet me, Say the date, Say the time enabled
Desired behavior at alarm time based on above settings:
[TTS greet, date, time], [play alarm tone for 11 seconds], [auto snooze for 8 minutes], [TTS greet, date, time], [play alarm tone for 11 seconds], [auto snooze for 8 minutes], [TTS greet, date, time], [play alarm tone for 11 seconds], [auto snooze for 8 minutes], alarm cycle repeats until number of time specified (feature to be released in future version).
The reason that TTS must repeat each time after the snooze period is so that I know the current time as I am laying in bed with my eyes closed. Does this answer your question? The idea is that I don't have to interact with the phone for the above the cycle.
xdagritche said:
This will be in the next "feature" version. I may have more bugfix versions before releasing new features. It will be possible to set for each alarm its length. I see it as a dialog providing something like [number between 5 and 60] [unit seconds/minutes].
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Great! I want to be able to set the alarm tone duration for whatever time I want. A minimum of 5 seconds would work. Just be sure to allow free entry (as opposed to a pick list like it is now), so that it can be 6 or 13 seconds or whatever I want. Keep in mind that the TTS announcement should be excluded from this time setting.
So it would be Good [time of day], today is [date], the time is [time], play alarm tone for the period of time specified.
xdagritche said:
I will add it for a next "feature" version. It will be possible to set the number of time an alarm will autosnooze and the alarm length for its last autorepeat.
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Thank you. Looking forward to it.
xdagritche said:
It is already available . For each alarm, you can define as many "disabled periods" as you like. Your alarm won't ring during those periods.
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Thank you. I see it now It is an useful option to be able to stop the alarm for a certain number of days. The only drawback is that it requires many actions/taps to get it setup. The idea is to have a function that is quick to activate with very few taps. If I can long-press on an alarm, get a context menu, tap "Skip Next", it would improve the user experience. It's one of the most used functions for me. Just food for thought.
xdagritche said:
I just added it on the todolist. I cannot give you an estimate for about when it will be available, but it will definitely be.
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Thank you. The nap mode, just like the skip next mode, is about making an function easy and quick to access, with one or two taps. That greatly improves the user experience.
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The first one is specific to the alarm. The second one is a default setting. I will adjust the labels so that they show the same vocabulary.
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I see. I recall with my testing (I could be wrong) that the alarm was following the default setting and not the alarm-specific setting. In other words, the shortest I can set in the default setting is 1 minute. I set the one specific to the alarm to 10 seconds. The alarm still plays for 1 minute. The one specific to the alarm doesn't seem to work.
xdagritche said:
It depends on which one you're talking about.
If it is the one related to the notification displaying the next alarm, yes it can be disabled.
If it is the one on the right, next to the clock, it is a bit more difficult. I already made a bit of research, andto be quite frank, the code is there. But I am unable to find a way to remove it for Lollilop and higher. Until I find a way, I won't make this available.
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Under Settings > Notifications, I have all the notifications disabled. When I enable an alarm, an alarm icon appears to the left of the LTE symbol. I was curious if that can be removed.
xdagritche said:
Thank you! Maybe I should add a donate option like Chris Lacy did
I hope you'll find my answers satisfiying.
David
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Yes, you absolutely should add a donate option. I believe in supporting devs and I find great benefits from many of the products that come out of XDA. The alarm is also worth, to me, a lot more than $1. I think people will still buy it if it's $3. Thanks again.
Your product is coming close for me to replace Alarm Clock Plus that I have used for many years. The key is that supports Doze Mode and you are continuing development. Thank you...

Question Third party alarm app

Hi,
Is there any possibility to make as default a third-party alarm (watch) app instead of the built-in Samsung watch?
I am using a better one (for me), namely AMdroid that has wider configuration possibilities (e.g. alarm at every 48 hours) and also has good smartwatch integration. But it has one problem: the alarm cannot appear on the Flip3's outside small screen, so every time I have to open the phone in order to stop the alarm. If I could somehow make the AMdroid as default alarm app, maybe I would handle it on the small screen too.
Yep, this is a real problem... . I'm using sleep as my alarm app and it doesn't appear at the front screen at all, so not even as the next alarm :-( That's a pitty ... .
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Also use a third-party alarm. But I love it that it can't utilize the coverscreen. I never accidentally press snooze anymore as I really have flip the phone open etc.
Me neither but it would be nice to see the alarm in the front screen widget at least.
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