The alarm clock for sleepyheads who can't resist the siren call of their bed.
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Forget doing challenges like math problems and solving puzzles to prove you're awake - what good does that do when you can easily go back to sleep right after taking a few seconds to shut off your alarm? If you're the kind of person who can hit the snooze button ten times in a row, you need something stronger to keep you awake.
Relentless alarm forces you to use your phone for a duration of time before the alarm can be shut off for good. Don't worry, you won't be disturbed by the alarm constantly ringing. You can use your phone in peace, but once you stop and let the screen go to sleep, the alarm will start ringing again. The idea is to force yourself to stay awake for some time so you won't feel as tempted to go back to sleep afterwards, and to let you spend your time productively or enjoyably in the manner you choose instead of making you solve non-stop math problems.
This method doesn't work well with apps that keep your screen awake, so please remove your temptation to cheat by blacklisting those apps in the settings.
Alarm tested to work in Marshmallow's doze mode.
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I'm not allowed to post links yet, but you can search Google or the play store for "relentless alarm trial"
General feedback and bug reports are welcome!
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I'm a nerd who wants to better his posture. I find myself slacking of and having really bad form. This is why I want to have a vibrating alarm that reminds me to sit or stand straight.
I want this alarm to repeat itself at a random interval of between 5 and 20 minutes and have a distinct vibration. I'd like for this alarm to not intervene with other alarms. Also, I'd hope to keep battery drain and performance impact to a minimum.
I was thinking of writing a Mortscript for this but I don't know the first thing about scripting just yet. I was wondering if there is existing software where I could set such an alarm. If not, are there alternatives to Mortscript which might be better suited?
Hi everyone, I'm looking for the right alarm app for my purposes. I need the following features:
1. Large snooze button with difficult Dismiss button. I should preferably have to clear the alarm by going into the menu and turning them off. There should be basically no way that I can hit Dismiss on accident.
2. Per-alarm Snooze length. I like having the snooze be 10 minutes at first.. but if it's getting close to the time that I need to be up, I need it to be more like 2-3 minutes.
Klaxon works for the most part, but it kills my battery very quickly if I don't have it plugged in. I think it's because it keeps the screen on constantly. Maybe there's a way to turn this off? Also, with Klaxon, if my hand happens to hit the Snooze button (even while the alarm is not going off), the Snooze time gets reset. I think this may cause problems.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
youre basically asking for the windows mobile app "g-alarm" right?
no there is nothing exactly like that on android as far as i know (unfortunatly )
anway i use "math alarm clock" at the moment which is also a very versatile app. it lacks the decreasing snooze and the big snooze button though.
I use Good Morning by Flywheel. It's in the app store. Has a large snooze button. You should try it out. This one does not keep the screen lit.
Alarm Klock isn't bad.
Link (AppBrain): http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.angrydoughnuts.android.alarmclock
c00ller said:
Alarm Klock isn't bad.
Link (AppBrain): http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.angrydoughnuts.android.alarmclock
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I'll second that.
Billy
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fleity said:
youre basically asking for the windows mobile app "g-alarm" right?
no there is nothing exactly like that on android as far as i know (unfortunatly )
anway i use "math alarm clock" at the moment which is also a very versatile app. it lacks the decreasing snooze and the big snooze button though.
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Alarm pro ver. 2 uses teh math dismiss. It's essentially the 2.x alarm with varying snooze options and math capability for dismissal. Icon for it is a red bell alarm. Come to think of it though, it might be called alarm clock plus or something close to that...
Gentle Alarm works great for me, you can limit the number of snoozes, the "I am awake" button is small and requires acknowledgement before it'll shut off the alarm, and you can even have a "follow the path" style dismissal method similar to the lock screen security unlock dots if you want to make sure your brain is turned on before managing to turn off the alarm.
What I also like is that it has a "pre" alarm which wakes you up during a light portion of your sleep cycle if you're already in light sleep. Basically just means you're already almost awake, and you'll wake up easily. It basically just starts a very light and quiet alarm a configurable time before your real alarm. If you're in deep sleep you won't hear it, otherwise it'll wake you up during the right cycle of your sleep pattern. Much better than being startled awake in deep sleep.
And it works 100% of the time, never failed me.
Another vote for gentle alarm. Really really good, never failed to wake me up. Trial is fully functional just doesn't play alarm on wednesday.
aiewolf said:
Another vote for gentle alarm. Really really good, never failed to wake me up. Trial is fully functional just doesn't play alarm on wednesday.
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+1 more for Gentle Alarm.
Coming from a Nexus One with CM7 (*drools*) he had added in lots of additional options in the, I guess, stock alarm settings.
One being how long the phone would ring if you didn't get to it. I had it set to unlimited, which meant it would just ring and ring and ring and ring and ring until I woke up.
With the unmodified alarm, I'm finding that I'm waking up late, and the phone saying missed alarm. What good is an alarm you can miss?
Is there an alarm app we can replace our with from CM7 or something that has those options? I can't see it requiring any special kernel or hardware.
My alarm seems to go on forever unless I hit Snooze or Cancel.
^ same here. I had an alarm set for 5pm and was away from my phone. When I came back to it around 5:40 or so it was still going off. stock alarm
I use Alarm Clock Xtreme Free. Really good alarm app. I love it.
Alarm Clock Plus: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vp.alarmClockPlusDock
The options are sick.
Alarm Clock Xtreme - stupid name, excellent app. There are a ton of options, maybe bordering on too many (and I'm a "more options, please" kind of person). But it is the only alarm that has consistently been able to get my ass out of bed (and I've tried many). What works for me is setting it to require that I solve a series of math problems before I can dismiss the alarm, and setting a low max number of snoozes. If you're getting up to run first thing, you can set it to not dismiss until you reach a certain speed.
Looking back at what I've written, it seems ACX is the app to use if you hate your morning self and want to use cruelty to bend him to your will.
Edit: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alarmclock.xtreme
I use kaloer clock. Its free and very customizable. Also serves as a nice bedside dock clock with live weather animations. Give it a shot. You can set it to stay on for 999 minutes if you think that would help you.
Gentle Alarm if you're willing to pay.
I've been using Klaxon since the G1 and never had a problem, although some reviews in the market claim to have some issues. I think it is mainly because it doesn't get updated too much anymore, as it is written my the developer of ClockworkMod and RomManager seems to be much more lucrative.
The alarm clock for sleepyheads who can't resist the siren call of their bed.
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Forget doing challenges like math problems and solving puzzles to prove you're awake - what good does that do when you can easily go back to sleep right after taking a few seconds to shut off your alarm? If you're the kind of person who can hit the snooze button ten times in a row, you need something stronger to keep you awake.
Relentless alarm forces you to use your phone for a duration of time before the alarm can be shut off for good. Don't worry, you won't be disturbed by the alarm constantly ringing. You can use your phone in peace, but once you stop and let the screen go to sleep, the alarm will start ringing again. The idea is to force yourself to stay awake for some time so you won't feel as tempted to go back to sleep afterwards, and to let you spend your time productively or enjoyably in the manner you choose instead of making you solve non-stop math problems.
This method doesn't work well with apps that keep your screen awake, so please remove your temptation to cheat by blacklisting those apps in the settings.
Alarm tested to work in Marshmallow's doze mode.
No ads.
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I'm not allowed to post links yet, but you can search Google or the play store for "relentless alarm trial"
General feedback and bug reports are welcome!
Download link: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.changemystyle.gentlewakeup
Turn your device into a sunrise simulator and wake up naturally by light. Light leads to biological processes in the body leaving the deep sleep phase and preparing for wake up.
You will have complete control over the wake up process. Start the sunrise 20 minutes before your desired wake-up time and define your personal brightness level at the end. Add slowly increasing sounds of birds twittering and add a device vibration as a backup 5 min after wake up time.
Stop waking up stressed out by an alarm clock in the morning. In the stone ages noises meant danger from animals or from enemies. We still have this basic instinct in our brains. Start getting awake by light and you will never want to wake up by sounds again.
Note: For optimal performance place your device with the display off pointing into the direction of your head over night. No need to keep the app running. It will start at rising time.
I'll try your app, but I really think you should use app screenshots instead of people..!
OrangeCleaner said:
I'll try your app, but I really think you should use app screenshots instead of people..!
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Here are some more screenshots (remove the spaces)
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