Progressive Alarm Clock 4+

A lot of apps have problems from time to time. I've never had any problem with this app. I use it almost every day. I love that I can have three default time set, and that it goes off audibly even if the phone is on silent; not the same as turning the volume all the way down. It also has choices of a lot of tones.

Ultimately, I love waking up slowly and gently. I used to have a Zen alarm clock, which finally died after about 10 years. I replaced it with this app and love it. I'm a very deep sleeper, and if I have to be up by a very specific time, I just set the alarm ten minutes early. In the last few years, it's never taken more than 15 minutes to wake me up. I travel a lot for my job and have never missed a flight when I needed to be up early. It gently wakes me up no matter how tired I am.

I've been using Sleep Cycle as my alarm clock for years now and it's been 100% reliable; lately, however, it's started resembling Insight Timer in its continually adding bells and whistles that I don't want or need, and the worst thing of all, in my opinion, is that it's started interrupting me while I'm trying to set the alarm by throwing up screens that want me to pay for it so I can get more of these features I don't want or need. All I want and all I will accept is a gradual/progressive alarm clock that wakes me up gently, such as this app promises to be. Unfortunately, I don't trust this app to wake me reliably because it's buggy; I go into the options and tap "Snooze Mode" and the app crashes on the spot, every time. This shakes my confidence in the reliability of the app, and since I'm using the app to wake me for work, I require 100% reliability. I will continue the search, but I don't have high hopes since there seem to be very few alarm clock apps that wake one slowly and gently, and most of those that do are, like Sleep Cycle, full of unnecessary and unwanted distractions from their actual purpose. Alas...

All of my 20+ night shift years began being jarred out of sleep by the raucous sound of my typical, average alarm clock. Prior to smart phones and apps I invested in a Now And Zen alarm however it was so difficult to set I’d keep raucous set as well in case I failed. I found this app in my retired years however better late than never and I am sooooo pleased. The bells sound extremely realistic. Setting the alarm is a breeze. My setting is dark and my volume lower than max. I’m usually awakened by the first bell but I may listen to a few more for the pleasure of it. I can’t sufficiently praise this app. My only suggestion to users: If you use a Bluetooth headset don’t forget to turn it off unless you’re planning to use it. To the developer- Many Thanks 🙏🏻