Alarm Clock Free for iOS 8 - Best Alarm Clocks with Wake Up Music 2.7
Awesome clock faces
Apalon Apps’ Alarm Clock Free has it all. Like most clock apps, it has a weather display (which uses location services to give you accurate forecasts), as well as multiple clock faces. However, when we say clock faces, we don’t mean just different variations / colors of the same digital display. No suree bob, we mean real, genuine clock faces, including Ultrasonic, Retro, Wordy, Odometer, ThinLine, and C-Motion. Check out the screenshots for to make an idea.
Great utilities
The built-in weather utility isn’t something to get too excited about. As noted above, almost all clock apps have one. But this app has an extra: a flashlight utility that goes off of you double tap the display.
Extensive Settings, too many ads
The Settings menu is intricate and long. There you can select your preferred wake up tone, including music from your own library, things like temperature scale (Fahrenheit / Celsius), sleep timers, the alarm list, and much more.
One thing we don’t like about this app (and that goes for most titles by Apalon Apps) is that the ads are relentless and the nag screens keep coming and coming. It’s one thing to ask the user to consider rating your app, it’s another altogether to display a different prompt every time the user launches the app. Not to mention the ever-present ad banner at the bottom, and the in-app purchase encouragement to remove it.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI9
The app's design is nearly flawless, and we’re particularly taken with the old and modern clock faces. |
Function8
You get a lot of functionality, but you have to put up with various annoyances. |
Security8
Aside from location services being required for weather info, the app doesn’t extend its reach any further with the internet (except maybe for the pesky ads). |
Battery8
Easy on the battery and doesn’t drain too much power during usage. |
Price7
We’d gladly give it higher marks here, but the constant display of ads is atrocious. |
Compatibility9
Very low firmware requirement (iOS 5), and works with all iDevice models natively. |
The clock faces alone are worth the download.
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 2.7
- reviewed version:
- 1.4
- developer:
- Apalon Apps
- category:
- UTILITIES
- os version req.:
- 6.0
- age rating:
- 4+
- in-app purchases:
- Yes. Alarm Clock with no ads $0.99
- hits:
- 802