Saved our House!
Thanks to this great app, I could leave our house and monitor power to our sump pump. It saved our house from flooding when the owner went out.
Seems to work exactly as described!
I’ve only used it twice so far and I’m going to set it up again tonight. I tested it multiple times and it worked. It’s simple to use and will let you know if you power goes out while you are charging and while you sleep. Definitely a little peace of mind during storms.
Annoying notifications
I’m always getting a notification saying iOS doesn’t let third party apps work in the background. Not sure if this is a glitch or if it’s even working so I don’t feel safe that it’s even on deleted and you can keep the 99 cents I spent to upgrade it . What a waste don’t buy it .
Update: I thought I would give update after it was pointed out to me that because I had the auto torch activated was the reason I was receiving annoying notifications about third party apps. Thank you to the developers for pointing this out.
Update: I thought I would give update after it was pointed out to me that because I had the auto torch activated was the reason I was receiving annoying notifications about third party apps. Thank you to the developers for pointing this out.
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Response from developer
Thank you for the review. Please note that if you are trying to enable "auto-torch", a feature that turns the flashlight on when the alarm goes off, it will not work in the background. It is not possible for third party apps to turn the torch on from the background. Are you referring to this alert? "The iOS system doesn't let third party apps turn the torch on if the app is in the background or the screen is locked. In order for the auto-torch to work, please make sure to keep the app active."
False alarm
The outage alarm went off when my phone finished charging— not because of a power failure.
Works as it should
Did have some trouble with new iOS - deleted app and reloaded and now it works good
Option to turn tick tock off PLEASE!
Well this would be an awesome alert. But I can’t sleep with that tick tock noise next to me. So I turn the volume down so I can’t hear it and then the alarm is too soft to hear. I need it as I need my APAP at night to breathe and thought this would alert me to power disruptions. I’ve tried everything to ignore the tick tick noise to go to sleep and I just can’t ignore it! The tick tick also was an issue in the hospital when charging. I had it on for the theft protection. BUT The tick tock even annoyed my roommate! Soooooo…… I really feel bad that I paid .99 for this. It wasn’t worth it, as it’s not really useable for me. I thought paying would give me more options to have different alarms or to TURN THAT ANNOYING TICK TOCK OFF!!!! Nope no options… I’d rate it zero stars if I could!
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Response from developer
Hi! Please note that there is an option to turn it off. Simply navigate to Settings and set "Play a sound while the alarm is armed" to "Off". Cheers!
Great App Idea!
This app is brilliant! Two years ago, my power went out in the middle of the night, which meant no sump pump, and I awoke to a flooded basement. If only I had this app, I could’ve saved thousands of dollars in clean up costs. This is one of those rare apps that are very useful, but you hope you never have to use. Great work!
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Works well! Thank you!
This app was very helpful to us through intermittent power outages during the unprecedented storms that came through Texas over the last week. It was a time of great uncertainty, the power on and off frequently, and this app really helped us to keep our home safeAnd our pipes from freezing. We are very grateful. One suggestion: if you could offer a few different alarm sounds, that might be nice. The one alarm sound reminds me of an emergency sound from Star Trek! It was very effective in waking me up, I have to say. Thanks again.
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Disturbing sound when app is monitoring
I thought this was the perfect app to monitor my power during this freeze weather that we’re having right now. If the power goes out it will wake me up in the middle of the night and I can start my generator up to keep my furnace going so my pipes don’t freeze up. Unfortunately when you activate the app you get a disturbing sound through the ear speaker. I don’t care for that sound. If they can fix that issue it would be perfect.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thank you for the review. You can change the sound when the alarm is armed through settings. If you select "no sound", you will hear no sound.
Great!
Dealing with rolling blackouts here in Oklahoma and have to have our pool constantly recirculating to not freeze up. This app gives me a chance to react to a power outage at night and get a generator hooked up. What a great concept!
