Weather service is unavailable
As of two days ago when I run this app, I get this error listed in the title and when I click OK, it does not go away. It keeps on flashing and flashing with the error. I’m not able to remove it and henceforth I can’t run the app.
I remove the app entirely and then re-downloaded it and reinstalled it, but I still keep keep getting the same error. If you’re fast enough, you’re able to go into the settings and turn off the Weather view on the screen, but that doesn’t work.
Can you please update the software to not need the weather service to be running in the background or remove that feature altogether. I’ve had this app for many years and I’ve used it for my alarm notification settings to play music through my alarms and so forth, and I don’t really want to try anything new.
I remove the app entirely and then re-downloaded it and reinstalled it, but I still keep keep getting the same error. If you’re fast enough, you’re able to go into the settings and turn off the Weather view on the screen, but that doesn’t work.
Can you please update the software to not need the weather service to be running in the background or remove that feature altogether. I’ve had this app for many years and I’ve used it for my alarm notification settings to play music through my alarms and so forth, and I don’t really want to try anything new.
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Worst alarm clock I’ve ever used
The developer of this alarm clock got confused on what they were doing. They decided it had to be a Weather notification app versus an alarm clock. If you did not turn on notifications for the weather the app will ask you every three seconds when you’re using the app to turn on the Weather notifications. Once you turn on Weather notifications, you have to turn on sound or the alarm clock will not work. Every day at 10:30 at night the alarm clock app sends you the current weather with a loud ding. One night I went to bed early and it woke me up. You cannot get away from using the Weather notifications so I’m deleting this alarm clock and buying another one.
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Pure trash. Updated
Update, the objective of an app should be to improve the stock app on how good it can be, not try to be worse than the garbage stock app. The snooze doesn't even work properly. Now I have to buy a freaking alarm clock because all these apps including this one are so pathetic.
Not sure why it's so difficult for someone to make an easy alarm. Support is non existent when emailing... though why I even need to get support is concerning. Phone locks up if you attempt to use your own sound for the alarm. Snoozing doesn't allow volume buttons to mute. You have to either open the app through the notification or through your home screen, shake, or do math... after clicking the notification. This is beyond unacceptable. To top it all off, it can't even override your phones silent mode... no option. This is simply terrible and should be standard. Those saying this is the best they've ever used have to be from the stone age. Granted it's somehow still better than the other garbage in the app store (most of which are just reformatted copies of the same ultra terrible app by the same two companies) and in some ways better than the trash stock alarm.
Not sure why it's so difficult for someone to make an easy alarm. Support is non existent when emailing... though why I even need to get support is concerning. Phone locks up if you attempt to use your own sound for the alarm. Snoozing doesn't allow volume buttons to mute. You have to either open the app through the notification or through your home screen, shake, or do math... after clicking the notification. This is beyond unacceptable. To top it all off, it can't even override your phones silent mode... no option. This is simply terrible and should be standard. Those saying this is the best they've ever used have to be from the stone age. Granted it's somehow still better than the other garbage in the app store (most of which are just reformatted copies of the same ultra terrible app by the same two companies) and in some ways better than the trash stock alarm.
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Overall great, but has a bug lately with rotation and needs a fix
I’ve had this alarm for a long time and overall I love it. Lately it doesn’t rotate to the horizontal clock face consistently. Maybe 50% of the time it won’t rotate at all and I have to close and open the app to get it to work. Hopefully the developers will fix this soon. There’s also something that could be improved with a little change. The stop and snooze buttons are easy to see and easy to click. BUT if you snooze, the stop button gets so tiny that it’s hard see and almost impossible to click if you want to turn it off before the snooze alarm goes off. It they made it bigger, it would be amazing!
5 stars if these two issues are fixed.
5 stars if these two issues are fixed.
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Violates its own rules
When you need to get up for work: MUST have sound on (so you can be woken up by texts and phone calls after you’ve gone to bed). MUST have app open (don’t forget, or it won’t go off!), MUST be the last app open before you close your phone (or, again, the alarm won’t go off!).
When you want to sleep in: Will go off even if you have the app completely closed out of.
This app is poorly designed and I wished it worked because I paid money for it.
When you want to sleep in: Will go off even if you have the app completely closed out of.
This app is poorly designed and I wished it worked because I paid money for it.
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Purchased app issue
One notable concern for me. I purchased needing new alarm. Tried free versions but w ads, couldn’t evaluate as too bright but interface looks good, clean. With purchase however, the menu bar remains “bright white” in areas of text (return arrow and app on left, status menu on right) in addition to the app switcher “bar” in middle bottom. Is there any way to turn those off as still too bright even if I turn screen brightness to “0” on slider in control panel. If this could be fixed, I’d revise my stars but can’t use for the moment and can’t seem to request a refund
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Great Product at a fair price
Been using the free version for many years and always found it to be reliable. Got tired of the ads and decided to shell out $3.99 for the premium version. Works flawlessly and no more annoying obnoxious ads. As many software developers have gone to a subscription service, to which I do not embrace, it’s nice to pay once, and on once, for software.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thank you so much for your kind review. Your positive feedback really inspires our entire team to work harder on developing the app! If you have any ideas on possible features that we could add to the app, you can always share them with us at support@apalon.com. Your input will help us improve our app for you and everybody else!
Pilot5974
Works well. I had a need for a louder alarm than what was available on my phone. This one fits the bill and with the programming capabilities I don’t need to think about my alarms all week, it’s already done.
Working Well but Some Volume Issues
I’m using this app with an iPad Air 4 and a Bluetooth speaker and it works well except setting the volume can be a bit finicky. Especially when using volume fade in or not between multiple alarms. When I preview the alarms it can be too loud or too soft. So I have to keep adjust the volume slider and previewing the alarm to see how loud or soft it’ll be. It’s strange because fade in will get to be too loud and no fade in will be too soft. And it’s not just the Bluetooth speaker because the same thing happens with the iPad Air’s speakers as well. But it’s really just a minor inconvenience. Once I’m happy with an alarm’s volume, I’ll just leave it alone.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your positive comment! Please note that when in the foreground volume settings of the app are used. When in the background - the app uses volume settings of the device. We are sorry for inconvenience. Hope this was helpful!
Alarm does not work when phone is silenced
The built in Apple alarm rings even if phone is silenced. This app does not. You must unsilence your phone if you want the alarm sound to work. Additionally the weather info is so small it is difficult to read. If not for these 2 issues I would have given it 5 stars. I have the fully paid version and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Developer response was irrelevant. If the silence switch is turned off the alarm WILL NOT WORK no matter if in the background or foreground.
Developer response was irrelevant. If the silence switch is turned off the alarm WILL NOT WORK no matter if in the background or foreground.
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Great clock
It’s the best clock app I’ve used so far. It was hard to find an alarm clock I had an auto sleep function so that the hours alarm doesn’t ring for ever. It would be five stars for me if the increasing volume worked for me and more so, if the program didn’t have to be running in order to use your own music for the alarm. It would also be nice if you could tell it how long to ring before auto sleep. All in all, I think it’s a great clock program worth having.
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Response from developer
Hello! Thank you so much for your kind review and high rating. We're truly happy that you enjoy using our app. Your positive feedback really inspires us to work harder on improving the app! Best regards, Support Team
Robbed me
While the app works well, I paid $4 to have ads removed, only for the app to keep showing me ads and telling me to upgrade— of course when I go hit “upgrade” again, it just takes me here to the App Store and says to open the app where it takes me back to the add riddled app.
It’s $4 of course, but it’s the ethics of it. Don’t say you can upgrade for $4 to remove ads and then have the same app with the same number of ads.
It’s $4 of course, but it’s the ethics of it. Don’t say you can upgrade for $4 to remove ads and then have the same app with the same number of ads.
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Occasionally freezes/crashes/hangs
I use this for work, meaning it had to be 100% reliable. Three times it has frozen just before my alarm is supposed to go off, says it’s 6:59:59 when it’s set for 7. I’m on latest iOS, app version, etc. I’ve started using second and third alarm apps as backup because there’s no point to an alarm app that doesn’t work 100% of the time. I like the features, but reliability is the baseline for an alarm, an this doesn’t have it. 3rd times not the charm, I’m switching.
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A nice step above the basic Alarm that comes with the iPhone
Well worth the $3.99+tax!
I’m the type of sleeper who hits the snooze button multiple times and will usually sleep through multiple alarms, especially when they go into “whisper mode”. I tried to see how to get my iPhone not to do that, but could not. I was also a person who kept my iPhone face down by my pillow.
There were two basic features with this app that made my sleeping through them that more difficult.
1. The ability to have the alarm turn off and on my flashlight, and;
2. The “Math” feature is a brilliant way to force you to wake up your brain without fully stressing it out. It requires you to solve a simple addition problem to turn off the alarm. I reccomend not using the Easy mode, but the Hard mode (two 3-digit numbers).
I’m the type of sleeper who hits the snooze button multiple times and will usually sleep through multiple alarms, especially when they go into “whisper mode”. I tried to see how to get my iPhone not to do that, but could not. I was also a person who kept my iPhone face down by my pillow.
There were two basic features with this app that made my sleeping through them that more difficult.
1. The ability to have the alarm turn off and on my flashlight, and;
2. The “Math” feature is a brilliant way to force you to wake up your brain without fully stressing it out. It requires you to solve a simple addition problem to turn off the alarm. I reccomend not using the Easy mode, but the Hard mode (two 3-digit numbers).
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Response from developer
Hello! Thank you so much for your kind review. Your positive feedback really inspires our entire team to work harder on developing the app! Please note that if you have any ideas on possible features that we could add to the app, you can always share them with us at support@apalon.com. Your input will definitely help us improve our app for you and everybody else. Best regards, Support Team
This is great when ads don’t drive you crazy!
I’ve tried over and over to upgrade and just takes me to the App Store with the version I already have with the open button…no option to upgrade. Clicking upgrade in the app keeps taking me to this as well as when I go thru settings and click get full version no ads…I even went to the App Store and looked this alarm clock up, to find the ad free version and nothing but the one I have…guess I’m looking for another alarm clock…I’ve done all I can and I’m not doing ads anymore!
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Doesn’t work. Waste of money
The app doesn’t work. It requires you ti keep the ohone in ringing mode -m if it is in silent mode alarm doesn’t work. So it might ring the alarm and you can wake up if you are not already by the kther notifications or calls. This is super frustrating. Also it doesn’t play the song from Apple music. It requires you to run the app through out the night. Most insane app that doesn’t make sense. Wonder how people rated it so high.
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I still have ads playing after buying the upgrade.
I still have ads playing after buying the upgrade. That was my only reason for paying for an app. No more ad flashing in the night. Fix this.
Won’t play my music
After the most apple recent update, this defaults to the built-in tracks. I want listen to the music that I have set up with the alarms. Very disappointed. It happened with iPhone and iPad.
I wrote the above review in June after an update, and it happened again! I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, but it will not play the music I selected for my alarm. Will there be an update soon? I really hope so because I like this app, and paid for it.
I wrote the above review in June after an update, and it happened again! I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, but it will not play the music I selected for my alarm. Will there be an update soon? I really hope so because I like this app, and paid for it.
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Favorite App but favorite feature no longer works
The “fade-in” alarm feature no longer works. Alarm stays at only one volume - I really liked the gradually increasing volume. I usually wake at first (lowest) setting, but was always assured that if for some reason I didn’t wake for that then it would gradually get louder until it woke me up... Please fix this feature! Will give 5 stars then!
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Disappointment but I still like the app
Just reading some of the comments, I was very excited to get the paid version. But as soon as the paid version loaded I was highly disappointed (Only because I was anticipating more from the comments I read) I feel like I paid $4.00 just to remove ads. I still love the app but it needs some more (Clock faces some more colors and a few more features) because literally only thing I see extra in the paid version is the music add on an
No ads) But Thanks for the upgrade and keep up the good work!!!
No ads) But Thanks for the upgrade and keep up the good work!!!
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your comment and will consider it while working on future versions of the app. If you have any further suggestions or ideas - please let us know at support@apalon.com. Thank you in advance!
