Lacking in features
For a paid app, this should have much more features. My main gripes:
1. I can only set one alarm. The wake up when you’re in light sleep thing is nice if you’re motivated to get up but when I’m asleep I mostly want to stay asleep. So when this thing vibrates to wake me up, I just press my watch and it shuts off. And that’s it. There’s no snooze function, it doesn’t detect if you went back to sleep or anything AND it only lets you set one alarm. So really it does nothing. Maybe you could set it to go off slightly before your main alarm but that’s not what I wanted it to do.
2. It doesn’t detect when you are awake. I mentioned this in the last comment but sometimes when it does actually wake me up, I just slap my watch until it stops and get up. Later, when I go to set it again for the evening it has this timer for how long past my alarm it has been and it is counting since my alarm went off. It wants me to manually press “I’m awake” for it to know you are awake. Why it needs to know that when it doesn’t even re-vibrate, I have no idea.
3. Phone app is useless. At least put docs in there. It links to external website for documentation when it could be in phone app. I would also prefer to set alarms in the phone app but it will not let you.
While I enjoy the other apps from this developer, this one is a huge miss, at least for now. I’m not sure how actively they’re developing this but I hope more features are added.
1. I can only set one alarm. The wake up when you’re in light sleep thing is nice if you’re motivated to get up but when I’m asleep I mostly want to stay asleep. So when this thing vibrates to wake me up, I just press my watch and it shuts off. And that’s it. There’s no snooze function, it doesn’t detect if you went back to sleep or anything AND it only lets you set one alarm. So really it does nothing. Maybe you could set it to go off slightly before your main alarm but that’s not what I wanted it to do.
2. It doesn’t detect when you are awake. I mentioned this in the last comment but sometimes when it does actually wake me up, I just slap my watch until it stops and get up. Later, when I go to set it again for the evening it has this timer for how long past my alarm it has been and it is counting since my alarm went off. It wants me to manually press “I’m awake” for it to know you are awake. Why it needs to know that when it doesn’t even re-vibrate, I have no idea.
3. Phone app is useless. At least put docs in there. It links to external website for documentation when it could be in phone app. I would also prefer to set alarms in the phone app but it will not let you.
While I enjoy the other apps from this developer, this one is a huge miss, at least for now. I’m not sure how actively they’re developing this but I hope more features are added.
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Love this app, but have a few suggestions
I love this app. It makes it very easy to set an alarm and gently wakes you up in the morning. I’ve never been a morning person and always hated getting up early, but this app helps make the mornings a little more bearable. It slowly wakes you up by vibrating once every five minutes starting 30 minutes before your alarm is set to go off. I haven’t found any other alarm app that does that. There are a few suggestions I would like to make to the developers though:
-The option to edit an alarm after its been set without having to turn that whole alarm off and restarting it.
And
-The ability to hit snooze in case you just aren’t ready to get up yet.
I definitely recommend this app if you have trouble walking up in the mornings!
-The option to edit an alarm after its been set without having to turn that whole alarm off and restarting it.
And
-The ability to hit snooze in case you just aren’t ready to get up yet.
I definitely recommend this app if you have trouble walking up in the mornings!
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Doesn't work & dev won't tell you
I relied on this app to wake me up for years and previously gave it a great review. Now, it doesn't working on iOS 15.4 and the dev didn't tell anyone!
Apple made a change to iOS that caused this problem and the developer knew about it since the first iOS betas. They didn't have the foresight to notify their users in advance that IT WOULD STOP WORKING!
They waited until the iOS update went out and just put a small text on their website about it. That's too little, too late. I'm never buying anything from this company again and I recommend you don't, either.
Apple made a change to iOS that caused this problem and the developer knew about it since the first iOS betas. They didn't have the foresight to notify their users in advance that IT WOULD STOP WORKING!
They waited until the iOS update went out and just put a small text on their website about it. That's too little, too late. I'm never buying anything from this company again and I recommend you don't, either.
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Was great until it wasn’t
I used this for like a year with very few issues. But all of the sudden, no matter what I do, it doesn’t work. The alarm either doesn’t go off, say it can’t connect, or wakes me up hours earlier than I need to be woken up. Which those first two I can understand, but why on earth does it go off in the middle of the night and wake me up??????? I’ve tried deleting the app and reinstalling, I’ve tried changing the settings. It’s like the app one day just decided to be a piece of garbage
Don’t bother downloading. At worst it won’t work, at best it will work for a while then randomly stop and you’ll be disappointed.
Part of the problem is it hasn’t updated in forever, and it seems that the company has no intention of updating the app given how long it’s been
Don’t bother downloading. At worst it won’t work, at best it will work for a while then randomly stop and you’ll be disappointed.
Part of the problem is it hasn’t updated in forever, and it seems that the company has no intention of updating the app given how long it’s been
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Drains iPhone Battery; Can’t Handle wOS Ypdates
Rinse and repeat. 15.4 updates on iOS and wOS and once again…alarm won’t set (because, remember kids, the “smart” alarm is dumb and needs set each and every night!).
Can I rate an app with 0 stars?
Developer: FIX THIS ISSUE AND THE BATTERY DRAIN ON THE iOS host!
First and foremost…THIS APP DRAINS YOUR iPhone’s BATTERY. Period. Proven through updates of it. Proven through the developers suggestions for restarting everything. IT DRAINS THE BATTERY. Second, it cannot handle watchOS updates, and barely tolerated iOS updates. Proven through recent updates. ….Workaround for this….uninstall the app from the watch BEFORE a watchOS update, reinstall, and your alarms and complications come right back and work that night. Prior to this, alarms would not set, which brings me to my next point… Third, this is NOT A SMART ALARM. I have to turn it on each night even though I setup the alarm to be all weekdays, etc. I need to turn it on each day. I used to do that on my Sony bedside radio alarm clock in the 80’s and 90’s…I think tech has advanced since then. The good: the other two apps from this developer are awesome!!
Can I rate an app with 0 stars?
Developer: FIX THIS ISSUE AND THE BATTERY DRAIN ON THE iOS host!
First and foremost…THIS APP DRAINS YOUR iPhone’s BATTERY. Period. Proven through updates of it. Proven through the developers suggestions for restarting everything. IT DRAINS THE BATTERY. Second, it cannot handle watchOS updates, and barely tolerated iOS updates. Proven through recent updates. ….Workaround for this….uninstall the app from the watch BEFORE a watchOS update, reinstall, and your alarms and complications come right back and work that night. Prior to this, alarms would not set, which brings me to my next point… Third, this is NOT A SMART ALARM. I have to turn it on each night even though I setup the alarm to be all weekdays, etc. I need to turn it on each day. I used to do that on my Sony bedside radio alarm clock in the 80’s and 90’s…I think tech has advanced since then. The good: the other two apps from this developer are awesome!!
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Don’t do it..
This app is garbage. It undermines your phone’s utility alarm settings. None of what you do/set on the app syncs with your normal alarm settings. (There is no option) There is no ergonomic feel to this app, the graphs and charts don’t make any sense and never will. The (auto) alarm has made me late for work since it (literally) decides to not play any sound when it goes off. Randomly, like you can have all your phones sound settings up all the way and the with it not on silence, and still, no sound playing because like I said, settings you have on your phone with the sleep focus verses the settings on the auto sleep app itself that works with auto wake, none of it will ever have conjunction between each other. And I’ve tried so hard to get everything set up appropriately and still, no remorse. It’s bad, collects neat fake sleep info that isn’t accurate at all. Good luck with this app, not worth losing my job over it when I can just use my standard apple alarm app and now that it’s going to actually (sound) when the alarm goes off.
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Don’t buy this app (maybe just yet)
I have both AutoSleep and AutoWake. The AutoSleep app is working fine. However AutoWake is super buggy. If you follow the instructions step by step and set the complication on apple watch and then select one if those advanced timer (that’s really the whole point of this app) it just stuck at “wait” and you are not sure if it worked or not. It might wake you up in the morning or not. Everything is possible with this app. I would say avoid buying this app for now and wait for a proper update from developers. The last update seems to be from 2 years ago so the might have abandoned this app.
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A good start but definitely not there yet
Relying on the phone and the watch is probably an inevitability but the way it is set up is really buggy. Not only do you need to make sure the app is open and the complication is on, but sometimes you have to try a bunch of times to even set an alarm.
The alarm display is a bit strange. You can’t really see all the details about an alarm and the UI is a bit unintuitive. I really like all the apps by these developers so I’m hoping they will work out the kinks in time, but right now it’s not quite production ready.
The alarm display is a bit strange. You can’t really see all the details about an alarm and the UI is a bit unintuitive. I really like all the apps by these developers so I’m hoping they will work out the kinks in time, but right now it’s not quite production ready.
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This is a good app
This app has not given me any problems in my month or so of usage. It does exactly what I would want it to do and doesn’t really do any more. That’s not a bad thing though. I just got it because it was the only way to make my Homekit light turn on when I woke up and turn off when I set my alarm each night. It does that perfectly. I don’t know why people have given it an average of like 2.5 stars or something. From my experience, it doesn’t deserve that. It can be complicated but that’s just because of the nature of the app. It provides details on exactly what to do though to make sure your alarm goes off and everything works. I think that a lot of the reviewers didn’t quite understand the directions and that could be the reason they had a negative experience. The only reason I’m giving it 4 stars is because I really think that Homekit should have just been integrated into the original app. It seems like a relatively easy thing to do, and I don’t really see the point of creating a whole new app that’s only real extra functionality is that Homekit integration.
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Where is AutoWake 4???
I love both of your other apps! They are so insightful and keep up with a plethora of health data. But what’s up with AutoWake??? It hasn’t been updated in years, which I find extremely frustrating!! Even the oldest of apps still have regular updates containing bug fixes, minor improvements, new features, or modernized UI/UX. Why have you abandoned this app and left its development so stagnant?? I just don’t get your intentions here… If I were to stumble upon this app today, I would NOT buy it! Part of my process in assessing the quality of apps before buying or downloading them is checking how recently it was last updated. Consistent developer engagement in their products is so important to consumers! Who wants an app that is left to fade out and die?
I say you should either put out an update ASAP or just remove it from the App Store. Again, what’s the use of an app that is stuck in stagnation??
Like I said, I love your other apps, which is why I simply can’t comprehend why you don’t give this one any attention. Maybe you should use AutoWake to wake yourselves up and roll out an update!
I say you should either put out an update ASAP or just remove it from the App Store. Again, what’s the use of an app that is stuck in stagnation??
Like I said, I love your other apps, which is why I simply can’t comprehend why you don’t give this one any attention. Maybe you should use AutoWake to wake yourselves up and roll out an update!
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Wish it worked the way it was supposed to
I first purchased AutoSleep and, after the alarm failed to go off the second morning, I foolishly decided to add AutoWake. The features it promises are great. And I liked it the first morning, despite the fact that the alarm went off a minute later than the latest wake time I set. This morning, despite having both a smart alarm and scheduled alarm set, despite having turned on the smart alarm when I put the book down and turned off the light, neither went off. When I realized half an hour later that it was suspiciously bright in my room, there was an “I’m awake” option which I selected and the app then told me my safety alarm was now off. Gee, thanks. I’m not spending money on an alarm app because I naturally spring out of bed at the appropriate time each day, so an alarm that only goes off sometimes is useless to me.
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Not reliable
It’s not not reliable enough to recommend. Alarm apps need to be 100% reliable. They need to go off every time. I’d say the alarms go off half the time. The fact that “backup alarms” are recommended and effectively required is a huge, huge problem. If my smart alarm should wake me up no later than 9am, if the “smart” part fails, it should still go off at 9am until I wake up. That just doesn’t happen in my experience. You have to set backup. That’s ridiculously dumb. This “on-device” backup alarm should just be part of the normal alarm, if the reason that the smart alarms are flaky is the iOS connection. There’s no point in having it separate.
It’s also just generally buggy. As an example, I set a 10am smart alarm at 4am. It never went off. I checked later in the day and it was still running, as if it was aiming for 10am the next day. That’s a massive oversight.
Beyond that, the options and UX are poorly laid out. The clearest example is that the “periodic wake up nudge” and “early alarm” are in the same scrollwheel, which makes it appear to have a ton of duplicate options. Plus, there’s an entirely different “periodic wake up nudge” that has to be configured globally from the iOS app. There’s no need for it to be so confusing.
This is an absolutely terrible app which could maybe be great if the developers made it make sense and made it 100% reliable.
It’s also just generally buggy. As an example, I set a 10am smart alarm at 4am. It never went off. I checked later in the day and it was still running, as if it was aiming for 10am the next day. That’s a massive oversight.
Beyond that, the options and UX are poorly laid out. The clearest example is that the “periodic wake up nudge” and “early alarm” are in the same scrollwheel, which makes it appear to have a ton of duplicate options. Plus, there’s an entirely different “periodic wake up nudge” that has to be configured globally from the iOS app. There’s no need for it to be so confusing.
This is an absolutely terrible app which could maybe be great if the developers made it make sense and made it 100% reliable.
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I love this app…when it works
I really think I’ve benefitted from this smart alarm. However, every couple of months, it simply stops warning—in two stages. The first—it allows me to set an alarm, but simply doesn’t go off at the appointed time. Next, it stops allowing me to set the alarm (push the “set alarm” button and you get back to the main screen that confirms NO alarm is set.) then I have to uninstall and reinstall to get it to work again. I think with this last round of glitching I’m going to have to find another smart alarm.
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Seems great but not quite
This really seemed like the best solution for a smart sleep alarm for the watch but there’s a significant amount of bugs.
For starters, I’ve had a few times where the alarm is active but won’t even go off. As I’m writing this I have an alarm that was supposed to go off 30 minutes ago and it’s just counting the time since it was supposed to activate. Additionally, if your phone isn’t nearby and charged, it also appears to be impossible to turn the alarm off which makes the watch app kind of pointless. And the last thing which is super minor is that the normal way to “stop” the alarm isn’t available unless you wake up right at the alarm time, so if you wake up earlier you actually have to deactivate the alarm which means that every night you have to reactivate it again.
I’m still giving 3 stars because as a developer I know these are easy fixes and I still like the design and everything, but it’s just not fully there yet
For starters, I’ve had a few times where the alarm is active but won’t even go off. As I’m writing this I have an alarm that was supposed to go off 30 minutes ago and it’s just counting the time since it was supposed to activate. Additionally, if your phone isn’t nearby and charged, it also appears to be impossible to turn the alarm off which makes the watch app kind of pointless. And the last thing which is super minor is that the normal way to “stop” the alarm isn’t available unless you wake up right at the alarm time, so if you wake up earlier you actually have to deactivate the alarm which means that every night you have to reactivate it again.
I’m still giving 3 stars because as a developer I know these are easy fixes and I still like the design and everything, but it’s just not fully there yet
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A must have with HeartWatch and AutoSleep
Yes, the 3 apps in this bundle seem overwhelming at first install and have a learning curve (and I generally take longer than others to figure things out). However, all 3 are beyond worth the effort, and I found myself using them like a pro in a few days. This app in particular has been fantastic, and this coming from someone who was a chronic snooze button abuser... literally setting my alarm for an hour before I had to get up so I can do an hour of snooze buttons before exiting the bed for the past 10 years at least! Now, I set my alarm for the time I need to be up, get the taps on the wrist 3 times in 5 minute intervals prior to the actual wake up time, and am feeling ready to get out of bed on time the first time the “alarm” goes off. The best part, is that all of this is silent and doesn’t disturb my sleeping wife at all (and you can be sure she had NOT been a fan of my previous morning ritual! I honestly believe those who didn’t 5 star this app were too impatient to give it a full try. It integrates well and works flawlessly. In my opinion, this app alone makes my Apple Watch a must have... I’d give up my phone first!
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Useful alarm; people don’t follow instructions
Majority of negative reviews here are from people not following the instructions properly in the app. If you follow the directions, and you set it up and use it properly, it tends work just fine. I’ve had great success with using the advanced features and the standard alarms. And I don’t wake easily. All of that being said, the instructions and layout of the iPhone app, and the naming and terminology used in the apps could be improved and made more intuitive. There is a bit of a learning curve, which I believe could be largely cleared up with some renaming and light UI tweaking. All in all though, it’s a great alarm app and a great boon to people like me who typically need to set numerous alarms starting an hour before the time I actually need to rise.
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No PM alarm option
I first downloaded the Auto Sleep app and love it! So I decided to get the AutoWake app to be able to use the “tickle” and “nudge” option because I tend to wake up feeling very groggy.
I was so disappointed the moment I tried to add an alarm right after purchasing app. App has no option to put alarm on PM. I work nights so I need an alarm to wake me up at 4PM. I’m upset I actually purchased the app and can’t even use it! That should be fixed. Not every one has a normal wake schedule.
Also, it would be more convenient if we’re able to set alarms on you phone instead of strictly on the watch. It is too much bulk to fit on a watch. There should be an option to set alarms on phone.
I was so disappointed the moment I tried to add an alarm right after purchasing app. App has no option to put alarm on PM. I work nights so I need an alarm to wake me up at 4PM. I’m upset I actually purchased the app and can’t even use it! That should be fixed. Not every one has a normal wake schedule.
Also, it would be more convenient if we’re able to set alarms on you phone instead of strictly on the watch. It is too much bulk to fit on a watch. There should be an option to set alarms on phone.
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Worth the effort!
This app has some really smart features that I didn’t anticipate when I decided to buy it along with AutoSleep and HeartWatch. All three work together in a sense so, “why not?” I thought. When I got around to start using it, I was pleasantly surprised at how you can choose to have it wake you within a set time period, 15 minutes for example, prior to your alarm time setting if you’re in a light sleep or medium sleep stage, again, your choice of which one. You can have the watch give you a “nudge” or a “tickle” and after a preview, decide if it’s something you want to use or not. You do have to put in some effort to review and possibly tweak the settings each night as well as confirm the alarm has been set but it’s a quick and easy process. I haven’t had any issues with changing alarm times or settings one day to the next so maybe there’s been an update from when another reviewer mentioned those problems...? I have narcolepsy and the features mentioned earlier are great to try out for someone like myself who has to pay close attention to not only consistency with my sleep but also with my wake schedule.
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Once Was A Great App
AutoWake used to be SO good. However it seems that support for AutoWake has stopped which is unfortunate because it had a feature no other app provided: an alarm for when you’ve slept 8 hours (or any number you set) I used to love it. No matter what time I finally fell asleep I would be awoken after exactly 8 hours. That feature does not work anymore. I’m consistently sleeping past the 8 hours and waking up before the alarm so either the alarm doesn’t work or it’s not tracking my sleep anymore. It’s a shame the other apps in the bundle are supported still but not this one. This app is no better than the stock iOS alarm app now.
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Works but somewhat complicated
I use this app every morning and I really appreciate the HomeKit integration. Turns off bedside lights and starts fan when I activate my alarm at night (and starts AutoSleep tracking). Turns on the downstairs lights and starts the coffee when I turn off alarm. You must have an active complication on the face to allow app to work. Takes some review but once you have settings adjusted, it’s a great app.
Definitely recommend and recommended review of Help page online before you depend on the app.
Definitely recommend and recommended review of Help page online before you depend on the app.
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