bnClock User Reviews

Name: bnClock
Rating: 4 (34 reviews)

bnClock

Jim Calvin

🌟 Lifestyle

☀️ Weather

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Best Alarm App I’ve Used!

Good user interface, fairly intuitive. I’ve been using this app for about a year now and it has never let me down!

Dan S 1970

25 days ago

Good App

Love being able to customize this app. I really love it but lately, it’s just been flashing after period of time so now I have to find another app like this one. A daunting task.

KatlayaWitch

a year ago

Response from developer

Would you be willing to help us find and fix this issue? Please send email to support@swaystairs.com. [Update] Thanks for helping us track down this issue and test the fix!

Weather not up to date

This is a great app and displays the time nicely. Reason for my lowish rating was because even though it gets its weather data from OpenWeather, it is never accurate. The weather on OpenWeather is always very different to what is displayed on the app.

pianosimon

2 years ago

Response from developer

The FAQ (https://www.swaystairs.com/bnClock/faq-helpinner.html#q7) provides an explanation of why this occurs. Please see https://www.swaystairs.com/bnClock/weather-helpinner.html#tenminutes to have your temperature and/or forecast update more frequently (10 minute intervals).

Clock works fine, temp doesn’t update

Really would love to give 5 stars if temp updated

DoctoRoger

2 years ago

Problem

UPDATE - works on newer iPad but not on older version. Developer reached out for details and they created a fix and update! Great response and effort by them. Kudos!!

JustBelieve!

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for your feedback and beta testing. bnClock 5.3 is now in the App store and fixes this setting issue.

Problem

UPDATE - works on newer iPad but not on older version. Developer reached out for details and they created a fix and update! Great response and effort by them. Kudos!!
Can’t get the seconds to turn off even though I unchecked the box. Settings didn’t hold. Otherwise really good app. Fix please

JustBelieve!

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for your feedback and beta testing. bnClock 5.3 is now in the App store and fixes this setting issue.

Problem

Can’t get the seconds to turn off even though I unchecked the box. Settings didn’t hold. Otherwise really good app. Fix please

JustBelieve!

2 years ago

Response from developer

Would be happy to look into this issue. Could you use the "Email support@swaystairs.com" link from the About page to send Email? This will help in debugging.

Great for a clock on an old iPad

This app is great to turn and old iPad into a clock. I would have given 5 stars if the settings held. I really want to turn off the seconds and plug in warning. Other than that, it looks great and is perfect for my needs.

sh_cincy

2 years ago

Response from developer

This issue is fixed in version 5.3 of bnClock. Thanks for your feedback!

👎👎👎

Not worth anything higher than a one star without a widget

Warrior1960

3 years ago

Fabulous!

Great way to use the old iPad 2 that can’t be updated beyond iPad OS 9. Makes for a nice, big numeral click that I can see at night without glasses. Well done interface. Does what I need without needing to log into an external site or someone keeping track of my device. Free to use, but I’d gladly pay to support the developer.

treynolds57

4 years ago

Great app but the current temperature is not updated timingly

I like it, but the newest version keep crashing on my ios9.3.5 old iPad. Could you please help out? Thanks a lot! I use the iPad as a hanging wall clock with weather. It has been a cool thing

Flytoood

4 years ago

Response from developer

Hopefully the crashing on some iOS devices running 9.3.5 is fixed with version 5.1.3. The documentation describes how to get the weather to update every 10 minutes. Please check Help under "Weather" and "More frequent weather updates"

My favorite clock/alarm

There are so many things I like about this clock.
1. Big easy to read numbers. My vision is 20:15, but when you first wake up, it takes a minute to focus. That’s not a problem with this clock.
2. Snoozing. On other clock apps and Alexa, the snooze button is a very small area. On this clock app, the whole face is the snooze button. Many clocks have a fixed snooze time. This app gives you a wide choice of snoozing times, and you can customize them for each alarm.
3. Compatibility. I use this on my iPhone 12 as my alarm clock. I also have it on a very old iPad with the inch wide connector. This is the only digital clock I could find that still runs on it. I use this as a wall clock in my ham radio shack/office. It’s a nice way to repurpose an otherwise useless piece of tech.
4. Weather. It nice to see a synopsis of the weather for the week. One thing that bugs me. If you have the weather showing, the current temperature does not seem to update. It may be something in my setup, but it happens on my all my devices. If you close it and restart it, it does update the current temperature.

Wingrider56

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the glowing review! Regarding the current temperature not updating - this is normal behavior. If you create your own private OpenWeatherMap API key (use the "Obtain OpenWeatherMap api key" link in the weather settings), the current temperature (and forecast) will update about every 10 minutes.

Settings don’t hold, spacing of settings

This app works well but has two problems that I frequently encounter:
1. The brightness settings don’t hold. I usually keep the display dim, but it frequently changes back to the brightest setting, which is disturbing when it suddenly lights up a very dark room.
2. The location of the menu and the spacing of the menu items are very close together, especially if you have large fingers. Plus the “Done” button at the bottom of the settings is too close to the bezel of a phone.

NMBioguy

4 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for using bnClock and thanks for the feedback - we'll take a look at both items. Do you have brightness set to change at sunset/sunrise? Or, set to be constant? Please contact support@swaystairs.com directly so we can continue the discussion.

Alarm is a joke

Alarm doesn’t work unless the phones plugged in! Not always an option, especially off grid!

nothing ringing

5 years ago

Weather feature deactivated

Update: The weather feature is fixed and works GREAT! This is an excellent clock app for the living room or night stand.

Dietcom

5 years ago

Response from developer

Never fear - the weather will return! And it's back in version 4.1.

No weather

This alarm clock used to be great for two reasons, it has a great alarm but now it no longer has the weather. Bring back the weather

Wkrimes

5 years ago

Response from developer

The weather is back in version 4.1!

Weather

I got this app a few weeks ago and been loving it! I read the weather was canceled but their trying to fix it! I’ll wait because this is the best app out there! Thank you!

StuDuza92

5 years ago

Response from developer

Weather is working again in version 4.1.

No Weather

I love this clock, Have used it for over a year now but suddenly no weather, what gives, I would give it 5 stars if it had the weather back.

Mr Phillip

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for using bnClock. Yahoo! retired (with no replacement) the weather service that bnClock used. We're actively working on a replacement. Now fixed in version 4.1.

Would recommend this app

Overall I love this app! I would enjoy some more alarm sounds and maybe some more colors or the introduction of a color wheel so you can set it to whatever color you want. Overall I do recommend this app to others and love the easy controls!!

eigkxbsigk

5 years ago

Response from developer

Glad you're enjoying bnClock! Thanks for the suggestions - we'll look into adding those in a future version. Version 4.2 now provides a way to create custom clock face colors. Update: version 4.3 adds some additional alarm sounds