# Challenges Alarm Clock — user reviews > 188 indexed App Store user reviews of Challenges Alarm Clock by duytu tran, rated 3.78/5 from 2,275 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/challenges-alarm-clock/id1247289889/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/challenges-alarm-clock/id1247289889.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,266 · 4★ 214 · 3★ 154 · 2★ 96 · 1★ 462 ## What do users think of Challenges Alarm Clock? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⭐ Good app that wakes up user - 🔔 Alarm is effective at waking up heavy sleepers - 🧠 Challenges help get brain working in the morning **Cons** - 🚫 Ads make the app unusable - 🔇 Alarm doesn't make any sound, only vibrates - 🤯 Challenges are too difficult or confusing - ⏰ Alarm turns off on its own without completing challenges **Commonly reported bugs** - Alarm doesn't go off at scheduled time - App crashes when trying to set alarm - Notifications and messages are glitchy or inappropriate **Most requested features** - More customizable alarm sounds and challenges - Option to choose specific challenge type - Ability to set own custom challenges ## Newest reviews (14 of 188) ### 2/5 — Ads affect turning off alarm *2026-07-01, version 4.1.3* It definitely does its job to wake you up, but ads make it difficult to navigate. I have an upstairs neighbor because I live in an apartment, and I’ve been trying to figure out a way to prevent sleeping through my alarm so it’s not going off for 10+ minutes and disturbing them. I tried this app for the first time last night, and it went off this morning at full volume, even though I had purposefully set my phone volume at like half that. I performed the math problem to turn off the alarm, but then an ad popped up. Because the ad popped up, the alarm did not stop. I tried shutting off my phone or restarting just to get it to stop asap, because I did not want to disturb my neighbor. Hitting the “X” on the ad didn’t work, it opened the site of the ad in another tab. Multiple times. It took me many attempts and several minutes to turn off the alarm because of this. Don’t recommend if you are worried about disturbing others with this alarm. ### 3/5 — Challenges *2026-02-27, version 4.0.3* Be able to change difficulty of the challenges ### 3/5 — Typing challenge doesn’t work? *2026-02-03, version 4.0.3* I’ve loved this app so far especially the typing challenge, but lately when I’ve done it, the app doesn’t accept my correct answer (I have screenshot what I typed to proof read when I am wide awake and ya the answer is correct). Hopefully it gets fixed in an update soon :( ### 2/5 — Too many adds *2025-10-10, version 1.1* So much Better on Samsung ### 2/5 — Panic attack *2025-06-20, version 1.1* You’ll start panicking because it keeps on going with the alarm until you answer the question and whatever you do do not choose the digital alarm sound. It’s the worst you answer in panic mode. I don’t recommend. ### 1/5 — An alarm that doesn’t work if the phone is locked *2025-06-06, version 1.1* Waste of $5 to get rid of the incessant ads. ### 1/5 — Ads *2025-04-25, version 1.1* When trying to use the app, any time i clicked on a button a 30 second ad would play and when it finished it would not close properly, making the app fully unusable. If the app worked properly I don’t mind ads or would be willing to pay, but I don’t want to do that before seeing the app work even once ### 1/5 — False advertising *2025-03-24, version 1.1* There is no option to set any tasks for an alarm. The puzzle and math problem is just a show ### 1/5 — One Star *2024-12-21, version 1.1* I have tried to get this app to work 3 separate times and it never goes off and I still oversleep ### 1/5 — This app didn't even wake me up *2024-09-30, version 1.1* Yah this app didn't even wake me up and I didn't see any challenges don't buy! ### 1/5 — Jae *2024-09-13, version 1.1* It doesn’t work at all for me ### 1/5 — Doesn't go off *2024-09-12, version 1.1* iPhone 11. No sound, no vibration nothing happened except for some silent notifications that I saw hours later. No real settings or options in the app, couldn't see a way to fix it ### 2/5 — Hard for kids *2024-06-17, version 1.1* When I first got this app, I thought it was going to be mazes, and addition and maybe some subtraction problems. However, I’ve realized it contains harder multiplication problems. On the other hand, it doesn’t continue the alarm while answering questions, so it isn’t as annoying. (Bad thing for me)I am a very heavy sleeper, so if it isn’t annoying or loud, I will fall right back asleep. Especially if it’s early in the morning. Not the best for kids or people who don’t know multiplication off the top of their head. 😬 ### 1/5 — Don’t use it *2024-05-28, version 1.1* Does not work ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Your Feedback Button Doesn’t Work and the Alarm Just Went Off RANDOMLY DURING THE WORK DAY *2026-06-23, version 4.1.1* I use this alarm most mornings, and as annoying as it is, that’s what makes it work. HOWEVER, it just went off IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WORK DAY, with NO ALARM SET for the middle of my work day. I had an alarm at 8am this morning, that’s IT. Because of how the app works, it wouldn’t shut up even though I was actively pressing the volume down arrow over and over while stressfully trying to complete the puzzle so it would shut up. It disrupted all my co workers and then loudly started playing an ad about poly as soon as I finished the puzzle, so now my coworkers probably think I’m doing something insanely inappropriate at work. I DIDN’T SET THAT ALARM!!!! I don’t even have one that’s turned off set for the time it went off just now. I dong see how it’s possible aside from that Challenge Alarm Clock has serious, UNACCEPTABLE issues. ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-06-05, version 4.0.3* I couldn’t even set up the first alarm before it broke, claiming I couldn’t use the app because I’d been hacked because I’d looked at “adult websites” on my device which is a weirdly specific error message, and something an alarm app should have no way of knowing??? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t even work *2026-05-19, version 4.0.3* Alarms literally don’t make any sound or go off ### 1/5 — Not loud enough *2026-01-03, version 4.0.3* If you are a heavy sleeper I do not recommend this app as it’s not nearly loud enough to wake me (a very heavy sleeper) up. The vibrations are very mild and the alarm is too quiet, never even got to the puzzle and it was 11 pm. ### 1/5 — TERRIBLE GFYS *2025-10-08, version 1.1* ABSOLUTELY terrible. I never even had the opportunity to try out the alarms or their sounds because, every time I tried to add an alarm I would get an un-skippable add pop up that never went away. On top of the inability to even set an alarm, there were only 2 presets. 6am and 9pm. DO NOT! It’s a waste of time and effort ### 1/5 — Ads make it unusable *2025-09-11, version 1.1* Couldn’t even set up my first alarm because of the ads. Tried four times to set it up and kept getting ads that were fused to close. ### 1/5 — Ads make it unusable *2025-08-23, version 1.1* Wasn’t even able to set up my first alarm because there was an entire screen ad that you could not click out of. ### 1/5 — Could be better *2025-08-12, version 1.1* Gets stuck on ads and can never set the alarm ### 1/5 — Didn’t end up working *2025-08-01, version 1.1* I downloaded it yesterday just so that I could wake up early for studying purposes. I just wanted it to be more difficult for me to press snooze but it never actually went off. I set up backup alarms on the default app just in case and thank goodness I did. Cool concept but definitely a gamble. Probably won’t try it again. ### 1/5 — Ads *2025-06-28, version 1.1* So many ads ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Alarm *2026-07-15, version 4.2.0* Perfect exactly what I needed, so much better than alarmy but does all the same things and more ### 5/5 — So much ads but SLAYYY *2026-06-24, version 4.1.1* So much adssssss but so good ### 5/5 — This works *2026-06-22, version 4.1.0* Bro I was up all night i put 1 hour timer and I did shake challenge and I also did a crazy alarm so I had too shake the phone like 60 timers and it worked and it really wakes you up plus as a workout too ### 5/5 — Five stars *2026-01-27, version 4.0.3* Wakes me up faster ### 5/5 — Challenges Alarm Clock *2025-12-13, version 4.0.1* Challenge to turn off alarm ### 5/5 — Good *2025-07-01, version 1.1* If it wasn’t for this app I’d still be sleeping ### 5/5 — Waking up *2024-05-09, version 1.1* O.M.G I absolutely love challenge alarm when I wake up on Friday May 10th 2024 I won’t be able to do the challenges tho because I am going to the South Bend Zoo at 7:45am and I need some time to get ready. But anyway I love this app I recommend this app to light and heavy sleepers there are three ringtones digital phone call, ticking, and wake up sounds... ### 5/5 — I have had it for 1 day *2024-04-26, version 1.1* I like it but I don’t understand how to get the qweshtons ### 5/5 — It a good app *2024-02-06, version 1.1* It can help me to wake up early ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-02-04, version 1.1* This will definitely help me get up in the morning the adds are a bit annoying tho but other than that it’s perfect👍 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*