# FreakyAlarm — Games & Barcodes — user reviews > 215 indexed App Store user reviews of FreakyAlarm by Enrico Angelini, rated 3.10/5 from 74 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/freakyalarm-games-and-barcodes/id383313224/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/freakyalarm-games-and-barcodes/id383313224.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 22 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of FreakyAlarm? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💪 Highly effective for heavy sleepers and snooze abusers - 🧠 Brain-engaging puzzles force genuine wakefulness - 📸 Photo/barcode scanning feature requires physical movement - 🎵 Randomized annoying sounds prevent habituation - ⚙️ Customizable difficulty levels and settings - 🚫 Cannot be easily bypassed or snoozed - 💰 Affordable one-time purchase price - 🎮 Variety of puzzle types (math, memory, shapes) **Cons** - 🐛 Alarms continue repeating after puzzle completion - 📱 Requires app to remain open and phone unlocked overnight - 🔇 Does not work when phone is on silent or Do Not Disturb - 😰 Anxiety-inducing alarm sounds (gunfire, screaming) - 🎨 Drawing/shape puzzles unreliable and frustrating - ❌ No customization of which puzzle types to include - 🔐 Incompatible with password-locked phones - ⚠️ Frequent iOS compatibility issues after updates - 🎯 Alarm timing sometimes delayed or unreliable - 📞 Poor customer support responsiveness **Commonly reported bugs** - Alarms continue sounding repeatedly after puzzle completion (iOS 17-18 issue) - App crashes on startup or during puzzle solving - Alarm fails to sound despite proper configuration - Drawing shape puzzles not recognizing correct inputs - Math problems with no correct answer option available - Alarm timing jumps forward by one hour - Notifications appear instead of sound in certain conditions - App incompatibility with iOS 10, 11, 13, 17, 18 - Shake puzzle not responding to phone movement - Badge notifications blocking puzzle visibility - Music from Apple Music not playing with alarm **Most requested features** - Ability to select specific puzzle types to include - Calmer, less anxiety-inducing alarm sounds - Snooze function with puzzle requirements - Better drawing puzzle calibration - Dark mode or visual improvements - More puzzle variety options - Volume control slider within app - Holiday/exception settings for recurring alarms - Voice recording feature instead of text-to-speech - iPad optimization - Background operation without keeping app open ## Newest reviews (18 of 215) ### 3/5 — The Best but has a Major Glitch *2026-01-11, version 3.4.1* Freaky Alarm is the only app that has worked to get me up. The app is persistent and not easy to bypass. The feature that allows you to take a picture of something in your house is great, because i have to physically get up after several annoying puzzles. However, it has a glitch, where as soon as I complete all the puzzles, the alarm rings over and over again. The only way I was able to get it to stop ringing was actually to delete the app. ### 4/5 — Alarme qui ne sonne pas… *2025-11-16, version 3.4.1* J’ai acheter cette appli le concept est incroyable, mais bon vous vous douter bien que si derrière l’alarme ne sonne pas il n’y a 0 intérêts j’ai tout essayer : pas de mode ne pas déranger, pas de silencieux, page ouverte sur mon téléphone, son à fond etc… Rien ne marche l’alarme ne sonne pas, c’est bien dommage parce que le concept avais l’air incroyable limite révolutionnaire mais bon. Garder vos 1,99€ l’appli ne fonctionne pas. ### 2/5 — App needs update *2025-03-18, version 3.4.1* Alarms keep going off after you solve the puzzles multiple times. Even if you exit the app. ### 2/5 — Please Update to be Compatible with Current iOS *2025-03-14, version 3.4.1* I love this app, it’s literally the only thing I have found that helps me get out of bed but it keeps going off after I’ve solved the puzzle. ### 4/5 — Bug in current version *2025-03-03, version 3.4.1* Latest version of this app per App Store was born 4 years ago. Since roughly iOS version 17 (read: Oct 2024) the alarms won’t stop and adhere to their schedules once you resolve the puzzle but will go off again within minutes if not seconds. The only ‘workaround’ is to go into the app menu and reset all alarms. Dev needs to address this ‘bug’ which seems to be some incompatibility with newer iOSes. I was a bit disappointed that after months of this occurring and many complaints and lowered ratings the dev hasn’t corrected the issue. It is a nice app in every regard but doesn’t seem to be kept current. ### 4/5 — Big in current version *2025-02-26* Latest version of this app per App Store was born 4 years ago. Since roughly iOS version 17 (read: Oct 2024) the alarms won’t stop and adhere to their schedules once you resolve the puzzle but will go off again within minutes if not seconds. The only ‘workaround’ is to go into the app menu and reset all alarms. Dev needs to address this ‘bug’ which seems to be some incompatibility with newer iOSes. I was a bit disappointed that after months of this occurring and many complaints and lowered ratings the dev hasn’t corrected the issue. It is a nice app in every regard but doesn’t seem to be kept current. ### 3/5 — Good alarm but needs fixing *2025-02-24, version 3.4.1* This is a good alarm for me because it’s persistent and annoying, which is necessary for me to get up. However it has started going off repeatedly even when I have resolved it. So I go through all the steps to turn it off and then it immediately goes off again. This continues on and on and on! I contacted support and the only help that they gave me was to hit reset, reschedule and then reschedule alarms. If I am even a little sleepy I can’t do this fast enough because it resumes going off only ten seconds after I have resolved it. I was hoping that was a temporary fix while they solved something on their end but it has been months and I still have to do this. Even if I sleep through it because I accidentally left it on silent and it tells me I missed the alarm it will still go off again if I don’t do this. I am tried of racing to reschedule every single time!! This needs to be fixed. ### 2/5 — Used to like it *2025-01-06, version 3.4.1* Even though I didn’t like some of the sounds, it was an effective alarm, however, since I updated my phone to iOS 11, it doesn’t always go off and then it keeps going off, even if I have done all the things to turn it off. After going through it 6 times this morning, and even turning my phone off and on, I deleted it. ### 2/5 — Good alarm *2024-10-09, version 3.4.1* For some reason after you complete the questions, and shut the alarms off, it keeps coming back and you have to answer the questions multiple times. Please fix ! ### 2/5 — Broken with ios18 *2024-09-25, version 3.4.1* After solving and closing, the alarm will continue. Only way seems to be to delete the app. ### 4/5 — Ignore headphones setting *2024-04-23, version 3.4.1* This afternoon when I woke up I realised that the ignore headphones setting doesn’t ignore Bluetooth headphones leading it to be this afternoon that I woke up rather than the morning. ### 2/5 — Need a way around lock screen *2023-03-21, version 3.4.1* I was so excited for this app and it even worked initially. But i have to keep my phone password locked for work and privacy regulations, and i quickly became clear i could not be trusted to remember to change my settings every-night and every morning. So i had to stop using. Please find a way around this. ### 3/5 — Problematic *2022-07-01, version 3.4.1* The alarm is great when it wants to work, I have to uninstall the app every so many weeks when it stops working to get it to work again ### 4/5 — Good but I’m too lazy *2022-06-18, version 3.4.1* This never fails to wake me ip however you can easily delete the app or cheat the volume down ### 4/5 — Great *2022-03-14, version 3.4.1* Would be much better if less than 10 sounds could be selected for each level, would also be nice of some sounds were similar to the default alarm sounds in the apple clock app. ### 2/5 — Games *2022-01-24, version 3.4.1* I don’t even know how the freakywrite works. There’s no explanation for the games. Had to delete it. Can someone explain to me how each game is played? ### 3/5 — Anxiety inducing alarm sounds *2021-11-08, version 3.4.1* I downloaded this app to help me wake up in the morning without being able to snooze or reset my alarm 7 times. It’s a good idea for an alarm app but the alarm sounds provided are NOT what I want to start my day with. I don’t want to be woken up by a shrill panic alarm then have to solve math problems while the sounds of machine guns and screaming people go off! You can disable the ones you don’t want but you are required to have at least ten and there are not ten calm enough to have as a morning alarm. I would love this app if it were a little more anxiety friendly. ### 2/5 — I really wanted to like this app *2021-01-26, version 3.4.1* I set alarms for many different tasks in my life and I was excited to try an app with alarms I could NOT ignore. The concept here is absolutely excellent but one thing makes this app unusable for me. I struggle with numbers and have never been able to solve any of the math problems with a loud alarm blaring in my face. Developers: please make it possible to choose which games to include in the alarm! I would love to use this app if, this were possible I would certainly rate it much higher. Regardless, I thank the developers and appreciate their hard work in creating this. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sucks *2026-06-08, version 3.4.1* It doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to. I try to turn in off and it does but then immediately starts again and I have to delete it to stop it. ### 1/5 — Alarms won’t turn off *2026-03-04, version 3.4.1* I’ve used this app for almost ten years now and have to delete it to get the alarms to stop reactivating no matter how may times you solve the puzzles and turn them off they just keep going or will have a random pop up in the middle of the puzzle that will cause you to restart the entire puzzle from the beginning I can’t recommend this app which is sad to see ### 1/5 — Alarm can’t be desactivated *2025-09-13, version 3.4.1* The alarm keeps ringing even after completing all of the tasks I am very disappointed with my purchase Please fix this problem ### 1/5 — problems *2025-09-09, version 3.4.1* the app keeps ringing and asking me to solve riddles after I have solved all games and disarmed the clock already several times. Very buggy. And then why force us to accept many violent sounds (machine guns, hijacking alarm..) when one sound could be enough, that's a mystery. I uninstalled it despite having purchased it. I cannot recommend. ### 1/5 — Loved It for 5 Days, Day 6 Ruined It *2025-01-04, version 3.4.1* Everything was great until this morning. Alarm will not stop repeatedly going off. ### 1/5 — Loved it, now it’s ruined *2024-12-31, version 3.4.1* I am a long time user who bought this app. I had always been able to rely on it to get me up even when it was more resurrection than waking up. However iOS 18 has caused the app to never shut off. I have tried the developers options of resetting etc but it simply doesn’t work. Very sad, I wish the dev would correct whatever is causing the malfunction, but for now, stay away. ### 1/5 — Had to uninstall *2024-12-09, version 3.4.1* Newest iOS, no matter how many times you solve it resets and goes off again. Only fix I found is uninstalling the app. Essentially it’s broken in its current form. ### 1/5 — Broken in iOS 18 *2024-10-17, version 3.4.1* Used this for years and loved it, but with iOS 18 alarms just go off over and over. ### 1/5 — Great concept but misses the mark *2024-02-28, version 3.4.1* Great concept but I didn’t realize until after I purchased that you have to leave your phone open or the app open which is terrible for so many reasons. I reallllllllly wanted to write a happy review! Ugh! ### 1/5 — Sound Doesn’t Go Off at Correct Time *2022-03-30, version 3.4.1* What kind of alarm clock doesn’t start to sound until it’s been going off for 20 minutes? If it’s set for 6:45, sound won’t start til after 7. It shouldn’t matter what the priority score it, the sound should go off when it’s supposed to. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Complimenti *2022-01-13, version 3.4.1* Funziona egregiamente porca madonna ### 5/5 — 😂 Non ci credo. Fantastica 🤣 *2021-09-09, version 3.4.1* Ho un problema di sonno e puntualità patologico, e finalmente ho trovato il modo per alzarmi in orario. Ci è riuscita. Non ci credo ancora. E fa scassare dal ridere! ### 5/5 — Best alarm app for snooze abusers. *2020-12-16, version 3.4.1* I have a horrible habit of use my snooze too many times, and I also learn to turn off my alarms both in my phone and standard alarm clocks, while sleeping and with no memory of having done it. I’ve tried moving my alarms and trying different times and sounds every day but nothing FORCED me awake enough to not sleepwalk my way to snoozing 10 time. It won’t let you just close the app to shut it up, you really have to solve the puzzles to make it stop. It’s great! This app is great, you can choose the level of difficulty and I printed a QR code that I must scan across my house after solving a couple puzzles. The highest difficulty can be kinda tough wide awake, and while half asleep and confused in the morning these things are the right kind of frustrating, enough to get me truly awake. Anyone needing a better alarm clock that forces you awake by forcing you to use your brain and possibly physically move somewhere to scan a bar/qr code you printed and put up somewhere away from your bed... get this app!! GET THIS APP!!! ### 5/5 — Helpful *2020-09-02, version 3.4.1* For anyone that sleeps past alarms, I feel more confident that I can see the alarm and expect to be awake. To turn the alarm off, you need to think quite a bit. The exercises are tricky, at least when you are waking up from a deep sleep. ### 5/5 — Molto divertente *2020-07-28, version 3.4.1* Bella idea, riesco a non procrastinate la sveglia. L’app è ben funzionante. ### 5/5 — Best £2 ever spent? *2019-11-22, version 3.3.2* This alarm clock is amazing for heavy sleepers like me. Consistently got me up last few days. I hope I keep using it. Highly recommended for heavy sleepers, students, self employed - and others who have to be their own boss, and where it’s too easy to turn the alarm and roll back to sleep. I set it on the hardest setting, and at minimum it takes 3 mins to do the 5 puzzles. If I’m slow or stupid, might take me 8-10 mins to switch off. This is key to waking up my conscious brain, so that my higher mind agrees with me or something. There is a barcode / photo feature, so have to get up and scan a barcode in another room - this is great to get you out of bed, after your mind has been woken up. Now - I wake up earlier, and start the day with some exercise. Only small issue, you have to click into the app to start the process. So in theory someone could not click in, and ignore. But so far I haven’t done that- great app thank you so much. ### 5/5 — Amazing alarm clock app *2019-08-16, version 3.3.2* I highly recommend this app. For dead like sleeping people it's powerful solution. You really will not wanna to go sleep more after this alarm:) ### 5/5 — This saved me *2019-03-12* This app is actually the only thing that manages to get me out of bed 4 out of 5 times. My boyfriend never manages to do it, and I think that says it all. I love that I have to solve puzzles and calculations, to wake myself up, but the few times it won't work is because my sleepy self will mute the phone, which makes the alarm obviously silent. It's still the best alarm I've had so far! ### 5/5 — I've over slept over everything except for this. GENIUS! *2018-08-02, version 3.3.1* Simply the best alarm out there. Very well thought to be the most effective alarm for people with morning issues. ### 5/5 — Nothing else like it! *2018-07-17, version 3.3* I have used Freaky Alarm since college. Got me through my Bachelor’s, Master’s and now that I am in my career. Please keep the app available and working through new versions of IOS. I’ll be using it the rest of my life! --- *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 2026-09-10.*