# Progressive Alarm Clock — user reviews > 291 indexed App Store user reviews of Progressive Alarm Clock by Spotlight Six Software LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 3,045 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/progressive-alarm-clock/id362389803/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/progressive-alarm-clock/id362389803.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,212 · 4★ 584 · 3★ 127 · 2★ 55 · 1★ 67 ## What do users think of Progressive Alarm Clock? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌅 Gentle wake up - 🔔 Soothing alarm sounds - ⏰ Reliable alarm - 💤 Peaceful start to the day - 🕰️ Customizable alarm settings - 🧘‍♀️ Ideal for meditation/mindfulness **Cons** - 🔋 Battery drain issues - 🔇 Volume control linked to phone volume - 🔁 Lack of recurring/scheduled alarms - 🐛 Occasional app crashes or glitches - 🔍 Limited sound options - 🔴 Alarm stops when app is closed **Commonly reported bugs** - Alarm not going off as scheduled - App crashing or disappearing from the phone - Alarm volume not working as expected **Most requested features** - Ability to set recurring alarms on specific days - Independent volume control for the alarm - More sound options beyond Tibetan singing bowls - Alarm that can run in the background or when phone is locked - Customizable alarm patterns and durations ## Newest reviews (17 of 291) ### 2/5 — When it works it’s great! *2026-05-28, version 5.2.1* I’ve had this alarm for years and love it! Recently, the alarm doesn’t go off and will reset itself for the next day without alarming for the day it was originally set for. ### 4/5 — Work most of the time! *2026-05-19, version 5.2.1* I’ve had this alarm for years and love it! Recently, there have been days when it doesn’t go off and will turn off the alarm or sometimes reset itself for the next day without alarming for the day it was originally set for. ### 3/5 — Unreliable *2026-04-09, version 5.2.1* Unless in the front it does not work well. Cannot even find in list of apps to work in babground. ### 2/5 — Only 1 alarm *2026-01-15, version 5.2.1* It has some nice features, but you have to set every evening and can only set one alarm. No schedule, it doesn’t matters if it is a week day or weekend. ### 2/5 — Only 1 alarm *2026-01-01, version 5.2.1* It has some nice features, but you can only set one alarm. It doesn’t matters if it is a week day or weekend. ### 3/5 — No way to “repeat” or preset for different days of the week. *2025-12-14, version 5.2.1* Each night, one has to remember to start the alarm. There is no way to set repeat or to set a different time for, say weekends. Meditation chimes and progressive/fade-in are its primary value-add. ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-11-19, version 5.2.1* Using this for years. Love the gentle progressive wake up. So civilised! Works perfectly. Thanks. ### 5/5 — ❤️ it ‼️ *2025-11-07, version 5.2.1* I’ve had no issues and it reminds me of my 10 days at the Vipassanna meditation retreat ### 5/5 — Love this app !! *2025-10-13, version 5.2.1* Such a beautiful way to wake up in the morning. ### 4/5 — Best I've found *2025-07-16, version 5.2.1* The gentle wake up is a life changer. My partner likes to wake naturally, and this lets me wake up early and he keeps sleeping. I would love to see one Change on the app: I would like to be able to set the alarm clock volume separately from the phone volume. Sometimes I want to listen to something quietly when I'm going to sleep, but that turns the alarm clock volume down too low. PS it's not appropriate to call it an alarm clock anymore- we have to call it a wake up clock or a calm clock. ;) ### 5/5 — Exactly what I wanted *2025-07-15, version 5.2.1* I’ve been seeking out purchasing a clock like this. Instead, I found the app at a very reasonable price. It gently wakes me up without any harsh sounds and I know I can rely on it. ### 5/5 — Exactly what I wanted! *2025-06-09, version 5.2.1* Apple doesn't provide a suitable alarm for my iPhone. But these folks do. I am not a heavy sleeper and this gentle wake up call is perfect. Thank you! ### 4/5 — Great calm alarm clock *2025-06-09, version 5.2.1* This is the only alarm clock I use. I hate the sound of baring alarms and this slows me to pick a soothing sound that starts low and progresses louder. I would give 5 stars if a sunrise function was available. ### 5/5 — Wonderful App *2025-05-29, version 5.2.1* I hate having to wake up with an alarm clock in the morning. One of the worst feelings of my day is hearing that alarm to wake me up. BUT… I love this alarm clock, and I don’t mind the lovely chimes gently rocking me awake in the morning. For me, this is a must have app. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-05-08, version 5.2.1* Works perfect when you’re in a silent hotel, and you need white noise. ### 3/5 — Porfavor *2025-04-24, version 5.2.1* Podrías agregar una alarma con sonido de pájaros? Seria perfecta ### 5/5 — My only alarm clock *2025-04-17, version 5.2.1* I’ve used this app for years and found it to be very dependable. Progressive alarm makes waking up each morning a much more pleasant experience than most alarms. An excellent product. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It's an alarm clock! *2026-05-27, version 5.2.1* For good God, when I'm going to bed the last I want is to be prompted to write a damn review. ### 1/5 — Broken *2025-09-29, version 5.2.1* I used this app for years and loved it. Now suddenly it stopped working. What's going on? At this point it's totally useless. ### 1/5 — Didn’t work *2025-04-08, version 5.2.1* I’m so glad I didn’t try this on a day I had to be up early because it did not work at all. ### 1/5 — It’s broken :-( *2025-01-04, version 5.2.1* I used to really love this alarm clock. But in the last year it’s become very glitchy. If I set an alarm for, say 7.00am it all looks ok, but the next morning it doesn’t ring and the alarm has changed to 7.00am 24 hours later. It’s NOT user error… I’ve checked and double checked ….and anyway, I tend to use presets that used to work fine…. and it only happens sometimes. I’m not sure at which point it changes to 24 hours later - maybe after midnight? Anyway it’s become unreliable for this reason and I’m so sad about it because I can’t find any other app that’s as good as this one was. :-( ### 1/5 — Not good. *2024-08-28, version 5.2.1* It was advertised as gentle Tibetan singing bowls waking you up by fading in louder and louder. In reality, it sounds like a basic one chime bell with a 2-3 second pause between each bell sound. It does fade in, but it starts at the time you want to wake up. In other words, if you set your alarm for 6, you’ll hear a whisper quiet bell at 6 (if you even hear it) ring once, the a few seconds later again, and again as it gets louder. I’m very easy to wake up, but even I wouldn’t hear this one-chime bell at full volume (set to full volume, but it starts whisper quiet) until at least a few minutes had gone by and it reached full volume. Worst of all: I had to pay before I could use it and now I regret the purchase. ### 1/5 — Was 5 stars until today *2024-07-16, version 5.2.1* This has been a great alarm app until now. The progressive bells have provided a perfect wakeup. No sudden, jarring panic, just a natural feeling of awakening. Tonight, none of that happened. Within an hour of setting the alarm, a very loud, discordant noise came from the app, and it had reset from 8 am to 2 am. I reset back to the settings I’d originally chosen and went back to bed. An hour later, a different loud alarm sounded, and the app had reset the alarm for 3 am. Another reset. Now it’s 4 am and the same thing has happened again. Hacked? Maybe. Just be aware. ### 1/5 — Does not include future date feature *2024-03-20, version 5.2.1* You cannot set the alarm out more than 24 hours. Android beats IoS on this huge lack. Using Calendar for this feature is clumsy and not as effective. ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing after one week *2024-02-13, version 5.2.1* After paying for the app, I used it for a few days and now it just crashes upon opening and won’t open. There is no customer support or way to update online - so the only solution I can think of would be to delete and repurchase but that sucks. ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2024-01-05, version 5.2.1* It was a great app that I used every night. But today there is only flashing, no sound! I do not see any change to the options. ### 1/5 — Unreliable!!! *2023-12-04, version 5.2.1* This alarm app is 100% dependent on the phone volume. When you set the alarm, you also set the max volume of the alarm. But if you exit the app and change the volume, THAT WILL NOW BE THE MAX VOLUME OF THE ALARM when it goes off. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This is it. *2026-08-07, version 5.2.1* This app is exactly what I was looking for. Don’t let the weird user interface deceive you, it does what it’s supposed to do and that’s all that matters. ### 5/5 — Wake Up *2026-07-30, version 5.2.1* The alarm is loud & rings for quite sometime. You will never miss an appt. ### 5/5 — Exactly what I was looking for *2026-07-28, version 5.2.1* I wanted an alarm sound that would progressively get louder and after looking at several other apps and tones to download I had just about given up. Icing on the cake would be if the sounds was Tibetan bowls and then BAM!!! I found this app and now waking up is calming, gradual and doesn’t wake up my wife next to me. This is exactly what I was looking for and works just like you think it should. ### 5/5 — Been using this for 30+years… *2026-06-21, version 5.2.1* … because it is a flexible, gentle , but completely reliable, alarm clock, meditation guide, baking timer… ### 5/5 — Love the bell tones *2026-06-08, version 5.2.1* Best gentle alarm clock… Doesn’t wake my wife ### 5/5 — Great alarm clock *2026-03-29, version 5.2.1* Works great - really like the gradually increasing volume. Can you make the snooze button bigger and color it so it’s easier to find and activate? ### 5/5 — Very good! *2026-03-28, version 5.2.1* I love this clock, hate getting ‘shouted’ awake. This app is perfect. The only issue I have is about once a month I have to delete & re-download. Iphone 15. ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-01-21, version 5.2.1* It wakes me up super gently. ### 5/5 — Great way to wake up! *2026-01-07, version 5.2.1* I’ve used this app for years now. I always hated being violently woken up. Now a gentle bell draws me out of the dream world and makes for a better day! ### 5/5 — It does what it says *2025-12-08* It does what it says so it gets full marks. It would be better if you could turn it off from lock screen. Big hassle to turn off in the morning. --- *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 2026-08-28.*