# Sunrise - Soothing Alarm Clock — user reviews > 28 indexed App Store user reviews of Sunrise by Alex Vallorosi, rated 4.31/5 from 1,453 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunrise-soothing-alarm-clock/id1291997661/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunrise-soothing-alarm-clock/id1291997661.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,065 · 4★ 119 · 3★ 78 · 2★ 35 · 1★ 156 ## What do users think of Sunrise? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Works fine - 🌅 Wakes you up gently **Cons** - 🐛 Doesn't work at all - 🐛 App crashes on startup - 🐛 Alarm doesn't go off - 🐛 Alarm is too quiet **Commonly reported bugs** - Alarm doesn't sync with correct time - App gets stuck on 'turn on' screen - Incompatible with newer devices **Most requested features** - Customizable alarm sound - Ability to set alarm time before/after sunrise - More settings and options ## Newest reviews (12 of 28) ### 1/5 — Didn’t wake me up *2020-12-01, version 1.0.6* Very quiet alarm. Not enough customizable features ### 1/5 — Shuts down. Doesn’t work at all with iPhone XR. *2020-11-11, version 1.0.6* Must be for an older phone or something. ### 1/5 — Hasn’t woke me once... *2020-10-17, version 1.0.6* It either isn’t going off or is way too quiet... and I don’t think there are even setting you can change it... plus it looks like the last update was 2 years ago... ### 1/5 — First night *2020-08-25, version 1.0.6* Didn’t work ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2020-01-27, version 1.0.6* Other than a notification on my screen, it never made a sound. ### 1/5 — Didn’t Work *2019-07-23, version 1.0.6* No alarm went off. ### 1/5 — Don’t download. *2019-07-21, version 1.0.6* Kept crashing when attempting to open the app for the first time. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2019-01-28, version 1.0.6* I made sure notifications were turned on and that my sound was turned up but this alarm never turned on. Luckily it was free. ### 1/5 — Alarm *2018-12-06, version 1.0.6* Such a disappointment. Was Looking for an alarm that can be set to go off at a predetermined time before sunrise and i thought i found it but i was wrong. When it goes off it is a light beep. There is no way to change what the alarm sounds like, it was barely enough that I heard it when I was already awake plus it only beeped a couple times before quitting on its own, and you cant select specific minutes before sunrise. ### 1/5 — Bad! *2018-11-04, version 1.0.6* Twice it asked me for a review before it did anything! ### 1/5 — Review Alarm not distinctive enough *2018-08-17, version 1.0.6* Alarm not distinctive enough ### 1/5 — Good idea *2018-06-16, version 1.0.6* But didn’t work. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Didn’t work *2024-01-18* The alarm never went off ### 1/5 — Hated it. *2023-06-22* The app never worked and it’s just a waste of time. Don’t get it if you value your time, just look for another app cause this one is so badly made. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2023-04-17* You have to leave the app open for the alarm to work, but even then it doesn’t always sync with the correct time so the alarm doesn’t go off. Very few instructions and no settings menus. The simple graphics are nice and unobtrusive but that’s pretty much it. Don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — App is Unuseabale *2023-02-06, version 1.0.6* App crash and goes into a loop on startup. Not functional at all for me. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-07-10, version 1.0.6* Hangs up on the screen to set the time. ### 1/5 — Um, it doesn’t work *2022-01-05, version 1.0.6* It doesn’t do anything on my iPad or my iPhone. ### 1/5 — Very Disappointed *2021-03-14, version 1.0.6* Since I couldn’t get it to open even. Is it not ready for iPhone 12 Pro? ### 1/5 — Not working at all 😟 *2021-02-04, version 1.0.6* Downloaded the app, it found my location and now it's stuck on the “turn on” screen. My iPhone is up to date. I would love to use the app if it worked. ### 1/5 — Wouldn’t do anything *2021-01-20, version 1.0.6* Deleted it within five minutes ### 1/5 — Sunrise *2020-12-29, version 1.0.6* I wished the app, when I turn it to “on”, set alarm for sunrise and sunset... like “hey Siri , turn on ‘Sunrise Alarm’!”... !? Thanks Shawn ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So good *2023-04-20* Much better than traditional alarms; it wakes you up without scaring you and not in a bad mood either. A much better way to wake up. I’ve used it for years now. It’s never let me down . ### 5/5 — Works fine *2022-11-22, version 1.0.6* Not the most elegant app in the world, but it works fine ### 5/5 — k *2020-10-17, version 1.0.6* k ### 5/5 — Quickest, Easiest Way to Start Being More Productive *2017-10-12, version 1.0.1* Being productive is hard. Distractions are everywhere, more so today than ever before. But there is an ambiance to early mornings that makes being productive easy as hell. This app does two very important things for me, 1) It gets me up every morning at sunrise and 2) is holds me accountable. Oh, and best of all, I get to see a pretty sunrise every morning. Love it and highly recommend it. Kudos to Alex, he killed it with this one! Looking forward to the updates to come! ### 2/5 — Please get this running again! *2022-03-22, version 1.0.6* I am tired of daylight savings time and after this last switch I decided I want to just let the sunrise be my starting point. I was happy to see this app, but something seems to be broken on it as it just crashes for me. It also seems that if it did work, you could only let it set itself for 15 minutes before sunrise. Having an option for how much before (or even after) sunrise you want it to go off would be great too. ### 2/5 — Great idea, poor realization *2018-09-21, version 1.0.6* Does not work as alarm: you need to be awake yourself, to wake up the app, and then enjoy the alarm. :) If it would be able to set a system alarm for the sunset time, it would be much better. Especially if would have an option to offset the time, like “25 min before sunset” or “5 min after“. --- *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 2026-06-10.*