Comparison

Math Alarm Clock vs Wake Math

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Math Alarm Clock

This app requires you to solve math problems to turn off your alarm, ensuring you're fully awake. It offers customizable backgrounds, voice commands for setting alarms and controlling the flashlight, and fun motivational voices to help you get out of bed.

Highlights
  • Solve math problems to turn off alarm
  • No snooze button
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Voice commands for alarms and flashlight
  • Motivational wake-up voices
  • Weather for your location
Features
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OVER 1M DOWNLOADS!!! ◉ Do math out loud to turn off your alarm ◉ Alarm won’t stop until you get it right ◉ NO MERCY! FEATURES ◉ Scientifically designed to wake your brain ◉ No snooze button ◉ Add your own background from your photos or camera or choose from dozens of beautiful designs ◉ Weather for your location ◉ Select from the built in beautiful backgrounds. ◉ Say “Jarvis set alarm for 7:30 AM” to set an alarm ◉ Say “Jarvis time” to hear the time ◉ Say “Jarvis light” to turn on the flashlight. No fumbling for the light at night! ◉ Get fun voices like Stewie and Hermione that motivate you to wake up if you keep snoozing! ◉ Beautiful, customizable alarm clock design TESTIMONIALS • "Good for people who struggle getting up on Mondays" 4s_Boy • "Wakes me up, no more clicking the snooze button while half way asleep" Shainabee • "I go to sleep at 1 and wake up 4 hours later and usually I sleep right through the alarm, but this gets me up and KEEPS me up" Kitty shipper WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! • Email us at support@jlabs.me • Tweet us at @jlabsTeam • Like us on Facebook! By downloading this app, you accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy agreements

About

Wake Math

Features
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An alarm clock you cannot swipe away. When WakeMath rings, a math puzzle appears instead of a snooze button. The alarm keeps going until you solve it. By the time you are done, you are actually awake. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set an alarm and pick a difficulty from 1 to 5. 2. It rings. A puzzle appears. 3. Solve it. The alarm stops. You are up. There is no swipe-to-dismiss. Closing the app, locking your phone or restarting it brings the same challenge straight back. FIVE DIFFICULTY LEVELS 1. Single-digit warm-up. Gentle even half-asleep. 2. Two-digit arithmetic. A proper nudge awake. 3. Division and missing terms. Brain officially on. 4. Algebra and mental chains. No autopilot. 5. Full Nerdle grid. Maximum friction, maximum awake. Every alarm gets its own level, so a weekday 6am can be brutal while a weekend alarm stays kind. NERDLE MODE Turn any alarm into an eight-tile equation puzzle. Build a valid equation in six tries and get per-tile feedback on every guess: right symbol in the right place, right symbol in the wrong place, or not in the equation at all. It is the hardest way to wake up and the most effective. DAILY CHALLENGE AND STREAKS One puzzle a day, the same one for everyone, seeded by the date. Solve it to extend your streak. Want to warm up first? Practice puzzles are always available and count toward your totals but never toward your streak. TRACK EVERY MORNING Total solves, best streak and fastest solve time, plus a day-by-day history of how each morning actually went. BUILT TO BE FAIR - Wrong answers never punish you. Try as many times as you need, with a hint after two misses. - Snooze is optional and off by default. Switch it on and you get a nine-minute snooze, but the final stop still needs math. - Nothing ever pretends to be locked. If a permission is missing, the app says so plainly instead of faking it. - Alarms survive a restart. If your phone reboots mid-alarm, the challenge picks up exactly where it left off. COMPLETELY OFFLINE No account. No sign-up. No internet connection, ever. Your alarms, streaks and history stay on your device and go nowhere else. There is no analytics, no tracking and no ads. BEFORE YOU START WakeMath uses the iOS alarm system so wake-ups break through silent mode and Focus. Grant alarm permission on first launch so your alarms can actually ring. Wake up your brain before you use your phone.

Screenshots

Math Alarm Clock4 screens
Wake Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wake Math at none against Math Alarm Clock's 1. Wake Math also leads on ads (none vs shown). Math Alarm Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Math Alarm Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wake Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math Alarm Clock ships an update every 5 weeks, Wake Math monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Math Alarm Clock versus Wake Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath Alarm ClockWake Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB3 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developerj labsKushal Srinivas

Bugs and requests

Math Alarm Clock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alarm not going off sometimes
  • Ads triggering alarm or causing issues
  • App crashing or freezing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow multiple math questions to turn off alarm
  • Option to set alarm without keeping app open
  • Improve voice recognition accuracy
  • Offer more difficult math problems
  • Allow using own music as alarm sound

Wake Math

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Math Alarm Clock

One-time1
  • Super Sleeper$7.99
None

Wake Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Math Alarm Clock free?
Math Alarm Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wake Math free?
Wake Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Math Alarm Clock or Wake Math have ads?
Math Alarm Clock shows ads; Wake Math does not.
Which is updated more often, Math Alarm Clock or Wake Math?
Math Alarm Clock ships an update every 5 weeks, and Wake Math monthly. Most recently, Math Alarm Clock was updated on October 22, 2026 and Wake Math on October 29, 2026.

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