Comparison

Alarm & Timer vs Breaking Dawn Alarm

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

Head to head
About

Alarm & Timer

This all-in-one clock app offers customizable alarms, timers, and stopwatches in a clean interface. It features privacy-friendly headphone-only alarms and advanced scheduling options. Personalize themes, fonts, and time displays for a tailored experience.

Highlights
  • Unlimited customizable alarms
  • Multiple simultaneous timers
  • Precise stopwatch with lap times
  • World clock with multiple time zones
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Privacy-friendly headphone alarms
  • Advanced scheduling and repeat options
Features
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Simple, powerful, and customizable. This all-in-one clock app combines Alarm, Timer, and Stopwatch functions into a clean, intuitive interface. Privacy-friendly: When headphones are connected, the alarm sounds only through the headphones, not the device speakers. By making advanced features optional, we maintain a minimalist design while meeting a wide range of user needs. [General] Customization: Color themes, "My Theme" creation, and adjustable font sizes. Typography: Choose from system fonts, specialized clock fonts, or even add your own custom fonts. Time Display: Toggle between 12/24-hour formats, customize 12:00 vs. 0:00 display, and enable/disable leading zeros (e.g., 09:00 vs. 9:00). [Clock] Dual analog and digital display with extensive layout options. Design: Multiple dial designs and support for custom image/video backgrounds. Visibility: Toggle seconds, choose second hand movement (Ticking vs. Smooth), and customize date formats/languages. Dynamic Layout: Hide the status bar, tab bar, or settings button for a cleaner look. Digital-only mode available in landscape orientation. Hourly Chime: Use simple presets or create a fully customized hourly schedule. World Clock: View multiple cities and time zones simultaneously in a convenient list. [Alarm] Set unlimited alarms with full background notification support. Compatible with AlarmKit (iOS 26.1+), allowing alarms to sound even in Silent or Focus modes. Scheduling: Powerful repeat options including daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and custom intervals (e.g., every 2 days). Supports pause periods. Sound: Use custom recordings or local music files (when the app is in the foreground). Management: Organize alarms with folders, label search, and easy duplication. Sort by time or firing order. Advanced Features: Checklist, Snooze, Auto-stop (by duration/repetition), Skip next, and one-tap global pause. New alarms can automatically inherit previous settings for faster setup. [Timer] Run multiple timers simultaneously ranging from 1 second to 10000 hours. Quick Start: Access presets and history for instant activation. Interface: Switch between list and full-screen views. Choose between 10-key or picker input with customizable units (1s/10s/1m/10m). Foreground Features: Displays estimated completion time and supports auto-stop for sounds. [Stopwatch] Records: Capture lap times with precision. Export: Send your recorded data as a text file via email. [Other Settings] System Integration: Audio mix mode (play alongside other music apps), and Auto-lock. Display: Brightness adjustment with "Darkness Correction" and customizable UI elements (toggle between switches or checkboxes). Note on Music: Currently, this app does not support playback for Apple Music, iCloud-only songs, or purchased songs that have not been downloaded to the device storage. URL Scheme: net.hakoniwa.clock://

About

Breaking Dawn Alarm

Set custom alarms for dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk with adjustable offsets and repetition options. Personalize alarm sounds and notification settings. The app uses location services to accurately calculate and update celestial times.

Highlights
  • Alarms for dawn, sunrise, sunset, dusk
  • Adjustable time offsets
  • Weekly repetition options
  • Customizable alarm sounds
  • Notification length and count settings
  • App icon badge display
  • Background time updates
Features
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You can set alarms for dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk. Each alarm can have an offset, repetition, label, and sound. Offset allows you to adjust the time when the alarm sounds. I want to wake up by ringing 5 minutes before dawn. I want to ring it 30 minutes before sunset to get ready to go home. I want to ring it 16 hours after sunrise to signal bedtime. You can create alarms such as. You can repeat the alarm by specifying the day of the week. If you select Monday, the alarm will ring at the specified time every Monday. If you select all days of the week, the alarm will ring at the specified time every day. Labels can be used to name each alarm. The type of dawn, offset time, and repetition will be displayed without any special settings. You can select the sound or song for when the alarm sounds. On the sound selection screen, there are items for notification time and number of notifications. The notification time is the time the sound continues to play for up to 30 seconds. You can also set the length of each sound to be between 3 seconds and 30 seconds. If you select a song, it will be fixed at 30 seconds (maximum number of seconds for notification). The number of notifications is the number of times the alarm will be issued, up to 10 times. It can ring for up to 300 seconds with notification time of 30 seconds x number of notifications 10 times. Display the earliest notification time on the app icon badge. *Please allow location information. Uses location information to calculate time. By allowing “always” It is possible to update the time in the background. *Please allow notifications. While the app is in the background Update dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk times. *Please leave the app waiting in the background without forcing it to close. In this state, dawn, sunrise, sunset, and sunset times are updated daily. Or by launching the app, those times will also be updated.

Screenshots

Alarm & Timer4 screens
Breaking Dawn Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Alarm & Timer at 4.3 against Breaking Dawn Alarm's 3.5. Alarm & Timer also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Breaking Dawn Alarm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (67% vs 58%). On price, ads 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. Alarm & Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Breaking Dawn Alarm asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alarm & Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alarm & Timer has 2.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Alarm & Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Breaking Dawn Alarm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alarm & Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Breaking Dawn Alarm every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Alarm & Timer versus Breaking Dawn Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarm & TimerBreaking Dawn Alarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (2.3K ratings) — better3.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews58.4% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB99 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperKAZUTERU YOKOISK

Customer experience

Alarm & Timer

All ratings2,248 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews505 reviews
Positive58.4%
Neutral12.3%
Negative29.3%

Breaking Dawn Alarm

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Alarm & Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alarm not sounding when phone is locked or in sleep mode
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
  • Notification issues when phone is in silent mode

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to set alarms for weekdays only
  • Ability to choose from user's own audio files for alarms
  • Gradual volume increase for alarms
  • Alarm override for silent mode
  • One-time payment option to remove ads

Breaking Dawn Alarm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alarm & Timer

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$9.99
None

Breaking Dawn Alarm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alarm & Timer free?
Alarm & Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breaking Dawn Alarm free?
Breaking Dawn Alarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alarm & Timer or Breaking Dawn Alarm?
Alarm & Timer is rated higher. Alarm & Timer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Breaking Dawn Alarm averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Alarm & Timer or Breaking Dawn Alarm have ads?
Both Alarm & Timer and Breaking Dawn Alarm show ads.
Which is updated more often, Alarm & Timer or Breaking Dawn Alarm?
Alarm & Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Breaking Dawn Alarm every 2 months. Most recently, Alarm & Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Breaking Dawn Alarm on November 3, 2026.

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