Bedside Clock vs Alarm ®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bedside Clock
Transform your device into a large, easy-to-read digital bedside clock. Features voice control to silence alarms and offers customizable hourly chimes. Supports dynamic island, lock screen, and home screen widgets for at-a-glance time checks.
- Large digital clock display
- Voice control to stop alarms
- Dynamic Island and lock screen support
- Home screen widgets with real-time seconds
- Customizable alarm settings
- Hourly time chime and reminders
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Bedside alarm clock display a large digital clock on the bedside table. When the alarm goes off, you can turn it off via voice control. - Supports dynamic island, lock screen, and home screen display seconds. - Display time in standby mode in seconds. - Full-screen digital time display, allowing you to check the time anywhere in the room. - Hourly time chime, hourly reminder. - Voice control to stop alarm. When the alarm clock sounds, say "Stop" on the alarm clock interface, and the alarm clock will automatically turn off. - Convenient alarm clock settings, you can add multiple alarm clocks, set alarm clock music, repeat type, etc. - Supports time display in desktop widgets and lock screen widgets, updating seconds in real time.
Alarm ®
This app helps you manage your time with customizable alarms and reminders. It features unique challenges to ensure you wake up, ranging from math problems to physical activities, making it harder to snooze.
- Customizable alarms and reminders
- Wake-up challenges (math, squats)
- Interactive alarm deactivation
- Improved wakefulness and productivity
- Task and event notifications
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The alarm app is designed to help users manage their time by setting alarms for waking up, reminders for tasks, or notifications for events. One of its notable features includes the option to set challenges for turning off alarms, aiming to ensure the user is truly awake. These challenges can range from simple tasks like solving math problems to more physical activities such as squats and walking. These challenges add an interactive and engaging layer to the alarm, making it harder for users to simply snooze and fall back asleep, thereby improving wakefulness and productivity. Privacy Policy: https://riviacorp.com/privacy-alarm/ Terms of Services: https://riviacorp.com/terms-alarm/ Support: https://riviacorp.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Alarm ® at none against Bedside Clock's shown. Bedside Clock's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 111) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Bedside Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Alarm ® sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Bedside Clock against 4.4 for Alarm ®. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bedside Clock has 3.6K ratings behind it against 111, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bedside Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Alarm ® every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bedside Clock | Alarm ® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.6K ratings) — better | 4.4 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 111 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 章健 杨 | Rivia Corp s.r.o. |
Customer experience
Bedside Clock
Alarm ®
Bugs and requests
Bedside Clock
Reported bugs
5 issues- Alarm not working as expected
- Time/date display issues
- Landscape mode not functioning
- App crashes or fails to open
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- 12-hour clock mode
- Ability to remove seconds display
- More color/theme options
- Improved alarm customization
- Widget/home screen integration
Alarm ®
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bedside Clock
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Pro Version$2.99
Alarm ®
- Alarm - Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
- Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- 1 month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- Alarm - Annually Subscription3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Annually$34.991 Year
- 1 year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
