Comparison

Cringebot vs AlarmCroc

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

Head to head
About

Cringebot

This app helps users track and simulate embarrassing memories and negative thoughts. By increasing awareness of these tendencies, it aims to empower users to live happier lives. It is not a substitute for professional therapy.

Highlights
  • Track cringe and negative thought occurrences
  • Simulate involuntary recall
  • User-generated prompt list for simulations
  • Increase awareness of daily impact
  • Build psychological tolerance
  • Understand others' experiences
Features
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Cringebot explores the tendency many people have to make themselves cringe by remembering embarrassing events in their past and to generate recurrent negative thoughts. I hope that by using Cringebot, users will become more aware of these tendencies and will be more empowered to live happier lives. Cringebot helps you to see that you are the Cringebot. Cringebot can do a couple things: - Track occurrences of cringes and negative thoughts in real time - Simulate involuntary recall and negative thoughts from a user-generated list of prompts By tracking occurrences, Cringebot helps you to be more aware of how much these occurrences affect your daily life. By simulating, Cringebot helps you to realize the absurdity of the phenomena and perhaps build up a psychological tolerance. Simulation could also be used by people who don't experience such things so they can better understand people who do. (I am not a doctor. Cringebot is not therapy.)

About

AlarmCroc

This app helps heavy sleepers wake up by requiring them to complete a task before the alarm stops. It offers various missions like solving math problems or taking a photo, and includes features to block distracting apps and track morning habits.

Highlights
  • Mission-based wake-ups
  • App blocking
  • Streaks and badges
  • Morning insights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Unlimited alarms
Features
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AlarmCroc is the alarm clock for people who struggle to wake up in the morning. You set the alarm and pick a wake-up mission. When it rings, the alarm doesn’t go away until the mission is done, so you have to get up and move, think, or speak before your morning starts for real. AlarmCroc is built for heavy snoozers, slow risers, and anyone tired of “five more minutes” turning into an hour. How AlarmCroc works: 1. Set your alarm and choose a wake-up mission before bed 2. When the alarm rings, complete the task in the app 3. The alarm stops only when the mission is finished No half-asleep dismiss. No easy escape. Wake-up missions: - Solve math problems - Do pushups - Take a photo of the sky - Make your bed - Hunt for a random object - Read a Bible verse aloud - Say an affirmation aloud Why people use AlarmCroc: - Break the snooze loop for good - Wake up with action, not willpower - Build a morning routine that actually sticks - Turn “getting out of bed” into a daily win - Stay accountable when mornings are hardest More than a basic alarm: - Real iOS alarms — powered by AlarmKit, so alarms show on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Mission-based wake-ups — the alarm keeps going until you finish - App Block — block distracting apps (and even app deletion) until your mission is complete - Streaks & badges — track consistency and earn achievements over time - Morning insights — see wake times, time-to-rise, sleep trends, and morning memories from photo missions - Alarm Log — compare what’s in the app with what iOS has scheduled, so nothing slips through the cracks - Home Screen widgets — keep your next alarm and streak visible - Unlimited alarms — weekdays, weekends, one-offs, whatever you need Questions, ideas, or feedback? Message us in the app or email alarmcroc@gmail.com. Terms of Use: https://alarmcroc.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://alarmcroc.com/privacy

Screenshots

Cringebot4 screens
AlarmCroc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AlarmCroc at every 2 days against Cringebot's every 4 months. AlarmCroc also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2). Cringebot's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 26.1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cringebot against 5.0 for AlarmCroc. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlarmCroc has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cringebot ships an update every 4 months, AlarmCroc every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cringebot versus AlarmCroc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCringebotAlarmCroc
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB479 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin AndersonDylan Morgan

Customer experience

Cringebot

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AlarmCroc

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cringebot

No in-app purchases

None

AlarmCroc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cringebot free?
Cringebot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlarmCroc free?
AlarmCroc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cringebot or AlarmCroc?
Cringebot and AlarmCroc are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do Cringebot or AlarmCroc have ads?
Neither Cringebot nor AlarmCroc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cringebot or AlarmCroc?
Cringebot ships an update every 4 months, and AlarmCroc every 2 days. Most recently, Cringebot was updated on November 2, 2026 and AlarmCroc on October 31, 2026.

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