Comparison

Routine Task Timer vs Wake up alarm clock

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

Head to head
About

Routine Task Timer

This app guides you through daily routines by announcing each task and its remaining time. It helps prevent time-wasting during activities like studying, training, or housework, ensuring smoother task completion.

Highlights
  • Task announcements with remaining time
  • Supports morning routines
  • Aids in studying and training
  • Helps with housework efficiency
  • Prevents time-wasting
Features
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RoutineTImer helps you focus on your routine works! RoutineTimer announces each tasks of your routine with remaining time based on the time that is taken to complete each tasks you set. For instance, If you have difficult to finish your morning routine smoothly, RoutineTimer would be your good partner. And also, on studying, training, housework, Routine Timer prevent you from wasting your time!

About

Wake up alarm clock

This alarm clock app is designed to ensure you wake up, especially if you're a heavy sleeper. It requires completing tasks like scanning a QR code, shaking your device, or solving math problems to turn off the alarm. It also includes features to prevent oversleeping and countdown alerts for departure times.

Highlights
  • QR code scanning to dismiss alarm
  • Shake or math problem tasks
  • Snooze disabled
  • Prevent double sleeping
  • Countdown alerts for departure
  • Automatic wake-up time calculation
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Guaranteed wake-up for heavy sleepers. Must scan QR code or complete shake/math tasks to stop alarm. Snooze disabled, plus countdown alerts for leaving time. Recommended is code scan mission. Anything will be fine. Please cut off the barcode or QR code printed on a bag of sweets and paste it on the wash basin. Register the code to the app in advance using the camera. If the alarm sounds, you can not stop the alarm unless you go to the washstand and take a picture of the code. After stopping the alarm, just wash your face. It is refreshing awakening. There are also missions that stop when you shake the iPhone for a set number of times, and missions that stop when you solve the calculation problem. And twice sleeping prevention function. After stopping the alarm, if the iPhone has not moved for 3minutes, it will be judged that you have slept twice and the alarm will sound again. Get up and wear your iPhone when you wake up. If you keep moving for the time you set, it will be considered complete and this function will end. You can disable it. Another feature is the countdown to go out. The remaining time to go out will be announced with an announcement in 60 min, 50 min, 40 min, 30 min, 10 min, 5 min, 3 min, 1 min and 0 min. It's relaxing and prevents you from running out of time. I think some people go to work at different places and different times every day. It is convenient to back calculate from arrival time that is useful for such people. I think that the preparation time from getting up to going out and the moving time from home to the station are constant. Set both times in advance. For example, suppose you look at the train you will ride tomorrow with a transit app. If you enter that time, it will automatically set the to go out time and wake up time. You can make two alarms. You can make up to seven alarms with in-app purchases. If you use different stations depending on the day, I think it is convenient to change the travel time for each station. You can also play sounds in silent mode. However, if you exit from the background silent mode will not sound and you will be limited in functionality so be sure to stay in the background. Be sure to allow the notification function. It will not work properly if you do not allow it. Ads will be excluded if you register for pay. You will be able to create four alarms. You can repeat the day of the week. ○Subscription Details: -Ads will be eliminated. The subscription auto-renews each year, but you can cancel anytime. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions are fully portable to all of your iOS devices, please use the restore functionality in the settings page. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. ○Licence Agreement http://anitya.link/license-agreement_en.html ○Privacy Policy http://anitya.link/privacy-policy_en.html ○Website http://anitya.link/VAMOS_en.html

Screenshots

Routine Task Timer4 screens
Wake up alarm clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Routine Task Timer at none against Wake up alarm clock's 1. Routine Task Timer also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 76%). Wake up alarm clock's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Wake up alarm clock sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. Routine Task Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wake up alarm clock holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Routine Task Timer's written reviews are positive against 76% of Wake up alarm clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Routine Task Timer ships an update fortnightly, Wake up alarm clock every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Routine Task Timer versus Wake up alarm clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutine Task TimerWake up alarm clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (18 ratings)4.8 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews — better76.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1848 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroki SakamotoN.rise

Customer experience

Routine Task Timer

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.8%

Wake up alarm clock

All ratings48 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral15.3%
Negative8.5%

In-app purchases

None

Routine Task Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wake up alarm clock

Subscriptions1
  • All functions$1.991 Year

Questions

Is Routine Task Timer free?
Routine Task Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wake up alarm clock free?
Wake up alarm clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Routine Task Timer or Wake up alarm clock?
Wake up alarm clock is rated higher. Routine Task Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Wake up alarm clock averages 4.8 from 48 ratings.
Do Routine Task Timer or Wake up alarm clock have ads?
Both Routine Task Timer and Wake up alarm clock show ads.
Which is updated more often, Routine Task Timer or Wake up alarm clock?
Routine Task Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Wake up alarm clock every 8 days. Most recently, Routine Task Timer was updated on October 8, 2026 and Wake up alarm clock on October 4, 2026.

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