Comparison

Sometime vs Alarm Clock

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

Head to head
About

Sometime

Easily track and manage recurring tasks with flexible reminders and visual habit tracking. Never forget to take medicine, pay bills, or care for your plants again. Organize tasks by category and view completion history with informative charts.

Highlights
  • Recurring task tracking
  • Flexible reminder scheduling
  • Habit visualization charts
  • Task categorization
  • iCloud sync
  • Home screen widgets
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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Sometime lets you easily track and complete recurring tasks in your daily life. People have used it to: - Know when to take medicine and remember the last time they did it - Keep their plants alive by being gently reminded - Be on top of paying their bills every month - Check when and where they got their last haircut - Replace their Brita water filter on time before the inevitable algae domination - And more! ——— YOUR TASKS AT A GLANCE - See all of your tasks with reminders for Today and in the Future. - Organize your tasks into categories and quickly switch between them. - Sort by Last Done to see tasks you haven't done in a while. - Sort by Upcoming to see reminder times more clearly. SET FLEXIBLE REMINDERS - Set a reminder that occurs minutes/hours/days/weeks/months after your task is completed. - Set a daily reminder that occurs at the times you specify. - Set a weekly, monthly or yearly reminder at the days and times you specify. - Set a one-off reminder at a date and time you specify. - Choose a custom notification sound. - (Pro) Get notified after your task is past deadline with overdue reminders. VISUALIZE YOUR HABITS - Get a better sense of how often you complete a task with informative charts. - See your average, shortest and longest time interval between completions. - Easily add, edit and remove completions from history. OTHER FEATURES - (Pro) Add notes when you complete a task to remember additional context. - iCloud sync: Keep your data private and in sync across your devices. - Notification and Spotlight search actions: Quickly complete a task or set a one-off reminder without opening the app first. - Home screen widgets - Task: See the next reminder date or the last completion for a task. - Today: See upcoming reminders for all tasks or tasks in a category. - Support for Siri and Shortcuts with actions like: - Get tasks for today - Complete a task - Get last completion date for a task - Get the next reminder date for a task - Remind me later for a task - Export your task completions as CSV. Have feedback, suggestions or questions? Contact us at support@irisation.com

About

Alarm Clock

Features
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Make an alarm reminder that you really can't miss! An alarm clock that repeats within certain intervals. If you'd ever want to push off a reminder or not wake up in the morning, the randomized repeats will help pull you back on track!

Screenshots

Sometime4 screens
Alarm Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alarm Clock at none against Sometime's 1. Alarm Clock also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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. Sometime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Alarm Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sometime versus Alarm Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSometimeAlarm Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (76 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings76 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIrisation LabShijie Huang

Bugs and requests

Sometime

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lost all reminders (multiple reports)
  • Widget sometimes doesn't update
  • Reminders are late (iOS widget)
  • Daily tasks with '1 day' after completion setting don't work as expected

Requested features

15 requests
  • Archive tasks feature
  • Relative reminders (e.g., every 6 hours)
  • Ability to cap daily reminders
  • Measurable metrics
  • Widget UI update
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  • Quicker category swapping
  • Color coding for categories
  • Option to hide reminders until due date
  • Disable notifications for specific tasks
  • French localization
  • Add own symbols to custom actions
  • Custom notification sound
  • Dark mode
  • Apple Watch app
  • Keyboard ready on '+' press

Alarm Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sometime

One-time1
  • Sometime Pro$4.99
None

Alarm Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sometime free?
Sometime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alarm Clock free?
Alarm Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sometime or Alarm Clock have ads?
Neither Sometime nor Alarm Clock shows ads.

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