Comparison

Alarm Clock ◎ vs Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm

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

Head to head
About

Alarm Clock ◎

This app provides a robust alarm clock experience with customizable wake-up challenges, multiple alarm types, and smart features to ensure you get out of bed. It offers a variety of sounds, weather integration, and task-based reminders to help even heavy sleepers start their day.

Highlights
  • Multiple alarm creation
  • Wake-up challenges (math, shake, text)
  • Customizable snooze settings
  • Weather and temperature display
  • Adjustable volume increase/decrease
  • Quick alarm for short tasks
  • Customizable themes and backgrounds
Features
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Get a loud wake up sound with smart alarm settings, weather settings, morning missions, math alarms and more, all from this single full-featured alarm clock app! Alarm Clock is a smart and powerful tool that can help even the heaviest sleepers get up in the morning. Create multiple alarms, each with loud ring tone sounds and alerts, then customize each one with features that help you wake up on time. Need a talking alarm clock with sleep timer? How about a shake-to-wake alarm? A wake-up app with puzzles and math problems that make it harder to hit the snooze button? Alarm Clock has all of these, and much more! If you find it difficult getting up in the morning and need a good puzzle alarm to get you out of bed, Alarm Clock is the app for you. There are six unique wake-up motivational challenges that keep you from turning the alarm off without being fully awake. It's perfect for heavy sleepers! Wake-up missions and alarm types: • Simple - Easy one-tap to dismiss the alarm. • Shake - Shake your device to stop the alarm. • Math - Solve a math problem to turn off the alarm sound. • Text - Unscramble the randomly generated text. • Walk - Get up and take a few steps to switch off the alarm. • Hold - Press & hold the button to terminate the alarm. Alarm Clock has all the features you need from a loud smart alarm app. It includes the wake-up missions and alerts described above, plus the ability to create multiple repeating alarms, quick-set non-recurring alarms, customize tons of settings, and more. The best features in Alarm Clock: • Create multiple alarms for a variety of uses. • Customize the number of times you can hit the snooze button. • Set the snooze time longer or shorter. • Display weather and temperature next to your alarm clock. • Smoothly increase or decrease the volume for a gentle wake-up. • Quick alarm to set a time limit for power naps and other short tasks. • Set a custom theme or photo as your clock background. • Add notes or a to-do list as wakeup reminders. • Lots of free music and loud sounds for an alarm ringtone. • Never oversleep when you use these smart alarm features! A simple but attractive interface makes Alarm Clock pleasing to use, even when you're staring at it through sleepy eyes! Use it to help you or people in your family get up in the morning, even if they're heavy sleepers. Alarm Clock is definitely not your ordinary alarm app. It's better! Alarm Clock offers premium subscription which is available on a yearly tier, auto-renewable. The yearly subscription is priced at 14.99 USD (or local equivalent) per year. Subscribe to the premium program to get access to alarm sounds, wake-up tasks, wallpapers and more... Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. An account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. Unused portions of free trials, if offered, will be forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. Links to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: Privacy Policy: http://www.rvappstudios.com/app-privacy-policy.html#privacy/ Terms of Use: http://www.rvappstudios.com/app-privacy-policy.html#terms/

About

Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm

This app uses engaging challenges like puzzles and reaction tests to ensure you wake up. You must complete these tasks to turn off the alarm, making it ideal for those who struggle with oversleeping.

Highlights
  • Wake-up challenges (puzzles, memory, reaction)
  • Multiple alarm disabling methods
  • Variety of ringtones
  • Develop early rising habits
  • Achievement-based waking
Features
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闹钟使命:用挑战解锁每一个早晨 每天早晨,不是你叫醒闹钟,而是闹钟用趣味挑战来唤醒你!在这里,唯一的关闭方式就是完成每日随机任务——解谜、记忆测试或反应挑战。不完成任务?闹钟将持续提醒你,直到你迎接挑战! 专为这样的你设计: • 闹钟按掉无数次依然睡不着的“睡眠抵抗者” • 追求新鲜刺激、热爱挑战的“冒险家” • 希望通过有趣互动养成早起习惯的“自律者” 挑战,从清晨开始! 立即开启闹钟使命,让起床变得有趣又有成就感! 续费会员套餐说明: - 会员权益:解锁全部关闭闹钟方式、多种铃声等其他增值权益。 - 付款:用户确认购买并付款后记入iTunes账户。 - 季卡会员:订购价格为¥39元/季。 - 年卡会员:订购价格为¥48元/年。 - 永久会员:订购价格为¥68元。 隐私政策:http://manghe.xman-aso.com/xieyi/policy.html 用户协议:http://manghe.xman-aso.com/xieyi/index.html 会员服务协议:http://manghe.xman-aso.com/xieyi/vipuser.html — 联系我们 — 闹钟使命,享受生活!开发不易,如在使用中遇到任何问题,请与我们联系!

Screenshots

Alarm Clock ◎4 screens
Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm at 5.0 against Alarm Clock ◎'s 4.5. Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Alarm Clock ◎'s advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Alarm Clock ◎ sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alarm Clock ◎ has 3.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alarm Clock ◎ ships an update fortnightly, Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Alarm Clock ◎ versus Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarm Clock ◎Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.5K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB157 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRV AppStudios LLCBeijing Haoxin Technology Co., Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Alarm Clock ◎

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alarm changing on its own
  • Alarm not working when phone is locked or on silent
  • Inconsistent behavior with alarm sounds and settings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to import own photos as backgrounds
  • More color options for display
  • Ability to adjust brightness and font size
  • Snooze button placement improvement
  • Weather information updates

Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Alarm Clock ◎

Subscriptions12
  • PRO Subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Alarm Clock - Advanced Plus3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Alarm Clock - Advanced Gold$7.991 Month
Show 9 more
  • Advanced Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Diamond Monthly Pro3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Diamond Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Alarm Clock - Platinum$9.991 Year
  • Premium Subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Alarm Clock - Ultimate Plus3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Ultimate Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Diamond Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Diamond Pro Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
7 purchases

Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm

Subscriptions4
  • 周卡会员$0.997 Days
  • 季卡会员$5.993 Months
  • 年卡会员$6.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • 年卡会员3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time3
  • 周卡会员$0.99
  • 年卡会员$6.99
  • 永久会员$9.99

Questions

Is Alarm Clock ◎ free?
Alarm Clock ◎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm free?
Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alarm Clock ◎ or Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm?
Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm is rated higher. Alarm Clock ◎ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Alarm Clock ◎ or Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm have ads?
Both Alarm Clock ◎ and Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm show ads.
Which is updated more often, Alarm Clock ◎ or Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm?
Alarm Clock ◎ ships an update fortnightly, and Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm every 10 days. Most recently, Alarm Clock ◎ was updated on October 26, 2026 and Alarm Clock:Keep Alarm on October 9, 2026.

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