Comparison

Alarm Clock ◎ vs Just An Alarm Clock

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

Just An Alarm Clock

This utility app provides a straightforward alarm clock experience with customizable colors and fonts. It focuses on simplicity, allowing users to easily set alarms and snooze or dismiss them with simple gestures. The app is free and free of ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Customizable colors
  • Multiple font options
  • Easy alarm setting
  • Swipe to dismiss alarm
  • Tap to snooze alarm
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Just an Alarm Clock is exactly what it sounds like. It's a clock. With an alarm. That's all. You can customize the colors, and choose from several fonts for the clock as well as several alarm tone options. But that's it. No tracking the vernal equinox, no automatically waking you at local sunrise. It's just designed to be easy to use. Set the alarm for the time you want. Swipe anywhere on the screen to make the alarm stop ringing or tap the large alarm bell to snooze. Nothing tricky, because lets face it, you're still mostly asleep when you are trying to operate this thing. Some other things it doesn't include? No pop-up ads, no in-app purchases to unlock the number 7, no annoying quizzes to make you think when you're not even awake yet. It's Just an Alarm Clock. And its free.

Screenshots

Alarm Clock ◎4 screens
Just An Alarm Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Alarm Clock ◎ at 4.5 against Just An Alarm Clock's 3.0. Alarm Clock ◎ also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 18). Just An Alarm Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Just An Alarm Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alarm Clock ◎ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alarm Clock ◎ has 3.5K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Alarm Clock ◎'s written reviews are positive against 53% of Just An Alarm Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alarm Clock ◎ ships an update fortnightly, Just An Alarm Clock every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Alarm Clock ◎ versus Just An Alarm Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarm Clock ◎Just An Alarm Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.5K ratings) — better3.0 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews — better52.6% of reviews
Number of ratings3.5K — better18
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 24 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRV AppStudios LLCBesqWare

Customer experience

Alarm Clock ◎

All ratings3,472 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews567 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral12.7%
Negative24.3%

Just An Alarm Clock

All ratings12 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative47.4%

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

Just An Alarm Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Alarm Clock ◎

Subscriptions10
  • PRO Subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Alarm Clock - Advanced Plus3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Alarm Clock - Advanced Gold$7.991 Month
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  • 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
None

Just An Alarm Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alarm Clock ◎ free?
Alarm Clock ◎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Just An Alarm Clock free?
Just An Alarm Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alarm Clock ◎ or Just An Alarm Clock?
Alarm Clock ◎ is rated higher. Alarm Clock ◎ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Just An Alarm Clock averages 3.0 from 18 ratings.
Do Alarm Clock ◎ or Just An Alarm Clock have ads?
Alarm Clock ◎ shows ads; Just An Alarm Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Alarm Clock ◎ or Just An Alarm Clock?
Alarm Clock ◎ ships an update fortnightly, and Just An Alarm Clock every 24 months. Most recently, Alarm Clock ◎ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Just An Alarm Clock on November 1, 2026.

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