Comparison

Alarm Clock HD vs Rok Power Remote

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

Head to head
About

Alarm Clock HD

Wake up gently with your favorite music or sounds using this advanced alarm clock. It offers customizable nightstand displays, sleep tracking, and a sleep timer to help you unwind. Enjoy features like local weather and an instant flashlight, with an option to go ad-free via subscription.

Highlights
  • Unlimited alarms with Apple Music or custom sounds
  • Sleep tracking
  • Customizable nightstand display
  • Sleep timer
  • Local weather information
  • Instant flashlight
  • Screen saver for OLED displays
Features
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Sleep better and start the day with your favorite tunes. Are you curious to see how much you slept? Then, track your sleep in the app. Alarm Clock HD is the app to help you enjoy restful sleep and wake up worry-free. How Alarm Clock HD helps you sleep better: • Unlimited Alarms: Apple Music or Alarm Sounds • Customize Nightstand display colors • Sleep Timer • Local Weather Information • Instant Flashlight - shake the device • Full watchOS 2 support • Screen Saver - for devices with OLED display WAKE UP ON TIME: Proper Alarm Settings • Keep the app open and running always to have your alarm go off and play the sounds you’ve set for ‘Music'. When your app is open, you can use the volume slider within the app. When the app is in the background, use the device volume to set your volume. • Make sure your battery is charged and have your notifications turned on before you go to sleep, when the battery level goes below 30% it might not sound. This is due to prevent the device from dying and the alarm not going off. • Keep your Apple Music available on your device The music you can select consists of everything you have available on your ‘Apple Music' app on your device. If the music is saved on your iCloud, and not on the device itself, it won’t be available. NEVER MISS AN ALARM When you close the app and do not have it running in the background, the alarm will use the device volume instead and play the notification sound system. The app will close itself automatically after 10 hours of inactivity. This is due to prevent the device from dying and the alarm not going off. When your device is muted, set to ‘Do Not Disturb’, or your device volume is set to 0, the alarm won’t play properly. It will still show the notification without any sound. This is due to Apple’s restrictions as we are unable to access the app settings when the app is closed, only when it’s open or running in the background. SUBSCRIPTION IN ALARM CLOCK HD Upgrade to a Premium Membership and receive the following ongoing value: • Ad-Free • News & X feeds (Twitter) • Premium Customer Support Terms & Conditions: https://impalastudios.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://impalastudios.com/privacy >> WE LOVE FEEDBACK As always, we appreciate your feedback. Please email us at support@impalastudios.com with any suggestions or questions, our support team is ready and happy to help. WAKE UP YOUR WAY, EVERY DAY

About

Rok Power Remote

Features
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Rok Power Remote is a Roku remote you build yourself. It starts about as simple as a remote gets: On, Off, and a D-pad. Everything else — playback, volume, HDMI inputs, your channels, a keyboard, macros — is a panel you add when you want it and drag exactly where you want it. What you don't use never clutters the screen. FINDS YOUR TV ON ITS OWN There's no "tap scan to begin". The app connects when you open it and reconnects when you come back to it. If your router hands the TV a new address, it matches your TV by its hardware ID and reconnects anyway. The On button wakes a TV that has dropped off Wi-Fi in standby, using Wake-on-LAN and a retry ladder rather than giving up. SIMPLE UNTIL YOU WANT MORE The app opens in a simple mode: a remote, and nothing to configure. Everything you can add lives in one menu. Turn on Advanced mode when you want to rearrange panels, resize the docked bar, and build your own buttons. BUILD THE REMOTE YOU WANT • 18 panels: Power, D-Pad, Navigation, Playback, Volume, Inputs & Live TV, Favorites, Channels, Keyboard, Macros, My Buttons, Message on TV, History, Picture & Brightness, Controllers, Away from Home, Browser Remote, and Type on the TV keyboard • Add or remove any panel, and drag them into the order you like • My Buttons is your own grid — any key, any macro, any channel • A docked bar of keys that never scrolls away: a full D-pad cross, two rows, one row, or your own buttons — drag its divider to size it from barely-there to half the screen, and park it left, centre or right so it falls under your thumb • Put volume, inputs, channels or a macro on that bar and drag them into the order you want • 15 themes, including an animated Matrix background WHAT IT DOES • Power on, off, or toggle — with a real wake sequence behind the On button • All Off turns off every Roku on your network at once, on the way out the door • Volume by single steps, by 5/10/15/20 presses, or set to an exact level • Favorites — the few places you actually go, one tap away: YouTube, HDMI 2, Live TV • Launch any channel installed on the TV • Type onto the TV using your phone's keyboard, and re-send anything you typed before • Put a message on the TV screen — typed out letter by letter, word by word, scrolling, or looping • Record a macro (Home, Right, Right, OK) and replay the whole thing with one tap • HDMI 1–4, AV, the tuner, and channel up/down on Roku TVs • Hide screen — one press jumps to an unused HDMI port to clear the TV, the next press brings it back • Turn Display Off — one press mutes the TV and switches its picture off, right from the docked bar. Make any bar key 2× or 3× so it's the easiest thing to hit • Drive the TV's own picture menu to change brightness, backlight and contrast • Use a connected game controller as the remote FREE, AND ONE OPTIONAL PURCHASE Power, D-Pad, Navigation, Playback, Volume, Inputs & Live TV, History, Picture & Brightness, Controllers, Browser Remote and four themes are free. No ads, no account, no tracking. One optional $4.99 purchase unlocks Favorites, Channels, Keyboard, Message on TV, Macros, My Buttons, the custom docked bar, Away from Home, Type on the TV keyboard, and all 15 themes — permanently. It's a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and it restores on your other devices. ON A MAC The arrow keys or WASD drive the TV, with Return for OK and Escape for Back. Every key can be remapped, and the remote shows you which key fired and what it did, so you can tell a dead key from a sleeping TV. Macros and your own buttons can take keys too. WHAT YOU NEED Your iPhone or iPad and your Roku have to be on the same Wi-Fi network — the app talks straight to the TV over your local network and sends nothing to any server. iOS will ask for Local Network permission the first time; without it the app cannot reach your TV.

Screenshots

Alarm Clock HD4 screens
Rok Power Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rok Power Remote at none against Alarm Clock HD's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Alarm Clock HD sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Rok Power Remote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alarm Clock HD ships an update fortnightly, Rok Power Remote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Alarm Clock HD versus Rok Power Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarm Clock HDRok Power Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (104K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings104K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImpala StudiosJames Kinsman

Bugs and requests

Alarm Clock HD

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Alarm randomly snoozing itself
  • Alarm not working when phone is muted
  • Alarm sound not playing
  • Alarm screen freezing/crashing

Requested features

4 requests
  • 24-hour clock option
  • More alarm sounds/tones
  • Ability to use own music files
  • Do not disturb mode

Rok Power Remote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Alarm Clock HD

Subscriptions11
  • Premium member - 1 month$1.491 Month
  • Premium Features - Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Premium Features - Monthly3 Days trial$2.591 Month
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  • Upgrade to Premium Features$5.496 Months
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • Upgrade Your Alarm Clock3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Premium yearly$19.991 Year
  • Premium yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Premium yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Rok Power Remote

One-time1
  • Rok Power Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Alarm Clock HD free?
Alarm Clock HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rok Power Remote free?
Rok Power Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alarm Clock HD or Rok Power Remote have ads?
Alarm Clock HD shows ads; Rok Power Remote does not.
Which is updated more often, Alarm Clock HD or Rok Power Remote?
Alarm Clock HD ships an update fortnightly, and Rok Power Remote every 3 weeks. Most recently, Alarm Clock HD was updated on October 30, 2026 and Rok Power Remote on October 29, 2026.

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