Comparison

BriskList vs Alarmed

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

Head to head
About

BriskList

This app helps you manage your saved links and articles by providing a dedicated space to store them. It offers reminders to revisit content and automatically clears older items, ensuring your list stays organized and relevant. You can also permanently save a limited number of important links.

Highlights
  • Save links from any app
  • Set custom reminders for links
  • Auto-clear links after one week
  • Permanently vault up to 15 links
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Unlimited saves
Features
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Tired of browser tabs piling up and saved links you never get back to? BriskList is the free read it later app for iPhone that saves your links, reminds you to read them, and auto-clears the clutter — so nothing important gets lost again. TOO MANY TABS, NOT ENOUGH TIME - Save links instantly from Safari or any app — then close your tabs without losing anything - No more "I'll come back to that later" moments that turn into never - Your links get a proper home instead of disappearing into a browser graveyard STOP FORGETTING WHAT MATTERS - Easily set a personal reminder for every single link you save - Get notified at exactly the right time — your schedule, not ours - Perfect for articles, tools, recipes, videos, and resources you actually want to use AUTO-CLEAR YOUR READING LIST - Links auto-clear after one week, keeping your list fresh and guilt-free - No more scrolling through months of forgotten saves - The bookmark manager that works like a clean inbox, not a junk drawer VAULT YOUR MOST IMPORTANT LINKS - Permanently store up to 15 links in your Vault — always there when you need them - Separate from your main queue so important saves never get lost - Great Pocket alternative or Instapaper alternative for iPhone users who want something simpler FREE TO START - The only save for later app you'll need — unlimited saves, free to start - Custom reminders for every link, set on your own schedule - Clean, distraction-free interface built for daily use "I actually maxed out the number of tabs you can have open (500 btw) — BriskList helped cut that down and I actually remember to go back to the important ones now." — LBIGUY1 Download BriskList — the tab organizer and link saver for iPhone — and take back control of your links.

About

Alarmed

This app helps you avoid oversleeping by requiring you to complete a challenge before the alarm stops. Choose from various missions like math puzzles or shaking your phone to ensure you get out of bed. It also provides simple statistics to track your wake-up habits.

Highlights
  • Mission-based alarm challenges
  • Math puzzles
  • Phone shaking challenge
  • Memory challenges
  • Wake-up statistics
  • Snooze tracking
Features
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Alarmed is for people who keep hitting the snooze button on normal alarm clocks. Say bye bye to endless snoozing and multiple alarms just to wake up on time. Create alarms, pick a mission, and complete it so the alarm turns off. Choose from math puzzles, shaking phone, or memory challenges to make waking up harder to ignore. Create alarms, pick a mission, and complete it so the alarm turns off. Choose from math puzzles, memory games, exercise challenges and more to make waking up harder to ignore. ALARMED PRO Unlimited alarms and the math, shake and memory missions are free. Alarmed Pro adds mission chains (up to three missions on one alarm), the premium missions — Workout, Scan, Steps and Tiles — and the wake-up checkup, a second alarm a few minutes later that proves you actually stayed up. Alarmed Pro is available as: • Monthly — $4.99 per month • Annual — $19.99 per year • Lifetime — $39.99, one-time purchase Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://alarmed-app.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BriskList4 screens
Alarmed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Alarmed at none against BriskList's shown. Alarmed also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). BriskList's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BriskList holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 27 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BriskList versus Alarmed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBriskListAlarmed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16 ratings) — better4.4 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1627 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThundercell Dev LLCAgrima Pandey

Customer experience

BriskList

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Alarmed

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BriskList

No in-app purchases

None

Alarmed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BriskList free?
BriskList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alarmed free?
Alarmed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BriskList or Alarmed?
BriskList is rated higher. BriskList averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Alarmed averages 4.4 from 27 ratings.
Do BriskList or Alarmed have ads?
BriskList shows ads; Alarmed does not.
Which is updated more often, BriskList or Alarmed?
BriskList ships an update every 2 months, and Alarmed every 2 months. Most recently, BriskList was updated on November 3, 2026 and Alarmed on October 31, 2026.

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