Alarm ® vs Doodlewake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alarm ®
This app helps you manage your time with customizable alarms and reminders. It features unique challenges to ensure you wake up, ranging from math problems to physical activities, making it harder to snooze.
- Customizable alarms and reminders
- Wake-up challenges (math, squats)
- Interactive alarm deactivation
- Improved wakefulness and productivity
- Task and event notifications
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The alarm app is designed to help users manage their time by setting alarms for waking up, reminders for tasks, or notifications for events. One of its notable features includes the option to set challenges for turning off alarms, aiming to ensure the user is truly awake. These challenges can range from simple tasks like solving math problems to more physical activities such as squats and walking. These challenges add an interactive and engaging layer to the alarm, making it harder for users to simply snooze and fall back asleep, thereby improving wakefulness and productivity. Privacy Policy: https://riviacorp.com/privacy-alarm/ Terms of Services: https://riviacorp.com/terms-alarm/ Support: https://riviacorp.com/
Doodlewake
This app helps you wake up by requiring you to complete a challenge before the alarm can be dismissed. Choose from missions like QR code scanning, step challenges, or math problems to ensure you're out of bed and alert.
- Wake-up missions (QR, steps, math)
- Ad-free experience
- Locked alarm to prevent snoozing
- Customizable challenges
- Simple, focused interface
- Privacy-focused data handling
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How Doodlewake works: 1. Set your alarm and choose a wake-up ritual. 2. When it rings, complete the ritual to dismiss it. 3. By the time you're done, you're already up and moving. 100% AD-FREE No ads, not when you download, not after an update, not ever. Doodlewake will never interrupt your morning with an advertisement. WAKE-UP RITUALS THAT ACTUALLY WORK Scan: Register a barcode or QR code away from your bed, like toothpaste or a cereal box The alarm won't stop until you get up and scan it. Steps: Set a number of steps before the alarm turns off. Movement wakes up your body. Math: Solve math problems at your chosen difficulty to wake up your brain. Shake: Shake your phone to prove you're awake. Fast, simple, no cheating. Prefer no ritual? Set your alarm with no challenge and keep it simple. BUILT FOR HEAVY SLEEPERS If you're someone who turns off the alarm in your sleep or hits snooze five times, Doodlewake's rituals are designed specifically for you. LOCK YOUR ALARM Commit to waking up before you fall asleep. Lock an alarm and it can't be turned off or edited until it rings. No backing out. SIMPLE BY DESIGN No sleep tracker. No social feeds. No notification spam. Just the essential alarm clock features you actually need, nothing more. PRIVACY FIRST Your alarms stay on your device. We use privacy respecting analytics to improve the app, and we never sell your data. DOODLEWAKE PRO - Scan any code: dismiss with any barcode or QR code, not just your registered one - Home and lock screen widgets - Crescendo volume that builds gradually Try free for 1 week, nothing charged until your trial ends. Recommended for: - Heavy sleepers who can't wake up with regular alarms - Anyone tired of alarm apps packed with ads - People who want a clean, focused alarm clock - Those who keep hitting snooze and running late If you have any ideas or questions, please email us at doodlewake@gmail.com. Privacy Policy: https://doodlewake.com/#privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Alarm ® at every 11 days against Doodlewake's every 6 weeks. Doodlewake's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Alarm ® sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Doodlewake sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Alarm ® against 4.3 for Doodlewake. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 49 respectively.
Alarm ® ships an update every 11 days, Doodlewake every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alarm ® | Doodlewake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (117 ratings) — better | 4.3 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 72.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | 49 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rivia Corp s.r.o. | Loc Goods Inc. |
Customer experience
Alarm ®
Doodlewake
Bugs and requests
Alarm ®
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Doodlewake
Reported bugs
20 issues- Alarm notified but no action
- App goes black then reopens alarm
- Alarm goes off again after black screen
- Alarm only rang for 4 minutes and then stopped
- Alarm won't go off when scheduled and will go off randomly during the day
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- Alarm goes off two hours late, doesn't come up with barcode scanner, uses wrong sound or doesn't go off at all
- Sound turns off if phone is turned off when camera is up for QR code
- Alarm set for 5:30am and 5:35am, neither went off
- Alarm quit working completely
- Alarm set for 11 AM went off at 12:10pm
- Alarm for 6 AM went off at 9:45
- Some mornings it just doesn't go off at all
- Bug when alarm is turned off and deleted, it randomly starts going off
- App crashing when trying to open
- App stuck on loading screen when trying to open
- Scan Barcode setting not working, says 'incorrect barcode'
- Alarm is easily silenced (to vibration only) if the user ‘closes’ the app without completing the challenge
- Alarm with 100% volume resets to ~40% after a failed barcode/steps test
- Loophole bug: app closes and keeps vibrating but loses audio
- It kept reverting to my time
Requested features
12 requests- Add customizable titles for alarms
- Add NFC tag as an option to stop alarm
- Add option to prevent app deletion
- Add more variation in math problem difficulty
- Allow selection of number of math problems
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- Add more sound features
- Add loud and annoying sounds
- Implement default admin login/password fallback
- Allow uploading own sound files
- Link Spotify to choose alarm song
- Add dark mode option
- Add ability to set alarm to not stop until task is done
In-app purchases
Alarm ®
- Alarm - Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
- Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- 1 month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- Alarm - Annually Subscription3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Annually$34.991 Year
- 1 year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
Doodlewake
- Gold - Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Gold - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Platinum - Lifetime$29.99









