Date Alarm Clock vs FoldLight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Date Alarm Clock
Schedule alarms for specific calendar dates, recurring patterns, or upon reaching a location. Receive real-time updates on your commute and access alarms via widgets or voice commands. Never miss an important event or your destination again.
- Schedule alarms for specific dates
- Monthly and pattern-based alarms
- Location-based alarms
- Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Siri and Shortcuts support
- Rings through Silent mode
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Plan Ahead. Arrive on Time. Never Miss What Matters. DateAlarm lets you schedule alarms for exact calendar dates — not just daily repeats. Set reminders for birthdays, anniversaries, exams, flights, meetings, or any important event in your life. Choose the precise day and time, even months or years in advance. Real life doesn't repeat every day, so neither do your alarms. Set one for the 1st and the last day of every month for rent and bills. Or for the 2nd Thursday for your team meeting, the 1st Monday for your book club. DateAlarm handles the awkward months for you — pick the 31st and it simply skips the months that don't have one, and "last day" always lands right whether the month ends on the 28th, 29th, 30th or 31st. And DateAlarm wakes you by place, not just time. Set a location alarm and get woken as you approach your destination — your train or bus stop, your station, or anywhere you need to get off. Perfect for commuters, travelers, and anyone who likes to nap on the way. It keeps working even when the app is closed, so you can relax and trust it to alert you in time. Follow every trip live with Live Activities on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — see your remaining distance and ETA at a glance, without ever opening the app. Your countdown timers show up there too. Keep your next alarm in sight with widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, or just ask Siri — "Set a date alarm", "Turn off my Flight alarm" — without touching your phone at all. Key Features • Schedule alarms for any specific date — days, months, or years ahead • Monthly alarms on the dates that matter — the 1st, the 15th, or the last day of every month, however long that month is • Repeat by pattern — the 1st Thursday, the 2nd Monday, the 3rd Friday • Weekly alarms with one-tap Weekdays, Weekends and Every Day presets • Location alarms — get woken as you near your stop or destination • Live Activity & Dynamic Island — track distance and ETA at a glance • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your next alarm • Siri and Shortcuts — create, turn on and turn off alarms by voice • Quick alarms — ring in 10 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour, in one tap • Rings through Silent mode and Focus, so you never sleep through it • 28 alarm sounds, from gentle tones to unmissable — plus a silent option that shows on screen without a sound • Custom snooze, or no snooze at all • Works in the background, even when the app is closed • Custom labels for every alarm and trip • Designed for iPhone and iPad • Clean, distraction-free interface • Built-in stopwatch with lap tracking • Beautiful countdown timers with live updates • World clock for global time tracking • Simple, fast, and reliable performance Whether you're planning months ahead, paying the rent on the last day of every month, or just trying to wake up at the right stop, DateAlarm helps you stay on time — every time. Smart alarms. Real dates. Real places. Total control.
FoldLight
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FoldLight is a widget-first controller for the lights on your own Home Assistant server. Put your lights on the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and in Control Center — then toggle, dim, warm, or recolor them without ever opening an app. There's no FoldLight account, no cloud, and nothing to sign up for. Paste your Home Assistant address and access token once and you're set. FoldLight talks only to the server you already run. WIDGET-FIRST CONTROL Small and medium Home Screen widgets with a power toggle, brightness steps, and preset swatches — each one acts directly on your lights, no app launch required. KNOWS EACH LIGHT Every light shows exactly the controls it supports — on/off, dimming, color temperature, or full color — detected automatically from Home Assistant. PRESETS Save Warm, Focus, Movie, or your own scenes and apply them from a widget or from Control Center. CONTROL CENTER & LOCK SCREEN Toggle your main light or apply a preset straight from the iOS system controls. LAUNCHER TILES, SIRI & SHORTCUTS One-tap tiles to Home Assistant or any page you use, plus App Intents for every action so you can automate them or ask Siri. TRY IT WITHOUT A SERVER Demo mode is on by default and works with sample lights, so you can explore everything before connecting. PRIVATE BY DESIGN FoldLight collects nothing. Your server address and token stay in your device's Keychain and traffic goes straight to your machine — over your LAN or securely over Tailscale. Home Assistant is a trademark of the Open Home Foundation. FoldLight is an independent client and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Home Assistant project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FoldLight at none against Date Alarm Clock's shown. FoldLight also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Date Alarm Clock | FoldLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blesslin Shinie J | Anmol Saxena |
In-app purchases
Date Alarm Clock
No in-app purchases
FoldLight
No in-app purchases
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