Tempora vs Alarmerica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tempora
This app offers a beautifully designed clock, timer, and widget experience focused on productivity and aesthetics. It features various clock styles, immersive timers with ambient sounds, and focus sessions to enhance concentration. Customizable widgets and live activities provide real-time time tracking.
- Flip clock and glass-style designs
- Analog and digital clock designs
- Immersive timers with ambient sounds
- Home screen clock widgets
- Focus timer with Pomodoro sessions
- Live Activities support
- World time clock
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TEMPORA is a beautifully crafted clock, timer, and widget app designed for focus, productivity, and aesthetics. ■ Flip clock & Glass-style designs for a modern, minimal look ■ Timer designs with ambient sounds for better focus ■ Track your focus time, collect daily badges, and share your progress with friends. ■ Elegant analog & digital clock designs ■ Home screen clock widgets with multiple styles & timezones ■ Focus timer with interval & Pomodoro sessions ■ Countdown timer for study, work, and daily routines ■ Live Activities support for real-time timer tracking ■ World time clock with timezone support ■ Minimal, distraction-free experience ■ Supports multiple languages Designed for those who value focus, simplicity, and beautiful timekeeping. Unlock all premium clock & timer designs with a subscription or one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://luff.studio/tempora/privacy Terms of Service (EULA): https://luff.studio/tempora/terms
Alarmerica
This app helps heavy sleepers wake up by requiring them to complete interactive missions like solving math problems or doing squats before the alarm stops. It offers various customization options for alarms and includes features for sleep tracking and bedtime reminders.
- Interactive wake-up missions (math, squats, steps)
- Customizable alarm settings
- Nightstand mode with dim clock
- Sleep sounds and timer
- Wake-up check and snooze limits
- Morning briefing and bedtime reminders
- Wake Score and Lumi companion
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Sleep through every alarm? Alarmerica keeps ringing until you solve math, walk steps or do squats to help you get out of bed. Earn a Wake Score for each new session. New in 2.0 - Wake-up Buddy: exchange invite and morning update codes with a friend; send a nudge through the share sheet - Clearer alarm cards, wrapping labels and easier controls at larger text sizes More ways to wake up - Mystery mission: Surprise me picks a mission each morning, with a two-mission weekend boss - Nightstand mode: a dim bedside clock with your next alarm, a wind-down tip and sleep sounds - Tomorrow's Launch Plan: set a morning goal, ready-by time and tonight's preparation; optionally type your plan to stop the next alarm - Lumi grows with your wake-ups; share your wake score and companion on a card - Home and lock screen widget, plus a wake-up check Live Activity on iPhone Choose wake-up missions, chain them together and make this alarm clock for heavy sleepers impossible to ignore half-asleep. When the alarm goes off, Alarmerica keeps ringing until you have actually done the work. Wake-up missions - Math: solve arithmetic problems - Memory: find the matching pairs - Typing: type phrases exactly - Shake: shake your phone to get moving - Barcode: register a specific barcode, like your toothpaste, and scan it to stop the alarm - Steps: walk a set number of steps, counted with your phone's motion sensor - Squats: do squats while holding your phone - Sunlight: point the camera at a bright window or lamp until the meter fills Pick Easy, Normal or Hard for math, memory and typing, choose how many problems or reps, and chain up to 5 missions per alarm. If a mission really can't be completed, an emergency fallback appears after 30 seconds. Make sure you stay up - Wake-up check: after you dismiss, confirm you're awake or the alarm rings again - Snooze limits: allow 1, 2, 3 or 5 snoozes, unlimited snoozes, or turn snooze off - Backup alarm: a second ring a few minutes later unless you dismissed the first - No last-minute changes: optionally lock alarms so they can't be turned off, edited or deleted shortly before they ring Alarms your way - 7 original alarm tones plus a random option, each with a preview - Gradual volume that rises over 30 seconds to 2 minutes - Repeat on chosen days, or set a one-time alarm for a specific date - Skip the next occurrence without turning a repeating alarm off - Preview an alarm to try its ring and missions before you rely on it - Custom labels, vibration and snooze length Morning briefing and bedtime After you wake up, the morning briefing greets you with your wake-up streak and today's alarms. A daily bedtime reminder helps you get to bed on time. Sleep tab Monitor nighttime sound activity and movement while you rest. Sound levels are analyzed on your device; no audio is saved or uploaded. Fall asleep to rain, ocean waves, forest ambience, white noise, fireplace or fan sounds, with a sleep timer that fades the sound out. Progress and friends - Wake-up history, mission completion rate and streaks - Share your streak and wake-up stats with friends - Invite friends with your unique Friend ID - Delete your account and data from the Account tab at any time Alarmerica Premium Upgrade to Premium for unlimited alarms (the free plan includes 2) and the Sunlight mission every morning (the free plan includes 3 a week). Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription. Account now includes a Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information switch. Your choice is saved on this device and applies fully the next time you open the app. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://lunawishlist.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tempora at none against Alarmerica's shown. Tempora also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Alarmerica's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Tempora sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Alarmerica sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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 — 5.0 for Tempora against 5.0 for Alarmerica. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Tempora ships an update every 5 days, Alarmerica fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Tempora | Alarmerica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dahan Kirisci | Luna Wishlist |
Customer experience
Tempora
Alarmerica
In-app purchases
Tempora
- Premium$0.997 Days
- Premium$1.991 Month
- Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium$22.90
Alarmerica
- Alarmerica Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Alarmerica Premium Annual$13.991 Year









