Comparison

Loud Alarm Clock vs Boop

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

Head to head
About

Loud Alarm Clock

This app helps you build an earlier wake-up habit by gradually shifting your alarm earlier each day. It offers a sustainable approach to becoming an early riser by starting from your current wake-up time and moving towards your goal at a pace you choose.

Highlights
  • Gradual alarm shifting
  • Customizable pace
  • Progress tracking
  • Achievement badges
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
  • Simple setup
Features
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Wake up earlier, gradually. RISER helps you build an earlier wake-up habit by moving your alarm earlier in small daily steps instead of forcing a huge jump overnight. If you have ever set an ambitious early alarm, hit snooze, and slipped straight back into your normal routine, RISER is built for you. Most early wake-up plans fail because they ask too much, too soon. Going from your usual wake-up time straight to 5am sounds motivating at night, but often feels unrealistic in the morning. RISER takes a more sustainable approach. You start from the time you actually wake up now, choose the time you want to reach, and let the app guide you there with gradual shifts of 2 to 15 minutes per day. The result is a wake-up plan that feels more natural, less extreme, and easier to stick to. How RISER works: • Set your current wake-up time • Choose your goal wake-up time • Pick your pace, from very gentle to faster progress • Wake up and let RISER move your alarm earlier over time • Use optional snooze support when you need flexibility Instead of relying on motivation alone, RISER gives you structure. You do not need to keep resetting alarms, guessing what time to try next, or starting over every time one rough morning throws you off. RISER is designed to help you make steady progress and keep moving towards your goal. Built to help you stay consistent: • One smart alarm that gradually shifts earlier • Clear progress tracking so you can see how far you have come • A simple dashboard that keeps your next alarm and goal in view • Achievement badges for milestones, streaks, and target wins • Home Screen and Lock Screen widget support for quick visibility • Easy setup with no complicated routine planning RISER is ideal if you: • Want to wake up earlier without shocking your system • Are tired of setting early alarms and snoozing them • Want a better morning routine built through small, realistic changes • Prefer steady habit building over extreme challenges • Want a simple way to work towards becoming an early riser Whether you want to wake up 20 minutes earlier, 1 hour earlier, or finally build the routine needed to reach a bigger goal, RISER helps you take the next step without making the whole process feel overwhelming. Why people use RISER: • To build an earlier wake-up habit that lasts • To reduce snoozing and start the day with more intention • To make progress without jumping to an unrealistic schedule • To follow a plan that feels manageable enough to maintain Waking up earlier is easy to talk about and much harder to do consistently. RISER is designed to close that gap. It gives you a realistic path from where you are now to where you want to be, one morning at a time. Set your start time. Set your goal. Let RISER help you wake up earlier with a plan you can actually stick to. Note: RISER requires a Premium Upgrade for some features, which can be managed or cancelled at any time via your Apple ID Settings. Free usage available to all users. For more information: Privacy Policy: https://studio93.cc/privacy Terms of Service: https://studio93.cc/terms Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Boop

Access a vast library of Japanese text faces and emoticons directly from your keyboard. Easily find and insert kaomoji sorted by mood or searchable by keyword, with no need for copy-pasting.

Highlights
  • Extensive kaomoji library
  • Keyboard integration
  • Mood-based sorting
  • Keyword search
  • Customizable saved faces
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Boop is a kaomoji keyboard for iPhone: 24,563 cute Japanese text faces and emoticons, sorted by mood, searchable in a tap, and ready in every app you type in. EVERY FACE, ONE TAP AWAY Boop lives in your keyboard, so the faces come with you. Chats, DMs, notes, email, comments, anywhere there is a text field. Tap a face and it lands in your text. No copy and paste. SORTED BY MOOD 37 moods. Happy, love, sad, cats, dogs, bears, sleepy, dramatic, table flipping, shrugs, sparkles and more. Browse the mood you are in instead of scrolling one endless list. SEARCH THAT FINDS FACES Type happy, bear, angry, shrug or cat and get the faces that match, instantly, on a keyboard that feels like the real one. The whole library is indexed and searched on your phone. SAVE THE ONES YOU USE Press and hold a face to save it. Saved faces ride at the front of the keyboard, and they show up in the app too. BUILT TO FEEL FAST The library ships inside the app as a local database, so opening the keyboard, switching moods and searching never wait on anything. FREE, AND ACTUALLY FREE No ads. No accounts. No subscriptions. No analytics. No network code at all. ABOUT FULL ACCESS iOS asks for Full Access before any third-party keyboard can do more than type. Boop uses it for two things: keeping your saved faces in sync with the app, and haptic feedback when you tap a key. Boop has no network code, so nothing you type can leave your phone, ever. The keyboard works without Full Access too, you just lose sync and haptics. Kaomoji, emoticons, Japanese emoji, text faces, lenny faces, ASCII faces, whatever you call them. They are all in here.

Screenshots

Loud Alarm Clock4 screens
Boop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boop at none against Loud Alarm Clock's 3. Boop also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Loud Alarm Clock's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Loud Alarm Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Boop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Loud Alarm Clock against 5.0 for Boop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loud Alarm Clock has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loud Alarm Clock ships an update every 4 days, Boop weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loud Alarm Clock versus Boop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoud Alarm ClockBoop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB19 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCharlie CourtenayMadhav Oberoi

Customer experience

Loud Alarm Clock

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Boop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Loud Alarm Clock

Subscriptions2
  • RISER: PRO Monthly Plan3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • RISER: PRO Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • RISER: PRO Lifetime$2.99
None

Boop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loud Alarm Clock free?
Loud Alarm Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boop free?
Boop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loud Alarm Clock or Boop?
Loud Alarm Clock and Boop are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Loud Alarm Clock or Boop have ads?
Neither Loud Alarm Clock nor Boop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loud Alarm Clock or Boop?
Loud Alarm Clock ships an update every 4 days, and Boop weekly. Most recently, Loud Alarm Clock was updated on October 15, 2026 and Boop on October 16, 2026.

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