Comparison

Repeating Alarm Clock vs AlwaysOn

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

Head to head
About

Repeating Alarm Clock

Automate your weekly schedule with custom alarms for each day. Set different times, sounds, and notes for recurring events, and easily skip or disable alarms when needed. Syncs across devices and offers Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Day-by-day alarm settings
  • Smart per-day skip
  • Bulk alarm controls
  • Labels & notes
  • Apple Watch app & complications
  • iCloud backup & sync
Features
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Yobirin is a simple alarm app that lets you set different alarms for each day of the week. Tired of resetting tomorrow's alarm every single night? Yobirin takes that small daily stress off your hands. Set your alarms once, and they repeat automatically every week. "Wake up early on Mondays, sleep in on weekends." "Garbage day reminders for Mon/Wed/Fri — and don't forget the things I always forget." "Tuesday night only — can't miss my favorite show." Whatever your weekly rhythm looks like, automate it with a single setup. Built on the same system as the iPhone's built-in alarm, with the flexibility of day-by-day customization. Main Features ■ Day-by-day alarm settings Save different times, sounds, and snooze settings for each day of the week. Set once, and it repeats every week automatically. ■ Smart per-day skip Need to skip just this week's alarm? Easy. Skipped alarms automatically turn back on next week, so you'll never forget to re-enable them. ■ Bulk alarm controls On a holiday or going on a trip? With one tap, skip or turn off all of today's alarms. ■ Labels & notes Show labels like "Pack lunch" or "Take meds" on your alarms. Notes are visible right from the alarm list. ■ Current time bar See at a glance how close you are to the next alarm — visualize your day's progress. ■ Customizable week start Choose which day starts your week to match your lifestyle. ■ OS-level alarm notifications Built on the same system as the iPhone's standard alarm, your alarms ring reliably even in the background. ■ Full iPad support - A layout built for the larger screen, so your weekly alarm list has room to breathe - Works in both portrait and landscape - Supports Split View and Slide Over — keep your alarm list beside another app - Add the same alarm widgets to your Home Screen as on iPhone ■ Apple Watch app Check and control alarms right from your wrist — no need to take out your iPhone. - See your next alarm and the full weekly list on Apple Watch - Tap to cycle through "On → Skip → Off" - Bulk actions like "Skip today" and "Turn all off" right from your wrist - Real-time sync with iPhone keeps everything up to date ■ Apple Watch complications Add Yobirin to your watch face in various complication sizes. - "Next Alarm" widget shows your upcoming alarm - "Today's Alarms" widget lists today's schedule Glance at your wrist to see your day. ■ Apple Watch notifications Same system as the iPhone's built-in alarm — alarms ring on Apple Watch too. Even when your phone is in your bag, the wrist tap won't let you miss a thing. ■ Theme customization Match the app's color theme to your taste. Make the screen you see every morning feel like yours. ■ iCloud backup & sync With iCloud enabled, your alarm data is automatically backed up. Sign in with the same Apple ID on iPad or iPhone, and alarms sync across devices. Reinstalling the app? Your data is restored from iCloud automatically. Made for you if: ■ You wake at 7 AM on weekdays but want silence on weekends ■ You want to remember weekly things like garbage day or class supplies ■ You work shifts and your wake-up time changes each day ■ You want time-based reminders for daily tasks ■ You have weekly commitments you can't afford to miss ■ You want to see the day's tasks the moment you wake up ■ The standard alarm app feels cluttered to manage ■ You want to control alarms from your Apple Watch Wake up smarter with Yobirin.

About

AlwaysOn

Transform a plugged-in iPhone into a convenient desk display. View the time, date, calendar, and weather at a glance. Features a sleep mode for nighttime use and custom display hours.

Highlights
  • Large digital clock display
  • Current date and calendar
  • Upcoming calendar events
  • Local weather forecast
  • Customizable display hours
  • Low-brightness sleep mode
  • Burn-in protection
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful desk and nightstand clock. Free, with no ads and no subscriptions. AlwaysOn shows the time, your calendar, weather and more on a screen you leave docked or propped up, and on your Home Screen and Lock Screen too. START WITH A FINISHED DESIGN • Ready-made layouts, each with its own background • Swipe between layouts, and the background moves with your widgets • Change any of them, or make your own WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Clock, with seven faces including Eclipse: the time inside a glowing ring • Time Together, Daylight, Word Clock, Card Clock, Tube Clock, Countdown, Green Room, Moon Phase and Horizon • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy • Tap ▶ to watch a whole day go by in seconds CLOCKS AND BACKGROUNDS • Digital clocks in eleven styles, including big iPhone-style digits • Clock backgrounds: Lens, Card (split-flap), Tube, Prism, Stone, Shadow and Green Room • Space backgrounds: Tonight's Sky shows the real stars over your city, plus Earthrise, Saturn and Jupiter • Animated and still backgrounds: Earth, Horizon, Moon Phase, Catnap, Soft Flow, Tide and more • Seasonal backgrounds for holidays and festivals MADE FOR NIGHT • Darker nights with a soft amber clock • Day Mode hours, Smart Dimming and burn-in protection • A sunrise alarm that wakes you with light YOUR LAYOUT • Arrange the clock with Calendar, Up Next, Weather, World Clock, Countdown, a Focus timer, Photos and Battery • Separate layouts for portrait and landscape, made for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking, no data collected • Available in English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese AlwaysOn turns a screen you're not using into something calm and useful.

Screenshots

Repeating Alarm Clock4 screens
AlwaysOn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AlwaysOn at none against Repeating Alarm Clock's 1. AlwaysOn also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Repeating Alarm Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AlwaysOn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Repeating Alarm Clock against 4.7 for AlwaysOn. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlwaysOn has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Repeating Alarm Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, AlwaysOn every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Repeating Alarm Clock versus AlwaysOn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRepeating Alarm ClockAlwaysOn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings426 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.117.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShota YamashitaWeijin Wang

Customer experience

Repeating Alarm Clock

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AlwaysOn

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Repeating Alarm Clock

One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$19.99
None

AlwaysOn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Repeating Alarm Clock free?
Repeating Alarm Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AlwaysOn free?
AlwaysOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Repeating Alarm Clock or AlwaysOn?
Repeating Alarm Clock is rated higher. Repeating Alarm Clock averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while AlwaysOn averages 4.7 from 26 ratings.
Do Repeating Alarm Clock or AlwaysOn have ads?
Repeating Alarm Clock shows ads; AlwaysOn does not.
Which is updated more often, Repeating Alarm Clock or AlwaysOn?
Repeating Alarm Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and AlwaysOn every 4 days. Most recently, Repeating Alarm Clock was updated on November 9, 2026 and AlwaysOn on November 10, 2026.

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