Comparison

Alarmu vs Cuboo

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

Head to head
About

Alarmu

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Alarmu is the alarm clock that actually wakes you up. The only way to silence it is to complete a fun mini-game mission. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your alarm time and choose a mission 2. Pick your difficulty level (5, 6, or 7) 3. When the alarm fires, a 3-2-1 countdown launches you straight into the mission 4. Complete the mission to silence the alarm 5 WAKE-UP MISSIONS - Drum Pad: Repeat a rhythmic pattern by tapping the right pads - Piano Keys: Listen to a melody and play it back - Word Puzzle: Find a hidden word from a grid of letter tiles - Blow Candles: Blow into your microphone to extinguish candles - Tilt Maze: Tilt your phone to guide a ball through a maze BUILT TO WAKE YOU UP - Burst notifications keep ringing every 10 seconds until you finish - Leave the app or turn off the screen? The mission resets when you come back - No shortcuts โ€” you have to earn your morning YOU SET THE DIFFICULTY Choose difficulty 5, 6, or 7 per alarm. This controls word length, pattern length, maze size, and blow duration. The difficulty stays fixed โ€” no surprise scaling. YOUR MASCOT COMPANION A cheerful alarm clock mascot greets you on the home screen, tracks your streaks, tells jokes, shares random tips about sleep, mornings, and productivity, and can give you local weather updates so you know what to expect before heading out. ANALYTICS Track your wake-up streaks, mission completion times, average response time from alarm to dismiss, fastest and slowest wake-ups, and weekly performance. FREE TO USE All missions, analytics, and unlimited one-time alarms are free forever. Upgrade to Premium for repeating alarms, weekly schedules, all difficulty levels, and weather tips. One-time purchase, no subscriptions. PRIVACY No accounts, no servers, no tracking. Everything stays on your device. Location data is used only for weather tips and is never stored or shared. Microphone and motion data are processed locally and never stored.

About

Cuboo

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Cuboo turns focus into a journey, built around the hyperfocus technique. Start a session and you board a train. As you work, it glides across Europe in real time โ€” forests, mountains, and coastline drifting past your window. Stay on track and you arrive at a new capital, earning a stamp for your passport. Get distracted, and the train waits. THE HYPERFOCUS TECHNIQUE Hyperfocus is the state of complete, single-task immersion โ€” where time falls away and your best work happens. Cuboo is designed to pull you into it and keep you there: one task, one train, one destination, with no notifications to break the spell. Instead of a timer counting down, you have somewhere to be. HOW IT WORKS โ€ข Pick what you're focusing on โ€” deep work, study, reading, creating, anything. โ€ข Choose how far you're going, and board. โ€ข Block the apps that pull you away for the length of the ride. โ€ข Focus. Watch the world go by. Arrive. WHAT'S INSIDE โ€ข A live train window with real moving scenery โ€ข An ambient sound mixer โ€” train clatter, rain on the glass, forest, and lo-fi โ€ข App blocking that holds while you focus, powered by Screen Time โ€ข 24 European capitals to travel to, each with its own collectible stamp โ€ข A departures board, boarding pass, and passport that make focus feel like travel โ€ข Simple stats so you can watch your focused hours add up Whether you're studying for an exam, writing, coding, or just trying to stay off your phone for an hour, Cuboo gives your focus a destination. All aboard. โ€”โ€”โ€” Cuboo Pro Cuboo offers an optional subscription that unlocks unlimited journeys and every feature: โ€ข Monthly โ€” $3.99 / month โ€ข Annual โ€” $18.99 / year (includes a 3-day free trial) โ€ข Lifetime โ€” $34.99, one-time Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. The lifetime option is a one-time purchase with no renewal. Terms of Use: https://cuboo.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cuboo.app/privacy

Screenshots

Alarmu4 screens
Cuboo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Alarmu and Cuboo are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Alarmu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cuboo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Alarmu versus Cuboo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarmuCuboo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size120 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan Roldan HernandezSTEFAN-ANDREI HATEGAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alarmu

One-time1
  • Alarmu Premium$3.99
3 purchases

Cuboo

Subscriptions2
  • Cuboo Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Cuboo Pro Annual3 Days trial$18.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cuboo Pro Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Alarmu free?
Alarmu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cuboo free?
Cuboo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alarmu or Cuboo have ads?
Neither Alarmu nor Cuboo shows ads.

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