Comparison

Wakeify vs Bodhi Timer

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

Head to head
About

Wakeify

Wake up gently to your favorite music with this alarm clock. It integrates with Spotify and Apple Music, offering a fade-in volume and ensuring alarms ring even on silent mode. Enjoy all features unlocked for free.

Highlights
  • Wake to Spotify or Apple Music
  • Fade-in volume
  • Works on silent/Do Not Disturb
  • Full song playback option
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Customizable snooze
Features
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Wakeify is an alarm clock that wakes you up to the music you love, completely free with every feature unlocked. Set any song, playlist, artist, or album from Spotify or Apple Music as your alarm. It fades in instead of jolting you awake, and it rings even when your phone is on silent or in Do Not Disturb. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO SLEEP THROUGH ALARMS • Your alarm rings even if the app is closed, and it cuts through silent mode, Focus, and Do Not Disturb. • Nothing to leave running and nothing to check at bedtime. Set the alarm, close the app, go to sleep. • Fade-in volume: the song starts quiet and builds, so you wake up instead of getting startled. • A song you love beats a beep you've learned to sleep through. WAKE UP TO YOUR MUSIC • Works with Spotify and Apple Music. Search any song, artist, playlist, or album. • For Spotify, a free account is all you need. No subscription required. • Playlist, artist, and album alarms pick a fresh track every morning, so wake-ups never get stale. • Full Song mode plays the whole track from start to finish (Apple Music). • Set a different song for every alarm. SMART ALARM FEATURES • Flexible scheduling: one-time alarms, or repeating ones by day of the week. • Custom snooze: choose any interval from 1 to 30 minutes. • Alarm labels: name each one so you know what it's for (Work, Gym, School, Meds). • Works on iPhone and iPad. • Available in 46 languages, including English. FREE Every feature is unlocked and free. No paywall, no ads, no account required. GOOD TO KNOW • By default, your alarm wakes you with a short excerpt of the song, playing on a loop. • Spotify Premium is not required. A free account is enough. • Full Song mode plays the complete track and requires an Apple Music subscription. • Requires iOS 26 or later. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bodhi Timer

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Bodhi Timer is a countdown timer for meditation and other timed activities. Set one duration or a sequence of consecutive timers, then pause, resume, or start the session again. Make a timer that suits your session: • Save four duration presets. • Build a list of intervals with a separate sound for each one. • Choose from bells, gongs, singing bowls, bird song, the system tone, or an audio file. • Add preparation time before the session starts. • Use an animated Enso circle, a fading Bodhi leaf, or your own image. • Choose a light, dark, black, or system theme. • Hide the remaining time or keep the screen awake. • Set a duration by typing or with optional English speech input. Settings, presets, timer lists, and running or paused timers are saved on your iPhone. There are no accounts, advertising, or analytics SDKs. The timer works without an internet connection. Optional speech recognition may use Apple's Speech service when on-device recognition is unavailable. Background alerts require notification permission and follow your iPhone's sound, silent-mode, and Focus settings. Long or repeated sequences can exceed the queue of upcoming alerts while the app remains closed. Reopen the app to refresh that queue. Imported audio uses its first 29 seconds. Requires iOS 26 or later. The interface and speech commands are in English. This is an independent iPhone fork and SwiftUI port of Bodhi Timer by yuttadhammo and the BodhiTimer developers. It is maintained separately and does not imply endorsement by its original authors. The software is available under GPL-3.0-or-later. iPhone source: https://github.com/wgj/BodhiTimer Original project: https://github.com/yuttadhammo/BodhiTimer Original software and artwork: Copyright (C) 2014-2022 BodhiTimer developers. Additional asset credits and license texts are included in About.

Screenshots

Wakeify3 screens
Bodhi Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bodhi Timer at none against Wakeify's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Wakeify sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bodhi Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Wakeify versus Bodhi Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWakeifyBodhi Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (119 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings119 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.126.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuval FatalWeston Johnson

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Wakeify

Subscriptions2
  • Wakeify Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Wakeify Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Wakeify Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
None

Bodhi Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wakeify free?
Wakeify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bodhi Timer free?
Bodhi Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wakeify or Bodhi Timer have ads?
Neither Wakeify nor Bodhi Timer shows ads.

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