Alarm Clock for Me vs Clock Wave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alarm Clock for Me
This app combines an alarm clock with music playlists, a sleep timer, weather forecasts, a countdown timer, and a flashlight. Customize your wake-up experience with designer clock themes and multiple alarm stop methods. It also includes a multifunctional timer for cooking or workouts.
- Customizable designer clock themes
- Wake-up playlists with favorite music
- Background alarm support
- Multiple alarm stop methods (shake, math problem)
- Sleep timer with music or white noise
- Live weather conditions and temperature
- Built-in flashlight
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Wake up and go to sleep to your favorite music, never sleep through your alarm again, get your own collection of exclusive designer clocks, know weather conditions in your area, cook or work out with a multifunctional timer, and light up the darkness with a powerful built-in flashlight! FEATURES: * Choose from stylish designer themes for the clock: Digital (Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow), Ultrasonic (Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow), Wordy, ThinLine * Create your own wake-up playlist with the best music * Background alarm support: alarm will ring even if the app is not running * Choose a way to stop the alarm: shake your device or solve a math problem * Go to sleep to your favorite songs or white noise * Check live weather conditions and temperature * Change the screen brightness so that it doesn’t blind you after a good night’s sleep * Shake your device or double tap on the screen to switch on the flashlight * Convenient app settings. Get easy access to any option you need. Alarm Clock for Me provides the functionality of 6 indispensable apps in 1: ALARM - Wake up to your favorite music - Shake your device or solve a math problem to turn off the alarm - Set multiple alarms with different tunes - Background alarm support: alarm will go off even if the app is not running! - Easy access to the nearest alarm from the main screen - Huge Snooze/Stop alarm buttons - Add your notes to the alarm! - Adjustable volume of Sounds/Music - Vibrate / Fade in / Snooze options - Shake-to-snooze when alarm goes off CLOCK - Exclusive designer clocks - Vertical and horizontal modes - 12 or 24 time format - Show/Hide seconds - Show/Hide day of the week - Auto-Lock when plugged in ON/OFF - Auto-Lock when on battery ON/OFF - Customizable auto-lock time SLEEP TIMER - Use the shortcut on the main screen to go directly to the sleep timer settings - Create your own playlist with your favorite songs - Shuffle music ON/OFF - Adjust the volume of Music/Sounds - Go to sleep to white noise WEATHER - Check live weather conditions and temperature - Automatic detection of your current location and weather conditions display in your area - Weather conditions and temperature in any location you choose - Temperature unit: Fahrenheit/Celsius - Show Weather ON/OFF COUNTDOWN - Never miss important events and special occasions. Count down to your vacation, anniversary, graduation and more FLASHLIGHT - Shake your device or double tap on the screen to switch on the flashlight TIMER - No matter whether you are cooking or working out, multifunctional timer will always be at hand! Beautiful. Reliable. Versatile. Get the alarm clock that you've been looking for! For complete access to all Alarm Clock for Me features, you will need to allow access to the following: *Notifications – otherwise, alarm will not ring; *[OPTIONAL] Location data to provide you with the weather forecast for your exact location; *[OPTIONAL] Media library so that you can set your own music as an alarm or a sleep timer sound; *[OPTIONAL] Camera to activate a powerful built-in flashlight; *[OPTIONAL] Photos to give you a possibility to set them as countdown pictures. Privacy Policy: https://support.bendingspoons.com/privacy.html?app=749124884 Terms of Service: https://support.bendingspoons.com/tos.html?app=749124884 Contact us: alarmclock@bendingspoons.com
Clock Wave
Calibrate your radio-controlled watch or clock using your iPhone or iPad. Simply tap 'Transmit' and place your device near your watch to automatically sync the accurate time.
- Calibrate radio-controlled watches/clocks
- Transmit accurate time automatically
- Supports 5 major global time signal stations
- Manual station selection for compatibility
- Automatic time signal transmission
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Clock Wave allows you calibrate radio controlled watch or clock anytime and anywhere. Just click "Transmit" button, set your watch or clock to manual receive time signal, and place it nearby your iPhone/iPad's speaker, it will be calibrated in a few minutes. Clock Wave features: - Covers 5 major longwave time signal stations all over the world. * USA: WWVB * Japan: JJY * China: BPC * UK: MSF * DE: DCF77 - Automatically transmit the accurate time. * If your radio controlled watch/clock doesn't support station BPC, select station JJY manually to use in China. * If your radio controlled watch/clock doesn't support station MSF, select station DCF77 manually to use in UK. * If your radio controlled watch/clock support only a specified timezone or station, (e.g. Using a radio controlled clock support only JJY station in Australia.), select the watch/clock timezone manually in app settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Alarm Clock for Me at Free against Clock Wave's $1.99. Alarm Clock for Me also leads on ratings volume (124K vs 256) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months). Clock Wave's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 51%) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). On rating 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
Alarm Clock for Me is free to download; Clock Wave costs $1.99 up front. Alarm Clock for Me sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Clock Wave asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Alarm Clock for Me against 4.7 for Clock Wave. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alarm Clock for Me has 124K ratings behind it against 256, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Alarm Clock for Me's written reviews are positive against 89% of Clock Wave's.
Alarm Clock for Me ships an update every 5 weeks, Clock Wave every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alarm Clock for Me | Clock Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (124K ratings) | 4.7 (256 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124K — better | 256 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #28 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mosaic S.r.l. | 震 任 |
Customer experience
Alarm Clock for Me
Clock Wave
User reviews
Alarm Clock for Me
From 124K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great alarm clock
- 🎨 Customizable display
- 🎵 Ability to use own music
- ⏰ Effective at waking up
- 👍 Simple and user-friendly
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads in free version
- 🔊 Ads play at full volume
- 🐛 Alarms not working consistently
- 🔋 Requires app to be open all night
- 🤔 Confusing settings/options
Clock Wave
From 256 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works as advertised
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Syncs watches quickly
- 💡 Clever solution for remote areas
- 👍 Reliable and consistent
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't work for some watches
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or failures
Bugs and requests
Alarm Clock for Me
Reported bugs
5 issues- Alarms not going off as scheduled
- App crashing or freezing
- Weather server unavailable issue
- Alarms not working in Do Not Disturb mode
- Alarm volume not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- More default alarm sounds
- Ability to create playlists for alarms
- Option to wake up to radio/streaming music
- Larger display font/numbers
- Suspend alarm for a day option
Clock Wave
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incompatibility with certain iOS versions
- Incorrect time zone adjustments
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to transmit signal automatically
- Support for more watch brands/models
- Improved volume/signal strength control
In-app purchases
Alarm Clock for Me
- Premium weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
- Weekly Premium with Free Trial7 Days trial$1.997 Days
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- Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
- Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
- Weekly Premium with Free Trial7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium yearly with Free Trial7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
Clock Wave
No in-app purchases
Questions
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