Alarm Clock for Me vs Painter
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
Painter
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Painter Pro is a fun painting/drawing program. There are 22 functions available. Colours - Allows you to select the paintbrush colour. Emoticons/Stickers - Add stickers or emoticons with options to expand and/or rotate the image. Brush Stroke - Allows you to select the brush stroke style (solid or dash lines) and stroke thickness. Pattern Background - You can choose from 40 backgrounds. Plain Background - You can choose from 40 background colours. Pattern Brush Stroke - You can choose from 40 patterned strokes. Camera - Take a photo and use the photo as a background for your drawing. Photo Album - Select a photo from the photo album to use as a background. Gallery - Display drawings in the Gallery. Save - Save the drawing to the Gallery and/or Photo Album. Photos saved in the Gallery can be viewed in the Gallery, emailed or printed. Email - You can email the current drawing or the Gallery photos. PDF File - Create 1 PDF file of the current drawing or Gallery photos. Print - Prints the current picture or Gallery pictures to an iPhone supported printer with options to print a single or multiple copies. Slideshow - Displays the Gallery photos in a slideshow with 'Slide' or Fade' mode, manual or automatic display. Option to add music when playing slideshow. Carousel - Displays the Gallery photos in a carousel with styles like Linear, Rotary, Inverted Rotary, Cylinder, Inverted Cylinder, Coverflow, Coverflow2, Time Machine, Inverted Time Machine or Custom with horizontal or vertical display. Option to add music when running the carousel. Scroll - Scroll through Gallery Photos. Shapes - You can draw arc, line, circle, filled circle, ellipse, filled ellipse, semicircle, filled semicircle, rectangle, filled rectangle, square, filled square, diamond, filled diamond, triangle and filled triangle. Paintbrush - Revert back to paintbrush mode after you've finished drawing shapes. Undo - Undo the last stroke drawn. Redo - Redo the last stroke. Trashcan - Clear the drawing on the canvas. Help - Provides a description of each icon on the screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Alarm Clock for Me at Free against Painter's $2.99. Alarm Clock for Me also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.6). Painter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On 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; Painter costs $2.99 up front. Alarm Clock for Me sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Painter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alarm Clock for Me ships an update every 5 weeks, Painter every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alarm Clock for Me | Painter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (124K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 124K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mosaic S.r.l. | Jessica Tunnicliffe |
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
Painter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Painter
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Alarm Clock for Me free?
Is Painter free?
Do Alarm Clock for Me or Painter have ads?
Which is updated more often, Alarm Clock for Me or Painter?
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