Believe it or not, but there are plenty of people working long hours trying to figure out the best way to wake you up or otherwise notify you of something important. We’ve covered numerous alarms at MakeUseOf, but Alarmed, an app for iOS devices, has some unique features of its own which may interest a [...]
Waking up to the same alarm clock tone is boring and encourages you to hit the snooze button. What you need is a fresh and relaxing alarm clock tone that changes every day. One app that offers this is called Uniqlo Wake Up. Uniqlo Wake Up is a smartphone application which is basically an alarm [...]
Wave Alarm is a handy alarm clock application for iOS devices that uses a motion control technique to snooze or silence the alarm. Unlike usual alarm clocks, the user has to grab the device and click on the “Dismiss” or “Snooze” button to silence the alarm. Wave Alarm just requires the user to wave over [...]
To download a large file or for any other reason, have you ever had to keep your Mac on all night? If your computer will be on when you have to wake up, you might as well use it as an alarm clock. Here to help you do that is an app called Wake Up [...]
If you are looking for a simple way to set an alarm on your computer, you might want to check out Online Music Alarm. Unlike other websites, as you may have already noticed, Online Music Alarm allows users to choose their own favorite YouTube video to play as the alarm and not some annoying sound. [...]
Wake Smarter is an iPhone application that takes the alarm clock to the next level. You can now forget those old, classical default alarm sounds. Wake Smarter is an alarm clock that can be configured according to your needs and requirements. You can not only set the ringtone of your choice, but you can also [...]
For some people, the snooze button on alarm clocks is a useful feature. But for most people the snooze button is just another way of ignoring the alarm clock completely. Sleepy people keep hitting the snooze button and fail to wake up when they should. Here to discourage you from using the snooze button is [...]
Anybody who sets alarms on his cellphones knows that the Snooze option is not very helpful. When people get up to the sound of the alarm, they immediately hit the snooze button and go back to sleep. What you need is an alarm clock that refuses to quit before it completely wakes you up. That [...]
While going on an early morning trip with friends, have you ever had a friend running late? If yes, then you can appreciate how important it is for all friends to wake up at the same time on such occasions. Here to ensure this happens is an iOS application called Alarm Everyone. Alarm Everyone is [...]
After waking up, most people tune into the news, check their emails, weather or check their tasks for the day. Thanks to a new phone application, you can perform these tasks right after you turn off your wake-up alarm. This app is called Smarter Alarm Free. Smarter Alarm Free is a simple to use smartphone [...]
Many people tune into the morning news to stay in touch with what is happening around the world. If you do the same, you would surely appreciate it if news automatically played each time you woke up in the morning. Here to make it happen is a tool called BBC News Alarm. BBC News Alarm [...]
The Internet has numerous web applications to offer that act as alarm clocks. These apps usually provide a list of predefined alarm music or sounds. But if you want your favorite podcast to play at a set alarm time, you should check out a podcast alarm clock called PodcastAlarm. Podcast Alarm is a free and [...]
If you have installed a burglar alarm system in your home, then you’ve probably invested upwards of $300/year for your alarm monitoring system. If you want to cut the costs, you should try Attikis. This tool allows you to configure your burglar alarm to call their servers and give you free ongoing monitoring, and instead [...]
If you are a social media enthusiast, you probably start your day with logging onto your computer and finding out what the trending topics are. But what if you could do this while you were waking up in bed? RoosterAM helps you do exactly that. RoosterAM acts as an alarm clock and a reporter of [...]
Android phone owners have a number of free applications that can make their life easier. For example many people like to stay in touch with the news and weather. Zazu is one Android app that can read the news and weather out to you whenever you want. Zazu is a free app and sized at [...]
Meta Clock is a browser based alarm clock that will wake you up with a cool tune sure to put a smile on your face, first thing in the morning. It works by selecting what time you want to wake up at and then tune you want played as your alarm. There are some classics [...]
As the name suggests it is a web based video alarm clock that lets you set YouTube videos as alarm, and wake up with your favorite clip. The application includes a “youtube browser” where you can search and find any video you want and set it for alarm tone. The clock can be also customized [...]
ClockEasy is a three in one website that provides you with a clock, online alarm and a countdown timer. The clock and the countdown timer can be easily embedded on your blog or personal web page as a widget. You can easily customize how widget looks, its style, text font, colors, borders and dimensions. Features: [...]
Here is another online alarm clock that comes with a number of cool features. You can set multiple recurring alarms, choose specific day settings, customize the size and colors of numerals, and the best feature is that it can wake you up with a YouTube video, Last.FM song or any MP3 track from the web. [...]
MusicAlarmClock is an online alarm radio and music clock that can wake you up with the sound of your preferred radio station or music track. To set the alarm simply go to the website, enter the time, select the melody or radio station from drop down list and “enable” the alarm. Features: Wake up with [...]