Blog RSSRound-up: Unique iPhone Clock Apps
Though the iPhone comes with a clock app out of the box, this hasn’t fazed developers one little bit from trying to provide a better alternative (a search of the App Store here on AppShopper for “clock” yields over 1,000 results). On its face (see what I did there?), making a clock app unique seems kind of difficult – how many different ways are there to tell the time and set an alarm to wake you up? But there are a few clock apps that have stood out from the crowd recently.
First up is a new release from AppAnnex, Tap Alarm Clock. It offers a clean, simple interface with one of the easiest-to-use alarm setting mechanisms I’ve seen. To set the alarm, you spin a virtual dial reminiscent of an iPod click wheel to select the desired time. Tapping and holding at a specific clock position on the virtual dial will automatically set the alarm for that hour.
Here’s a demo video showing it in action:
Tap Alarm Clock lacks the ability to set multiple alarms or change the alarm sound but it works very well if your alarm needs are straightforward and you don’t need a lot of bells and whistles.
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Productivity
Tap Alarm Clock
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- 3 weeks ago
- Rating:
- 4.50 (17)
- Version:
- 2.0
iOS Universal
"Tap Alarm Clock deserves a spot on any clock app on iOS device for its cool design, multi-function, and easy using method." - Best10Apps.com Tired of fiddling with complicated...
Siri on the iPhone 4S seems to have prompted even more interest in apps that recognize speech and talk back to you and alarm clocks are no exception. Crop Duster Media released Wake Smarter late last year and it offers a plethora of alarm features plus the ability to read nearly anything to you when you wake up. You can choose to hear RSS feed updates, upcoming events on your calendar, posts from your Twitter and Facebook feeds, the weather forecast, and more.
Wake Smarter can also listen for your “magic word” (like Studio Heat’s Kei, which debuted in early 2010) and respond to a list of preset commands to tell you the current time and date, your upcoming calendar appointments, set an alarm, and more, a handy feature if your iPhone or iPad isn’t within easy reach.
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Utilities
Wake Smarter – The Voice...
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- 5.00 (36)
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- 1.4
iOS Universal
Wake Smarter is the first voice-controlled alarm clock for the iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad. *** Nominated "Most Useful App 2011" by 148Apps.com *** "WakeSmarter is...
Last but not least is Silent Clock, an unusual yet innovative clock by developer 10-sor that will tell you the time without requiring you to even look at your iPhone, a useful function in situations when picking up your iPhone and looking at the screen is inappropriate, such as in meetings or at a movie theater. How does it do this, you ask? By using the iPhone’s vibrate motor and a Morse-code like, um, code. The code looks a little confusing at first but it makes sense once you feel it in action.
The app automatically makes your iPhone vibrate every quarter of an hour in a two-step sequence. The first step in the sequence denotes the hour and the second denotes the minutes (on the hour and at 15, 30, and 45 minutes after). So, 1:45 pm will be denoted with a single vibration followed by three more vibrations in a row.
The code still requires you to have a general sense of the time of day since the codes are the same for some hours of the day to avoid being too complex. To use Silent Clock, you need to open the app and leave it open without locking your iPhone and then place it in a pocket so you can feel the vibrations.
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Utilities
Silent Clock
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- 1.0.1
iOS iPhone
Silent Clock is an amazing app that delivers time information in a discrete and clever way using the vibrator of your iPhone. Every quarter of an hour, Silent Clock tells the time according to a...
6:54 pm, February 7th, 2012
I think that the Wake Smarter App seems like the most interesting of all. I’d like a promo code for thay one, thanks!
6:58 pm, February 7th, 2012
Out of all honesty, I usually don’t look for Alarm Clocks – don’t even have one on my wish list, but this sounds too cool to not try out! – They all look really sharp, especially the Tap Alarm Clock. If it’s possible, then I would really like a promo code for the Wake Smarter app – that one sounds really interesting. Thank you very much! I love AppShopper – and I kid you not, I am on here checking for updates several times throughout the day .. Definitely an App’aholic right here.
7:02 pm, February 7th, 2012
Wait! You know what. Let someone else have my promo code. – Someone that would actually benefit from this. – But thanks a lot for the offer! (:
7:04 pm, February 7th, 2012
Thanks for your comment, Travis! Check your email for a code.
7:04 pm, February 7th, 2012
Thanks for your comments, Andreas! And I already sent the code so check your email.
Enjoy!
7:08 pm, February 7th, 2012
Hey Marianne! Thank you! Just got it, but I’ll wait until tonight to redeem it, just in case someone else comments and would like it. – So feel free to forward mine to the next in line (in case someone asks for it before .. let’s say 8 pm) – Either way it’s appreciated! Thank you.
7:32 pm, February 7th, 2012
I like all the apps. Promo code for any of them would work.
7:43 pm, February 7th, 2012
When I try to enter the code, it tells me “The offer associated with that code has expired”. No problem though. Love the blog, love the updates. Thanks!
8:04 pm, February 7th, 2012
Tap Alarm Clock, Tap Alarm Clock, Tap Alarm Clock!!
I’ll give that baby a good home since no one seems to want it.
8:11 pm, February 7th, 2012
Thanks for your comment, Sandra! Please check your email for a promo code.
8:12 pm, February 7th, 2012
So sorry about that, Travis! Please check your email for a replacement.
8:12 pm, February 7th, 2012
Thanks for your comment, Ankur! Please check your email for a code.
11:39 pm, February 7th, 2012
What is wrong with the alarm clock on the iphone utilities. Easy to use integrated and reliable. Am I missing something?
11:56 pm, February 7th, 2012
I am a clock collector, real and digital. I would love a promo code for the Wake Smarter App. Thanks.
12:42 am, February 8th, 2012
I would love to have a promo code for the Wake Smarter App. Thanks.
4:36 am, February 8th, 2012
Hi,
if there is a code free I am a candidate, any
8:17 am, February 8th, 2012
Hi. I also would like a promo code please. Love clock apps
11:57 am, February 8th, 2012
Tap Alarm Clock for me
5:41 pm, February 8th, 2012
Wake Smarter seems like a great idea, would love a promo code. Thanks!
3:34 am, February 9th, 2012
Would really love the Tap Alarm Clock app
9:33 am, February 9th, 2012
All three look worthwhile additions to the clock collection…
11:15 am, February 9th, 2012
To everyone who commented after 8:15 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, February 7, all the codes have been taken and we have no more to give away, unfortunately! (The post was updated at that time to note this.)
3:06 am, February 10th, 2012
Sure would like to get Tap Alarm Clock. Promo Code please.
9:25 am, February 11th, 2012
I am interested in the Wake Smarter app and would like to have a promo code. Many thanks.
2:15 pm, February 11th, 2012
I don’t have it, but I dloaded Jimmy Fallon’s other (free) app & think it’s hilarious.
He has a new app for .99c called “Jimmy Fallon’s Wake Up Call” where your phone acts like it’s calling you, and then Jimmy says some funny stuff.
http://appshopper.com/entertainment/jimmy-fallons-wake-up-call
I’m surprised this didn’t make the list — it’s pretty darned unique AND funny!
12:56 am, February 18th, 2012
Possible more codes could be issued?
Looking at Wake Smarter app.
Thank you very much.
8:05 pm, February 26th, 2012
I downloaded “Wake Up Sleep Head” by Keith Sykes from iTunes for my wakeup song. The “Alarm Clock” app woke me up this AM at O’ dark 30.