Do you also have such a hard time getting out of bed in the morning and do you prefer to keep snoozing until your iPhone gives up? These four alarm clocks take a very different approach. Pressing a button is not enough, they only stop when you are really awake.
Alarm clock apps that really wake you up
For most people, iOS ‘default Clock app is enough to wake up in the morning. In addition, there are many apps in the App Store with smart functions, such as Sleep Cycle, which checks when you are sleeping lightly and then goes off, so that you wake up less tired. In addition, there are alarm clock apps with a beautiful design, such as Rise and Wake Alarm.
However, in this article you will find a different kind of apps, for the real sleepyheads. These apps require a certain action that you must complete or the alarm won’t stop. Once you have proven that you are awake, the alarm will turn off.
1. Alarmy
Alarmy has several options for waking up in the morning. For example, you have to solve a sum. This not only wakes you up, but you immediately train your brain. In addition, there is a mode that lets you shake off the alarm by physically moving the iPhone. But the most notable function to turn off an alarm clock is to take a photo of a specific room or room in the house. To do this, you first take a picture of the chosen spot. When the alarm goes off, you have to get out of bed to take a picture of the same place. Only then does the app stop the alarm.
→ Download Alarmy from the App Store (free)
2. Barcode Alarm Clock
Barcode Alarm Clock also uses the iPhone camera to get you out of bed. With this app you do not set pictures of places in the house, but of barcodes of products, such as toothpaste, a book or a carton of cornflakes. You have to scan it after the alarm clock starts to turn off the sound. Barcode Alarm Clock is a simple app, but we effective. The free version contains advertisements.
→ Download Barcode Alarm Clock from the App Store (free)
3. Walk Me Up
Walk Me Up is quite similar in design to Apple’s regular Clock app, but it has a twist. You can’t just express or snooze it. If you want to turn it off completely, you’ll have to get out of bed. You set a number of steps that you have to walk, after which the sound goes off. You set the number of steps yourself. It doesn’t have to be much, as long as you get out of the bedroom.
→ Download Walk Me Up from the App Store (free)
4. SpeakToSnooze
This app works with voice control. So you have to talk to turn off the alarm, which not everyone likes to do in the morning. To snooze say “Snooze alarm” and to turn off the alarm, say “Alarm off”. That should be enough, especially since the app works best with an American accent, according to the makers. Test beforehand whether the app registers your voice at all.
→ Download SpeakToSnooze from the App Store (free)