Thursday, 30 May 2013
Wake a new smart alarm clock app for iPhone [review]
you may well be looking for a new alarm clock, of which there are many upon many in the iTunes store. However, you might want to consider an app called Wake. This is a new app for the iPhone which brings an intelligent design, both aesthetically, and dynamically to the humble alarm clock genre.
Wake’s user interface is almost unnervingly simplistic. The main interface consists of a clock surrounded by a coloured circle. Fortunately, there are short text hints at how to use the application, such as “Spin the dial to set an alarm”. Sure enough as soon as you start running your finger over the circular perimeter in a clockwise direction, the time will start advancing to when the alarm will chime. Similarly, you can correct by running your finger around the clock anti-clockwise. There is a tick and cross at the top of the screen to accept or reject the alarm time.
set multiple alarms too – to review them simply swipe downwards, and they’ll all appear (in different colours) at the top of the screen. A long press on any will reveal cross marks that let you delete the alarms. Also.
I wanted to be able to set titles for them. However, this isn’t a practical option for Wake as it is constrained by the limitation of iOS. Wake can only function while in the foreground, and so having a reminder come from the background isn’t going to happen with this app – you’ll need to stick with the built-in Clock app for that.
The final option is “Swipe” – this option require a little more of your faculties when initially wake up as swiping up will put the alarm into snooze mode and swiping down will disable the alarm.
Wake will normally cost $3, but is currently in the iTunes app (download) store for $2 to celebrate its launch.
Wake’s user interface is almost unnervingly simplistic. The main interface consists of a clock surrounded by a coloured circle. Fortunately, there are short text hints at how to use the application, such as “Spin the dial to set an alarm”. Sure enough as soon as you start running your finger over the circular perimeter in a clockwise direction, the time will start advancing to when the alarm will chime. Similarly, you can correct by running your finger around the clock anti-clockwise. There is a tick and cross at the top of the screen to accept or reject the alarm time.
set multiple alarms too – to review them simply swipe downwards, and they’ll all appear (in different colours) at the top of the screen. A long press on any will reveal cross marks that let you delete the alarms. Also.
I wanted to be able to set titles for them. However, this isn’t a practical option for Wake as it is constrained by the limitation of iOS. Wake can only function while in the foreground, and so having a reminder come from the background isn’t going to happen with this app – you’ll need to stick with the built-in Clock app for that.
The final option is “Swipe” – this option require a little more of your faculties when initially wake up as swiping up will put the alarm into snooze mode and swiping down will disable the alarm.
Wake will normally cost $3, but is currently in the iTunes app (download) store for $2 to celebrate its launch.
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