The app also uses a rewards system to encourage you to get up the first time your alarm goes off. Snoozing your alarm or waiting too long to get out of bed will result in the app becoming angry, which leads to threats of kitten murder and a dose of horrible, horrible dubstep. Leave the app running face-down on your desk at night and prepare to be awakened by a selection CARROT’s favorite tunes and spoken messages. CARROT Alarm is apparently the offspring of an alarm clock app and a sadistic AI reminiscent of Portal‘s GLaDOS, and boy does it want you to get out of bed…ĬARROT Alarm uses a combination of threats, rewards, and mini-games to ensure that you actually get out of bed in the morning. How long I continue to use and have fun with it is remain to be seen.The makers of the CARROT to-do manager launched a new app this morning that is sure to haunt your dreams. Overall Rise is quite a good Alarm app and has used the touch functionality quite nicely. There are other options too – the tune to be played for the alarm, changing the duration of the snooze, alarm volume, etc One option also gives you to add your own image as a background. You can also change the current display style by holding on to the time and it will give you 3 options. It also provides you a function to help you get sleepy! Since I have no problem sleeping…yet, I am yet to try this.įor putting on Snooze(which everyone who is a human will do at-least once!) all you need to do is Shake or if you want to go the next level, just turn the alarm off! ? To On/Off the alarm its a simple swipe left/right. It will work in 5 minutes interval, so you cannot set a time like 5:14 AM which iOS allows you to do! But I doubt anyone will mind the absence of this precision! Once you have set the time, you can also fine-tune it by tapping above or below the time. So as you can see in the image above, 6 :00 AM gives you an image when the Sun is just about to rise(no pun intended). And to provide a context as you go up and down the background image changes as per the time of the day. Here you should drag your finger up/down to choose the time you want to wake up. Its always good to see different ways of using the touch functionality. So lets see what each screen has to offer – So when you open the App for the first time, it shows you a quick tutorial in the form of 8 screens to get a feel of how the App functions. I didn’t get up as on the scheduled time and overused the “snooze” button! ?īut that’s in no way reflective of the App but more of my will power and laziness. For what’s worth my first morning with the new app wasn’t quite a success.
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So when I came across Rise as the free Alarm clock this week I was very eager to give it a try. Surprisingly there are very few good Alarm apps which are free. I usually refrain from buying apps which I haven’t tried or which I have a doubt I will use to justify that spending however small it may be. To put a disclaimer I have been trying these apps as they were free. Though I am reasonably happy with the default Alarm which comes with iOS, the interface looks a bit jaded and boring. From last week I have been giving a shot at Alarm clock apps to see if I can make my waking-up moments a bit different.