PROBLEM – SpinMe Alarm Clock - Guaranteed Wake Up for Deep Sleepers Review

UPDATE: For two days in a row, it’s gone off a couple of hours later than the time that was set! This is problematic for two reasons: 1. It didn’t do its job to wake me up. 2. It’s rather embarrassing to have to spin around twice in front of other people at the random time when it goes off. For example, as a college professor in front of a lecture hall full of students! ??‍♀️ I double checked to ascertain that I had not simply set the wrong time. Twice, it has gone off at completely random times, hours after the time that was set. If you touch the “support” link, it takes you to a one page site with options for downloading the app—no support. Thus, you’re getting a one star review until both problems are fixed. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've tried EVERYTHING to get myself up on time: alarms that shake the bed or turn on lights, horrible sounds across the room, obstacles between me and the alarm, etc. But I would just lay back down in a sleep-deprived stupor. This works better than any of the other things I've tried. You have to stand up, put your thumbs on designated spots on your screen, and spin around two times. That seems to rouse me to consciousness better. However, it's not foolproof. There's nothing to stop you from laying back down, but I seem to be more capable of making a conscious decision after spinning around, which awakens me a little more than just turning an alarm off. There have also been many mornings when I just let that stupid banjo misic play for over an hour. Sometimes I turn the volume all the way down without spinning and go back to sleep, but it does still nag me by the phone vibrating every minute or so as the app tries to go off....if I hear that, but pillows muffle the vibrating sound. A few days ago, I deleted the app instead of getting up. But it got back at me today when I re-installed it: it made me spin three times, as it went off once for each of the three days that it had been uninstalled! You can choose your own music to play during the spinning part. I use that to remind me what I'm getting up for: my university's fight song for days I teach morning classes there, a hymn on church days, etc. TO THE DEVELOPER: It would be nice to be able to choose the music for the alarm part, not just during the spinning, and to have the option of having a horrible sounding alarm that's harder to sleep through than the current music. I'd pay an extra dollar for that.
Review by Frogladee on SpinMe Alarm Clock - Guaranteed Wake Up for Deep Sleepers.