Great when it works... – Alarm Clock Wake ® Pro Review

This app works very nicely and does what it's supposed to do… except when it doesn't. Sometimes, it simply fails to go off. And it fails without rhyme or reason. No prediction or apparent pattern. I've learned from harsh experience, that the iPhone has two sound settings. One for alarms. Another for audio levels. The mute switch (on the side) has differing effects on each of those levels. So you must be careful to ensure that both the alarms and the audio-levels settings are in the audible range (i.e., not turned off) and the mute switch is not turned on. However, even having carefully checked both of those settings … some number of times, Alarm Clock will simply fail to work. As another reviewer posted here, the clock simply "blows by" the alarm set time with no beep, no sound, no music, no buzz, nothing, nada. I've tried to quantify the number of failures. I'd say that these are (for me) about one occurrence every two or three weeks. I've bought a separate, old-fashioned alarm clock to use as an emergency backup… because being late to work would be disastrous for me. Another question is whether ALL alarm clock apps are subject to the same failures. I know at least one other that I tried DID have the same sort of unpredictable, disastrous failures. So maybe the problem is with iOS. But these explanations will be of little value when you miss your flight and you're trying to explain things to the Business Office. The current version now (annoyingly!!!) reminds you that the alarm will only fire a 30 second note when app is not open and running. But even STILL it occasionally does not fire AT ALL!!!!! Use with CARE!!!!
Review by JerryFreilich on Alarm Clock Wake ® Pro.