Hard Awakening – Review

By thepeopleschamp
On January 23, 2009

App Type: Uncategorized

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By: Hard Awakening

Version #: 1.0

Date Released: 2009-01-06

Developer: Andrea Vettori

Price: 0.99

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Had a long night out partying and have to be up early in the morning for work? Afraid that your alarm clock won’t manage to wake you up on time? Or are you just one of those people who can sleep through anything like me? Or maybe you have your entire room stacked with alarm clocks to ensure you will wake up? Well thanks to the app Hard Awakening, waking up should never be an issue ever again, or so it promises.

Hard Awakening couldn’t be simpler. The main screen has the current time, and alarm time below it. Simply select what time you want to wake up, pick the alarm sound and lay down and prepare for a excruciatingly loud alarm to go off in the morning. And when I say loud, I mean loud! Thankfully, Hard Awakening features a auto increment setting which will slowly increase the volume of the alarm over time, as opposed to simply blaring immediately.

Hard Awakening has it’s fair share of downfalls as well. First of all, and this seems like an easy fix really, it is just ugly for my taste. I realize it has been built as simple as possible, but I just feel like it could be a bit more visually appealing. Also, Hard Awakening only works if the application is open. So if you set your alarm clock and forget to open the app before falling asleep, it won’t go off. That is a huge problem if this application is your only alarm clock. Buying an app like this defeats the entire purpose of having a backup alarm clock, but you have to because you could possibly forget to open it.

QUICK TAKE

Value: Low-Medium

Would I Buy Again: No

Learning Curve: None-Very Easy

Who is it For: Anyone who has a hard time waking up to normal alarm clocks

My Likes: Sufficiently loud, by anyone’s standards

My Dislikes: App won’t work unless it is open

Final Statement: Hard Awakening is extremely loud, and will wake anyone will any sort of hearing up easily. BUT it will open work if the app is open, which makes it hard to get too excited over if you would forget to open it before falling asleep.

Rating: 2 Stars

Read the Developer's Notes:

There are many applications for the iPhone for your sweet awakening. But if you cannot miss an important appointment or you simply need a super alarm clock then Hard Awakening is the application for you. It's great for jokes too with its 50 different sounds.Hard Awakening has many rings, none of which can be ignored. You have to wake up!The application works in two modes:- standard, in which you can set the alarm time.- joke, in which you can activate a 20-seconds timer before the alarm goes off. This is great when you want to prank your friends, your partner or your parents.The application also features some of the traditional ring tones for a sweeter awakening.Other features:- 50 hi-quality sounds.- Display the clock.- Display the alarm time or countdown until the alarm goes off.- Snooze function with very big keys.- Volume setting- Optional increasing ring for a gentler awakening.- Optional nightstand in portrait or landscape mode. The app also remembers the last used mode.- Prevents damaging your screen pixels changing the text position every minute when in nightstand mode.- Auto 12/24 hours mode uses the same preference you have set on the phone.ATTENTION: some of the rings could drive you crazy so use them with caution! We are not responsible if you go wild about your iPhone smashing it into pieces! Not for the faint hearted!Instructions=========Tap the" i "button to set your preferences and the blue button to set the alarm time and mode.If nightstand mode is not set the app will turn off the screen after a short while to save battery life. DO NOT CLOSE THE APP or the alarm will not ring! You can safely enable sleep mode manually.If nightstand mode is set, after a minute the app will show the nightstand view. This will consume your battery so it's suggested to run with the power adapter in this mode. Tap the screen to return to main view.First generation iPod touch does not have a built-in speaker. To hear the alarm you need to connect your iPod to an external speaker system.
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