I have been using this app since 2018 and in the last 2-3 years I regularly am having problems with it simply not making any sound when it goes off. I will wake up on my own 30 minutes to an hour after I needed to get up, and the Alarmy app notification is going off, and about 50% of the time my phone is vibrating, but absolutely zero sound is happening. My phone’s volume and ringer are turned all the way up, Alarmy is the last app I open before I go to sleep (and I leave it open when I lock my phone), I have it as an allowed app in all of my focus modes (though, this morning it was not set to go off in a focus mode at all, and still went off silently), the app is up to date, alarms have sounds and missions attached to them. I am fully at a loss for what to do other than use another app, which isn’t ideal because when Alarmy works, it works, and is the best, but it’s just been not going off 2-3 days a week lately (at 2 this week so far). I feel like this all started when I had to uninstall the app from my phone because it went off on a run 2 miles from my house and I had no other way to get it to stop, - when I re-downloaded it and logged back in, the entire app was different, including a lot of the settings, so idk if I was originally somehow grandfathered in to a better app and then lost that when I uninstalled (or I just hadn’t been updating regularly, and doing so messed it up) but it’s very frustrating.

I used this app a lot around 2017ish when I could never wake up for school and loved it. I am an extremely heavy sleeper, and I have a bad habit of turning alarms off while still fully asleep. The alarms on this are loud and obnoxious, which is exactly what I need, and the tasks aren’t possible to do without waking up. When I first got this app, it was maybe $2 upfront with unlimited access to all the alarm settings. I stopped using it for a while, but I recently downloaded it again and was extremely disappointed to see the subscription pop up first thing. I’m glad the memory puzzle is still free as that is what I primarily used, but other options like the barcode, steps, or photos that require you to physically get up are no longer available without a subscription. I get that this app has much more features now, like sleep tracking, but those could be offered through subscription without including half the alarm types. This app is extremely helpful and it’s disappointing to see it stuck behind subscription, especially since the monthly price is three times more than the original one time price. Edit- the developer reached out and helped and I’m grateful! I still stand by my first comment that an alarm app shouldn’t require a subscription, but their customer service was extremely helpful!

About a month ago I had a change in my medication that was greatly beneficial for me, but I quickly went from a very light sleeper to a VERY heavy one. I would set an alarm with the default alarm app, only to wake up hours later with it still ringing- I just wouldn't hear it. I was missing classes, due dates, and appointments, no matter how many alarms I set. My grades were dropping and I was in constant fear of missing work and getting fired. I downloaded this app last week without much hope of it actually working. I expected that I would just have to change my meds back to the ones I had before, despite how much physically better I felt. In this past week, I have woken up on time every single morning and from every nap! This alarm is LOUD, even without choosing a "loud" sound (I really like the picnic sound). I also have it set to make me do math problems, which really helps me "actually" wake up. I haven't missed a single class this week and it's taken an huge amount of stress and guilt off my shoulders, especially as the end of the college semester is getting close. I am so thankful for this app- I don't even need any of the premium features, but might buy the subscription anyway because the value it's given me is worth so much. If you're in doubt, try this app!! I'm so glad I did!!