As happened for many ancient accessories and electronic household items, even the alarm clock is something that is gradually disappearing, because it is now integrated into any type of mobile phone. Getting up early in the morning is one of the most feared moments of the day so a good alarm can make the difference to wake up well and in a good mood.
We must therefore avoid being pulled out of bed by annoying sounds or by a badly tuned radio.
If you have an Android smartphone, you can install, in the form of an application, a different alarm clock than the standard one.
There are some free and paid apps that are very successful in the Android market and that allow you to customize the sound or alarm of the alarm clock and its ability to repeat itself.
Among the many available, the best free alarm clock applications on Android, which are distinguished by the number of positive votes received and the number of downloads, are:
1) The best alarm clock for Android is, perhaps, the AMDroid application that receives a lot of consents and that adds up all the features listed for the applications described above.
Its strength lies in the customization of alarms and in the wealth of options to change the way it must operate.
There are different alarms for different profiles and you can change the sound, the strength of the vibrations, the brightness of the display and much more.
The snooze can be activated and there is also the function of the pre - alarm, to start playing a sweet sound half an hour before the alarm sounds.
Gentle Alarm allows you to choose sounds from a list of predefined settings, including ringtones and nature sounds .
You can also make sure that the weather conditions are seen and the WiFi is activated automatically.
2) Xtreme Free Alarm is an alarm clock where you can configure, as an alarm, a ringtone or a song saved in the phone.
He can then play a music of his choice, select a random song from an artist or from a playlist. It can also be used to start other applications at a certain time. Different alarms can be set depending on the days of the week and can be deactivated on holidays
The alarm gradually increases the volume and you can put it in " Snooze " or pause, with a button of your choice, with shaking or by touching the phone screen. You can also set a math problem to turn off the alarm or by writing a random word. The alarm is repeated every time after a shorter period of time when snooze is activated.
There is also a widget and a countdown timer with alarm, ideal for naps for half an hour or more.
3) Google Clock is the official app included in Android Lollipop that can be downloaded from the Google Play store if it is not already present.
It is possible to set multiple alarms, disable those that are not needed at the moment and enable them for various days of the week.
It is not particularly feature rich, but it is simple, fast and functional, as well as free.
4) Free alarm for me is a classic alarm clock in which to configure a personalized alarm alarm, at a pre-established time and with the possibility of repeating for all or only some days of the week.
5) Timely is the most beautiful alarm clock to look at, colorful, with several sweet alarms and some features that help a sweet awakening. The alarm goes up gradually and slowly and you can choose whether to activate the pre-awakening with a low-volume light alarm that sounds half an hour before the set time. To stop the alarm you can configure the resolution of a quiz in order to force us to activate the brain without turning off the alarm in sleep.
6) Simple alarm allows you to configure contextual alarms, personalized alerts for calendar appointments or recurring alarms.
The alarm clock will make sure to show some useful information on the phone screen such as the weather of the day and the appointments marked on the calendar. The graphics are very pleasant to see.
7) Sleepbot, smart alarm with sleep monitoring and recorder described in another article.
8) Walk Me Up! Alarm Clock, free application, is a very special and effective alarm clock. To turn it off, in fact, it is not enough to press a button, instead you have to walk and take about ten steps. Using the accelerometer, the Android smartphone understands if you are moving and automatically deactivates the alarm only if you get out of bed ! Obviously this is an option that can be deactivated and the application also works normally as an alarm clock with personalized ringtone.
9) Sleep as Android is a great alarm clock for Android that also works to monitor sleep quality. The free version expires after two weeks, but it is still worth trying the app which can then be purchased for a couple of Euros.
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Smart alarm clock is an excellent and free application that can be used as an alarm clock for the Android phone. You can put, as an alarm, a ringtone, a music, even a streaming music if the phone remains connected to the internet. In addition, you can hear a voice that reads the time and warns about weather conditions . Different alarms can be created for each day of the week and also for even or odd weeks. The volume gradually increases without starting immediately at the maximum (without therefore having a shock to get out of bed) and a snooze can be activated by making the alarm repeat every 10 minutes (the famous "postpone"). If you set the alarm by voice with weather and time, it speaks every 5 minutes for an hour.
11) Puzzle Alarm Clock is a particular alarm clock perfect for those who have difficulty waking up. In this, to stop the alarm, you need to solve a small simple puzzle that requires, however, to be quite awake with your head. The app then checks two more times to make sure you haven't gone to bed again after turning off the alarm. Puzzles can include different mathematical equations, memory tests, captcha codes, color games whose difficulty level can also be specified. Another useful feature is the ability to launch other applications of your choice after the alarm.
12) Lightning Bug is a cute app that also helps you fall asleep with relaxing sounds of nature, sounds of falling rain, singing monks and others of your choice.
13) AlarmMon is an app with very nice graphics to manage alarms and not only to be used at night, but during the day.
14) Glimmer is a beautiful application, which allows you to wake up not only with sound but also with lights by turning on the rear flash of the smartphone.
It is also capable of automatically silencing the phone and in airplane mode by turning off all connections during the night, until the alarm sounds.
15) Sleep Cycle alarm clock is an intelligent application that determines, based on the detection of sleep cycles, the best time to wake up rested. Ideally, waking up is simpler if the alarm sounds when you are in a light sleep phase and when you are moving more. The options allow you to customize the alarm sounds, the titles, the type of notification, the repetition intervals, the volume levels etc. Oddly enough, it doesn't support snooze.
16) Sleepytime is an app to wake up at the right time in order to be rested even if you sleep only 3 hours (see article for details).
17) Sveglia Plus is an application very similar to the previous one and of the same level. You can always set an alarm with the music to start an Android mobile application but, as an alarm clock, in this case a voice can be activated that communicates the time . Not only that, the voice can also give short information on the weather situation and the weather outside. One can therefore wake up knowing what time it is and what time it is. Here too, the alarm volume gradually increases and there is the snooze function. Among other things, a widget for the screen, the countdown timer and the personalization of the graphic aspect.
18) Alarmy is one of the most popular alarm clock apps in the entire Play Store, so you should try it absolutely. Its most notable feature is the ability to turn off the alarm clock in original ways, such as with shake, with barcodes, with the resolution of a mathematical calculation or with a photo.
19) WakeVoice Trial is the free version of a very special app (even if it's trial it works without time limits), because in this case it is possible to stop the alarm with your voice, saying a word like "stop" or "stop" .
20) Gentle Wakeup simulates the sunrise by increasing the brightness of the phone screen and using the sound of birds chirping in the background, to wake up gently. You can also receive daily weather forecasts with some animation effects and choose one of the soft and natural alarm clock sounds. Other features include timer, multiple snooze with vibration and nap mode.
21) Alarm Clock Plus is one of the best alarm clock apps for those who want simple and immediate things, with many customizable functions to create daily profiles and choose different ways to wake up.
22) I Can't Wake Up! Alarm Clock is ideal for those who have a lot of difficulty getting up in the morning, which requires various tasks to be deactivated such as solving a mathematical operation, writing exercises, memory tests and other tests that really force you to stop sleeping to be deactivated. .
In another article, the best apps for better sleep, falling asleep and waking up well .
