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I’m not a morning person. Brain and muscle functions kick in around nine. And only thanks to strong coffee. But there’s an app to help with this predicament.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I’m not a morning person. Brain and muscle functions kick in around nine. And only thanks to strong coffee. But there’s an app to help with this predicament.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, alarm clocks are not my favoured method of waking up. No tone, song or nature sound effect, whether it be shrieking seagulls, waterfalls, waves or wind chimes, can ease me into a new day painlessly.<\/p>\n
Turbo Alarm, a seemingly popular and efficient app, promises to take the torture out of your standard smartphone alarm.<\/p>\n
First off – it’s free and promises not to inundate your screen with ads. It also promises to be “ultra customizable\u00a0with tons of options and configurations”.<\/p>\n
Sure, it has all the usual options: adjusting volume, different alarm tones, but it can also wake you up with a different song every morning. No longer will you be startled awake by Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em> for every day of the year. Now you can throw in a few other Queen hits to start your day with a bang.<\/p>\n So far, so good, but the proof is in the pudding. The deciding factor for me would be the snooze, mute and disable function. Turbo Alarm gives you more options than most. The coolest of these, especially during notorious Western Cape winter months, is turning if off by switching on the light. Easier ways to silence your dream interrupter are shaking the phone and drawing various shape combinations on your phone.<\/p>\n Other features include:<\/p>\n \u2605 Choose a folder with songs or your playlist as a tone and a different song will be played each day. THE VERDICT:<\/p>\n If customisability is important to you, Turbo Alarm will make you a happy, perky riser. To some extent the multitude of options almost seems to be its drawback and you have to ask yourself if they’re really necessary to fulfil the basic task of getting you out of bed in the morning.<\/p>\n
\u2605 When you set the alarm Turbo Alarm shows the weather forecast for the time when the alarm rings.
\u2605 Mini game to stop alarm definitely.
\u2605 Security Alarm which rings again if you still are at home.
\u2605 Do you want to wake up little by little? Then, select incremental volume and the time to reach the maximum.
\u2605 Select the way the device vibrate when the alarm rings: relaxed, normal, rapidly or none.
\u2605 You can choose the way to finish or snooze the alarm: switching the room light on, shaking the device, drawing a square or triangle, sliding a bar, long press, short press or just a big or a small button.
\u2605 Simulate the sunrise in your bedroom with your favourite colour.
\u2605 Decremented snooze interval.
\u2605 Widget with list of active alarms.
\u2605 You can limit max snooze times.
\u2605 Anti-sleepyhead mode to wake you up even those days you are really tired.
\u2605 Customizable background image.<\/p>\n