App review

I remember back in 2010 I discovered from my free 4gb iPod nano that I had the ability to set an alarm with an existing playlist. The next few years I set up a stereo in my room to play my wake up playlist which Featured some 30 songs, I'd have to edit each individual song out of iTunes to make them play from quiet to loud. I'd have to also change the time to wake up every day because it was only 1 setting.

When I bought my iPhone all that changed. At first I downloaded a "lite alarm clock app" which featured 5 songs to play and 2 slots for different times. A few weeks later I decided to upgrade to the "Alarm Clock Pro 2" which costs 3$.

It'd wake me up with a multitude of songs without the need of building a playlist and I could customize the layout and weather displays. It was fantastic....until the iPhone 5 and iOS5 update came out effectively killing the app. Crashing while building playlists, sleeping through push notifications, and refusing to change times it was truly a mess of its former self.

So what was I to do? Well I looked around the App Store quite jaded that I'd ever find something as great again. Suddenly while browsing the "free" section I came across "Yocto Clock". This was a free app that had so very many features I'd otherwise be forced to pay for plus many more not even included in the "pro" apps.

-sleep timers
-12 playlists
-date specific alarms (mon wed 9am)(fri 7)
-custom gestures
-off/on/skip toggles
-brightness and power saving modes
-shake to snooze
-custom wallpapers
-displayed "sleep time remaining"

Most important of all however was the feature of wake volume escalation and sleep music volume deescalation.

I could sleep to music playing at a quieter volume for 2hrs, then 6hrs later my wake up playlist for a Friday would play from 0% to 100% volume over a comfortable 2hr span.

It's an essential tool in fighting my lack of sleep during week days and sleep management in general. Best of all this app has survived for the past few app and iOS updates since. It's so very customizable that you could time out a sleep to wake music schedule without even looking through a tweaking "how-to" guide. It's value whilst free could easily be sold for 10-15$ compared to the precedents of other apps for 3$ which barely scratch the surface of practicality.

Oh and did I mention this thing generates about 15 white noise repeaters if you're tired of music? Heck, it even comes with a whole slew of wake up sounds too.

Give a shot, I think you'll like it.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yocto-alarm-clock/id508107926?mt=8