RE: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

2023-05-29 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Dennis,

Well, after installing the app, yesterday, I discovered that it is quite 
accessible on my 14, in terms of setting alarms.

However, when VoiceOver is enabled, the actual alarm sounds do not play unless 
the app is actually open.

Also, unlike with the native iOS clock app, when the wired Earpods are 
connected, alarms sounds are directed to the headset and not played through the 
device's built-in speaker.  With the native clock app, if a wired headset is 
connected, alarm sounds are played through both the speaker and the headset.

Given that this app promotes itself as being the best-of-the-best, it should 
allow the user to select where alarms sounds should be directed.

For this reason, I sent a bug report to the developer and left a 1 star rating 
with an accompanying review, in the app store.  As of yesterday, there were 
only 12 reviews so now is the time to truly have your voice heard by rating and 
constructively reviewing the app on the app store.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Dennis 
Long
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 11:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's 
Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

Mark this app is not at all accessible.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 6:08 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock 
app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

9to5Mac - Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is 
missing [Giveaway]
 
Andrew Zheng, an incoming Apple intern, found Apple's alarm function to be 
missing critical features and found that most alternatives on the App Store 
were poorly designed, ad-ridden, and missing key features. Because of this, he 
created Midnight Alarm, a feature-packed and wonderfully designed alarm app.

Free features
While you need to pay the $1.49 a month or $24.99 one-time purchase to get all 
of the amazing features of Midnight, the free version still provides many 
features over Apple's offering, and unlike the countless alarm apps on the App 
Store, no ads.
.   Live Activities support
.   Widgets
.   Schedule alarms for later on specific dates or every day during a
range
.   Change the alarm volume independently of your ringtone (e.g., normal
volume ringtone and louder alarm)
.   Time preview - see the time so you don't accidentally set alarms for
the middle of the night
.   Custom dynamic backgrounds that adjust based on the time
.   Change the snooze / dismiss button placement by dragging
.   Custom snooze duration and alarm ring duration
.   Import alarm sounds from Files
.   Delete multiple alarms at once
.   Swap snooze and stop buttons

Midnight Alarm has received special permission from Apple to use critical 
alerts, so even when your phone is on silent, you can still hear your alarms as 
normal. This is quite different from the many other alarm apps on the market, 
as many actually play a silent audio file as a trick to hear alarms on mute, 
which consequentially drains the battery.

Premium features
Organization
Apple's alarm function has been notoriously bad at organization, and it is very 
easy to have a never-ending list of alarms from the past, but Midnight solves 
this in two ways. The free version gives you the option to delete multiple 
alarms at once, a surprising omission from Apple's offering, and with premium, 
it gives you the ability to put your alarms in folders and organize them per 
category. 
 
Calendar Integration
Along with being able to schedule an alarm for a specific date, with premium, 
Midnight brings full integration with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and 
custom .ics calendars and allows you to place your alarms on a calendar 
interface. With just a toggle, it will add the alarm to your list in the app, 
and sync so the event can be seen from all of your calendar apps.
 
Weather Previews and Solar Background
Midnight gives you the weather at the time of your alarm right on the home page 
and has a beautiful UI showing a solar graph. The sunrise and sunset data from 
the solar graph is accurate and calculated from an algorithm by the United 
States Naval Observatory.
 
Download ringtones from YouTube (Coming soon) In addition to uploading your own 
files as ringtones, with premium, you will soon be able to download music 
directly from YouTube and set it as your alarm.

Special Offer for 9to5Mac Readers!
Andrew has been very kind and is offering 15 lifetime codes, so our readers can 
enjoy the powerful premium features.
App Store Codes: Update: All gone!

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Re: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

2023-05-29 Thread Renee Patete
Ignore that please. Sent that to the wrong address by accident!

> On 29 May 2023, at 19:45, Renee Patete  wrote:
> 
> I'll see you there then! I have a cold so my voice won't be great, but it 
> should be fine. Also when do you want to set the final deadline for the 
> critical reflections? Could I perhaps hand mine all in by next Monday? It 
> won't take me long to finish them all. I just got behind on them, like I 
> said, because of some stress with another very hard paper. This course, by 
> contrast, is the easiest this trimester for me and the most interesting, all 
> because of you! 
> 
>> On 29 May 2023, at 18:45, Dennis Long  wrote:
>> 
>> Mark this app is not at all accessible.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. 
>> Taylor
>> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 6:08 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's 
>> Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac
>> 
>> 9to5Mac - Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
>> Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is 
>> missing [Giveaway]
>> 
>> Andrew Zheng, an incoming Apple intern, found Apple's alarm function to be 
>> missing critical features and found that most alternatives on the App Store 
>> were poorly designed, ad-ridden, and missing key features. Because of this, 
>> he created Midnight Alarm, a feature-packed and wonderfully designed alarm 
>> app.
>> 
>> Free features
>> While you need to pay the $1.49 a month or $24.99 one-time purchase to get 
>> all of the amazing features of Midnight, the free version still provides 
>> many features over Apple's offering, and unlike the countless alarm apps on 
>> the App Store, no ads.
>> .Live Activities support
>> .Widgets
>> .Schedule alarms for later on specific dates or every day during a
>> range
>> .Change the alarm volume independently of your ringtone (e.g., normal
>> volume ringtone and louder alarm)
>> .Time preview - see the time so you don't accidentally set alarms for
>> the middle of the night
>> .Custom dynamic backgrounds that adjust based on the time
>> .Change the snooze / dismiss button placement by dragging
>> .Custom snooze duration and alarm ring duration
>> .Import alarm sounds from Files
>> .Delete multiple alarms at once
>> .Swap snooze and stop buttons
>> 
>> Midnight Alarm has received special permission from Apple to use critical 
>> alerts, so even when your phone is on silent, you can still hear your alarms 
>> as normal. This is quite different from the many other alarm apps on the 
>> market, as many actually play a silent audio file as a trick to hear alarms 
>> on mute, which consequentially drains the battery.
>> 
>> Premium features
>> Organization
>> Apple's alarm function has been notoriously bad at organization, and it is 
>> very easy to have a never-ending list of alarms from the past, but Midnight 
>> solves this in two ways. The free version gives you the option to delete 
>> multiple alarms at once, a surprising omission from Apple's offering, and 
>> with premium, it gives you the ability to put your alarms in folders and 
>> organize them per category. 
>> 
>> Calendar Integration
>> Along with being able to schedule an alarm for a specific date, with 
>> premium, Midnight brings full integration with Apple Calendar, Google 
>> Calendar, and custom .ics calendars and allows you to place your alarms on a 
>> calendar interface. With just a toggle, it will add the alarm to your list 
>> in the app, and sync so the event can be seen from all of your calendar apps.
>> 
>> Weather Previews and Solar Background
>> Midnight gives you the weather at the time of your alarm right on the home 
>> page and has a beautiful UI showing a solar graph. The sunrise and sunset 
>> data from the solar graph is accurate and calculated from an algorithm by 
>> the United States Naval Observatory.
>> 
>> Download ringtones from YouTube (Coming soon) In addition to uploading your 
>> own files as ringtones, with premium, you will soon be able to download 
>> music directly from YouTube and set it as your alarm.
>> 
>> Special Offer for 9to5Mac Readers!
>> Andrew has been very kind and is offering 15 lifetime codes, so our readers 
>> can enjoy the powerful premium features.
>> App Store Codes: Update: All gone!
>> 
>> Original Article at:
>> https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/27/midnight-alarm-app-iphone-features/
>> 
>> 
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Re: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

2023-05-29 Thread Renee Patete
I'll see you there then! I have a cold so my voice won't be great, but it 
should be fine. Also when do you want to set the final deadline for the 
critical reflections? Could I perhaps hand mine all in by next Monday? It won't 
take me long to finish them all. I just got behind on them, like I said, 
because of some stress with another very hard paper. This course, by contrast, 
is the easiest this trimester for me and the most interesting, all because of 
you! 

> On 29 May 2023, at 18:45, Dennis Long  wrote:
> 
> Mark this app is not at all accessible.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. 
> Taylor
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 6:08 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's 
> Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac
> 
> 9to5Mac - Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
> Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is 
> missing [Giveaway]
> 
> Andrew Zheng, an incoming Apple intern, found Apple's alarm function to be 
> missing critical features and found that most alternatives on the App Store 
> were poorly designed, ad-ridden, and missing key features. Because of this, 
> he created Midnight Alarm, a feature-packed and wonderfully designed alarm 
> app.
> 
> Free features
> While you need to pay the $1.49 a month or $24.99 one-time purchase to get 
> all of the amazing features of Midnight, the free version still provides many 
> features over Apple's offering, and unlike the countless alarm apps on the 
> App Store, no ads.
> .Live Activities support
> .Widgets
> .Schedule alarms for later on specific dates or every day during a
> range
> .Change the alarm volume independently of your ringtone (e.g., normal
> volume ringtone and louder alarm)
> .Time preview - see the time so you don't accidentally set alarms for
> the middle of the night
> .Custom dynamic backgrounds that adjust based on the time
> .Change the snooze / dismiss button placement by dragging
> .Custom snooze duration and alarm ring duration
> .Import alarm sounds from Files
> .Delete multiple alarms at once
> .Swap snooze and stop buttons
> 
> Midnight Alarm has received special permission from Apple to use critical 
> alerts, so even when your phone is on silent, you can still hear your alarms 
> as normal. This is quite different from the many other alarm apps on the 
> market, as many actually play a silent audio file as a trick to hear alarms 
> on mute, which consequentially drains the battery.
> 
> Premium features
> Organization
> Apple's alarm function has been notoriously bad at organization, and it is 
> very easy to have a never-ending list of alarms from the past, but Midnight 
> solves this in two ways. The free version gives you the option to delete 
> multiple alarms at once, a surprising omission from Apple's offering, and 
> with premium, it gives you the ability to put your alarms in folders and 
> organize them per category. 
> 
> Calendar Integration
> Along with being able to schedule an alarm for a specific date, with premium, 
> Midnight brings full integration with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and 
> custom .ics calendars and allows you to place your alarms on a calendar 
> interface. With just a toggle, it will add the alarm to your list in the app, 
> and sync so the event can be seen from all of your calendar apps.
> 
> Weather Previews and Solar Background
> Midnight gives you the weather at the time of your alarm right on the home 
> page and has a beautiful UI showing a solar graph. The sunrise and sunset 
> data from the solar graph is accurate and calculated from an algorithm by the 
> United States Naval Observatory.
> 
> Download ringtones from YouTube (Coming soon) In addition to uploading your 
> own files as ringtones, with premium, you will soon be able to download music 
> directly from YouTube and set it as your alarm.
> 
> Special Offer for 9to5Mac Readers!
> Andrew has been very kind and is offering 15 lifetime codes, so our readers 
> can enjoy the powerful premium features.
> App Store Codes: Update: All gone!
> 
> Original Article at:
> https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/27/midnight-alarm-app-iphone-features/
> 
> 
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RE: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

2023-05-29 Thread Dennis Long
Mark this app is not at all accessible.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 6:08 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock 
app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

9to5Mac - Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is 
missing [Giveaway]
 
Andrew Zheng, an incoming Apple intern, found Apple's alarm function to be 
missing critical features and found that most alternatives on the App Store 
were poorly designed, ad-ridden, and missing key features. Because of this, he 
created Midnight Alarm, a feature-packed and wonderfully designed alarm app.

Free features
While you need to pay the $1.49 a month or $24.99 one-time purchase to get all 
of the amazing features of Midnight, the free version still provides many 
features over Apple's offering, and unlike the countless alarm apps on the App 
Store, no ads.
.   Live Activities support
.   Widgets
.   Schedule alarms for later on specific dates or every day during a
range
.   Change the alarm volume independently of your ringtone (e.g., normal
volume ringtone and louder alarm)
.   Time preview - see the time so you don't accidentally set alarms for
the middle of the night
.   Custom dynamic backgrounds that adjust based on the time
.   Change the snooze / dismiss button placement by dragging
.   Custom snooze duration and alarm ring duration
.   Import alarm sounds from Files
.   Delete multiple alarms at once
.   Swap snooze and stop buttons

Midnight Alarm has received special permission from Apple to use critical 
alerts, so even when your phone is on silent, you can still hear your alarms as 
normal. This is quite different from the many other alarm apps on the market, 
as many actually play a silent audio file as a trick to hear alarms on mute, 
which consequentially drains the battery.

Premium features
Organization
Apple's alarm function has been notoriously bad at organization, and it is very 
easy to have a never-ending list of alarms from the past, but Midnight solves 
this in two ways. The free version gives you the option to delete multiple 
alarms at once, a surprising omission from Apple's offering, and with premium, 
it gives you the ability to put your alarms in folders and organize them per 
category. 
 
Calendar Integration
Along with being able to schedule an alarm for a specific date, with premium, 
Midnight brings full integration with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and 
custom .ics calendars and allows you to place your alarms on a calendar 
interface. With just a toggle, it will add the alarm to your list in the app, 
and sync so the event can be seen from all of your calendar apps.
 
Weather Previews and Solar Background
Midnight gives you the weather at the time of your alarm right on the home page 
and has a beautiful UI showing a solar graph. The sunrise and sunset data from 
the solar graph is accurate and calculated from an algorithm by the United 
States Naval Observatory.
 
Download ringtones from YouTube (Coming soon) In addition to uploading your own 
files as ringtones, with premium, you will soon be able to download music 
directly from YouTube and set it as your alarm.

Special Offer for 9to5Mac Readers!
Andrew has been very kind and is offering 15 lifetime codes, so our readers can 
enjoy the powerful premium features.
App Store Codes: Update: All gone!

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https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/27/midnight-alarm-app-iphone-features/



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RE: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

2023-05-29 Thread Dennis Long
I found the same.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Jessica 
Dail
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 11:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's 
Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

Hello All,
My name is Jessica.
I am writing to say that I tried this app recently & didn't find it accessible 
at all.
I have an iphone 13 pro max running ios 16.5.


Thanks,
Jessica Dail

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 18:08
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock 
app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

9to5Mac - Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is 
missing [Giveaway]
 
Andrew Zheng, an incoming Apple intern, found Apple's alarm function to be 
missing critical features and found that most alternatives on the App Store 
were poorly designed, ad-ridden, and missing key features. Because of this, he 
created Midnight Alarm, a feature-packed and wonderfully designed alarm app.

Free features
While you need to pay the $1.49 a month or $24.99 one-time purchase to get all 
of the amazing features of Midnight, the free version still provides many 
features over Apple's offering, and unlike the countless alarm apps on the App 
Store, no ads.
.   Live Activities support
.   Widgets
.   Schedule alarms for later on specific dates or every day during a
range
.   Change the alarm volume independently of your ringtone (e.g., normal
volume ringtone and louder alarm)
.   Time preview - see the time so you don't accidentally set alarms for
the middle of the night
.   Custom dynamic backgrounds that adjust based on the time
.   Change the snooze / dismiss button placement by dragging
.   Custom snooze duration and alarm ring duration
.   Import alarm sounds from Files
.   Delete multiple alarms at once
.   Swap snooze and stop buttons

Midnight Alarm has received special permission from Apple to use critical 
alerts, so even when your phone is on silent, you can still hear your alarms as 
normal. This is quite different from the many other alarm apps on the market, 
as many actually play a silent audio file as a trick to hear alarms on mute, 
which consequentially drains the battery.

Premium features
Organization
Apple's alarm function has been notoriously bad at organization, and it is very 
easy to have a never-ending list of alarms from the past, but Midnight solves 
this in two ways. The free version gives you the option to delete multiple 
alarms at once, a surprising omission from Apple's offering, and with premium, 
it gives you the ability to put your alarms in folders and organize them per 
category. 
 
Calendar Integration
Along with being able to schedule an alarm for a specific date, with premium, 
Midnight brings full integration with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and 
custom .ics calendars and allows you to place your alarms on a calendar 
interface. With just a toggle, it will add the alarm to your list in the app, 
and sync so the event can be seen from all of your calendar apps.
 
Weather Previews and Solar Background
Midnight gives you the weather at the time of your alarm right on the home page 
and has a beautiful UI showing a solar graph. The sunrise and sunset data from 
the solar graph is accurate and calculated from an algorithm by the United 
States Naval Observatory.
 
Download ringtones from YouTube (Coming soon) In addition to uploading your own 
files as ringtones, with premium, you will soon be able to download music 
directly from YouTube and set it as your alarm.

Special Offer for 9to5Mac Readers!
Andrew has been very kind and is offering 15 lifetime codes, so our readers can 
enjoy the powerful premium features.
App Store Codes: Update: All gone!

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RE: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

2023-05-28 Thread Jessica Dail
Hello All,
My name is Jessica.
I am writing to say that I tried this app recently & didn't find it accessible 
at all.
I have an iphone 13 pro max running ios 16.5.


Thanks,
Jessica Dail

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Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 18:08
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock 
app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

9to5Mac - Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is 
missing [Giveaway]
 
Andrew Zheng, an incoming Apple intern, found Apple's alarm function to be 
missing critical features and found that most alternatives on the App Store 
were poorly designed, ad-ridden, and missing key features. Because of this, he 
created Midnight Alarm, a feature-packed and wonderfully designed alarm app.

Free features
While you need to pay the $1.49 a month or $24.99 one-time purchase to get all 
of the amazing features of Midnight, the free version still provides many 
features over Apple's offering, and unlike the countless alarm apps on the App 
Store, no ads.
.   Live Activities support
.   Widgets
.   Schedule alarms for later on specific dates or every day during a
range
.   Change the alarm volume independently of your ringtone (e.g., normal
volume ringtone and louder alarm)
.   Time preview - see the time so you don't accidentally set alarms for
the middle of the night
.   Custom dynamic backgrounds that adjust based on the time
.   Change the snooze / dismiss button placement by dragging
.   Custom snooze duration and alarm ring duration
.   Import alarm sounds from Files
.   Delete multiple alarms at once
.   Swap snooze and stop buttons

Midnight Alarm has received special permission from Apple to use critical 
alerts, so even when your phone is on silent, you can still hear your alarms as 
normal. This is quite different from the many other alarm apps on the market, 
as many actually play a silent audio file as a trick to hear alarms on mute, 
which consequentially drains the battery.

Premium features
Organization
Apple's alarm function has been notoriously bad at organization, and it is very 
easy to have a never-ending list of alarms from the past, but Midnight solves 
this in two ways. The free version gives you the option to delete multiple 
alarms at once, a surprising omission from Apple's offering, and with premium, 
it gives you the ability to put your alarms in folders and organize them per 
category. 
 
Calendar Integration
Along with being able to schedule an alarm for a specific date, with premium, 
Midnight brings full integration with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and 
custom .ics calendars and allows you to place your alarms on a calendar 
interface. With just a toggle, it will add the alarm to your list in the app, 
and sync so the event can be seen from all of your calendar apps.
 
Weather Previews and Solar Background
Midnight gives you the weather at the time of your alarm right on the home page 
and has a beautiful UI showing a solar graph. The sunrise and sunset data from 
the solar graph is accurate and calculated from an algorithm by the United 
States Naval Observatory.
 
Download ringtones from YouTube (Coming soon) In addition to uploading your own 
files as ringtones, with premium, you will soon be able to download music 
directly from YouTube and set it as your alarm.

Special Offer for 9to5Mac Readers!
Andrew has been very kind and is offering 15 lifetime codes, so our readers can 
enjoy the powerful premium features.
App Store Codes: Update: All gone!

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Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is missing [Giveaway], 9 to 5 Mac

2023-05-28 Thread M. Taylor
9to5Mac - Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
Hands-on: 'Midnight Alarm' packs powerful features that Apple's Clock app is
missing [Giveaway]
 
Andrew Zheng, an incoming Apple intern, found Apple's alarm function to be
missing critical features and found that most alternatives on the App Store
were poorly designed, ad-ridden, and missing key features. Because of this,
he created Midnight Alarm, a feature-packed and wonderfully designed alarm
app.

Free features
While you need to pay the $1.49 a month or $24.99 one-time purchase to get
all of the amazing features of Midnight, the free version still provides
many features over Apple's offering, and unlike the countless alarm apps on
the App Store, no ads.
.   Live Activities support
.   Widgets
.   Schedule alarms for later on specific dates or every day during a
range
.   Change the alarm volume independently of your ringtone (e.g., normal
volume ringtone and louder alarm)
.   Time preview - see the time so you don't accidentally set alarms for
the middle of the night
.   Custom dynamic backgrounds that adjust based on the time
.   Change the snooze / dismiss button placement by dragging
.   Custom snooze duration and alarm ring duration
.   Import alarm sounds from Files
.   Delete multiple alarms at once
.   Swap snooze and stop buttons

Midnight Alarm has received special permission from Apple to use critical
alerts, so even when your phone is on silent, you can still hear your alarms
as normal. This is quite different from the many other alarm apps on the
market, as many actually play a silent audio file as a trick to hear alarms
on mute, which consequentially drains the battery.

Premium features
Organization
Apple's alarm function has been notoriously bad at organization, and it is
very easy to have a never-ending list of alarms from the past, but Midnight
solves this in two ways. The free version gives you the option to delete
multiple alarms at once, a surprising omission from Apple's offering, and
with premium, it gives you the ability to put your alarms in folders and
organize them per category. 
 
Calendar Integration
Along with being able to schedule an alarm for a specific date, with
premium, Midnight brings full integration with Apple Calendar, Google
Calendar, and custom .ics calendars and allows you to place your alarms on a
calendar interface. With just a toggle, it will add the alarm to your list
in the app, and sync so the event can be seen from all of your calendar
apps.
 
Weather Previews and Solar Background
Midnight gives you the weather at the time of your alarm right on the home
page and has a beautiful UI showing a solar graph. The sunrise and sunset
data from the solar graph is accurate and calculated from an algorithm by
the United States Naval Observatory.
 
Download ringtones from YouTube (Coming soon)
In addition to uploading your own files as ringtones, with premium, you will
soon be able to download music directly from YouTube and set it as your
alarm.

Special Offer for 9to5Mac Readers!
Andrew has been very kind and is offering 15 lifetime codes, so our readers
can enjoy the powerful premium features.
App Store Codes: Update: All gone!

Original Article at:
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/27/midnight-alarm-app-iphone-features/



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