I Don’t Normally Use an Alarm Clock…
But when I do, I use Sleep Cycle.
Sleep Cycle is an iPhone alarm clock app that essentially monitors my sleep patterns so that I am woken up during my lightest sleep phase. Seeing as I’m a night owl, Sleep Cycle comes in handy when I absolutely must get up at a certain time. (Today would be an example of such an occasion.)
There’s not much to the app in terms of set up. You simply choose the time you want to wake up and it creates a window of time that ensures you’ll be roused before that time. My window is set for 30 minutes, but you can customize it to lengthen or shorten that. When you’re ready to hit the sack you start the alarm process and place your iPhone underneath the top sheet on your bed — screen side down. The app recommends that you make sure your iPhone is plugged in, but I’ve been able to avoid doing that (our bed really isn’t conveniently located near a plug) and haven’t had any issues.
No other alarm clock has really worked out for me as well as Sleep Cycle. I’ve tried WakeMate and a slew of other iOS alarm clock apps. I’ve even gone so far as to pick up a Clocky, but even it proved to be ineffective. Sleep Cycle gives me a lot of flexibility and doesn’t mess with my body clock — and that’s something I’m a huge fan of when it comes to productivity.
I’ll dig a bit deeper into the features of Sleep Cycle in the future (it has a lot of them). In the meantime, if you’re yet to find an iOS alarm clock app that works for you, I’d encourage you to give Sleep Cycle a try. It might just be the alarm clock for you.
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