![]() ![]() Code Blue: If your current alarm clock has failed to get you out of bed, try Code Blue. Though Facebook integration is not necessary, the app will in any case match you up with other Wake N Shake users.Ĥ. The social feature of the app is in its gamification: you can compete with your friends on Facebook and score points for waking up early and unlock rewards. You can choose from different settings, like milk shake or Pinata shake or dream killer shake. Wake N Shake: This iOS only app will literally shake you up from your slumber because first, it doesn’t have a snooze button and second, you will have to shake your phone to shut it off. If you don’t wake up in 90 seconds, you will be unable to see the profile of the person who woke you up. The twist here is integration of a social aspect into the app. ![]() You can also record your own wake-up message which can be broadcast to your friends and strangers too. The next morning when the alarm goes off, you will be matched with a random stranger (of your gender choice) who will wake you up. When you set up the alarm, you can choose to hear the alarm from a male or a female or even your friends. It has built a repository of audio alarms recorded by its users and randomly matches these alarms with users. Wake Me Up: This is a Chinese social alarm clock that resorts to user-generated content to wake up its users. The company says on the Android app page that it has around 1.5 million users across the world with 30 million wake-up calls made.Ģ. Another user from Canada didn’t pick up our call, which led to a pop-up asking to send it to voice-mail or email or rate the Sleepyhead. So, certainly you need a good data network or Wi-Fi to make it work. All we ended up doing was ‘hello, hello’ and it disconnected. ![]() We tried the app but initially couldn’t find any one to wake up when we did find someone in the UK, the call was patchy. So, is it straying into the dating or hook-up app space? Also, how many people would be capable of having any kind of conversation first thing in the morning, that too with a stranger? Though the app has many positive reviews, there are things some users are wary of: during sign up, the app matches you with someone of the opposite sex and your age, adding a dating twist. If there is no Wakie available for the time you set as an alarm, the app has a back-up alarm for you. Every user has a profile page which lists the alarms set up, total call time and number of people woken up. Users can also send out status updates, called threads. People from other countries can be the Wakies but won’t be able to set their own alarms. Though any one can sign up, the app is officially available only in Canada, the US, the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. It is available for Windows and Android phones and is soon coming to iOS. Its algorithm learns your preferences: Ignore a suggestion to hit the gym at 10 p.m., and next time it will recommend you go earlier.Wakie is free. Timefulįeeling a little short on downtime? Timeful will send, well, timely notifications reminding the desk-bound to do things like stretch. For instance, if you want Dropbox to upload Instagram photos, program “If I take an Instagram photo, then Dropbox will add the file.” Or use the service to program your phone to text you when it starts raining. Short for “if this, then that,” IFTTT automates smartphone apps using what it calls recipes. Workflow programs certain tasks and turns them into buttons for your phone’s homescreen, thus transforming many potentially tedious activities into simple, one-touch operations. Want to, say, make GIFs on your phone? There’s an app for that–once Workflow makes it for you. In this way, the app brings new meaning to “you snooze, you lose.” Workflow If you ignore them, iCukoo sends a set amount of money to a charity of your choice. Create and edit alarms using the dead-simple design. Take a moral–and financial–stand against sleeping in. These four take interesting tacks toward maximizing your time–and productivity. App stores are crammed with all manner of time-management options. ![]()
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