Alarmed ~ Reminders + Timers is an iOS productivity utility for granular, multi-stage alert scheduling and persistent timer sequences.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app serves users who require persistent, interval-based task reinforcement that native system reminders cannot provide.
For iOS users seeking granular control over reminders and multi-stage timer sequences.
What does it look like?
Key features
Auto-repeats reminders until completion, reinforcing daily usage.
Chains multiple timers in sequence, increasing time-in-app.
Mark tasks done from the lock screen to reduce friction.
How much does it cost?
The freemium model gates advanced utility features behind an Extras Package IAP to monetize power users.
Velocity
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The app has reached a state of total inactivity, with no updates or feature releases in 3,944 days. Development has been effectively abandoned for over a decade, as the latest release was limited to minor performance improvements and bug fixes. There is no evidence of ongoing maintenance or operational support.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews mixed. Users appreciate highly customizable nag-me features and flexible alarm scheduling keep users organized for daily tasks and integration with native system reminders allows users to pull existing tasks into the app easily.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Highly customizable nag-me features and flexible alarm scheduling keep users organized for daily tasks
- Integration with native system reminders allows users to pull existing tasks into the app easily
- Reliable performance for medication tracking ensures users do not miss critical health-related daily doses
- Application crashes immediately when users attempt to edit existing reminders or access settings menus
49 of 49 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Alarmed ~ Reminders + Timers
How's the Productivity market?
Alarmed ~ Reminders + Timers occupies a legacy productivity niche, relying on a 4.58-star rating across 12,762 total ratings to maintain relevance despite zero updates since 2015. The lack of recent development signals a product in maintenance mode, limiting its ability to compete with modern, actively updated task managers.
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Key takeaways for Alarmed ~ Reminders + Timers
Where is it heading?
The productivity category is consolidating around modern, cross-platform tools with active development cycles. Alarmed ~ Reminders + Timers remains in a maintenance-only state, and the lack of data persistence will likely accelerate churn as users migrate to more reliable, actively maintained alternatives.
- The 10-year update gap indicates a maintenance-only posture, which leaves the app exposed to OS-level compatibility breaks.
- Persistent data loss and crash reports erode the daily active habit, compounding the negative sentiment among long-term users.
The SWOT
- Nag-Me feature provides persistent, interval-based task reinforcement
- Timer queues enable complex, multi-stage activity tracking
- Native Apple Watch integration requested by users
- Expanded sound library for task differentiation
Next best moves
Audit database persistence logic because data loss is a top-reported frustration → stabilize the user base
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's greatest vulnerability is not its lack of features, but its reliability…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app's competitive positioning has shifted from a general decline to a focused assessment of its legacy status and critical technical debt. The most consequential change is the explicit framing of the 10-year update gap as a terminal risk for OS-level compatibility.
Bottom line
The product's value rests on its unique Nag-Me persistence, but the 10-year update gap and critical data-loss bugs render the current state unsustainable. Stabilizing the core database is the only move that prevents total user attrition.
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Is Alarmed ~ Reminders + Timers still being updated?
Does Alarmed ~ Reminders + Timers work on Apple Watch?
What is the difference between the free and paid versions?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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