Math Alarm Clock is a utility app for iOS that forces users to solve math problems to deactivate alarms.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Utilities
Sentiment
4.6
1k reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app to overcome chronic oversleeping by replacing passive snooze buttons with active cognitive tasks.
For Heavy sleepers who struggle with traditional snooze buttons and require active cognitive engagement to wake up.
What does it look like?
Key features
Requires solving math problems out loud to deactivate the alarm, preventing accidental snooze.
Integrates Jarvis voice commands for setting alarms, checking time, and toggling flashlight.
How much does it cost?
The app is currently listed as free with no explicit subscription or IAP tiers mentioned in the store metadata.
Velocity
Dormant developmentperformanceShow more...
The app has reached a zombie state, with no updates released in over 540 days. The last recorded activity was a minor stability update in early 2025. There is no evidence of ongoing development, feature expansion, or maintenance cycles. The lack of activity over this extended period suggests the project is no longer being actively supported.
Who built it?
j labs
4 apps tracked · Utilities
Alarm Clock
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Loud Alarm Clock – the LOUDESTUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a thrilled sentiment. Users appreciate math-based alarm puzzles force cognitive engagement which prevents users from falling back asleep after waking and diverse audio options and custom sound settings provide a personalized wake-up experience for heavy sleepers.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Math-based alarm puzzles force cognitive engagement which prevents users from falling back asleep after waking
- Diverse audio options and custom sound settings provide a personalized wake-up experience for heavy sleepers
- The app requires users to keep the screen active and the application open to function
49 of 49 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for Math Alarm Clock - Wake up!
How's the Utilities market?
Math Alarm Clock maintains a 4.58-star rating from 1,334 ratings on the App Store. The lack of recent updates over the last 18 months leaves it vulnerable to newer entrants in the utility category.
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Key takeaways for Math Alarm Clock - Wake up!
Where is it heading?
The utility alarm market is consolidating around background-capable apps that offer seamless integration with system-level features. Math Alarm Clock's maintenance-mode posture and reliance on active-screen states leave it exposed to churn, so the PM must address the interaction bugs and background-capability gap to remain relevant.
- Recent interaction bugs in the latest update prevent puzzle dismissal, causing a shift from positive to frustrated user sentiment.
- The 18-month update silence suggests the app is in maintenance mode, leaving it exposed to more active competitors.
The SWOT
- Math-based dismissal mechanism forces cognitive engagement, creating a functional barrier to snoozing
- Implementing background alarm support would remove the primary barrier to adoption
Next best moves
Fix puzzle interaction bug because users report inability to dismiss alarms → restore baseline rating
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's reliance on an active-screen state is not just a technical debt…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app remains in a stagnant, maintenance-mode state with no functional or strategic changes observed.
Bottom line
Math Alarm Clock succeeds by solving the snooze-button problem through cognitive friction, but the requirement to keep the app open overnight limits its utility, so the PM must prioritize background-alarm functionality to prevent churn to more modern alternatives.
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