The Ringer:
It was inevitable that, in an industry where improving sleep has become its own sub-economy, alarm clock sounds would get disrupted, too. Sure, morning alerts have taken many sonic forms over the course of human civilization, including rooster crows, ringing bells, and Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You, Babe.” But as more Americans become loyal smartphone users — especially the kind that sleep next to their gadget each night — tangible alarm clocks have been replaced with apps that get creative with their morning racket. In this new medium, the strategies for waking up have multiplied, sometimes adopting gimmicky or cruel approaches in the search to answer the same questions: What’s the perfect sound, light, or smell to wake up to?
I use an app called “Rise Alarm Clock“. It has a lovely alarm sound called “Camping Trip” I use to gently wake up to. What alarm clock sounds do you use?
I use the chirping birds built into the iOS Bedtime alarm. Love it!
I’m a Rise user too. I use “Happy Melody.”
I’m quite taken with the “Slow Rise” alarm that is baked into iOS. Whoever composed this one should get a shout out somewhere. It’s gentle but insistent – never jars me awake, but always wakes me up. That’s a nice combo.
Jim might know – does Apple have an in-house team to create their alarm and time sounds/tunes/jingles? Or do they farm that out?
I use Ozzy’s Crazy Train. Very hard to sleep through that.
Apple watch nightstand mode alarm. Really pleasant way to wake up.
The sound of a rooster crowing – via an app from the (Mac) app store called “Wake Up Time Pro”
I’ve been using an app that’s called Alarm Clock for years and it also has the Slow Rise alarm. It can access my music and I have it set to use Tribble Coos.
I have a janky piezo buzzer on a 20-year-old cheapo chinese-made LED alarm clock. The thing just will.not.die so I keep using it…It serves it’s purpose. It wakes up the dogs who then wake me up 🙂