Alarmy ⏰
A fun alarm app - where you need to find the right button to snooze. This alarm clock helps heavy sleepers like me wake up by requiring completion of brain-engaging math challenges before the alarm can be dismissed.
Features
- Two wake-up challenges:
- Find Button Challenge: Locate and tap the correct snooze button among several decoys
- Quiz Challenge: Solve a math problem to dismiss the alarm
- Captcha Challenge: Solve a captcha to dismiss the alarm
- Set alarms for one-time or recurring schedules
- Custom alarm labels
Demo Video
If you prefer a youtube demo - check it out here
Technologies
- React Native / Expo
- TypeScript
- React Navigation
- AsyncStorage for persistence
- Expo Notifications for alarms
Installation
- Clone the repository
- Install dependencies:
- Start the development server:
Building the app for Android:
Known Issue 🚨
Android Background Process Limitation:
The app currently has issues with alarm triggering when it's completely removed from recent apps/background. This is due to Android's aggressive battery optimization and background process limitations.
I'm working on implementing the following fixes:
- Using Foreground Service to maintain reliability
- Requesting battery optimization exemption
- Properly implementing exact alarm permissions for Android 12+
- Enhancing the background task scheduling system
Testing Alarms
You can access a hidden test screen by triple-tapping the header on the home screen, which allows you to:
- Test both challenge types without waiting for an alarm to trigger
- Force check for pending alarms
- Test with custom alarm times
Permissions Required
- Notification permissions
- Alarm scheduling permissions
- Background task execution
- Wake lock (to wake device screen)
Built with ❤️ by
Pankaj Tanwar, and checkout his other side-hustles
Contributing
I welcome contributions to the alarmy project! Whether it's a bug fix, a feature request, or improving documentation, your contributions are appreciated.
Thanks to my friend, Soren for the inspiration.