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Life & fun · February 8, 2021

Light Alarm for iOS

Wake up with gentle sunrise and birds singing

Light Alarm for iOS launched on February 8, 2021 with 75 votes, #602 of 3,133 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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What it does

Does the same as the big brothers like Philips Wake-Up Light or Lumie Bodyclock, but with your iPhone. The app will slooowly turn on the screen brightness, then the flashlight, and then the birds will follow to sing — for you to feel refreshed and not pissed.

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This is a great app, but as others have noted, a few settings would make this perfect. For example, being able to set the time before the wake up time that the light starts to gradually fade in. And, the ability to adjust the volume of the birds from 0 to the lodest setting. Or, being able to set what color the fade in light starts at (such as a reddish or orange) and what color it is when it is fully on (such as white or yellow). Also, the screen needs to turn off completely during “sleep” so it is not using the LCD at all—turning off completely will reduce energy use and increase life of LCD display and prevent the dim glow from keeping light sleepers from getting to sleep or staying…from apps.apple.com

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