I've been an Android user forever. Also have iPhone 13 pro for work. I want to love iPhones but there are a few things that just kill me. The alarm feature you mentioned is one. Also, no good number pad. I HATE using the number row. It's a pain in the ass. There are a few other things that are escaping me right now. I love the buttery smooth display scrolling on my iPhone though. I'm considering getting one to replace my pixel 5 but I just can't pull the trigger. Oh also the 13 pro is so fucking heavy compared to my pixel 5. I love my pixel but I have a free $500 towards an apple product...

Just switched to iPhone 14 pro max a month it came out. Yeah, that’s a feature I do miss. But I don’t mind it really. I actually forgot about that feature until this post. lol.

Set up sleep in the health app. It has sleep tracking, schedules, reminders, and much better alarm tones

Not only that, but if you turn off the single tap to wake (cos that triggers every damn time without it being need to), you can not turn off the alarm after the Lock Screen times out before the one minute mark. It’s one of my greatest miseries every damn morning. I press the lock button or the volume which only snoozes the alarm. I’ll have to turn on the screen then and then turn off the alarm. So mindlessly annoying. It works okay when you wear the Apple Watch to bed and can turn off the alarm. But the damn alarm vibrations count as steps that I have apparently taken.

I use an old iPhone SE just for alarms now.

Plus if you have an Apple Watch it’ll help track sleep along with letting you know if you hit your sleep goal

Search the App Store for “Progressive Alarm Clock.” Icon is that of a sunset. I love this alarm clock app because the sound can be set to ramp up gradually. But when you set it, it will show you how much time til the alarm goes off, like you’re looking for.

Only limitation is that it only makes sounds of Tibetan prayer bowls (bells) of various sizes. But they’re nice peaceful tones.

i just don't like how the timer and the alarm switch the snooze and off buttons. drives me batty.

There’s a 50g difference.

Yeah it’s wank.

Get an android phone with a 120hz screen and it will feel as smooth as the iPhone generally. iPhone is hard to beat for smoothness though.

I disagree. I have a Pixel 6 Pro which has a 120hz display, and while scrolling through websites might be comparable, iOS animations make ProMotion so much better. Honestly when I checked out the 14 Pro in an Apple Store I couldn't believe both it and my phone were running at the same refresh rate. ProMotion is unbelievably good.

Yea that’s what I was trying to say basically. iOS is still more fluid in general than android, but the difference is pretty small when you have two high refresh rate phones to compare. I have a Pixel 7 (non pro) which has a 90hz display, a Galaxy S22 which has 120hz, an iPhone 14 pro with 120hz and an iPhone 12 with 60hz; and the difference between the first three with 90-120hz screens is really small honestly, but the 60hz on my iPhone 12 feels like the stone ages comparatively. I think if Apple just upped the standard iPhones to 90hz no one would really be able to tell the difference between the standard and pro models in terms of software experience.

Open the Health app and set a sleep schedule. (There should be a link to this part of the app from the Alarms section of the clock app as well)

Do this, it’s THE way to set your alarm clock :)

Agree. They should use live activites to show the remaining time and offer and option to skip the alarm if you’re already awake.

I don't like that I can't set the alarm for anything but 5 minute increments. Like what if I want to get up at 5:59 am instead of 5:55 or 6? And I missed on Android if I got up early I could just pull down the notification bar and turn the alarm off for the day.

You don’t want to admit that you need extra steps to execute a basic function.

In android you’d simply choose the time - not scroll like an old ring telephone. A message pops up with the amount sleep hours you’ll get. You can control the alarm volume from anywhere. You can choose any ringtone you’d like, a downloaded ringtone or from YouTube or Spotify.

I want to know why there’s no type of crescendo option so the alarm starts off soft and slowly ramps up getting louder. (Wake up gently instead of startled)

lol. Have people lost the ability to look at a clock and tell the time and know how many hours left till you wake up?

You can tap on the wheels and enter the time directly

i kinda disagree with this. i own a pixel 7 pro and a 14 PM, i can safely say that the 120 hz display on the pixel actually hits 120 hz way more than the iphone does.

Thank you for this. The one thing that I hated about my standard iPhone alarm is how loud it is. Even if I try the volume down while picking the tone which I read was how to lower the volume. I see that the sleep alarms are much gentler and the volume of them is more intuitive! I use the sleep schedule anyway so it makes more sense to use that alarm.

Like the OP, I'm also a long term Android user who has been on iOS for about 1-2 months now.

Same. My eyes are usually buggy and not working yet and I’ll hit the wrong one every damn time.

The best alarm app I’ve found is called Alarmy. I’ve used the app for at least 7-8 years at this point. I used it on android before switching to iPhone back in 2017. It’s worth checking out.

You can absolutely set the time at 5:59. Just touch the numbers and a keypad comes up.

O I just found where you can do this. I've been using the clock app and the alarm section where you have to put in your sleep schedule and all that.

For alarm volume i use settings > sounds and haptics > then crank that slider all the way up

I did the opposite. Switched from iPhone to Android and I absolutely love it. I now see why all my IT friends own Androids. Ringtones, MP3's, just about everything is open and downloadable directly where as with iPhone, you have restrictions because of Apple Music and usually have to use Garage Band as a weird workaround. I've been with iPhones for a long time and I can tell you, they're a pain in the ass.

Right there with you. I recently got a HomePod mini and have the alarm set on that, instead. It also doubles as my white noise machine. Works great!

Refresh rate is not the only thing for smoothness. All androids are janky outside the OS like twitter. Insta. Any app really. The scrolling is always a little more janky. Animations are another factor. All these are smoother on iOS. So when you do animations and scrolling for basically 99% of your time in a phone. You notice it. At least. I know I do. Every time I go back to an iPhones after some days using android it feels like you’re going from 60hz to 120hz

You can actually just use timer instead of alarm. Set up the timer and done

True iOS does have the edge, but it has gotten much closer than it used to be is more what I’m saying, and I think 120hz refresh rates on both iOS and android have significantly improved the feel of using your phone day to day.

Amateur time in the Ux Department... who does that, switch controls to their opposite function when eyesight is at its worst?!

He isn’t the strongest…. Don’t be mean.

Lol the alarm counts as steps? How many? 1, 2? Dude if you’re healthy you walk 6000-10.000 steps per day. Who cares about that?? 😂

Ah yes, people who steal stuff love Android. 😅 Never changed. You can also Torrent with an Android. Lol.

I'll take a barebones alarm app over the Pixel experience where my alarms randomly muted on a regular basis with no discernible explanation, across multiple phones with no acknowledgement or attempt to fix by google (and still find people posting about when I need a good chuckle).

Or didn’t 😴

Yeah... not all of us have set work schedules.

Here's my alarms on iOS. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFIvzbJj6YX/

Yeah... but that's native in Android.

I gotta get an app for something that's native?

Some of us don't have 9-5 work schedules.

I went to work today at 1534, and I'll go to work tomorrow at 1555. The day after that, I go to work at 1600.

When you turn on the alarm in Android, it literally says "Alarm will go off 8 hours and 8 minutes." It gives nice and direct time management. I can stay up for an extra hour, and then go to bed.

If you want to be a douche about it there's a 52g difference which makes the iPhone nearly 35% heavier, which is significant. Math must not be your strong suit.

I'm tempted to go back to Android. I just have no reason to buy a new phone atp, hence why I'm still on a 6 year old phone.

I will set the alarms on my iPhone 7+ and my S8... and then spend the rest of the night on my S8 until its time to go to bed. :\

I really like my Android <3

Agreed. Pay no attention to the Apple fanboy.

You are 100% right. Way lighter and a bigger battery. I made the same switch and regret it. I do like the telephoto lens on the 13 pro but not enough to justify all the cons to that phone. And the photo quality on the pixel 5 is undoubtedly superior.

Says the guy who likes his burgers made out of plants. Grow a pair…

Mmm plants based protein is as good as meat. You’re brainwashed by marketing. Congrats.

Well, in my defense and being a musician, I do buy my MP3's, but I buy them on foreign websites like MP3VA because they charge a fraction of the price the US charges

you really think MP3VA is legal?

I think the term "legal" redefines itself from one border to another. All I know is that they have a massive catalog and I've had money in their account since 2013 and have had zero issues with them. Who are you anyways? Napster hating Lars from Metallica? Get over yourself

It’s 1005 today. I know it’s not significant, but you should not have it. My honor fitness band that costs 1/10 th the price does much better sleep tracking without having to set up a sleep schedule.

They don't like people who switch from iPhone to Android here LOL

You’re paying someone somewhere for something that they don’t own and then you think you’re doing anything better than stealing music. 😂

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Both OS has their native stuff. Airdrop is native on ios. On android, you need something like shareIt.

You have beam.

And Bluetooth sharing is native now. Has been since the s5.

Android beam is discontinued.

Bluetooth sharing is an ancient concept. it’s been there on black and white phones and is slow.

Beam is not discontinued. The name might have changed, but it's still very much active.

I just used a few moments ago to send plans to my work crew.

Honestly though, I don't use either method enough to have it be a feature that makes me throw it in the trash.

Stay on topic.

With his 9-5 job that if it disappeared the world would take no note.

I was on topic. Was I talking about King Tuts arm size?

Android Beam discontinued: Wikipedia

Also from the article: “Beam never quite worked particularly well”

Sad android sheep. Install ShareIt or Xender.

oh yea.. you have to install something which is native on ios.

I literally just said the name changed but the form remains the same.

The topic was the time. Something people actually use everyday. But ok.

What’s the new name? or send a screenshot of the feature you’re using on your phone.

Android doesn’t have a native file sharing feature. Samsung might have its own thing like S-share. Not sure if it’s still there. But that was only between samsung devices.

Nah bro. Go use Google or something.

I'm about to go to sleep. Night.

Say that you can’t prove it instead. I’m ready to wait until you wake up. Night.