Alarms suck. Every morning you wake up to the buzzer of some obnoxious machine whose sole purpose is to irritate you out of your dreams. You might say a few expletives before rolling over your girlfriend, stepping on the cat, or tripping over a pair of old tennis shoes before you can finally turn that stupid thing off. But what if your Alarm was your iPhone, and what if it could listen to your demeaning request? Sleep Blaster for the iPhone is an intelligent Alarm that will shut the $&^! up when you yell at it.
The last thing you need in the morning is a rude awaking. Grumpy bastard you may be, there’s nothing like a little grogginess to start your day. “Shut up!” you cry, directed solely at your iPhone that’s rocking away. But it listens to you - it feels your pain. Immediately it returns to sleep, just as you should before that long day of work. Sleep Blaster is an alarm clock that you can yell at, and it’ll turn off. This is seriously a great idea.
You know what’s even better? A geographical alarm. If you’re traveling to Italy, the last thing you want is to be disturbed on your flight. “I just want to sleep,” you say. “Don’t wake me up until I get there.” So you tap a location on your phone, and you drift peacefully asleep. As your plane enters pasta country, you’re awoken to some msuic again. “Gah, be quiet!” And the Metallica alarm goes back off as passengers eyeball you with that crazy look.
So you get off your plane, and fourteen hours later arrive at that beautiful beach house along the Italian coast line. A tiring drive, you want to catch a brief nap before venturing out with the ladies. So you turn on your sleep timer, to the sound of ocean waves, and drift peacefully asleep. “DYNAMITE MODE!” wakes you up on cue, forcing you out of bed.
Is this practical? Probably not. The developers admit you shouldn’t yell at your alarm clock every morning to adjust to it. Besides, I’d probably piss off whatever roommate was sleeping in the bunk next door. But it’s useful for the geographical alarm alone, which is amazingly handy if you can get service.
Perhaps a little too much fun to review, Sleep Blaster for the iPhone is a success. Yell at it. Have it wake you when your plane or train arrives. Catch a nap. This thing is awesome. Having moved into my top thirty list of, “Things you must try,” Sleep Blaster is a good buy. For only $1.99 in the App Store, Sleep Blaster gives the alarm a whole new meaning of ‘cool.’ It also looks decent scaled up on the iPad too.
