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Hey guys I created Jolt Alarm because I was sick of waking up to the same song every day. This is a cool new way to discover new music and to replace your bori

Hey guys I created Jolt Alarm because I was sick of waking up to the same song every day. This is a cool new way to discover new music and to replace your boring ringtone. I'd love to hear what you think.

trebor 9y ago
I haven't used it, but here are a few thoughts from looking at your site and the app store... • Your website doesn't say anything. No information about music genre, settings, etc. You need to say _something_. • I suggest having a configurable fade-in time for the song. I'm a light sleeper and can startle easy. Without the fade in I'll jump out of bed with my heart racing. • I suggest either omitting explicit songs by default, or add a setting to filter them out. • Your privacy policy states that an account may be required for some features (please no, I'd rather pay than register...) with personally identifiable information. AFAIK you have no reason to need that. Also, it references GPS data, a 2 year retention period of data linked to PIA (after closure/deletion of app), etc. Either this is boilerplate that needs to be revised, or you need to rethink what you gather (IMO) because it's overblown for an alarm clock. • Clicking your logo goes to: http://www.jolt.rocks/sudo%20apt-get%20install%20ruby-fullsudo%20gem%20install%20jekyll http://www.jolt.rocks/sudo%20apt-get%20install%20ruby-fullsu... I probably won't install the app. But I did want to share my thoughts. Good luck!
- kuczmama 9y ago
  Hi trebor. Thanks for the really helpful feedback. I created a link to the website to go to IOS and android. I never really thought about having much of a description. I will try to add one in the future. This is a good point. Regarding the configurable fade-in, the good thing about a lot of the songs that play on Jolt is that they are a lot more pleasant to wake up to than most ringtones. For the privacy policy it was required for android so most of it is boilerplate. There is no login accounts. But I will update it soon. Thanks for the feedback on the logo. That's just embarrasing. I will fix that soon.
  - trebor 9y ago
    About the fade-in... the click from the alarm clock wakes me up. It's not enjoyability, it's volume and how sudden the music comes on. Just consider it.
    - kuczmama 9y ago
      I see what you're saying. I will definitely consider it. It could be a nice additional setting to add.
FailOverPeer 9y ago
I sometimes take 3+ alarms to wake up in the morning. How does this handle snoozing, etc?
- kuczmama 9y ago
  You can set as many alarms as you need to wake up in the morning. It works just like any other alarm clock with regards to snoozing. You can snooze it as many times as you want. You can have repeat alarms. I made it so you can edit the snooze duration as well. I've been using it as my main alarm for awhile now and I haven't run into any issues yet.
  - FailOverPeer 9y ago
    Thanks! I'll give this a try.

trebor 9y ago

I haven't used it, but here are a few thoughts from looking at your site and the app store... • Your website doesn't say anything. No information about music genre, settings, etc. You need to say _something_. • I suggest having a configurable fade-in time for the song. I'm a light sleeper and can startle easy. Without the fade in I'll jump out of bed with my heart racing. • I suggest either omitting explicit songs by default, or add a setting to filter them out. • Your privacy policy states that an account may be required for some features (please no, I'd rather pay than register...) with personally identifiable information. AFAIK you have no reason to need that. Also, it references GPS data, a 2 year retention period of data linked to PIA (after closure/deletion of app), etc. Either this is boilerplate that needs to be revised, or you need to rethink what you gather (IMO) because it's overblown for an alarm clock. • Clicking your logo goes to: http://www.jolt.rocks/sudo%20apt-get%20install%20ruby-fullsudo%20gem%20install%20jekyll http://www.jolt.rocks/sudo%20apt-get%20install%20ruby-fullsu... I probably won't install the app. But I did want to share my thoughts. Good luck!

kuczmama 9y ago
Hi trebor. Thanks for the really helpful feedback. I created a link to the website to go to IOS and android. I never really thought about having much of a description. I will try to add one in the future. This is a good point. Regarding the configurable fade-in, the good thing about a lot of the songs that play on Jolt is that they are a lot more pleasant to wake up to than most ringtones. For the privacy policy it was required for android so most of it is boilerplate. There is no login accounts. But I will update it soon. Thanks for the feedback on the logo. That's just embarrasing. I will fix that soon.
- trebor 9y ago
  About the fade-in... the click from the alarm clock wakes me up. It's not enjoyability, it's volume and how sudden the music comes on. Just consider it.
  - kuczmama 9y ago
    I see what you're saying. I will definitely consider it. It could be a nice additional setting to add.

FailOverPeer 9y ago

I sometimes take 3+ alarms to wake up in the morning. How does this handle snoozing, etc?

kuczmama 9y ago
You can set as many alarms as you need to wake up in the morning. It works just like any other alarm clock with regards to snoozing. You can snooze it as many times as you want. You can have repeat alarms. I made it so you can edit the snooze duration as well. I've been using it as my main alarm for awhile now and I haven't run into any issues yet.
- FailOverPeer 9y ago
  Thanks! I'll give this a try.