I’ve been using the default clock app on Samsung phones as my alarm(s), for almost two decades.

A recent update has changed the ‘upcoming alarm’ notification. You have the option to dismiss/shut off an alarm that’s supposed to sound in the next 5-30min via that notification; but a recent update has changed that to dismiss ALL upcoming alarms for the entire day, as well as every upcoming alarm for future days if they’re set for the same time.

I used to have a sporadic work schedule with varying start times; so I’d set/schedule my alarms for the next week or two in advance. If I set one for 8am tomorrow and one for 8am four days from now; dismissing that first alarm at 7:40am also dismisses the one that’s four days away…

If I set alarms for 8am, 10am, and noon today; dismissing the first one at 7:45 dismisses all three alarms together…

There is no options to change this, the only related setting is for how early that ‘upcoming alarm’ notification shows up (5, 15, or 30min)

What alarm app do you use? Got a recommendation?

/edit

People seem to be misunderstanding me. I don’t have trouble waking up/snoozing alarms too much.

I just need a typical alarm app, but one that doesn’t dismiss a bunch of unrelated alarms instead of just the one that’s supposed to go off very soon.

I was just curious if people had a particular one they liked.

  • BlueberryWalnut@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    6·
    15 hours ago

    I once had your same issue. I mentioned it to a coworker. The next day, he came to work and gave me an alarm clock. No radio, just time, alarm time and HORRIBLE BUZZNNRRTNRRRTNETTTRRRT

    Set it up across the room, never switched back to an app again. Give it a try! Hit a local thrift shop or something and tell me in 3 months that it didn’t change your life

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      9·
      14 hours ago

      A single alarm via an app works just fine to wake me up, that isn’t my issue.

      Multiple alarms in a day is because I use alarms as reminders as well. ‘Remember to do x on y date at z time’. I can get quite fixated on tasks and forget to take breaks on time.

      All I need is a replacement app where I can set alarms on a recurring schedule and/or at a specific date. The standard clock/alarm app that’s been on my various phones has been great until the current version decided to make this change, dismissing multiple unrelated alarms all at once instead of just the one that’s actually about to go off.

      Now I’m looking for an equivalent alternative and seeing what peoples recommendations are for that.