Podcast Alarm: Wake & Listen

• Price: $2.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

3.3 82 ratings · App Store

1. 3/5Promising, but currently mediocre

   An app like this is really useful; waking up to podcasts instead of repeated screeching is great. And this app, unlike all other podcast alarms currently on offer, does not attempt to jury-rig a connection with the apple podcast app, it just keeps everything in-house — and that added stability and reliability is super important for my alarms. As of now tho, it has some issues. For bugs: -When I use this horizontally on my ipad, it cuts off certain features so that I have to turn my ipad vertical to be able to operate the app; -After an alarm is set you can only edit the time and repeats not the podcast being played. For features — not bugs, but missing features which would make the user experience much better: -There is no autoplay which starts the next podcast once the current one ends; -The alarm (using automatic source — where it picks from the latest episode of a subscribed podcast) always starts a new episode and does not give the option to pick up where you left off on the latest episode; -Other podcast alarms give you the ability to skip ahead when a podcast alarm starts — to bypass early ads or long intros — this one does not. All in all, is it worth $3? Meh. I personally would say yes; but I’m on the fence and could definitely see someone else thinking it isn’t good enough to warrant that price. Has promise, and I’m still glad I bought the app, and in time I could certainly see it getting amazing, but it just isn’t all the way there yet.

   Psmith1453 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 3/5GREAT Idea

   I love, LOVE, the idea of this so much. But the alarm is not set up-as far as I can tell, to play thethe podcasts under most circumstances. My experience is that the app has to stay open in order for it to work, which And setting up the podcast is a little confusing, and to play the selection as you’re waking up is hit or miss 😭

   EllaGLove · 31 Jul 2026

3. 4/5Seems to work (mostly); lag with UI

   UPDATE #1: I was able to find the complete podcast that I originally wanted. Its name was slightly different than I thought, so I wanted to quickly update this review to show that the app did not mess up there. However, I tried using it for my alarm this morning, but it never sounded. My iPad volume was completely down, though. Not sure if this played a role. The episode did not seem to be playing quietly, so it may have truly failed to begin playing. Regardless, if you have to max up your volume every night, that’s a huge pain. You don’t have to do that with the normal Apple alarm app. I’ll update more when I’ve used it for longer. —————————————————————————————— Just installed this app. First impressions: - The alarm worked with a podcast when I tried it just now on my iPad. - It has the option to have repeated alarms (e.g., for weekdays). This is great (assuming it works). - The UI (specifically the alarm creation process) was very laggy. I kept expecting the app to crash. However, it did work in the end. Biggest problem: - I bought this app for a specific podcast (a Spanish grammar podcast). I am 100% certain that this podcast (all episodes) is available for free through the Apple podcast app. However, I could only find the 10 most recent episodes via the app. They were not grouped together as a podcast, either. No podcast was found when I searched for it, just these 10 episodes. Clearly, the episodes are there, but for some reason the app doesn’t display that there is a podcast that they all belong to that has many more episodes. Very disappointed about this. I’ll update this review if I find more bugs or if these issues are fixed. Thank you!

   bioinfx · 31 Jul 2026

4. 2/5Missing Numerous Basic and Quality of Life Features

   I first want to say that I do believe this is a good start for an app. Unfortunately, it is over-priced for what is offered. The issues I’m running into are basic, and I hope can be fixed by the developer. I will continue to hold on to this app in the background, in hopes of improvements. Overview: This app is run by setting an alarm, then subscribing either your “queue” or “automatic” which plays selected subscriptions. Then the alarm plays the order of the queue, which you manually have to select episodes and add to, or the alphabetical order of your chosen automatic subscriptions. Issues: 1) You are unable to delete any items from your queue. If you get back-logged on episodes, as I frequently do, you are left with multiple episodes of of daily news where the only way to delete them is by listening to them. 2) You are unable to select the order that your automatic subscriptions are played. I like listening to my news every morning in order from important, to least important, because I don’t always listen through the whole playlist in the mornings. There is currently no way to specify which podcasts to play first—it’s all in alphabetical order. (Would also be neat for random episodes as well). 3) You are unable to stop listening to an episode without starting a new one. You can pause the episode, but it will always remain at the bottom of the app taking up room until you select a new episode of something else. There is no way to go back to not listening to anything. Summary: Great app for one or two podcasts to be awakened to. I would not recommend this to anyone who likes listening to a playlist of podcasts in the morning. The first two problems are holding me back from using this app.

   Dubs Davis · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Finally!

   Been searching for so long and finally something like this happened! It works the basics. However, would be great to be able to subscribe to multiple podcasts so it can keep playing in turns until user stops them (alternative daily news sources in the morning for example). Also would be great if user can set up multiple alarms for people who snooze! And there doesn't seem to have a easy way to temporarily disable an reoccurring alarm for a sleep in morning - need to delete and re-add. If this is a paid app we expect more flexible features!

   IHateMakingNickName · 31 Jul 2026

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