TinyAlarm is a tiny alarm clock for your menu bar. It will play your chosen sound at some time in the near future. All of the configuration is done using the status menu item. Clicking around should reveal just about everything there is to know about Tiny Alarm.
TinyAlarm is good for when you're gaming or programming, but still have to get to class. It will also help you avoid missing your bus, or burning your pizza, or showing up late for meetings.
I'd love to see a visual alert feature instead of just sounds (no pun intended). I would completely miss the alarm if I had turned my sound down for some reason. Growl integration would be ideal, but even just a popup window would be great. (Version 1.2)
GARY30 Switched from this to "Pester" because of bugs. However, "Pester" ends up in the dock with a tiny digital countdown clock icon. TinyAlarm ends up in the menu bar, out of the way, with little analog clock icon that I find easier to read. Now, with the bug fixes, "snooze" and user sounds it is again my favorite.
Its is nice little app for short term alarms and is much preferable to clogging up Entourage or iCal with this stuff. Excellent.
DBRENNAN1 Nice, simple app which does exactly what it says it will, seamlessly. It's raison d'etre is that it is discrete; sitting in the menubar. Yup, there are more dynamic alarms but these, to my knowledge, sit in the Dock or on the desktop, e.g. Minuteur (which is great). It really is a question of intent. (Version 1.1.1)
THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF CHINA Promising little alarm. Some constructive criticism of it:
1. the maximum number of times the alarm sound can repeat is 5 times a minute. Since this only takes about a second or two, I find this easy to miss. Being able to repeat the alarm continuously would be much more effective to me.
2. The option for a very obvious visual alarm notice would be nice. The change to the icon up top is ok but hard to notice (and not visible at all if one has a lot of stuff already in the bar and then opens an application that takes up much of that space). If I have the volume turned down (which I often do), or was deaf, something that visually demands my attention would be useful.
3. The ability to open an external file would be nice. If I could have this open a song file in, say iTunes, it would be another very useful feature.
I am currently considering purchasing Awaken for use as an alarm clock but would be happy to support this application if it were just a bit more useful to me. (Version 1.1.1)
DEVELOPER Version 1.2 will have some additional visual alerts, and we may add the feature to select an audio file depending on the feedback. (Version 1.1.1)
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Nov 23 2005
ANONYMOUS For waking up with iTunes try "iSleep". Very good programmed little shareware of two french student programmers.
For TinyAlarm: Very nice small app with useful menubarIcon. Keep on! (Version 1.1.1)
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Nov 1 2005
ANONYMOUS This is my first review; I'm only taking the time to write this because it is such a great product! Tinyalarm is simple, flexible, and worry-proof. All-in-all a great product, especially compared to the over-complicated timer/countdown programs I've used over the years.
Great work! Thanks tinyalarm programmers; keep it up. (Version 1.0)
