Glimmer (luminous alarm clock)

Could you please add an option for the screen to get brighter quicker, and the alarm remain active at full brightness for longer? This would help parents with young kids. Check out the GroClock. When it is time to wake, the sun shows and the whole screen turns yellow, and it stays that way for an hour. The already awake child sees the sun and is allowed to get up. The still asleep child wakes up when they are ready and sees the sun. I'm not using the sound, just the picture only.

I want to give this app a bigger rating add it looks really great when I test it during the day however it does not work with my Samsung S8 for me when I want to use it for waking up in the morning. I've checked all the possible sittings but can't find what would be preventing the app from working properly.

It was great on my Samsung J7, although I recently upgraded to the LG V20 and now the gentle wake up sounds do not work. The gentle light works but that is not enough to wake me up. I sent 2 bug reports with no answer. Very disappointed. 5 stars again when I can use it.

I can never wake up to any alarms. I was considering buying a sunlight wake up clock until I tried Glimmer. I wake up every time. It's great. You get lots of features without premium and it works well. Since it's free I'd recommend that anyone considering a sunlight wake upclock should try this app first. So good!

I enjoy this app. It's nice to wake up slowly to the gradual light. I don't feel rushed to get up and have that discombobulated feeling when using this alarm. Would like to be able to choose when the alarm begins going off as opposed to 30 minutes. Great app overall.

Much prefer waking up to light. I was skeptical at first, but it really works! A similar light alarm clock can be bulky, expensive, and need to be plugged in. This is just as effective, without those disadvantages. Very soothing, nicely done artwork.

I hate waking up to other alarms as they always seem too loud, even on the quietest setting. This is a really nice alternative as it allows me to wake up naturally. I haven't used it for very long so I don't know if there are any issues with the app but so far it seems great!

So far so good... Haven't figured out all the bells and whistles yet... I'd love to wake up with ocean sounds, so I'm hoping to find that option.

Great alarm with the screen getting brighter, but I can't seem to make the snooze function work... it also stops working all the time in general..

I hate alarms but this one is gentle. Am usually awake before it gets through its full wake cycle. I've been using this app since mid 2014 and can recommend it.

Works well so far. I am a heavy sleeper that is very good at disabling alarms in my sleep. I would like to see a slightly more complex way to stop the alarm. Overall I would say good functionality. Will report back if I find a way to sleep through this.

I wanted a more silent alarm to wake me up without waking up a friend in the room and this gently woke me up with the gradual introduction to light, so my eyes weren't burning. Great alarm!

I've been using this app for around 2 weeks now. I was using the silent alarm on my watch so that I wouldn't wake my wife. That would startle me and I'd turn it off in panic while still being half asleep. With glimmer, I'm wide awake as soon as it goes off and as it's utterly a gentle alarm, my wife is still asleep :) Update - the snooze function doesn't work and I've slept in a few times :(

With my tablet, it's a very effective app for waking up naturally with light. Better than annoying sounds of the alarm, that can elevate the morning stress. Absolutely recommended app

This is such a better way to wake up that. The usual alarm! I've paired this with a sleep cycle alarm...Glimmer starts to shine about 15 minutes before the wake up phase of the cycle alarm. I wake up feeling fantastic!

I enjoy getting up before my wife and children and have tried numerous applications that wouldn't sound an alarm and also wake up my wife because, let's face it, some days I will sleep in. With this alarm, and it's gradually brightening background, I have a perfect system that won't wake up her but will allow me to see it, and respond to the alarm however I'd like. I highly recommend you try this app!

Disappointed...it worked for one morning, then woke me up an hour and a half late the next and not at all the morning after that! It's very random...this morning the alarm went off but it gave me no option to stop it so had to turn my phone off!! Great idea of it worked. Samsung S7

I think this app is great. And I find any alarm deeply annoying. This one I just can't get mad at for waking me up.

I love sleeping in and waking up to a sunrise. When it can't be helped, Glimmer is that perfect alternate. No more ugly mornings. Love it!

App is very peaceful and a good way to wake up. I wish they had a way to add my music and make it start soft and end loud.

I really like it. Exactly what I needed I'm an alarm. The gentle light usually wakes me up way before the actual alarm, which is much less jarring.

I was thinking of getting one of those sunrise lamps, but don't have 200 dollars to get one right now. The Glimmer app has been an excellent free alternative- I often get up 10-15 minutes before the alarm thanks to the nature sounds and gentle "sunlight" that rouse me. I am a morning person once more!

This is the only alarm that I can wake up to because it gently and slowly wakes me up. I love it. this is the only app I use to wake up

Really like this app and the way it wakes you up tells you about how long you need to sleep for sleep cycles it just crashes a bit too often but by far the best alarm I've ever used I have recommended to quite a few people

Easy to use and offers some neat features that make it kinder than regular alarm clocks. It's not as nice as a sunrise bulb, but it's much cheaper and wonderful for traveling.

Beautiful app with lovely sounds. Sometimes the waves are so peaceful and gentle to wake up to, I just want to listen to them all day. I love the gentle increasing volume and the beautiful scenery. Definitely worth it.

So far I have used this on vacation. love the slow progress to the louder alarm. Hopefully it will work for me as I go back to work.

Its not annoying! Plus awesome backgrounds

I can't hear it most of the time. But when it does work it's really relaxing and claming

It has no sound its weird and its hard to use. Do not get this app

Absolutely the best alarm to use as this actually wakes one up peacefully and not in a panic to turn it off.

It seems ok. I haven't tried many others, so I can't really compare it..

I stopped using it, because the premium version went away when I changed phones.

For any features listed in the description, you have to pay. False advertisement.

Works well, not bright enough on my device though.

Garbage, as larm dud not go off, now I as m late

I'm having problems in changing the settings... Otherwise nyc app

Works most of the time. Good for a prrewake up for heavy sleepers like myself but it works best with other alarms as well.

My problem solved, it worked guys.

when I wake up to the app, I smile because it knows the perfect way to wake me without disturbing me.