Five more minutes. It’s what you think every morning when the alarm goes off and you reprogram it so that a few minutes later it reminds you again that it’s time to get up. On lazier days you even repeat the play a couple of times, three. And, as if you don’t know what’s going to happen, you end up jumping out of bed, startled, because in the end you overdid it and you’ll be lucky if you get to work on time.
This is so common, however, can be avoided. Even if you don’t have a lot of willpower. That’s what the most annoying alarm clock apps on the market take care of. According to BBC Mundo, these are three of them for Android:
- Sleep if you can
That literally means the app that is advertised as “the most annoying on the market”, Sleep If You Can, and it is quite a statement of intent. For the alarm to stop sounding, the user must not only wake up, but also get up and photograph a place that he previously determined. Until the app receives the image, it does not shut up. And by then, the user has already been out of bed for several minutes. It was designed by Delight Room Co., a group of entrepreneurs from South Korea. To make the invention as effective as possible, its developers also offer several tips.
The main one is to avoid images that can be captured from the bed, such as photographs of the floor or ceiling. Therefore, they recommend selecting a specific object that is in another room, such as the bathroom sink or the desk in the study.
- Rise or die
If you like video games, this app may be the best option for you. It is programmed like a regular telephone alarm clock. But once the alarm starts sounding, a green monster with its jaws open will appear on the screen, ready to eat you. The worst: it won’t shut up until you beat it, and the sound will go in crescendo. The sound of the monster will be like the alarm of an infernal alarm clock, whose volume will increase. To win the game you will have to shake the cell phone vigorously. And by the time you realize it, you’ll be more than smart, even stressed. In addition, the difficulty can be set beforehand, from “easy” for those who do not require much to stretch to “very difficult” for those who need a train to pass by them.
- Time is money
Some firmly believe that time is money and others what hurts the most is their pockets. With an eye on both groups, the Spaniard Guillermo Robla launched Time Is Money on the market in December last year, an Android application that can be downloaded for free. For those who believe that time is money, the Time Is Money app keeps track of how many minutes were lost each day, in the week, in the month, with statistics on delays. In addition to including the options of the usual alarm clocks, such as different tones and increasing volume, it is specially designed to penalize the user if there is no response at the time they must get up.
But how is the fine applied?
It is deducted from the credit card, with prior permission. The user sets the amount to be paid per minute, as well as a maximum per alarm. The app checks to see if you’re really awake, asking you a series of questions you need to answer. And in the meantime, he keeps track of how much time was lost each day, in the week, in the month, with statistics of the delays.
Source: Cuatro
