WiFi Alarm – for setting Alarm Reminders based on WiFi- Networks
by Toni McQuilken
Apr 10, 2012 8:12 AM –
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WiFi Alarm is a useful utility for giving yourself an alarm reminder based on Wi-Fi networks nearby. For example, use it as a reminder to not forget your keys before leaving home or to browse the Internet securely when you frequent that coffee shop with the free Wi-Fi.
Price: Free
Tested on: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Content Rating: Everyone
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- An easy way to have a visual and audio reminders triggered by Wi-Fi networks!
- Very easy to set up with the ability to have multiple alarms!
Cons
- The alarm will continue going off until you dismiss it.
Features:
WiFi Alarm does exactly what it says – it allows you to set alarms for connecting and disconnecting from various WiFi networks. You set your own custom text for each alarm, so it makes it a versatile reminder app. For example, there is a public WiFi network on Long Island, where I live, but I don’t always remember if I’m connected to that, or to one of the private networks I have access to. I set up an alarm to notify me when I’m on that specific network, so I remember I’m public, which means I won’t access certain things, like my banking information.
The one thing I didn’t like, however, was that when an alarm goes off, it doesn’t just beep a few times and then stop. You can set up how it goes off – vibration, audio, text, etc., but as far as I could find, it doesn’t shut off unless you actually hit the button to do so. I would have liked to have a setting to just buzz to dismiss, and then, even if the alarm screen stayed up until I dismissed it, shut off the vibration and audio.
For a phone, especially, where you’re moving around between areas and networks, and not necessarily pulling it out to use every time, this could be a problem. Of course, you could just not set an alarm for those networks, but for some, like the public WiFi I set it up for, I want the reminder when I go to use my device, but I don’t necessarily want to have to pull it out and acknowledge the network change every time. The other option is to use the Briefing Only setting, which will only pop up the text message with no audio or vibration at all. But you can’t set these on an individual alarm basis, which means I can’t have my public alarms silent, with others more in your face. So I guess what I want is for the current features to have more flexibility.
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WiFi Alarm
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WiFi Alarm New Alarm
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WiFi Alarm Set Alarm
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WiFi Alarm Detail
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WiFi Alarm Choose Network
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WiFi Alarm Settings
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WiFi Alarm Main on Tablet
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WiFi Alarm Add Alarm on Tablet
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WiFi Alarm on Tablet
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WiFi Alarm Settings on Tablet
Usefulness:
This is actually very useful if you move around and log in and out of various WiFi networks. Because there is some information you don’t want to transmit over public networks, having that reminder, and being able to set it for specific networks, is a nice feature.
Ease of Use:
The app was very easy to set up, and adding alarms was a simple thing.
Frequently Used:
Once you set up the alarms for your networks, you probably won’t be in the app itself very often. However, depending on how many alarms you have, and how often you move in and out of those networks, you could get the reminders a few times a day.
Interface:
The interface was very clean and simple. The app does one thing, and it doesn’t have any extra frills or anything to distract from that.