Place Alarm app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 3790 ratings )
Utilities Travel
Developer: Cloudy Day AB
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.2.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 10 Sep 2010
App size: 6.59 Mb

Place Alarm is a utility that alarms you when you arrives or leaves a specified location.
You can set up specific reminders, with individual sound alarms, when getting close to your favorite places.

• Never forget to book a conference room when arriving to the office .
• Dont leave your home without bringing the tickets to the game.
• Dont miss your bus stop again.
• Reminder to pass the dry cleaner on your way home.

Features:

• Simple and very easy to use.
• Runs in the background.
• Different power savings modes.
• Choose different sounds for each alarm.
• Unlimited number of alarms.
• Trigger alarm when you arrive or leave a place.
• Snooze the alarm to act on it later.
• Full Google Map integration.
• Search for any address or place on map.
• Use either map, satellite or hybrid map mode.
• Zoom in or out on the map to set location radius.
• Set an alarm to valid after a certain date and time (eg. Bring tickets when leaving home on saturday).
• Dont require internet connection (except when setting the alarm location on the map).

Since continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life, Place Alarm has different modes that tries to balance the trade off between tracking your exact location all the time and battery life.
Place alarm uses an IOS function that activates Place Alarm when a "significant location change" has occurred. This is basically when the iPhone needs to change gsm cell tower.
When Place Alarm has been activated, depending on your settings, it starts to track your exact location for a certain amount of minutes and then "goes to sleep" until a next "significant location change occurs". In most cases Place Alarm only needs to track your movements for 10-20 minutes and still be able to trigger alarms at your set locations.

Requires iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 with iOS 4 or later