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I like this! just downloaded the app and will give it a whirl tomorrow morning.

Ever considered adding a feature to let strangers wake up other users? So it would work like this... ten minutes before your alarm is set to go off another user is chosen at random from a different time zone, he/she get's a notification to either pass or accept the task of waking you up. When it's time for the alarm to go off a VOIP session is opened and the user will then shout or speak softly, or strum a guitar or use an airhorn, etc... to wake you up. implement a rating system so each "waker" and each "sleeper" would be able to promote feedback to refine the system. fun!

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I've certainly heard of this already existing as a product, but don't remember what the name was.

Another product to allow strangers to wake you up, or something similar to Jolt?

Wakie: https://wakie.com/

That's actually pretty cool. I don't think it's an alarm clock though. Maybe they could add that feature.

It's like the alarm clock version of ChatRoulette. I like it haha. That's actually a pretty cool idea, it's different enough that it could be a completely separate app.

Nothing wakes better than a loud cock-a-doodle-doos!

Or an electric "jolt". But that might be a 2.0 feature. lol.

I feel like that would lead to pranksters screaming, or worse playing some ridiculous pitch and frequency that could cause hearing damage.

I'd deff give one star feedback to anyone waking me up using the brown note.

It sounds like that could be part of the fun. lol.

yeah totally! question: If I connect the headphone jack to my stereo system will the Jolt music play through when it's time for the alarm to go off?

Now I can reply to this question. I guess we can't have too many nested replys. I actually haven't tested having the alarm go off with an external speaker like that. But, when I'm using headphones it will actually play on both the headphones and the phone's speaker. But when I pair my phone through the Amazon Echo Dot that I have, the alarm plays on the dot and not on the phone. I'm actually not entirely sure why that happens, but I think that has to do with how android manages audio. But anyways it should be fine, but your mileage may vary.

Also, what if the user waking the other one didn't make any noise, so the other person doesn't wake up? I'd think that'd be worse.

The app could intervene with a loud alarm if the user didn't press "stop/snooze" within five minutes.

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