Two of the features I enjoy with my iPhones alarm is a) it turns of on weekends automatically and b) it has very pleasant wake-up sounds. Is there a standalone alarm clock that does this as well?
I have to few hours in a day at the moment, so "sounds like a fun raspi project" won't cut it, I'm afraid.
It was really a game changer, it only wakes her when her sleep is light (we go in there ~10 minutes after if we have a timing to follow, or let her finish her sleep if not) and she stopped getting up at random times.
Now thinking about getting something similar for us too :)
If that's too much clutter - did you google around for pre-existing pi projects so you don't need to waste any time on it? And if it doesn't exist - sounds like an approachable project for someone in the HN crowd to pick up!
I use an old Android phone as an alarm clock, I nearly uninstalled all other apps and it's on airplane mode most of the time to save battery. Works like a charm.
We'll be letting you set wake-up time via the app. Unfortunately, it isn't possible to directly read the built in clock's alarm times (apparently).
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It helps you wake up because you have to walk to grab it and you can't look at it in bed.
I still sometimes will grab my phone and go back to bed, when I need the sleep but otherwise it is a great trick most days.