Alarm Clock

Alarm Clock is a lightweight software application whose purpose is to help you set up alarms so you can remember important events. In order to run the utility correctly and avoid bumping into all sorts of errors, you need to deploy Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 on the target computer.

Simplistic layout

After a quick and basic installation process where you only need to press on a few next buttons in order to complete the task, you are welcomed by a plain design. The tool offers support for only a few configuration settings which are grouped into a single minimalist panel.
Although you cannot appeal to a help manual to read more about the program’s functions, you can quickly get an idea about how to tweak the dedicated parameters because they look easy to work with.

Set up alarms

Alarm Clock offers you the possibility to configure a new alarm by specifying the time in hours and minutes, and selecting between the AM and PM mode. Activating the alarm can be done with a single click.
Tests have pointed out that the application carries out a task quickly. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not affected.
On the downside, there’s no support for advanced features so professional users may be disappointed by the poor support for configuration settings. You are not allowed to view the current time displayed in the main window, set up multiple alarms at the same time, configure custom audio files (e.g. WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA) to be used as sound notifications, show a user-defined text message, and run a specific program, just to name a few suggestions.

Final remarks

To sum things up, Alarm Clock has to offer nothing more than basic options and limited functionality for helping you trigger alarms. It is suitable especially for less experienced users.