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Morning Routine is an alarm clock app that forces you out of bed [VIDEO]
April 10, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
Android App Reviews, Reviews, Tools
Evaluated version: 1.0
Pros: Creates multiple alarms, decreases risk of over-sleeping
Cons: Requires zxing barcode scanning app
Alarm clocks went the way of the dodo for most smartphone owners. However, that doesn’t mean users still don’t struggle to get up out of bed. Instead of pounding on an alarm clock and sleeping an extra 15 or 30 minutes, we pound on a touch screen and sleep an extra 15 or 30 minutes that we don’t have to spare.
Morning Routine is a clever Android app that doesn’t allow users to waste the morning in bed. A user could set it to a standard alarm with a snooze capability, but the app also features a mode that requires users scan a barcode before it will turn off. There have been many times where I have shut off my alarm and then laid in bed because I was awaked enough to stop the noise but not motivated to get up. This app prevents that because requiring that I scan a barcode means I have to get out of bed and search for a nearby CD, book, or other product and scan to turn it off. By then, I’m already out of bed and there’s no need to get up again.
People who are especially sleep-crazed can then launch an advanced “Sequence” that doesn’t settle for any old barcode. Instead, users have to set to a specific code – say orange juice in the fridge or a cereal box – and scan it before the alarm will cut off. Morning Routine can then be set to turn off the alarm, open a website, or trigger more warnings. A commuter who needs to be out of the house by 7:30 AM can set the app to start a reminder 17 minutes after breakfast that it’s time to leave.
Morning Routine is a free app that requires Android 1.6 or higher. Users must also install zing’s barcode scanner in order to use the app. Download it from Google Play and you can create multiple alarms to manage how you get up in the morning.
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What if you just put like a product with a barcode next to you before you sleep so you don’t have to get out of bed? lol.
you wouldn’t do that because it would just encourage you to stay in bed. this is designed to give you the extra push/motivation, so you would have to at least keep the product on the other side of the room.
I was thinking the exact same thing!!!
Hahahah! That’s quite cleaver! Sadly, I don’t think it will be a popular app
This app scares me, not sure I could handle it in my life!
> I scan a barcode means I have to get out of bed and
> search for a nearby CD,
Huh? I can just scan something right next to the bed.
How about this idea instead: When it’s time to get up… get yourself up. If you can’t even get out of bed… you need to start making some major changes/improvements to YOU. (Not to your cell phone apps.)
People, like me, who use something like this at least long enough to enforce the habit are probably already in a state of mind not to render it useless the night before. My state of mind upon waking up to an alarm is vastly different than when I set the alarm. Like Ulysses and the Sirens. I think it’s quite clever to be able to set it to a specific barcode to something in the kitchen. Cuz once I’m there I’m far enough along to make food and coffee.
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