Better Clock
Description of App
Make a simple clock simply better with Better Clock, now with full VoiceOver support! Fall asleep to ANY program with background audio!
Better Clock is the first and simplest alarm clock app designed specifically for iOS4.2 on iPad and multi-tasking. It's an alarm clock, only BETTER.
-Background audio for alarms and sleep
- Local notifications
- Universal for iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch
Before iOS 4.2, relying on an alarm clock on the iPad was never a sure thing. If you left the app, your alarm wouldn’t sound.
Better Clock uses multi-tasking and local notifications to make sure your alarm will sound, even in the background. It’s reliable and simple to use.
Lots of us like to fall asleep to music. Before Better Clock, you were limited to selecting songs or playlists you have synced to the device. With Better Clock, you can use Pandora, Last.fm or any audio app that supports background audio with our sleep timer. Just start playing any music you like and we’ll fade it for you.
Accessibility - Better Clock now has full VoiceOver support making it's simple alarms even easier to use!
With Better Clock, you get just what the name says – a Better Clock. You can simply and easily set an alarm without the clutter of other functionality you don't want or need. So don’t wait and don’t oversleep again, download a Better Clock today!
Accessibility Comments
This app offers full support for VoiceOver.
All buttons are clearly labelled, and the developer has made sure to add extra information to these buttons (wherever appropriate) for VoiceOver users.
The main screen of the app contains a number of graphical elements. All of these are read by VoiceOver, and give a clear description of what they are and their current status. These leements include:
Although there were no obvious accessibility issues with this app, there were a couple of times when it became unresponsive when I was navigating the main screen. Once it actually locked the device.
I also had some problems when trying to use the iPod app to play music in the background. There were a few times when the music got paused when I was using the app switcher to switch back to Better Clock.
Despite these issues, I would still recommend this app to anybody who is looking for an accessible clock that offers multiple alarms and a sleep timer that supports background audio.