These are all terrible and offensive and they will wake you ready to fight. You’ve just listened to the Presto alarm. Imagine a white-gloved hand-bell performer ringing the highest, smallest bell directly in your ear at a furious pace. Presto. Exactly like ‘Radar,’ except with a bell.A good choice if you’d like to feel jumpy and on-edge. It is high-pitched, repetitive, and you will hear it ringing in your ears for the rest of the day. Radar. This is, shockingly, the iPhone default.Old phone. Brings back all of the anxiety you felt before cell phones and caller ID.Car horn. Arguably the most obnoxious cartoon sound effect of all time.Alarm. Low, blaring, and repetitive – straight out of a Michael Bay movie.Why is a duck in here? Is it angry at me? These are not questions a person should have to consider before coffee. But in our opinion, a duck quacking relentlessly in your ear at 6:00 a.m. Honorable mention: Apple alarms does come with some default “natural sounds,” like a dog barking and a duck quacking. Slow rise. Slow with overlapping chimes, this is peaceful but sounds more like a lullaby than a morning tune.Timba. A surprisingly upbeat option, but the nothing-but-drums sound is organic and satisfying and definitely registers as peaceful compared to the synthetic sounds of other alarms.Ripples. Aptly named, this one sounds watery and dreamy.Silk. Slow and ascending, with classical Chinese sounds.The soothing options in the default alarm sounds are not stellar, but there is a handful worth trying: We tried them all – and then ranked our top 5 soothing sounds and top 5 jarring sounds to help you say “see ya” to the infamous snooze button.

Whichever camp you fall in, there’s an Apple alarm sound for you. So maybe try to find a sound that’s more “annoying” and less “terrifying.” Apple Alarm Sounds Ranked You want to be awake, but not that awake. One study showed that firefighters are 6.4 times more likely to have a “cardiovascular event” (read: heart attack) when the station alarm sounds in the night than they are during their daytime, non-emergency duties. Adding an additional jolt awake can get your heart pumping, but it’s not always good for you.

Thirty minutes after you wake up, your cortisol levels rise slowly to prepare you for the anticipated stress of the day. The thing is, your body already has a cortisol awakening response. What happens when you’re sound asleep and suddenly hear a blaring alarm? Your cortisol levels spike, big-time. Though opposite, both schools of thought have some scientific merit. You might even resort to placing your alarm on a Roomba so it’s hard to catch.

Choose a sound so jarring that it startles you awake.

Choose a sound (or a song) that is soothing, positive, and that you can listen to in its entirety – so you wake up gently and don’t snooze it in a sleepy stupor.

There are two schools of thought when it comes to morning alarms. jarring) and then you can check out our list of the top 10 Apple alarm sounds to wake you from your slumbers. First, we’ll help you understand which type of alarm is best for you (soothing vs. We’re here to help you find a tone that does the trick. It may be too peaceful and quiet to actually pull you out of sleep, or you could just become accustomed to the tone and sleep through it.

If you have trouble hitting the snooze button a few too many times, one of the issues may be your alarm sound.

But sometimes it’s hard to find an alarm tone that actually works and gets you out of bed in the morning. It’s convenient, reliable, and easy to setup. Using your iPhone as your alarm clock is a popular method for many people.

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