Hundreds of years ago, gladiators, Vikings, and warriors would get ready and gear up for a battle every new morning. Not much has changed today; our battle with the snooze button on the alarm is nothing less violent. What’s worse is that the alarm on your iPhone has the upper hand to win this fight – you simply cannot change the snooze time on the iPhone.
If this annoys you, we’re sure it’ll never happen again. In this article, we want to show you how to change the alarm snooze duration on your iPhone. But let’s first understand why such a constraint exists in the first place.
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How Long Is the Snooze Duration of Alarms on iPhone
The default snooze duration for alarms on your iPhone is nine minutes. You cannot increase or decrease it. Further, the number doesn’t make sense – we’d understand if it is five, ten minutes, or even fifteen. Why nine out of all numbers? Is it one of those decisions Apple makes without clear explanations – like not adding a calculator app on the iPad? Let’s find out!
Why Is the Default Snooze Duration Nine Minutes
Back in the day, clocks were designed by assembling mechanical components. Adding a snooze feature meant adding more such mechanical parts to the assembly. However, with mechanical parts back in the day, precision was a certain issue. Unlike today, we did not have cutting-edge digital tools to maintain accurate and precise tolerances for mechanical assemblies.
Clock makers decided to set a snooze duration of ten minutes – a seemingly ideal round number. However, precision issues meant they could only set a snooze duration of ten minutes and forty-three seconds, or nine minutes and three seconds. Ultimately, they had to pick one, and the latter was chosen. Theories are debated to this day, and the story has multiple versions.
Thus, Apple wants to keep the snooze duration at nine minutes to keep the tradition running – more like a historical constraint that masquerades as a tradition. Electronics and innovation aim to overcome such constraints and provide better user experiences. Would mechanical clocks carry nine minutes of snooze time even if makers could offer the option to set custom snooze times? Most certainly not!
However, we’re not here to seek your ears for our rant – here’s how to set a custom snooze time for alarms on your iPhone.
1. Set Multiple Alarms to Change Snooze Time on iPhone
A simple workaround is to turn off snooze and set multiple alarms between intervals of your choice. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Open the Clock app on your iPhone. Go to the Alarms tab using the bottom ribbon.
Step 2: Tap on the plus icon in the top right corner.
Step 3: Set the time you want your alarm and turn off the toggle for Snooze.
Step 4: Tap on Save.
Repeat the process for all the other alarms that you want to set. Make sure to keep all the alarms with different intervals turned on.
2. Use Third-Party Apps to Change Snooze Length for Alarms
If the above workaround was time-consuming, and you don’t want to have a long list of alarms – your only other option is to use a third-party app to set alarms with custom snooze durations.
1. Alarm Clock for Me
The first app is called ‘Alarm Clock for Me’, and here’s how you can use it to set custom snooze duration on your alarms on your iPhone.
Step 1: Download the app using the link below.
Step 2: Open the app. Grant all the permission it asks for.
Step 3: Tap on the + icon and select Alarm.
Step 4: Select the time for the alarm. Tap on Snooze.
Step 5: Turn on the toggle for Snooze. And set the snooze duration.
Step 6: Go back and tap on Save to confirm the alarm.
2. Alarmy Alarm Clock
Alarmy is one of the most feature-rich alarm apps for your iPhone. Here’s how to set an alarm with a snooze duration of your choice using this app.
Step 1: Download the app using the link below.
Step 2: Open the app and grant all the necessary permissions. Tap on the plus icon in the bottom right corner.
Step 3: Tap on Alarm.
Step 4: Set the time for the alarm and select snooze.
Step 5: Set your desired snooze duration.
Step 6: Tap on Done. Tap on OK to save the alarm.
FAQs on iPhone Alarm Snooze Settings
1. Can I use a timer as an alarm on my iPhone?
Yes. You can use the timer as an alarm on your iPhone. Once the timer ends, you will receive a notification sound that can be perceived as an alarm.
2. How many alarms can I set on the iPhone?
There isn’t any limit to the alarms you can set on the iPhone.
3. What is the default snooze duration for alarms on Apple Watch?
Like the iPhone, the default duration for alarms on the Apple Watch is also nine minutes.
Set Snooze Time of Your Choice
We hope this article helps you eliminate the constraint and change the default snooze time on your iPhone. Come on, Apple, you can do better. Let’s hope the feature to change the snooze duration is built into the iPhone’s Clock app with the next iOS update!
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