Dawn Chorus
Dawn Chorus
The official app & game
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DESCRIPTION
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Wake up to natures chorus with a bird alarm clock developed by Carnegie Museum of Natural History and The Innovation Studio. This artfully designed app is a calming, nature-inspired alternative to your usual blaring alarm. When the alarm goes off, birds create a chorus of song. Choose from 20 birds to create a custom alarm. All of the birds are native to the northeastern United States, and users can hear their calls and learn more about them on information cards developed with museum scientists.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. The museum is an active research institution with an environmental research center in Rector, Pennsylvania called Powdermill Nature Reserve. The birds in this app were studied at the museum, are often banded at Powdermill, or are frequently impacted by window collisionsa phenomenon that the museum helps study and prevent as part of BirdSafe Pittsburgh.
The Innovation Studio is the design, development, and workflow laboratory at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, where it supports a culture of innovation throughout the museums.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Developer: The Carnegie Institute
Genre: Tools
App version: 1.2
App size: 53M
Recent changes: Dawn Chorus update for Android!
Features an improved alarm which works without the use of notifications.
Now, Dawn Chorus will open and your bird songs will layer and blend into a beautiful chorus.
This update introduces two additional alarm settings:
- Schedule alarms to repeat
- Label alarms
Comments:
I'm really satisfied with the alarm, It's missing a few key features, but it lets you choose up to 5 birds per alarm, and gives you information about them. I wish there was an alarm permission because then I could use it with my other apps. (One of my apps prevents Dawn Chorus from working properly). Will to 5 stars if they add the permission.
This app makes it possible to wake on time without waking my husband & young child. Rather than using the snooze function, I have multiple alarms progressing from gentle songbirds to insistent blue jays & woodpeckers. Love it! Two issues, though. First, the app will keep your screen from sleeping if it's active on top. It would be better if the screen timed out per the device's default settings. Also, sometimes a bird keeps singing after I stop an alarm. Fully quitting the app takes care of it.
I LOVE THIS ALARM!!! I've been using it for a long time. Upgrades are coming a little slower than I'd like. However I can say it has never crashed or been unreliable. I use it as a Work alarm. It would be even better if more birds were added. I'm also thinking a way to customize pause length between songs would be awsome. Overall, I highly recommend this app.
While I love the idea of this app I am only giving it 3 stars. It doesn't seem to work all the time. I can set an alarm for 8 am and it won't go off but other times I'll set an alarm for a half hour from now and it works fine. I love that you can customize which bird calls you can use, and I hope in the future more birds will be added. Cool app, but definitely needs an update.
UPDATE: Sadly it doesn't work or sound anymore on my new SG20 PAST: Excellent alarm to wake up to, though some gliches can be fixed. Sometimes it won't turn off, so I have to reboot my Android phone. But it doesn't happen all the time."
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