Thanks for the review! We’ve been hard at work on planning and developing the next two releases. Some new features are going to be added (many based on customer feedback).

Push notification is something we’ve been contemplating. It’s has it’s pros and cons and we’re still debating it.

With tens of thousands of uses of TimeTuner around the world now, we have very few reports/emails from customers about the foreground/background application process… most people that have experience with other apps (including clocks) realize that unless their apps are running, they don’t function.

Maybe one day Apple will alter the SDK to allow background processes from 3rd party developers.

Thanks again for the great review, much appreciated.

Cheers
Brett

As you know from the above writeup, I dig the app and it’s now a regular part of my routine.

Although it’s not essential, I’m wondering what the possibility is of integrating Push Notifications in the future?

I appreciate that this would render the radio portion of the app redundant (as the app would be closed), but it would be a useful addition for us users.

I’d like to hear your thoughts on that.

And well done on creating a truly excellent app!

I read the US store reviews too. Yours is the only one that says that text messages or other events cause the alarms to fail. A few reviews that have problems are to do with the fact that those users don’t understand the concept that an iPhone app must run in the foreground to be operational. If that fact is stated on the apps App Store page, then that is not really a problem with the app. It’s a problem with the OS.

But there also seem to be numerous reviews from people who have no problems whatsoever, who presumably understand the concept of the ‘foreground’ app — i.e., launch the app before you go to bed. It would (will?) be cool if Apple opens up the OS to multitasking applications and background processes but that’s not happening yet, which is too bad.

Perhaps you have something anomalous going on with your setup?

Text messages and incoming calls do not disable TimeTuner’s alarms. They do, however, sometimes over-ride the auto-lock feature of the iPhone, allowing the screen to go to sleep. But the app is still there, running behind the blank screen, alarms and all. Again, a function of the iPhone OS and not the app itself. I receive calls and text messages all the time while running TimeTuner, and after those events, the app reverts back to where it left off.

Maybe you should contact the developers, support@dreamsurface.com if you have any questions or issues. It’s hard for devs to troubleshoot, or offer advice to anomalous situations or setups via blog postings or reviews.