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title: "Disappearing Bedside Clock - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "A bedside clock that keeps you in the dark—except when you want to know the time.  The clock display disappears after an adjustable time interval, letting you (and the device) rest peacefully.   Touch"
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# Disappearing Bedside Clock — United States

![Disappearing Bedside Clock App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/a9/b6/8e/a9b68e1f-bc01-b7c3-12a3-07a38e5c7dc8/AppIcon-1x_U007epad-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Midnight Oil Enterprises](https://apptail.io/developer/midnight-oil-enterprises-YIHb)
**Category:** Utilities
**Rating:** 4.3/5 (92 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.mn-oil.BedsideClock
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.4.6 (released 2023-04-30)
**Original Release:** 2014-05-07
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id870111622)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/disappearing-bedside-clock-Ysvd/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/disappearing-bedside-clock-Ysvd/united-states)

## Disappearing Bedside Clock Description
A bedside clock that keeps you in the dark—except when you want to know the time.  The clock display disappears after an adjustable time interval, letting you (and the device) rest peacefully. 

Touch the screen to check the time, which will again disappear after the adjustable interval. On iPhones in portrait orientation, you don't have to touch the screen to see the time. Simply wave your hand in front of the screen to activate the iPhone's proximity detector and the time display! Or, on all devices, enable adaptive vibration sensing to activate the display with a touch to your nightstand or even a footstep on your floor.

Optional brightness dimming is also provided, which lowers the screen's backlight brightness on LCD devices once the clock has disappeared to produce an even darker display and lower power consumption. (The backlight is dimmed as low as possible automatically, but it is not turned off. On iPhones in portrait orientation, holding your hand in front of phone's proximity sensor for a full second will turn off the backlight. )

If you have enabled "Hey Siri!" you can activate the time display with your voice.  Simply say "Hey Siri! Goodbye." to see the time! Use Siri to enable Do Not Disturb mode and manage alarms. 

Embrace the darkness!

Features:
* Digital or analog, 12 or 24-hour time display options (2 & 3-finger long press toggles)
* Swipe right or tap to display the time
* Adjustable, automatic time-display fadeout
* Swipe left to immediately darken the display
* Double tap to toggle between automatic disappearance mode and always-on time display
* Pan vertically with two fingers to adjust undimmed display brightness
* Optional automatic backlight dimming
* Select normal or thin display fonts (one-finger long press to toggle)
* Customize the time-display color
* Hide date option
* No-touch activation
 > proximity detection on iPhones in portrait orientation
 > adaptive vibration sensing
 > voice activation using Siri

The default vibration sensitivity setting is quite high, so you may want to decrease it slightly if ambient vibrations are triggering the display unintentionally.

No ads, no in-app purchases, no nonsense.

## Disappearing Bedside Clock Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/6d/78/cc/6d78cc67-159d-502b-15fe-d81b3c42b698/mzl.diuuwnlg.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/c2/83/92/c2839239-6d7e-fa7d-7c5e-ef3f77525851/mzl.pjlkjmoe.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/65/ba/53/65ba53e5-5ec8-ff97-5ea8-322f7b17d5ac/mzl.oumathfv.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/20/c4/8e/20c48e17-0f82-bee8-7d02-63be36536a74/mzl.zvyyudsb.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/42/e6/43/42e64303-29e3-e0f8-aa1e-3e2d447899d6/mzl.xjddjjcg.png/960x640.png)

## Disappearing Bedside Clock Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 66 (72%)
- 4 stars: 11 (12%)
- 3 stars: 3 (3%)
- 2 stars: 4 (4%)
- 1 stars: 8 (9%)

## Disappearing Bedside Clock Reviews in United States

### ***** "A simply perfect application"
I am using this app  in an iPhone 15 with firmware 17,4,1. This version has a very good way to show a dimmed clock, and I even considered leaving this bedside clock. 
 It no! With this version of iPhone and firmware, the bedside clock become… perfect?
I have it set to dissolve the clock after few se mods an set the color to a warm tone. 
And if I touch the iPhone in the dark (or even just kick the bedside desk, it elegantly gissokves the displayed clock and darkens totally the display. 
Using it for years, and will keep using it for more years. 
Kudos for you!
-- lasc1945, 2024-04-09

### ***** "Indispensable"
One of my favorite apps ever
-- Splaceman, 2024-02-08

### **--- "Light stays on"
Wish I had not purchased it.
The light/time will go off after a few seconds, but the screen light still stays on.  Meaning the screen is black but there is a white hue that creates a constant light.  You are better off putting the clock on the main screen of your phone/iPad and just touching it to see the time.
-- golf waddy, 2023-10-01

### ***** "I like it"
I like it because it does not bother my wife at night.  That’s good for both of us.  Been married 56 years.
-- blg001, 2022-12-08

### ***** "Favorite app!"
1. Yay no subscription needed!  One time cost that’s SO worth it!

2. It’s the only clock app that truly goes dim enough that it doesn’t prompt wakefulness.  How can anyone sleep with a bright green Lght in their face?  This one is SO subtle.  Don’t judge it as too dim if you look at it in the day.  Your night vision is keen if not polluted by light.

3.  The simple analog face is also conducive to sleep.  This is the only app I’ve seen that isn’t too “busy” with second hands and some even have ads! , all of which busy the mind.  Bella and whistles are not helpful for sleep.

4.  TIP:  to dim, turn to portrait, not landscape. Put 2 fingers at top of clock and slowly, without stoping, scroll to the bottom.  I had to ask developer how to do this.  He was SO responsive & helpful!

5.  I use this every night instead of a bedside clock.  (If I wake, I need to know the time to know if I should go back to sleep or start waking up.)

Great app!
-- bevwildflowers, 2021-11-12

### ***** "Simple and well designed"
Use it everyday. I like the simplicity  and elegance. And I appreciate that it works. Have used for years. Best alarm clock on my phone.
-- Wayinky, 2021-02-14

### ****- "Awesome"
I’ve used this app nightly for a couple years now. Works really good. Not bright. Simple. I love it. My only complaint is that the settings change on their own from time to time. I use the thin font and lowest brightness setting and sometimes I’ll open the app and it’ll be a thick font or really bright. Not quite sure why it does this. It’ll also change from always on to disappearing mode. I like it to be always on. So I just change to back. Not too bothersome. Is just weird.
-- Jgjenna, 2021-01-19

### ***** "Excellent"
Comforting at night
-- Bill617, 2021-01-02

### ***** "Long search over"
I recently purchased this app after searching for a clock that doesn’t keep me up at night blasting light in my face.
I went through a dozen apps, Amazon Echo and Google/Lenovo Clock. Nothing would go dim enough. 
The clock app I was using on my iPhone 6 was the dimmest I could find until I came across your app.
I’m unable to turn the screen off completely using the proximity sensor gesture, but this app is the dimmest. Good job!
Thanks. 
Would be nice to have outside temp. You can make it optional in the setting screen for those who don’t want it.
-- Halorecordings, 2020-12-02

### *---- "Crash"
Since 14.2 update, app crashes on open.
-- Arahothlien, 2020-11-23

### **--- "Notifications all night long"
An iPhone considers itself unlocked while this app is active, which is while you are sleeping. Do Not Disturb will not silence anything, texts, emails, calls, unless you switch your preference to always silent. Personally I like getting notifications during the day and expect you do too. If you don’t mind switching up your preferences every night and every morning, then I guess this app could work for you.
-- C W Johnson, 2020-08-12

### ***** "Great app!"
EXACTLY what I was looking for.  Works great.  Thank you!!
-- HappySleeper!, 2020-03-09

### **--- "Long-proximity gesture doesn't work"
Used this for the first time last night and had no trouble using the long-proximity gesture to fully darken the screen. Tonight it will not stay dark no matter what I do. As soon as I move my hand to the side, the backlight comes back on. Very frustrating.  (iPhone 6s Plus on IOS 13.3.1 with Assistive Touch turned off in settings)
-- bevbm, 2020-02-20

### ****- "Pretty cool app"
App is pretty much exactly as explained but like a prior review that I read, the back light does go completely black with a hand in front of it and when I move my hand away in a swiping motion out of frame the backlight comes back on. Outside of this issue, it really is a awesome app and I would suggest it to anyone
-- stevearino82489, 2019-11-16

### ***** "Best bedside clock"
The vibration activation makes this the best bedside clock.  When I wake in the night, it is so easy to check the time by touching the phone or tapping the edge of the nightstand.  For my purposes, this App couldn’t get any better.  Congrats to the developers!
-- LeanAtHeart, 2019-10-14

### ****- "Backlight trick doesn’t work in ios 13"
In portrait mode you are supposed to be able to hold your hand for one second in front if the proximity sensor in order to turn off the backlight. The backlight does go off but only stays off as long as your hand is in front of the proximity sensor. Iphone 8. Tried with vibration sensor turned off, same thing. Otherwise the app is as described. Will update the review if it gets fixed or if I find out that I am using it wrong. I won’t use the all with the backlight on. Edit: I saw and appreciate the developer’s response. The light always comes back on. I have now tried it on an iphone 6 as well. EDIT: Bumped up to 5 stars. I figured out that the proximity sensor is affected by the iphone’s “assistive touch” feature under accessibility settings. When I turn it off, I can completely dim the screen! Edit2: Since IOS 13, the trick to turb off the backlight no longer works
-- Zpad2, 2019-10-01

### ****- "Snooze Button"
I think this bedside clock is awesome. Only thing that could make it better for me is if it had a snooze and off button for the iOS alarm clock. I have to swipe down from top and then press snooze that is located right on top of the off button. Too many gestures and probability of hitting the off button instead of snooze could be bad. Without the bedside clock turned on the snooze pops up right in the middle of the screen and the off at the bottom, making  it a much easier to navigate half asleep.  
Again I think it is a great looking clock.
-- J Hugdahl, 2019-09-29

### *---- "Needs iOS 13 update"
No longer works after iOS 13 update. Developers need to get on this fix ASAP
-- Greenzel, 2019-09-23

### ***** "Great, needs 1 more thing..."
Current features are awesome, the feature that would make this perfect would be to add an option to set specific hours when the clock always on and hours it works off of vibrate settings. 

So for example, if I have an iPad on the wall, the clock would be always on during the day and at night it would only turn on based on the vibrate feature when I walk by the iPad.
-- Badappl3, 2019-07-21

### ***-- "Good for time but missing an alarm"
Great app for keeping the room dark but no alarm function and not compatible with other alarm clock apps since they need to run in the foreground to work. Does work with Apple alarm but this requires switching apps when waking up. This app would be PERFECT if it included an alarm setting with “fade in” sound and an on screen snooze or stop alarm.
-- Long And Winding Dirt Road, 2019-06-11

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## Disappearing Bedside Clock Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Utilities | #148 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | Utilities | #201 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Utilities | #231 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | Utilities | #269 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Utilities | #289 |
| Top Paid | India | Utilities | #316 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Utilities | #391 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Utilities | #409 |

## Disappearing Bedside Clock Discovered Keywords
- disappearing bedside clock


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