AbAlarm

AbAlarm is simple, yet efficient piece of software which can be used in order to help you create alarms and countdowns, so as not prevent you from burning food yet again.

The installation process is a piece of cake, as it does not bring any kind of surprises and it does not take longer than a few seconds. When you wrap it up, the interface you are greeted by encompasses a minimal and modern design. It can be used by anybody without facing any kind of problems, be they experienced or not with computers.

This software utility comes packed with a few countdown templates, developed specifically to remind you about the tea or pizza you are making. Aside from this, you can set up your own countdowns and alarms and perform a specified action when your time parameters are met.

To be more accurate, you can display a text notification, play a sound from the hard drive (MP3, WAV), launch a specified web page, as well as shutdown the computer. It is possible to create multiple items, so that you can use them at a later date, while you can also choose several operations to be performed in the same time.

CPU and memory usage is minimal, which means that the system’s performance is not going to be hampered, and you can run this program along with others, without experiencing issues, even if they are demanding.

Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say AbAlarm is a good choice for people who tend to forget food on the stove. The interface is intuitive, all jobs are performed quite swiftly and our tests did not pick up on any errors or crashes.