Free Alarm Clock (formerly Bmkol Alarm Clock)

Sure enough it can be quite a difficult task to even get out of bed in the morning. It’s the main purpose of alarm clocks to alert you of such events, or even others throughout the day. In case most of your activities are performed on a computer, applications like Free Alarm Clock can come in handy to individuals of all levels of experience.

A cool thing about it is that you don’t have to go through a setup process to make the application work, so it’s not only possible to run it as soon as download is done, but also to have it stored and carried around on a thumb drive to use on other computers. Just make sure that .NET Framework is on the target PC.

The visual design aims to make it easy to understand the set of features. There’s a depiction of a classic clock which shows system time, as well as a couple of elements with which to configure the alarm. You can set the new alert to the current day, which is the default option, or any other one by choosing through the calendar.

You need to first unlock the alarm to be able to edit it, and this is a good idea because it prevents you from accidentally modifying the configured time value. The application relies on a 12 hour clock, so the value you provide, in hour and minute also need to be according to this type.

It uses a default audio alert, which, unfortunately, can’t be changed. It rings until you stop it, making it a reliable choice, especially when you’re not around. Sadly, a message can’t be set to show up. When configured, it can only be minimized to the taskbar, and not the tray area. What’s more, there’s no startup option.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Free Alarm Clock offers a reliable method of configuring an alarm, but it’s only packed with a simple set of features. The visual design isn’t highly appealing, but it manages to be intuitive enough.