What’s it do?
It’s an alarm app that donates $US0.25 to a non-profit organisation (under the LetGive umbrella) every time you hit the snooze button. Think about that, from now on every time you’re feeling lazy and can’t get out of bed, you’re actually helping somebody! The app doesn’t force you to donate either, it just makes it a helluva lot easier. Snooze will asks you two times a month if you would like to donate your snooze hits to the non-profit of your choice.
Why do we like it?
My former roommate hit the snooze button at least 10-20 times a day. I couldn’t understand it. What a waste of time! Why not set your alarm later? No matter. We all have our philosophical differences on getting up but if you can help a “good” organisation at a rate that won’t dent your wallet while still doing what you do, what’s not to like? I’m not sure if this is supposed to encourage or discourage snoozing but if you have half a heart, you’d sign up for this (though I do wish you could pick your own charity and the rate at which you would want to donate per snooze).
The Best
Feel like a good person
The Worst
Change alarm tones
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Robert
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 10:27 AMAnd if it utilizes Apple’s in-app payment API (which I’m sure it does), 30% of that charitable donation will be stolen by Apple. Happy days.
Dan
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 5:38 AMActually, it doesn’t.
Izzy
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 5:24 AMRobert (et al). As the lead developer at LetGive, I can tell you that Snooze does not use the in-app payment API. It uses LetGive’s own API that lets any developer create charitable mobile apps. That means–not one penny is taken by Apple.
Elizabeth
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 6:14 AMActually, donations are processed via LetGive’s API, so $.90 of every $1.00 goes to the charity. We’re working on getting this lower, but we need volume to do this, so please snooze away…
Robert
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 4:02 PMGood to hear. Did apple provide an individual exemption from their policy?
Izzy
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 12:02 AMRobert, the Apple policy does not apply to us because we are not using the in-app purchasing API to process the pledges.