Ever want to set one of your favorite Spotify songs as the alarm? Wouldn’t be cool and motivative to wake up to it, right? SpotAlarm will make the magic happen. The first thing you want to do is install it from the BigBoss repo (free). Then open the Spotify app pick a song tap the Share button and copy the link. Finding the perfect alarm for your smartphone can be a lot harder than you might think. With the enormous number of choices available, it can even be a little overwhelming. Plus, it’s hard to find a sound that’s pleasing enough to wake up to, but still gets the job done. If you’re the type of person who prefers to wake up with your own music, SpotOn just might be what you’re looking for: an alarm clock that uses the music from Spotify that you choose as an alarm. Step 1 Open the Clock app and tap an alarm you want to edit or tap + icon to create a new one. Step 2 Tap the Sounds icon, and then tap the Spotify tab. Step 3 If this is the first time for you to set Spotify music as alarm sound, you will need to connect Clock app to Spotify. Just tap Connect button to contine.
It turns out that, according to the developer of Nightstand, Spotify's licensing does not permit an Alarm Clock function. Which is a bummer as when my phone gets updated to iOS 11, my current alarm clock program (that does play Spotify on wake,) will not carry over. Level 2 1 point 3 years ago.
Finding the perfect alarm for your smartphone can be a lot harder than you might think. With the enormous number of choices available, it can even be a little overwhelming. Plus, it’s hard to find a sound that’s pleasing enough to wake up to, but still gets the job done. If you’re the type of person who prefers to wake up with your own music, SpotOn just might be what you’re looking for: an alarm clock that uses the music from Spotify that you choose as an alarm. And we’ll show you just how easy it is to set it up.
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SpotOn isn’t much different from any alarm app you’ve already seen on Android. Its interface is simple and anyone who’s used to the alarm clock system on Android will find it effortless to get started. To set you alarm, you have to sign in to your Premium Spotify account and then just open the “Wake” tab and tap the first alarm you see.
The new screen that appears is where you get down to the real nitty gritty. When you tap on the time, you can set the exact time you want your alarm to sound, but the real magic happens when you tap the big green button you see: when you tap this button, you’ll have access to your Spotify account where you can select the music that will help you open your eyes in the morning.
You can choose from two different musical options: a playlist (or album) or a specific song. If you select the first option, you’ll hear a chosen playlist that you like, while the the song alarm will only last as long as the song you choose. The search feature isn’t quite as good as the official Spotify app, and you’ll have to type out the name of the song if you can’t find it by searching only for the name of the artist you want.
After choosing the music that will sound when your alarm goes off, you’ll have to decide if you want the songs to be shuffled (if you picked a playlist or album) and if you want a fade in effect. You also have more general options like making your smartphone vibrate or not, to show notifications, or for the music to play on another device you have connected through Spotify Connect. Then, all that’s left to do is decide what days of the week you want the alarm to sound and if you want to label it. When you add an alarm, you’ll see the basic info in the main column and you can repeat the same process if you want to create more alarms.
Fall asleep with Spotify music
What’s interesting about SpotOn is that it also has another feature for you to use: the possibility to listen to your music on Spotify for a determined amount of time as you’re falling asleep. The options here are somewhat more basic, since you can only choose from your playlists or ready-made ones from Spotify as you fall asleep. After making your selection, you just have to choose how long the music will play, although the max is 60 minutes. It’s a good option for anyone who falls asleep better with relaxing music playing.
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Every music streaming apps have its pros and cons. Spotify isn’t an exception. Here are a few things I love about Spotify:
- It’s a cross-platform service. Meaning I can use it on a computer or tablet without needing my iPhone.
- It has a free subscription plan. You don’t have to spend a single dime
- Spotify has tons of music to choose (According to this page, there are 4 million songs that “Have Never Been Played Once.”)
Why I dislike Spotify?
- The app’s UI is a bit dark and complicated aka not my taste
- Limitations within the free plan
- No music download option
- Lack of explicit control
Some people have asked me why I’m still using Spotify even though I hate the service so much. Well, that’s because I have a jailbroken device and there are several Cydia tweaks for Spotify that allows me to fix these problems.
The following packages will let you enhance your music listening experience and get rid of things you may not like in Spotify.
Spotty
Let’s start our list with a simple tweak. Spotty will add an album art next to each song in your playlist view. These album art are cached so that when you go offline, they can still continue to display without an internet connection.
Lightify
Earlier, I mentioned that one of the reasons why I don’t like Spotify is because of their dark theme. This tweak called Lightify should let you change the app into a much brighter theme.
Besides, with these lighter colors, I was able to navigate through the app faster and easier. After you install it from the BigBoss repo, go to the Settings page and enable Lightify.
SpotAlarm
Ever want to set one of your favorite Spotify songs as the alarm? Wouldn’t be cool and motivative to wake up to it, right? SpotAlarm will make the magic happen.
The first thing you want to do is install it from the BigBoss repo (free). Then open the Spotify app > pick a song > tap the Share button > and copy the link. Then, go to SpotAlarm’s setting page and paste that URL.
Keep in mind that SpotAlarm will only work if you disable Passcode and Touch ID. Furthermore, it will require an internet connection to stream the song.
Amplify and Clarify
These are two separate tweaks, but they share common characteristics, so I’m going to put them together. Both are paid tweaks which mean you will have to pay for them.
Clarify will enhance your Spotify app by:
- Adding background downloads
- No Blur
- Hide Recently Played
- Turn on Always Private Session
Amplify is also packed with several new features for your Spotify app.
- Sleep timer
- Show your status bar while in Now Playing screen
- Keep Repeat State
- QuickScroll
- and many more
Radish
There is a time and place for everything, right? How would you feel if you have your Spotify playing at a family dinner and all of the sudden an explicit song start playing?
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This scenario seems fine if only adults are present. That’s a big no-no if there are children around.
What should I do?
Sadly Spotify doesn’t care. Users can’t disable or set a particular time when explicit songs are not allowed in the app. Luckily, if your iPhone is jailbroken, there is a new jailbreak tweak called Radish that could resolve this problem.
If you can’t jailbreak your iOS device yet then switch over to another music streaming apps such as Pandora, Apple Music, or Tidal. I’m sure Spotify isn’t the only application you guys have.
How to stop Spotify from playing explicit songs in iOS
- Launch Cydia and reload sources
- Add the following repository: http://repo.ioscreatix.com/
- Download and install Radish tweak from there
It’s pretty easy to activate and use this feature. Once you installed it, open the official Spotify app and go to its Playback Settings in the settings panel.
You can turn Radish on and off anytime from there. This is useful because the tweak doesn’t take away your ability to listen to explicit music. Instead, it will only block Spotify from playing when you want it to.
If you’re a developer, you can find the source code for this Radish tweak from Github or click here.
SpotifySiriControls
If you use Siri on a daily basis, you have got to install SpotifySiriControls. You can easily control Spotify using Siri with the following pre-set commands.
- Search for [Artist] on Spotify
- Play [Song title] on Spotify
- Search [Musician] on Spotify
The only drawback about SpotifySiriControls is that it will only work if users have Assistant+ (a premium tweak) installed.
DefaultSpot
To quickly play music on your iPhone, you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen (to bring up Control Center) and then press the Play button.
But most of the time the music being played are from your stock Music app (now Apple Music). That happen because the Music app is your default music player.
If you have all your songs in Spotify, it’s understandable to make Spotify your default music player. From now on, just activate the Control Center, tap the Play button, and a song from your playlist will start playing.
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DefaultSpot is now available to install for free from the BigBoss repository.
After getting most of these Cydia tweaks, I can happily say that my Spotify app on the iPhone is much better now. I was able to get rid of the dark theme, decorating the internal app with album art, and restrict explicit songs from playing at certain occasions.
Is there tweaks for other music streaming apps?
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Hell yeah!! We’ve made a couple of compilations for these. Check them out below.