Night clock

Stefan Fruhner

In-app purchases

About this app

NightDream

... a desk clock that is also suitable for the night. In dock mode this app provides a simple digital clock that automatically adjusts its brightness, During the day the display is bright, but in the night it dims to a minimum brightness. Simply adjust the font size using a two-finger-zoom gesture.

Daydream
This app can be used as a Daydream from Android 4.2 on.

Quick alarms
Using a swipe from the left, you can set the alarm clock. Delete it by tapping on the lower right corner.

Battery

While charging your mobile device an estimate time is calculated until the battery is full.

Notifications
You can enable notifications for missed phone calls, GMail, WhatsApp and twitter. On Android 4.3+ go to Settings > Security > Notification access > enable NightDream.

In earlier versions of Android go to Settings > Accessibility > enable NightDream.

In-App Payments

The current weather conditions can be shown below the time. This feature purchased within the app

The project is open source. If you want to send a donation you can do this via in-app purchase.
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Permissions

android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
This permissions allows to siilence the device during the night mode.

android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
During the night mode the screen may be deactivated. It can be switched on again if a certain ambient noise level is reached. Therefore the app continuously records audio. The app does not store audio data

android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
The app is allowed to wake the device from sleep in order to enable the screen and to keep the screen on.

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
The permission is necessary to read background images from the external storage.

Screen Lock

This app uses the Device Administrator permission. The permission is exclusively used to lock the screen while the app is running. Before uninstalling the app the permission must be revoked.

Ratings and reviews

Was the best choice for what I was after. However it crashes quite often on my Pixel 9 pro. Didn't have this issue for the first couple days so I decided to buy the full version. Now it crashes quite a few times a day. Kinda wish I wouldn't have bought the full version at this point. Thinking about uninstalling it and finding something better unfortunately.

There is quite a lot this app does right. First of all, it keeps things pretty simple and clean, which is always a good thing and all too rare these days. Second, it offers good customization options, though I would like to see a few more like clock size (I'd like it to be smaller.) My phone does not have a LED (it relies on an ambient display screen to indicate a notification) and the ambient display in LineageOS not only doesn't show notifications, but is the wrong brightness (too bright when trying to sleep, too dark under any lights.) This app can show notifications and has a "night mode" setting when the light sensor detects low light where it can be set much dimmer than the normal mode so I can set it to be bright enough to see while charging and dim enough that it doesn't keep me awake (but where I can still glance over and see the time if I need to.) I do wish it had just a little bit more customization -- in particular I would like to make the clock section just a little bit smaller. However, I do have one complaint: the notifications icon stays in the same spot. I'm glad this app has it since I need one due to lack of a LED, however, since it never moves it means AMOLED screens like mine could potentially get burnin from it. It also shows only an icon for the most recent notification and some apps (like it!) do persistent notifications, so sometimes it gets the wrong one. I think a more permanent solution would be to move that below the clock and have it move with the clock and, if possible, more than one icon (plus it would be nice if it could be set to ignore certain apps like music players.) Finally, I would really like to see a "pro" version with all features unlocked rather than in-app purchases since these can be lost when changing devices or etc.

Love it. Numbers lit perfectly. Make as bright or dim as you like, make the time as large or small as you want, I have the numbers huge on my phone in reddish orange color, right next to my bed- it doesn't wake me up with the brightness, the room stays dark. In fact first clock I have found that doesn't rely on light to make the numbers stand out. Keeping this app installed on my phone. Also, doesn't seem to draw a lot of battery & I can get out of the clock & to my phone quickly!

What's new

This version targets Android 14.