Dawn Chorus
by The Carnegie Institute
🗂️ Tools
Version 1.2
đź“… Updated February 19, 2018
Use Dawn Chorus to wake up to the sound of birds each morning.
Features Dawn Chorus
Wake up to nature’s chorus with a bird alarm clock developed by Carnegie Museum of Natural History and The Innovation Studio.
This artfully designed app is a calming, nature-inspired alternative to your usual blaring alarm.
When the alarm goes off, birds create a chorus of song.
Choose from 20 birds to create a custom alarm.
All of the birds are native to the northeastern United States, and users can hear their calls and learn more about them on information cards developed with museum scientists.Carnegie Museum of Natural History is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
The museum is an active research institution with an environmental research center in Rector, Pennsylvania called Powdermill Nature Reserve.
The birds in this app were studied at the museum, are often banded at Powdermill, or are frequently impacted by window collisions—a phenomenon that the museum helps study and prevent as part of BirdSafe Pittsburgh.The Innovation Studio is the design, development, and workflow laboratory at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, where it supports a culture of innovation throughout the museums.Dawn Chorus update for Android!Features an improved alarm which works without the use of notifications.
Now, Dawn Chorus will open and your bird songs will layer and blend into a beautiful chorus.This update introduces two additional alarm settings:- Schedule alarms to repeat- Label alarms
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What Our Users Say
Don't just take our word for it. Here's what our users have to say about our Android app.
"Much better way to be awoken than the standard phone option."
Joel Savv
"Installed this app last Thursday. Set alarms for 7am and 7:15am. Neither went off on Friday, neither went off today (Monday). Can't be relied on for getting up for work. Dumped."
Andrew Faulkner
"Awesome!"
Irenilza Naas
"This was great, but now my alarm rarely goes off anymore. Hoping they fix this issue"
Casey F
"It no longer works :( if you set an alarm, it never goes off. If it did work I'm sure it would be awesome"
Rylee
"Didn't go off despite trying all sorts of settings, such a shame as I loved the idea"
Elise Sterback
"Just does not work. So no rating deserved."
David Stakes
"Agree with other comments. I love this app but it doesn't consistently work. Missing alarms is not ideal. Please fix."
Mary Ritzel
"UPDATE: Sadly it doesn't work or sound anymore on my new SG20 PAST: Excellent alarm to wake up to, though some gliches can be fixed. Sometimes it won't turn off, so I have to reboot my Android phone. But it doesn't happen all the time."
Zarita B
"While I love the idea of this app I am only giving it 3 stars. It doesn't seem to work all the time. I can set an alarm for 8 am and it won't go off but other times I'll set an alarm for a half hour from now and it works fine. I love that you can customize which bird calls you can use, and I hope in the future more birds will be added. Cool app, but definitely needs an update."
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Available for Android 8.0 and above