Kirby Alarm Pro for Windows

User Reviews

• Absolutely indispensable!!

  7leagues10/8/2012

  Pros

  Everyone else here has already covered it. The program offers so much and everything it does is really required. There's no useless features added in to make a fancy package. My girlfriend and I have been using the Pro version since 2007 and have become dependent on it. It keeps all our appointments, sends birthday greetings to all our friends completely on autopilot, sends reminder mails to ourselves, friends, and customers. Backs itself up to an external drive every night and does the same for MS Outlook and our accounts data. Backs up to the cloud via FTP on a weekly basis (our choice ...could be daily if wanted). Features auto-shutdown which I use regularly. What can't it do?!?! At only $24.95 to include lifetime updates it's a steal! If you doubt that just take a peek at the competition. Oh sorry, I forgot, it doesn't have any. ;)

  Cons

  Tray icon is not very attractive. Interface has zero design (pure visual basic), just black text on a light gray background with a few colored buttons.

  Summary

  When I first purchased this I only scratched the surface of what it was capable of doing for me. After visiting the author's forum and becoming engrossed in reading the posts there I began trying out some of the tricks other users were using it for and wow, did this program come into its own! Who would have thought that a seemingly tiny little application written in visual basic and C++ could become a complete backup solution on autopilot? The current version is 5.01 and has evolved considerably since I first purchased v4.45. Give it a whirl, you won't be disappointed. :)

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• Great support

  shivcop7/23/2012

  Pros

  Great scheduling program, excellent customer support, even on trial version.

  Cons

  None that I can find.

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• Great reminder software!

  atheyme11/17/2009

  Pros

  I've used this software for several years and I really like the flexibility of the pop-up notes (appearance, music, scheduling, etc.)

  Cons

  I can't think of anything!

  Summary

  Can't live without it!

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• all the bases for scheduling.

  james211/15/2009

  Pros

  may require fumbling toward learning. there is very good 'help' section. [a manual would be even better].

  Cons

  so packed with functions, one may not find something one can use. [whatever is there is usually well thought out, though.] sometimes complex to use and takes'cat-on-the-piano-keys' fumbling [but what one wants to do usually can be done]

  Summary

  i like to be able to keep my hourly / daily / weekly / annual life accessible and 'in-my-face'.i spend much time in front of my computer screen, so being able to access and control as much as possible from there is convenient and important to me. i find new uses whenever i spend time with the program. covers the bases for scheduling. Kirby-Alarn-Pro does these things better than anything else i have found. amazingly and uniquely thorough.

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• Excellent aplication

  muthukumar1236/10/2009

  Pros

  This is a very lightweight excelent aplication to manage your home or office needs

  Cons

  nil nothing bad about it

  Summary

  This program is great reminder app i highly recommend using it

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• Effective and flexible.

  Ken30211/5/2008

  Pros

  The variety of action that can be taken.

  Cons

  lacks variable user response to an alarm: display several buttons to perform different actions. It would also be nice to have an action delay, i.e., if the user doesn't respond in x minutes, an action is taken.

  Summary

  Overall, an excellent product with lots of flexibility.

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• Our company was lost without Kirby Alarm Pro 4.45!

  poleymom19/27/2008

  Pros

  Kirby Alarm is so user friendly and easy to manuever through. Support has been more than excellent with the fastest response time ever. Ian sure knows customer service!

  Cons

  None that we have found!

  Summary

  We depend on the alarm function for our company to meet report deadlines to the government, remind staff of important meetings and alert production staff of teleconferences with our Prime Contractor. We began with the Ian's 1.01 version, then lost it due to harddisk crash -- have since upgraded to his latest 4.45 version. We simply can't do without it!

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• excellent support, handy program

  ewhyip9/14/2008

  Pros

  I have been using this program for some time in school. You know when you are working hard, you may not even hear the bell rings. But a pop up note plus sound alarm really helps. Besides, questions are promptly answered. Excellent support.

  Cons

  It would be nice if I can use Excel to set the alarm details.

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• EVERYTHING Ian writes in the publisher description is TRUE

  dk548/6/2008

  Pros

  and a lot more. I've used Kirby Alarm Pro for over three years and have never encountered a bug. Features I use *dozens* of times a day are emails to be sent at future dates (repeating too: remind yourself or one or more people), launching EXE's for anything, restarting the computer. snoozing alarms on tasks you REALLY don't want to do now (you can snooze them for weeks and weeks, too), repeating events like MWF or MWTh courses in college or 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month of third Saturday of every month etc, or a huge range of recurrences, reminders with sound and bring your own sounds (volume, too) if you are away from your desk), COPYing alarms for easy reproduction or slight alteration, a valuable log if an event gets by you so you can reschedule it and just buy it.<p>For such an intricate product and large customer base, Ian is astonishingly responsive to suggestions for enhancements. He's back to you as his contact page says: usually within 24 hours. <p>No, I do not work for him. With all the hype and money billion-dollar companies get for software that doesn't work so we have to upgrade it, Ian's Kirby Alarm Pro and his other products are a hackneyed but true oasis in a desert.<p>Try it, you can't lose.

  Cons

  For no apparent reason, some sub-screens like the one to fill in a snooze time appear on far upper ends of the screen. Much easier is if it's near the bottom for less mouse movement for us lazy Americans.

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• 100 % better than Excellent

  fluffydog37/3/2008

  Pros

  Easy to use. Excellent support. No question to big or to small to be answered in a easy to understand format, and timely manner Thank you Ian ...

  Cons

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