Choose Ok Donkey if
You want one person nagged first, then the others if they do not finish, and a clear sense of whose turn it is for the school run, the medicine, or the bins, with escalation built in.
Ok Donkey vs Galarm
Galarm is the best-known app for sharing an alarm. Its App Store listing describes group alarms that go off at the same time for everyone, where each person can confirm or decline and chat about it. It also has buddy alarms, which tell you if your buddy missed theirs.
The difference is what happens next. Galarm rings the group together and each person answers for themselves. Ok Donkey can nag one person, wait a short grace window, then alert everyone else, and one Done closes it for the group. It can also take turns, follow whoever usually finishes first, or give weekdays and weekends to different people. Galarm is on the App Store and on Google Play, and the base app is free with ads.
Choose Galarm if
You want an alarm that rings on everyone’s phone at once, with confirm or decline and a chat for each event, and you are happy to use it today on iOS or Android. It also has a web version.
The same questions, side by side
| Feature | Ok Donkey | GetNotify |
|---|---|---|
| Your data | Only the reminder | Tracks usage; ads in the free version |
| Keeps alerting until done | Yes | An alarm; no repeat until done described |
| Shared with family or friends | Yes | Yes |
| One Done closes it for everyone | Yes | No, each person confirms |
| Escalates if the first person does not finish | Yes | Tells the creator |
| Whose turn it is | Yes | No |
| One-off and repeating | Yes | Yes |
| Only that job | Yes | Alarms, reminders, and chat |
| iOS and Android | Yes | Yes |
| Available now | Yes, on Android | Yes |
The school run at 15:00
With Ok Donkey, Mara is nagged first. If she has not tapped Done when the grace window ends, everyone else on the event is alerted, and one Done closes it for the group. With Galarm, the alarm goes off on every phone at 15:00 and each person confirms or declines. There is no separate “Mara first, then the rest”.
Questions
Can Galarm share a reminder with family?
Yes. Any user can add contacts to a group alarm. It goes off at the same time for everyone, and each person can confirm or decline and chat about it.
Does Galarm escalate to someone else?
Not in the way Ok Donkey does. Galarm rings everyone together, and a buddy alarm tells the person who set it if the buddy misses it. It does not describe a lead person and a grace window before the others are alerted.
Galarm from its App Store listing, October 2026: group alarms, buddy alarms, chat, and free with ads and optional premium. Ok Donkey from the product shown on okdonkey.app. The data cell is the App Store privacy label, plus the listing’s note that ads appear in the free version. Features change.
