I want to set the alarm for weekdays/weekend

Bingo. Where can I get that automagical alarm?? Even better if it integrates with my calendar, knows how long it takes me to get ready in the morning, and sets my daily alarm accordingly. Please can I have that? APPLE, ARE YOU LISTENING??

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Why cant you use the built-in alarm? Just set a repeat for your alarm. I have two sets of alarms, one for mon-thurs and one for sat-sun.

Yup, as mentioned the built in clock has an alarm function. You can have a different alarm time for every day of the week if you want (or multiple ones for every day of the week for that matter).

Create an alarm in the iPhone's Clock app. Tap Repeat (at the top). Tap each day you want that alarm to repeat on. You can tap multiple days and they will be highlighted with checkmarks. Create one alarm for M-F and a second one for Sa-Su.

Re-reading the OP's post, it seems using the built-in alarm is not desirable.

ZAhmed wrote:
iphone built-in alarm system is carp.

Apparently, fish are notoriously bad at waking people up. 😉

Yes, but he doesn't say why it is, unsuitable, for his needs. From what he says, it is perfect for his needs - you can set it for just one day, or any subset of weekdays, you can set it once, or repeat any number of times, or indefinately, it does not have to be the active app to work, and it is free and already included on the iPhone.

Simply set a weekday alarm, set it to repeat M/T/W/T/F, set a weekend alarm to repeat every S/S, and that's it - unless I'm completely misreading the first part of the post.

Given what was posted as desired for the app's function, simple saying the built in clock's alarm is "carp" really doesn't add anything, since by all accounts it does actually do everything that the first part of the post wants.

Unless he wants an alarm function that automagically somehow knows which days to chime and which days to not?

I'd suggest browsing the app store and see if there is an alarm that meets your needs.

Use the Calendar feature. You can set two alarms in there in case you need a snooze alarm. Make sure the calendar is shown as On in Sounds, in Settings.