Setting an alarm before a Calendar appointment

[jmt356]

Is there a way in Outlook or in the Calendar app on iPhones to set an alarm that goes off 30 minutes before an event?

By "alarm," I don't mean the "reminder" that Outlook plays a chime briefly before an appointment. I usually don't notice that. I have tuned it out. Rather, I am referring to an alarm that continues to play until turned off or snoozed. That would be much harder to not notice.

[HansV]

Neither currently has this ability.

You might add your vote to Give the option for calendar event notifications for work like an alarm.

[JoeP]

Try this if you have a .wav file that plays for a long time, try assigning it to a specific event for which you want the long reminder. Open the event, click the reminder length drop-down, scroll to the bottom, click sound, and assign the .wav file you want. Be sure to save your update.

[jmt356]

Try this if you have a .wav file that plays for a long time, try assigning it to a specific event for which you want the long reminder. Open the event, click the reminder length drop-down, scroll to the bottom, click sound, and assign the .wav file you want. Be sure to save your update.

I tried this. It is very fidgety. Sometimes the alarm sounds but usually it doesn't.