Time incorrect
I’ve had this app for quite a while and love it but just recently it started chiming late. Not sure if this can be fixed by the designers but I hope it can. Please try!
Exactly what I wanted
Standard US Navy six four-hour "watches", appropriate bells on the half-hour. Settings can be customized to your preference -- bells can be "standard", "quieter", or "gentle" (I like the "quieter" bells -- sound is perfect for me). This free app works very well, and doesn't bug you with "in app purchases", so I was quite happy to donate to the author's "tip jar".
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Bells and more
This app is perfect. It makes the bells, has a quiet option to silence the bells overnight, and uses lat/long to also tell the times of sunrise/set and moonrise/set.
Response from developer
Thank you. I originally created the app for myself when I couldn’t find exactly what I wanted in the App Store. It’s always great to hear that someone else finds it useful too.
Learned a lot
This is great. I now understand how the system works, and it helps
me keep track of time when working.
I do wish the silence function worked. I have to turn my phone off when we sleep.. I don't mind hearing the occasional bell through the night but the wife is not keen.
me keep track of time when working.
I do wish the silence function worked. I have to turn my phone off when we sleep.. I don't mind hearing the occasional bell through the night but the wife is not keen.
Quiet time doesn’t work
I really wanted this to work but the quiet time feature doesn’t work. Despite it being set to not ring from after 9pm to 6.29am to not annoy the hell out of my wife, we have just been awoken at 3.00am by bells and she reports hearing them every half an hour earlier. So it’s likely to be a delete from me unfortunately and a strong recommendation against them for people who like their sleep uninterrupted by bells.
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Great learning tool
It’s easy to use and a great learning tool. When I watch the seafaring movies I enjoy knowing what the bells mean
Eight Bells and all’s well
I’m retired US Navy. If you have a Naval or Coast Guard background and understand the eight bell cycle of time-telling, then this is the app for you. Easy to configure. Pleasant sounding ring tone on the bell itself. Overall, a fun way to keep track of time throughout the day without taking your iPhone out of pocket to glance at it.
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Apple iwatch
If you have an Apple Watch, this app doesn’t work. You don’t hear the bells on the phone. It sends a notification to the watch and it’s only one ding. Thankfully this is a free app. Maybe if it worked, I’d give it 5 stars.
Response from developer
I’m sorry to hear that you’re not happy with the app. If you take a look in the ‘Help and FAQs’ within the app, there is a section titled ‘If you have an Apple Watch…’, this should solve the problem. If it doesn’t solve the problem, you can contact me directly through the same Help screen.
IpadOS 17 killed it.
IpadOS 17.1 it’s working again.
No bells anymore
No bells after iOS 17 upgrade this morning. I hope there’s gonna be an update to the app.
