# Hourly Chime - Reminder Every Hour — user reviews > 189 indexed App Store user reviews of Hourly Chime by 齐 陈, rated 3.90/5 from 925 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hourly-chime-reminder-every-hour/id1145743229/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hourly-chime-reminder-every-hour/id1145743229.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 494 · 4★ 165 · 3★ 73 · 2★ 50 · 1★ 143 ## What do users think of Hourly Chime? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Simple and reliable - 🔔 Helpful hourly reminders - 💡 Customizable chime settings - 🙌 Works as intended **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and crashes - 💸 Excessive ads and in-app purchases - 🕰️ Incorrect time display (12 AM/PM) - 🔇 Unreliable or missing audio chimes **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when changing sound settings - Hourly chimes not working after iOS updates - Notifications not triggering at the correct times **Most requested features** - More sound options for chimes - Half-hourly or quarter-hourly alerts - Ability to set custom alert times - Option to disable ads for a fee ## Newest reviews (17 of 189) ### 3/5 — Old and requests BT access *2025-10-23, version 1.1* App is very old and requests bluetooth access (probably the advertising SDK) ### 2/5 — Missing 12PM *2024-01-21, version 1.1* I noticed it’s missing 12 PM. It only has 12AM ### 3/5 — iOS 17 problems *2023-10-19, version 1.1* Having trouble ever since iOS 17. Deleted and reinstalled. Still problems ### 3/5 — No longer works *2023-09-20, version 1.1* I used to love this app, but now it doesn’t make any sounds no matter what notification settings I change in iOS. ### 1/5 — Ads on every screen change *2023-09-06, version 1.1* They show an ad everytime you change screens. I hadn't even managed to choose the sound to play and it had shown 4 ads ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2023-09-01, version 1.1* Not a single chime in 4 hours. Yes, notifications are allowed. No, mute is not on. Yes I have it set up right. I gave it 4 hours, and not a peep. ### 3/5 — Good *2023-08-09, version 1.1* It’s good, but the option to have half-hourly reminders would make it great ! ### 1/5 — Invasive *2023-08-05, version 1.1* Requests Bluetooth and local network access. Ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Awful! Doesn’t work / and ad harassment *2023-07-02, version 1.1* Not only did this thing not actually chime on the hour, it harasses you with ads. You can’t open the app without an ad in your face. If you want to change one of the chime alarms, while in the app, another ad pops up. And if your phone is not on silent, the ads all blast their sound. It didn’t chime for any of the hours I had set it to, so I had to delete this app. ### 1/5 — If you want more ads than timers download this *2023-06-15, version 1.1* I uninstalled it after the second ad in 10 seconds. ### 1/5 — 11 sounds is not “Tons of different sounds” *2023-03-08, version 1.1* Apparently, once you’ve counted on all ten fingers, the next number is “tons”. Nope, only 11 sounds does not qualify as “Tons of different sounds to use” per your app info. ### 1/5 — Broken *2023-03-06, version 1.1* Worked at first. Then it started beeping at different times than what I set. I toggled the switch in the app to disable the chime and it just keeps beeping at incorrect times. Can’t get it to respond to any new settings or inputs. The interface is really unintuitive and the app doesn’t even fill the whole screen. ### 4/5 — Annoying fault *2023-02-20, version 1.1* Please correct the 12:00 A.M. / 12:00 P.M. fault. 12:00 A.M. occurs at midnight, 12:00 P.M. occurs at midday. The app has these the incorrect way around. One way to remember this is: 12:00 A.M.= Asleep 12:00 P.M. = People (or a favourite lunch food starting with P). This, of course, is not helpful if you work nights. ### 1/5 — Limiting *2023-02-18, version 1.1* Would prefer an option of multiple alarms per hour. Plus ads are so big and frequent that it is literally unusable at times. ### 1/5 — Non stop ads as soon as you open *2023-02-10, version 1.1* Had to delete was too much ### 2/5 — Pretty dumb *2023-02-07, version 1.1* This app needs an option for me to activate a range of hours, not me going one by one. For that I can just use the phone’s native clock app. ### 3/5 — Chưa tốt lắm *2023-01-25, version 1.1* Báo giờ nhỏ quá, mình hẹn h để ngồi thiền mà k ghe j hết ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Couldn’t even set up with all the ads *2026-06-16, version 1.1* Ads ### 1/5 — Is this an Ad App or an App with adds *2026-06-01, version 1.1* Can even use the app this thing is completely infested with apps and it asks for too many permissions. I’m just gonna use the reminders on my regular phone. Waste of time ### 1/5 — Avoid *2025-10-29, version 1.1* Contains adds ### 1/5 — Does not actually chime *2025-08-15, version 1.1* App posts a text notification, but makes no noise. ### 1/5 — Annoying full screen ads *2025-05-09, version 1.1* It was working great until the recent update added several full screen ads that you cannot close without clicking on the ad. *You cannot access the app* without clicking on the full screen ad. While I do understand having ads to monetise your app, showing the ads in such a manner that you cant use the app is not acceptable for me. ### 1/5 — Advertisements are out of control *2024-03-30, version 1.1* I couldn’t even get to the app because it was overloaded with advertisements that would not shut up, could not be closed, could not be bypassed and would not even let me into the app. Stupid games that were years old would run through their ad, but would not go away. It just waited until I chose something, but no option except one. My only option was to select Get. That’s it. No way to close it. I had to shut the app off to get rid of it but it would just come back when I opened the app again. And again and again. I don’t know who is to blame for this, but this app is either broken or just not worth the effort to get past the glitchy baggage. ### 1/5 — Too many full screen ads *2023-11-15, version 1.1* Installed app. Full screen ads pop up. Can’t close it. Can’t do anything because ad is in the way. Deleted app permanently. 已安装的应用程序。全屏广告弹出。无法关闭它。无法做任何事情，因为广告挡住了。永久删除应用程序。 ### 1/5 — Does not work *2023-11-14, version 1.1* No chiming was heard. ### 1/5 — Hourly Chime Green Logo *2023-10-28, version 1.1* Now works with IOS 17.1. Thank you ### 1/5 — Does not work on iOS 17 *2023-09-25, version 1.1* Notifications enabled but does not work. iPhone XS Max iOS 17. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 12:00 AM 12:00 PM are displayed incorrectly *2025-10-18, version 1.1* 12:00 AM is at midnight and 12:00 PM is at noon. This app is incorrectly displaying these two times at opposite times of the day/night. ### 5/5 — Small and sweet app *2024-06-16, version 1.1* Does the hourly chime perfectly. Small and sweet. Nothing else. ### 5/5 — Does what you want, nothing else *2023-02-01, version 1.1* So rare these days to find a free app that’s actually free. Interface is super basic but it does everything you want without holding features hostage or presenting hoops to jump through. Just one five second add of toll when you want to change settings in the app, else just does what it says on the tin. I have adhd and have found the pings great to nudge me out of whatever distraction I’ve found and back onto task once an hour. Obvious, but you of course need notifications enabled for the app to work… Yes I’m talking to you mr 1 star ### 5/5 — Thank you *2022-11-02, version 1.1* Thank you for quality product and services. ### 5/5 — Great *2022-08-30, version 1.1* Very good! Thx! ### 5/5 — It is great for blind and visually impaired people hourly chime *2022-07-15, version 1.1* Hourly chime helps me very much because I am blind and visually impaired when I first got out a time I was having problems with it announcing the time every minute I got it to stop doing that by calling Apple because my iPad is from Apple and I got an app from the App Store and it’s free so when I called the person told me to move the clocks on the right side of the screen and Netflix the trick. Now I can use it to make a sound on the hour every hour or when I use voiceover it will announce the time every hour on the hour it is very helpful thank you very much providers of hourly chime. ### 5/5 — Just a nice little reminder of the time. *2022-05-17, version 1.1* I suppose everyone who uses this app has their own particular reason. Mine is to give me a little nudge to tell me the top of the hour has arrived and did I want to do something about that.If nothing else, it prevents missing the beginnings of tv shows. Good job! ### 5/5 — Helpful *2022-05-10, version 1.1* I find this app to be very helpful in keeping track of my time. I set it up to send me the notifications when I want them and it does the rest. I get a sweet little ding/bell on the hour. It’s the only app that I’ve found that does this simple task. ### 5/5 — Excellent, Easy to Use! *2022-04-22, version 1.1* This app is super helpful! The hourly chimes keep me focused on each task. Thank you, Qi Chen! ### 5/5 — Helpful & Excellent App *2022-02-01, version 1.1* I found very helpful in reaching my hourly schedules like standing goals and other daily routine hourly habits like consuming water etc Hence I recommend this app to be very helpful. Thanks --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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