School Chimes vs Sync Card
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
School Chimes
This app functions as a customizable alarm and scheduler, offering a unique school chime sound inspired by the Westminster Quarters. It allows users to set and manage chime schedules, choose different chime types, and control notification display. Advanced users can integrate with the app via URL schemes for automated control.
- Alarm and scheduling
- School chime sound
- Westminster Quarters tone
- Customizable schedules
- Chime type selection
- Notification display control
- URL scheme integration
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This app is a basic alarm with scheduling capabilities. If you wish to use a school chime inspired by the Westminster Quarters, this app can fulfill your request. In Japan, the school chime is commonly used to signal the beginning and end of class periods. Settings: - Schedule Check: This feature allows you to check chime times with a list. - Schedule: You can choose a schedule, create a new schedule, and modify an existing one. - Chime Type: Select the tone or chime type. - Display Notifications: When turned off, notifications will only include sound. - Chime Test: Use this to ring the selected chime. - Information (i button): This section provides information about the app. URL Schemes: 1. ON/OFF (Format) sc://a/b/c - a: on or off. If set to off, the following items (b, c) are invalid. - b (optional): schedule number, with the top of the list (Default) being 0. - c (optional): tone number, with the top of the list (Westminster 1) being 0. Example: - Start with Default and Westminster 2: sc://on/0/1 - Stop: sc://off 2. Add a schedule (Format) sc://add/a/hhmmb/... (repeat, max 64 times) - add: constant - a: schedule name - hhmm: time in 24-hour format - b: description Example: - Add a “Test” schedule: sc://add/Test/0800Start/1200Noon/1700End If your iPhone doesn't read the URL scheme correctly, try converting spaces to %20 and commas to %2c.
Sync Card
Easily manage and exchange digital business cards. Save your contact information as a QR code for quick sharing and scan others' QR codes to add them to your contacts.
- Digital business card management
- QR code generation for sharing
- QR code scanning to add contacts
- Contact list integration
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Sync Card can help you to manage business card and exchange with others. You can save your business card as QRCode and share with others. You can also scan someone's QRCode to add it to your contact list.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: School Chimes at 3.7 against Sync Card's 1.5. School Chimes also leads on ratings volume (56 vs 2). Sync Card's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. School Chimes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sync Card asks for nothing beyond the download.
School Chimes holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: School Chimes has 56 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | School Chimes | Sync Card |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (56 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takafumi AMANO | SkyFlying |
Customer experience
School Chimes
Sync Card
In-app purchases
School Chimes
- Remove Ads$2.99
Sync Card
No in-app purchases









