Hourly Chime vs Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hourly Chime
This utility app announces the time audibly at set intervals, eliminating the need to check your screen. Choose between voice or tone alerts for convenient time awareness.
- Hourly time announcements
- Voice or tone alerts
- No screen needed
- Customizable intervals
- Background operation
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Hourly Chime is a simple daily reminder app that helps you stay on schedule with customizable hourly alerts. Choose the hours that matter to you, turn sound on or off for each alert, and add a personal message for every hour—such as “Drink water,” “Take a break,” “Get ready for your meeting,” or “Time to wrap up.” Features: • Set daily hourly reminders from 12 AM to 11 PM • Enable or disable each hour individually • Add a personal reminder message to every hour • Choose whether each reminder plays a chime • Preview the current hour’s chime instantly • Supports 12-hour and 24-hour time formats • Pause or resume all hourly reminders at any time • Clean interface with Dark Mode and Dynamic Type support Make every hour a small moment to refocus, reset, and move through your day with intention.
Now
This app verbally announces the current date and time, offering a simple solution for those who struggle with timekeeping or find complex calendar interfaces overwhelming. It features customizable read-out intervals and supports multiple languages.
- Verbal date and time announcement
- Automatic read-outs
- Digital and analog clock interfaces
- Multiple language support
- Customizable intervals
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Sometimes you just want to someone to tell you what day it is. Whether you are suffering from temporal disintegration, loses track of time or just get confused by calendar apps with overwhelming user interfaces - you are not alone. Press the text to get it read to you, or set it up for automatic read-outs on predefined intervals. Digital and/or analog clock interfaces. Available in multiple languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hourly Chime at 65% against Now's 0%. Hourly Chime also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Now's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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. Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hourly Chime asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hourly Chime holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Hourly Chime's written reviews are positive against 0% of Now's.
Hourly Chime ships an update every 9 days, Now every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hourly Chime | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (22 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SYSCODE INTERNATIONAL INC. | Aktiebolaget Kattbjorn |
Customer experience
Hourly Chime
Now
In-app purchases
Hourly Chime
No in-app purchases
Now
- Now - Premium$1.99
