HourlyMeow vs 5min
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HourlyMeow
This app helps you manage your time with customizable hourly and half-hourly chimes. Set unique ringtones, create time plans for different scenarios, and use countdown timers for reminders. It's a versatile tool for developing healthy habits, remembering important events, and enhancing productivity.
- Customizable hourly/half-hourly chime scenarios
- Individual time plan creation
- Customizable ringtones for each hour
- Recyclable long countdown timers
- Text notifications even when muted
- Use recordings as ringtones
- Theme color modulation
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What an hourly chime app can do? Only tell you the time ? What if you can set up time plans for different scenarios? What if the ringtone of each hour and each half-hour can be customized? What if you can cycle countdown timers? Then you will get your own TIME CODE, your time connotation will be more abundant than others'. "HourlyMeow" is such a adorable and punctual assistant, it will help you to: remind; plan; develop; remember. Simple operations bring rich application scenarios: • The time can be notified in text even if the phone is muted during the conference. • Assigning different ringtones for different times help you to grasp time more accurately. • In conjunction with your schedule, you can record or create special sounds for key times. • You who work sedentary on the screen may try to make a reminder to remind you to rest or drink water to help you develop healthy habits. • Living, working, studying, reading... create individual time scenarios, sliding to switch, no need to reset. • Patients can use Meow to set up medication reminders. • Record what you need to memorize as a sound to help you strengthen memory. • Use a repeating countdown timer to remind you somethings easy to forget... "HourlyMeow" is such a small tool that requires your imagination to exert its maximum power. (#^.^#) Key features: • Create individual hourly or half-hourly chime scenarios and easy to switch. • Hourly time report. • Half-hourly time report. • Play meows to your cat. • Customize the ringtone of each hour or half-hour with a closable notification. • Recyclable long countdown timer. • Customize countdown timer ringtones and text notifications. •Time points voices. • Use recordings as ringtones. • Add custom ringtones made by other apps. •Freely modulate colors of themes. • Cute and business style app icons.
5min
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5min helps you finish the small things you keep putting off. Pick a tiny task from the suggestions — something you could do in five minutes. Tap Go, and 5min hands you one card at a time. A short timer runs while you work. When you're done, swipe the next one. That's it. No projects, no priorities, no tags. Just small tasks and short focused sprints. — THE 5-MINUTE LOOP — • Plan: Pick from the suggestions to build your list for today. Mute anything that isn't for now. • Go: Tasks appear as a deck. Swipe left to skip, tap play to focus. • Sprint: A 5-minute timer runs. Go over if you need to — we'll stop you at +10 more. • Track: Watch your work add up. No streaks to break, just a clean record. — WHY 5 MINUTES — Small windows make it easier to start. You don't need motivation to do a five-minute task. You just do it. Stack enough of them and the week looks different. — LOCAL ONLY. PRIVATE BY DESIGN. — Everything lives on your phone. No accounts. No syncing. No analytics. No ads. We don't collect anything, because there's nothing to collect. If you turn on location, it's used only on your device to pick suggestions — it never leaves your phone. — BUILT FOR ATTENTION, NOT TIME-TRACKING — This isn't a Pomodoro tool. It's not a to-do list. It's a tiny ritual: pick a thing, do the thing, move on. Built for people who get stuck in their own planning. — FEATURES — • A library of short, everyday task suggestions to pick from • Suggestions that fit your time of day — and, if you allow it, where you are (home, work, and more) • Card-deck task interface (swipe left to skip) • 5-minute countdown timer with up to 10 more minutes of overtime • Daily reset — yesterday's leftovers come back fresh • Mute tasks for a set number of days or until a date you choose • Stats screen — time worked, tasks completed, and the categories you lean on • Daily quote on the home screen (shareable as image) • Daily reminder notification (optional) — 5min PRO — 5min is free. 5min Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks: • Premium animated timer backgrounds • A higher task limit — up to 100 tasks Pro is offered as monthly and yearly plans, with a free trial on the yearly plan. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. — iPhone only. iOS 18 and up. — Terms of Use (EULA): https://5min.club/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://5min.club/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 5min at Free against HourlyMeow's $0.99. 5min also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). HourlyMeow's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15 vs 18.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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
5min is free to download; HourlyMeow costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HourlyMeow ships an update every 3 months, 5min monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HourlyMeow | 5min |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 然 赵 | NuskhaLabs |
In-app purchases
HourlyMeow
No in-app purchases
5min
No in-app purchases









