Comparison

Chime vs Nudge

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chime

Set personalized alerts and time announcements with customizable sounds and repeat intervals. Features include night mode and automatic weekend disabling for uninterrupted rest.

Highlights
  • Personalized alerts
  • Flexible chime intervals
  • Preference saving
  • Night mode
  • Customizable time ranges
  • Do Not Disturb on weekends
Features
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Time Announcements & Alerts Chime is a versatile app that allows you to set personalized alerts and time announcements on your iOS device. Customize alert sounds, choose repeat intervals, enable night mode for restful sleep, and automatically disable alerts on weekends. Key Features: • Personalized Alerts • Flexible Chime Intervals • Preference Saving • Night Mode • Customizable Time Ranges • DND on Weekends Download Custom Chime now to enhance your time management with cheerful alerts and timely reminders on your iPhone. Stay on track and never miss a beat!

About

Nudge

This app helps you remember recurring tasks with custom alarms. Set daily reminders for medicine, hydration, or family obligations. It's a simple tool to supplement your calendar for frequently forgotten activities.

Highlights
  • Custom alarm creation
  • Repeat alarms daily/weekly
  • Customizable alarm sounds
  • Optional 5-minute warning
  • User-friendly interface
  • Alarm customization (colors, icons, names)
  • Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
Features
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Nudge is a simple daily schedule and alarm app for all the small things you keep meaning to do. Take your medicine. Drink some water. Roll the trash out. Stand up and stretch. Pick up the kids. Walk the dog. Call your mom and tell her you love her (dad too, he is waiting). A Nudge alarm takes about ten seconds to set up, and then it just shows up when you need it, like a friend who happens to be very good with time. Nudge is not trying to replace your calendar. Your calendar is for meetings and dentist appointments. Nudge is for the stuff you do over and over, the things that never make it onto a calendar and still manage to slip your mind. Pick a time, choose the days, pick a sound, then give it a name, a color and an icon so you know what it is at a glance. That is the whole setup. Nothing to learn, nothing to maintain. HOW PEOPLE USE NUDGE • Medicine, vitamins and refills, on time and on the right days • Water breaks and stretch breaks during long stretches at a desk • Trash and recycling night, so the truck outside is never a surprise • School pickup, practice, lessons and carpool • Feeding the dog, walking the dog, the cat's medicine • Walk, meditate, journal, whatever you promised yourself back in January • Calling the people you love more often than you currently do FEATURES • Create custom alarms in seconds • Repeat on any day, or any mix of days • Optional 5-minute warning bell so you can finish what you are doing first • Choose from a library of sounds • Name your nudges and give them colors and icons • Home screen widget with today's schedule at a glance • Ask Siri to create a nudge without opening the app • Light, dark, or match your system appearance • Mute everything for a quiet day without deleting a single alarm • Works on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac NUDGE PRO Pro removes all ads, syncs your nudges across iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud, and unlocks more icons and sounds. The free version keeps doing everything it always did. Got a nudge idea we should have thought of? Send it to us from inside the app. We read all of it.

Screenshots

Chime4 screens
Nudge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chime at none against Nudge's 2. Chime also leads on ads (none vs shown). Nudge's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nudge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Chime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nudge holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 821 and 281 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Chime's written reviews are positive against 65% of Nudge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chime ships an update every 5 months, Nudge every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Chime versus Nudge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChimeNudge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (821 ratings)4.6 (281 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.3% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings821 — better281
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReeba SebastianJeff Battson

Customer experience

Chime

All ratings820 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral7.2%
Negative15.7%
Written reviews192 reviews
Positive45.3%
Neutral14.1%
Negative40.6%

Nudge

All ratings281 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral11.8%
Negative23.5%

User reviews

Chime

From 821 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and effective
  • 🚀 Helpful for productivity
  • 🔒 Accessible for blind users
  • 💡 Useful for time awareness

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't work with latest iOS updates
  • 🔊 Loud volume issues
  • 📢 Too many ads
  • 🔧 Difficult setup process

Nudge

From 281 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use interface
  • 🎨 Customizable colors, icons, and sounds
  • ⏰ Effective daily reminder functionality
  • 🔄 Cross-device syncing (phone and Mac)
  • 📱 Better than native iPhone reminders app

Room to improve

  • 📢 Excessive and intrusive ads
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model ($9.99/month)
  • 🔔 Notification/alert system unreliable
  • 📱 Limited iPad landscape mode support
  • ⚠️ App freezes and crashes

Bugs and requests

Chime

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Chime not working after iOS updates
  • Can't change Do Not Disturb settings
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices
  • Setup process gets stuck

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add custom sound options
  • Allow adjusting chime volume
  • Provide option to disable ads
  • Expand chime interval options
  • Add Apple Watch support

Nudge

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App freezes when turning on/off with recurring reminders
  • Notifications don't send despite being configured
  • Delayed notification delivery (requires hours to start working)
  • App crashes after initial setup
  • Ads difficult to close
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  • Aggressive ad interruptions during task creation

Requested features

14 requests
  • iPad landscape mode support
  • One-time/specific date reminders (not just recurring)
  • Apple Watch alert support
  • More interval options (every 4 days, specific Sundays, etc.)
  • Separate weekly schedules/templates
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  • Home screen widgets
  • Manual skip option for reminders
  • Mark reminders as done for the day
  • Light mode option
  • Ad-free premium version
  • Ability to set reminders multiple times per day
  • More emoji options (smileys, workout icons, etc.)
  • Repeating alert tones with ending alert option
  • Monthly event planning capabilities

In-app purchases

None

Chime

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Nudge

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Chime free?
Chime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nudge free?
Nudge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chime or Nudge?
Nudge is rated higher. Chime averages 4.2 out of 5 from 821 ratings, while Nudge averages 4.6 from 281 ratings.
Do Chime or Nudge have ads?
Nudge shows ads; Chime does not.
Which is updated more often, Chime or Nudge?
Chime ships an update every 5 months, and Nudge every 5 weeks. Most recently, Chime was updated on November 11, 2026 and Nudge on November 11, 2026.

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