Comparison

Real Chimes vs Zexa

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

Head to head
About

Real Chimes

Create personalized ambient soundscapes for meditation, relaxation, or sleep. Customize chimes with various scales, keys, and octaves, and select from immersive environments. Save your favorite settings as presets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Physically simulated chimes
  • Customizable scales, keys, and octaves
  • Ambient environment selection
  • Saveable presets
  • Dynamic note generation
Features
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These physically simulated chimes will serve you well, whether you need to meditate, relax and unwind, or sleep! You can pick virtually any scale, key, and octave and the chimes will dynamically assume the proper notes, giving you a huge number of possibilities that are tailored exactly to your liking! You can also select one of several ambient environments to enhance and deepen your immersion, or help you sleep! After you finish tailoring the chimes and their environment to your liking, you can save your settings as a preset for easy recall whenever you need, at a moment's notice! More updates with even cooler features to come in the future, if you like this product and want to help improve it, please purchase it so I can continue to improve your experience!

About

Zexa

This app empowers musicians to create and share live music and video content using AI. It simplifies performance, recording, and distribution for artists.

Highlights
  • AI-powered music and video creation
  • Live performance tools
  • Effortless recording
  • Content sharing capabilities
  • Musician empowerment
Features
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Revolutionizing Live Music & Video Creation with AI Empowering Musicians to Perform, Record, and Share—Effortlessly

Screenshots

Real Chimes4 screens
Zexa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zexa at none against Real Chimes's 4. Zexa also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Real Chimes's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Real Chimes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Zexa asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zexa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Chimes has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Real Chimes versus Zexa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal ChimesZexa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB16 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRiley LealZexa Inc.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Real Chimes

One-time4
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Remove ads - $5$4.99
  • Remove ads - $15$14.99
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  • Remove ads - $25$24.99
None

Zexa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Real Chimes free?
Real Chimes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zexa free?
Zexa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Real Chimes or Zexa?
Zexa is rated higher. Real Chimes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Zexa averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Real Chimes or Zexa have ads?
Real Chimes shows ads; Zexa does not.
Which is updated more often, Real Chimes or Zexa?
Real Chimes ships an update every 2 months, and Zexa every 2 months. Most recently, Real Chimes was updated on October 24, 2026 and Zexa on October 28, 2026.

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