Hourly vs Rechtzeitig
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hourly
This app provides customizable hourly chimes and notifications, functioning like a personal wristwatch that alerts you at specific intervals. You can select unique sounds, display custom messages, and choose which times to be notified.
- Customizable hourly chimes
- Selectable notification sounds
- Display custom messages
- Flexible notification scheduling
- No ads or tracking
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Hourly helps you keep track of time. It's just like having a wristwatch that beeps on the hour, except it's much more personal! You can choose: * The sound to play (from a simple wristwatch beep, to the legendary Greenwich Pips, to a spoken voice, or the chime of an old clock) * A message to display on the screen * Which hours, half hours, or any other times to notify you about We think it's the best hourly chime app on the App Store, and we're always listening for your feedback if you think we can do better! No ads, no tracking, no In-App Purchases. Ever.
Rechtzeitig
Easily track the time remaining until important events. Whether it's a work deadline or a highly anticipated vacation, this utility helps you stay on schedule.
- Time remaining tracker
- Event countdowns
- Deadline management
- Vacation countdowns
- Simple utility
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Small and easy-to-use utility to keep track on how much time is left to your events - no matter if you need to have something finished on time for work or just can't wait until your next vacation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rechtzeitig at Free against Hourly's $0.99. Rechtzeitig also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). Hourly's advantage is ratings volume (127 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Rechtzeitig is free to download; Hourly costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rechtzeitig holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hourly has 127 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Hourly's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rechtzeitig's.
Hourly ships an update every 6 months, Rechtzeitig every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hourly | Rechtzeitig |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (127 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.8 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Jones | Yannik Bloscheck |
Customer experience
Hourly
Rechtzeitig
Bugs and requests
Hourly
Reported bugs
13 issues- Notifications don't work when phone is locked or in sleep mode
- Notifications stop working after phone is silenced
- App stops working after iOS updates
- Settings fail to sync between iPhone and multiple Apple Watches
- Duplicate notifications firing within 2-3 seconds
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- Day-of-week selection not functioning correctly
- Apple Watch notifications don't display the time, only logo
- App doesn't work reliably in background
- Chimes during phone calls and are audible to other party
- 11 PM checkbox gets stuck on some devices
- Notifications appear twice on Apple Watch
- App stops notifying around midnight and restarts at 9 AM
- Text display issues on Apple Watch with large text settings
Requested features
16 requests- More diverse sound options (cuckoo chime, gong, church bells, grandfather clock)
- Ability to use system sounds and custom ringtones
- Female voice option and multiple voice varieties (British, Australian accents)
- Volume control for individual notifications
- 24-hour continuous operation option
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- iCloud sync with Apple Watch
- Apple Watch standalone functionality without iPhone dependency
- Ability to set different schedules for weekdays vs weekends
- Customizable notification messages beyond 'it is X o'clock'
- Quarter-hour chime intervals
- Different sounds for hour vs half-hour vs quarter-hour
- Haptic feedback option
- Ability to select which device receives notifications
- Profile/preset saving and restoration
- Spoken time on Apple Watch notifications
- Disable notifications without clearing history
Rechtzeitig
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hourly
No in-app purchases
Rechtzeitig
No in-app purchases
