Comparison

Hourly vs Paws Week

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable hourly chimes
  • Selectable notification sounds
  • Display custom messages
  • Flexible notification scheduling
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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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.

About

Paws Week

Display the current week number and month calendar on your iPhone home screen or Apple Watch. Customize widget colors and easily navigate dates.

Highlights
  • Week number display
  • Month calendar view
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complication
  • Customizable widget colors
  • Date navigation
Features
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Paws Week present the current week number when you launch the app, accompanied by a month calendar. The main benefit, however, is using Paws Week as a complication on your Apple Watch, or as widgets directly on your home screens together with your apps. Paws Week Widget Three variants of widgets are available for your Home screen: Week, Day, and Month widget. The Week widget focuses on the week number, while the Day widget has the focus on the date. The large sizes of those widget includes, besides the date and week number, a month calendar showing the current month. The Month widget presents a full month calendar in the small and medium widget formats. Add widgets in a size your choose to any of your home screens, or the Today view. This way you can have the date and week information visible at all times directly on your main screen. The colours of the widget can be customised in the app's Settings view. Choose colours for each of the components of the widget. Paws Week Watch Complication Select Paws Week as the complication on your Apple Watch to display the current week number. The format varies somewhat depending on the selected watch face. On the watch the Digital Crown can be used within the app, to scroll through the dates and see the corresponding week number. Paws Week iPhone App In the iPhone app you see the current week number. Use the buttons to move to previous or next month.

Screenshots

Hourly3 screens
Paws Week4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hourly at 72% against Paws Week's 0%. Hourly also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). Paws Week's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Hourly costs $0.99 and Paws Week $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hourly ships an update every 6 months, Paws Week monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hourly versus Paws Week: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourlyPaws Week
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.0 (127 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings127 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris JonesGrey Paws AB

Customer experience

Hourly

All ratings127 ratings
Positive74.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative21.1%

Paws Week

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Paws Week

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hourly

No in-app purchases

None

Paws Week

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hourly free?
Hourly costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paws Week free?
Paws Week costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hourly or Paws Week have ads?
Neither Hourly nor Paws Week shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hourly or Paws Week?
Hourly ships an update every 6 months, and Paws Week monthly. Most recently, Hourly was updated on September 21, 2026 and Paws Week on August 23, 2026.

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