Hourly vs Print Contacts
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.
Print Contacts
Easily select and print contact details, including names and email addresses. Share your contacts in PDF, Word, or HTML formats for convenient access and distribution.
- Select specific contacts for printing
- Include name and email addresses
- Export to PDF format
- Export to Word format
- Export to HTML format
- Easy contact list creation
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Choose the contacts you want to print and select the details you want to include, such as names, email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses. Create contact lists for Christmas cards, parties, events and more. Add contacts individually or select everyone at once. Print your lists directly, or share them as PDF, Word-compatible or HTML documents.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Print Contacts at Free against Hourly's $0.99. Print Contacts also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Hourly's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
Print Contacts is free to download; Hourly costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hourly holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. 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.
Hourly ships an update every 6 months, Print Contacts monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hourly | Print Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (127 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #166 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Jones | Think To Be Ltd |
Customer experience
Hourly
Print Contacts
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
Print Contacts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hourly
No in-app purchases
Print Contacts
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hourly free?
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