Chime Squirrel vs Hey Beeps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chime Squirrel
This app helps you stay productive by setting customizable recurring chimes for repetitive tasks, exercise routines, or study sessions. It runs in the background, providing timely audio reminders without requiring manual dismissal. Optimize your daily workflow with flexible interval settings and a user-friendly interface.
- Variable interval chimes
- Quick chime setup
- Multiple chime sounds
- Light and dark themes
- Runs in the background
- Repeating interval sequences
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Chime Squirrel is a flexible interval timer and chime app. Set up repeating chimes at any interval, run multiple chimes simultaneously, and stay on track without checking your phone. Whether you're timing meditation sessions, workout intervals, work sprints, pomodoro timer, or any repeating activity, Chime Squirrel keeps the screen active and sounds your chime right on schedule. FEATURES • Quick Chime — set up and start a simple interval chime in seconds • Interval Chimes — create and save custom chime sequences with multiple intervals • Multiple themes — choose from several color themes to match your style • Screen stays on — no need to unlock your phone between chimes • iPad support — works on iPhone and iPad with a shared layout Upgrade to Pro to unlock additional interval chimes beyond the free limit.
Hey Beeps
This app provides hourly or half-hourly audible alerts to help you stay on track throughout your day. Customize beep tones and set active hours to avoid sleep disturbances. It offers a simple, non-intrusive notification experience.
- Hourly alerts
- 30-minute alerts
- Customizable beep tones
- Scheduled start and stop times
- Non-intrusive notifications
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Remember those calculator watches back in the 90s…? They used to beep every hour – a quick and short beep. Now this feature is available with Hey Beeps!! You can choose if you want a Hey Beeps alert every hour or every 30 minutes. There are different beep tones to choose from and you will be able to select when to start and stop the beeps so they won't disturb your sleep. It is a simple app to use and the notification won't fill your screen at all. We know that you will love Hey Beeps as much as we do. Terms of use: https://www.youapps.co/heybeepsprivacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chime Squirrel at monthly against Hey Beeps's every 34 months. Chime Squirrel also leads on ratings volume (94 vs 15). Hey Beeps's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Chime Squirrel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hey Beeps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Chime Squirrel against 3.9 for Hey Beeps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chime Squirrel has 94 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Chime Squirrel's written reviews are positive against 69% of Hey Beeps's.
Chime Squirrel ships an update monthly, Hey Beeps every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chime Squirrel | Hey Beeps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (94 ratings) — better | 3.9 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luke Ryan, LLC | Hassan Hattab |
Customer experience
Chime Squirrel
Hey Beeps
Bugs and requests
Chime Squirrel
Reported bugs
8 issues- App stops working when in background
- Interval data lost after update
- Timer resets to start when app is not on screen
- App behaves erratically
- Edit page does not change settings
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- App freezes and hangs up
- Notifications announce chime finish instead of start
- Chiming constantly and getting multiple alerts after setup attempt
Requested features
11 requests- Apple Watch compatibility
- Ability to set different intervals within a timer
- Siri integration for speaking chime titles
- Option to have notifications announce chime start instead of finish
- More subtle and longer chime sounds (like a gong)
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- Custom ringtones
- Schedule timers for specific days/times (e.g., Mo-Fr 8-17h)
- Ability to save multiple timer configurations
- Ability to set timers to keep chiming until reset
- More sound options beyond basic chimes/beeps
- Ability to start timers automatically in the morning
Hey Beeps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chime Squirrel
- Upgrade To Pro$3.99
Hey Beeps
- Hey Beeps Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$0.991 Month
- Hey Beeps Annual Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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