Alsies vs Chimes!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alsies
This app revolutionizes the ice cream truck experience by allowing you to summon a truck to your location. Track trucks in real-time, view planned routes, and receive notifications when a truck is near. Earn loyalty points with every purchase.
- Summon truck to your doorstep
- Real-time truck tracking
- View planned routes
- Proximity notifications
- Loyalty points program
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Alsies is introducing a re-imagined, technology enhanced ice cream truck experience with our mobile app. The Alsies app will allow customers to: • call an Alsies truck to your doorstep • track our ice cream trucks in real-time • see the planned ice cream truck route (where the truck will be) • notify you when one of our trucks is nearby • earn loyalty points with every purchase
Chimes!
Discover nearby ice cream vans and get alerts when your favorite vendors are close. Set up geofences to be notified when an active vendor enters your chosen area. View vendor locations on a map to easily decide when to make a purchase.
- Locate nearby ice cream vans
- Receive vendor alerts
- Create custom geofences
- View vendor locations on map
- Vendor profile management
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Chimes helps customers find nearby ice cream vans and receive alerts when a favourite vendor enters their chosen area. Set a postcode and radius to create a geofence circle, then Chimes notifies you when an active vendor comes close. You can open the map to see the vendor location and quickly decide whether to head out and buy. Vendors can manage their display name, contact details, icon, and privacy settings so customers only see and hear about them when they are actively trading. Chimes is designed to make local van discovery simple, timely, and easy to use for both customers and vendors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alsies at 3.6 against Chimes!'s 1.5. Alsies also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 25%) and ratings volume (41 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alsies holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alsies has 41 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Alsies's written reviews are positive against 25% of Chimes!'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alsies | Chimes! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (41 ratings) — better | 1.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alsies LLC | RICHARD JAMES STIMSON |
Customer experience
Alsies
Chimes!
In-app purchases
Alsies
No in-app purchases
Chimes!
No in-app purchases
