How Many Times vs Chimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
How Many Times
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How many coffees today? How many workouts this month? Tap once and know. How Many Times is a calm tally counter for everyday life: every tap drops a little ball into a card, and the balls bounce around in a tiny physics box. No streak pressure, no sign-up. Just an honest count of how often things happen. WHAT PEOPLE COUNT • Water, coffee, stretching, reading, workouts, walks, calls to family… anything you want to keep count of • See when you usually do it and how your rhythm changes over time ONE TAP TO COUNT • Tap a card to add a count, and a new ball drops in • Add an optional note, or adjust the time when logging something from earlier • Set a minimum interval per category so accidental double taps don't count FLIP THE CARD FOR INSIGHTS • Balls: your latest records at a glance • Time of day: when you tend to do it • Last 10 days: your recent rhythm • Stats: today's count, streaks, 10- and 30-day totals and averages COUNT FROM ANYWHERE • Home Screen widget: pick a category, then tap once to add a count without opening the app • Apple Watch app: swipe between your categories, tap to count, and glance at time-of-day, recent days and stats on your wrist • iCloud sync across your devices signed in with the same Apple ID MAKE IT YOURS • Free: create 2 categories; How Many Times Pro unlocks up to 100 categories • 10 retro color themes (clay/orange and moss/green are free; all 10 with Pro), light and dark mode • Optional sound effects • Full history: browse, edit notes and times, delete entries; free up to 100 records per category, up to 5,000 with Pro • Available in English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese PRIVACY Your data stays on your device and in your personal iCloud. No account, no sign-up. How Many Times is free to download. The free tier includes 2 categories, 2 themes (clay/orange and moss/green), and up to 100 records per category. How Many Times Pro is an auto-renewable yearly subscription ($5.99/year) that unlocks up to 100 categories, all 10 retro color themes, and up to 5,000 records per category. Price is shown in the app and payment is charged to your Apple ID. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fishenal-studio.vercel.app/privacy-policy/how-many-times.html Questions or ideas? Email yu_dong_han@hotmail.com, I read every message.
Chimer
This app provides periodic chime alarms that work in the background, even on your watch. Set custom intervals and repeat counts for continuous or finite notifications. It's designed for focused work or timed tasks.
- Periodic chime alarms
- Background operation
- Watch complications
- Customizable intervals
- Repeat count setting
- Infinite or finite alarms
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Uninterrupted periodic nudge alarm app - watch only app Once you set timer, it chimes with intervals of set time. It works even on the background. You can check out the set time on the complications. You can set number of repeats, the process of chimer times on the complications. when there is no number of repeats set, chimer goes infinitely. • Please read the p.s. on description. because of Apple policies, I couldn't set them up in a comfy way by default. • This app can't be used with Workout/Activity app since an Apple watch can have only one Work Session at the same time. p.s. In case you don't like Chimer app opens on wrist raise, go to watch's settings -> General -> return to clock -> Chimer -> select customize and select always on "while not in session" then it won't pop up on wrist raise. It's unable to be turned off by default by Apple. p.s. 2 Since this is an Apple watch only app, you can't install it on your iPhone's App store app. Please install this app through App store app on your apple watch. This is how Apple set up for its every watch stand-alone app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: How Many Times at Free against Chimer's $1.99. How Many Times also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Chimer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On 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
How Many Times is free to download; Chimer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
How Many Times ships an update weekly, Chimer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | How Many Times | Chimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 东晗 于 | Hwasung Kim |
In-app purchases
How Many Times
No in-app purchases
Chimer
No in-app purchases









