Comparison

Carillon Repetition Minute vs Beeper

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

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About

Carillon Repetition Minute

Features
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Carillon Repetition Minute is a journaling app hidden behind a minute repeater. Every quarter-hour a discreet chime invites you to write one line in your logbook: what you did or thought, and what comes next. Within days you see where your time goes, your mind clears and you are back in control. WHY IT WORKS Writing what you did and what you plan, every quarter-hour, makes you compare intention with outcome. You notice what pulls you off course, decide sooner and finish more. After a few days you sense the quarter coming before it chimes. Made for managers, professionals and students: a work log, a diary and a habit tracker in one. A LOGBOOK THAT TEACHES YOU The first time you open the logbook, handwritten notes guide you line by line: name what you were doing with TASK+, add a few words on what you did, then tap NEXT and write your next step. After five complete lines you know the method; the notes step aside and return with a tap. ONE LINE, EVERY QUARTER-HOUR Tap the chime's notification and write, or dictate. A task is one word, such as REPORT or MY_KIDS, and the notification shows it until you close the task. Big goals break down into small steps: in the summary, hold a task and drop it on its goal. One page shows every open task with its latest status and next step. METRICS THAT GUIDE YOU The Movement panel measures your practice over the last seven days: quarters written, goals, statuses, next steps, subtasks, focus and tasks closed. Each gauge fills from ○ to ●, so you see what to improve, and a task with no update for four days is marked ⏳. On the dial, a gold watch movement appears as your habit grows. AN OPTIONAL CERTIFICATE OF CONSISTENCY Write on most days of the month and laurels appear in the app. If you wish, claim a certificate of consistency, verifiable online, as a reference for yourself, an employer or anyone you choose. It attests to how regularly you wrote, never to what you wrote. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your entries stay on your phone. No account, no cloud, no tracking, no ads. Export your log whenever you like, for example to the AI assistant of your choice for feedback. FREE: A MINUTE REPEATER ON YOUR PHONE The chime is free, with no time limit. It recreates the minute repeater, a complication found on watches that can cost $300,000 or more: press the dial and it strikes the exact time in hours, quarters, then minutes. Throughout the day it marks the quarters and the hours discreetly; your phone's silent mode mutes it, and vibrate mode gives one pulse instead. The sound comes from a real bell. The method also works on paper: carry a small notebook and write your line when the quarter chimes. THE FULL VERSION The logbook with its learning mode, summary, gauges and certificate, the gold movement, flexible night hours and ten color themes come with the Full Version: one purchase, no subscription. AVAILABLE IN 15 LANGUAGES English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Swandex Technology, Romandy, Switzerland swandex.com/carillon.html

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Beeper

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Lose track of time when you're focused, training, or simply caught up in your day? Beeper gives you gentle recurring cues so you can stay aware of time without constantly checking the clock or restarting timers. Set your rhythm once, then get on with your day. Use Beeper for focused work, study, yoga, strength training, stretching, hydration, breaks, meditation, cooking, or any routine that benefits from a repeated reminder. Caught up in doomscrolling? A recurring cue can remind you to look up when a quick scroll turns into longer than you intended. Choose how often you want a cue, when Beeper should be active, and a sound that fits the moment. With notifications enabled, Beeper can keep the rhythm in the background while you get on with your day. With Beeper you can: • Set recurring cues from minutes to hours • Choose gentle chimes, sounds, and alarms • Set active hours around your day • Align cues to the clock with Snap to Clock • Add custom reminder text • Pause or silence cues temporarily • Keep a large countdown visible while you work Your reminders can reach your wrist, too. When you enable “Play in silent mode” and allow alarms, Beeper’s alarms can also appear on an Apple Watch paired with your iPhone when they fire. Beeper is designed to be genuinely useful from the start. Create a schedule, choose from the included sounds, set your interval, and let Beeper quietly keep track in the background. Want Beeper to fit more parts of your day? Premium is a one-time unlock with no subscription. Premium includes: • Multiple named schedules with their own intervals, sounds, and settings • Custom intervals • 20 additional sounds across four sound packs • Sound rotation • Quick Setups for routines • Your chime interval on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Screen dimming while Beeper runs Create one rhythm for work, another for training, another for evenings, or anything else that fits your life. Pay once. Keep Premium. Calm, flexible, and designed to stay out of your way until you need it.

Screenshots

Carillon Repetition Minute4 screens
Beeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Carillon Repetition Minute at daily against Beeper's every 3 weeks. Carillon Repetition Minute also leads on iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.2). 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

Both are free to download. Carillon Repetition Minute sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Beeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carillon Repetition Minute ships an update daily, Beeper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Carillon Repetition Minute versus Beeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarillon Repetition MinuteBeeper
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSWANDEXVenkat Sharma Aluru Gopalakrishna

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Carillon Repetition Minute

One-time1
  • Full Version Unlock$19.99
1 purchases

Beeper

One-time1
  • Beeper Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Carillon Repetition Minute free?
Carillon Repetition Minute is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beeper free?
Beeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Carillon Repetition Minute or Beeper have ads?
Neither Carillon Repetition Minute nor Beeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Carillon Repetition Minute or Beeper?
Carillon Repetition Minute ships an update daily, and Beeper every 3 weeks. Most recently, Carillon Repetition Minute was updated on November 6, 2026 and Beeper on October 31, 2026.

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