Dingly vs Pip

Dingly reads the calendars you choose and rings a real alarm before each meeting, so you're never caught off guard. - Real alarms: Dingly uses the same system alarms as the Clock app, so they ring even when your iPhone is on silent or in a Focus, and even if Dingly isn't open. - Two alerts per meeting: 15 minutes and 1 minute before by default. Change either one. - Meetings that start at the same time share one alarm. - Snooze or stop right from the alarm. - Skip a single meeting with a swipe; it won't ring on any of your devices. - Join Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or Webex calls right from the list or the countdown. - A countdown to your next meeting in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, in your calendar's color. It appears with the first alarm, keeps counting down to the last one, and goes away when you stop it. Only ever one per meeting. - Choose from a set of pleasant alarm sounds. - Ignore meetings by keyword (like "lunch"), skip weekends, and pick which calendars to watch. - See your meetings for the days ahead, and keep up with your calendar automatically. A Shortcuts action can sync it any time. - Pause for a vacation, get a morning summary, ask Siri or use the widget to join or skip a meeting, and get a warning if a meeting's video link changes. - Add a short note to any meeting; it shows highlighted on its alarm and countdown. - Ring earlier for the meetings that need it: choose a first alert for one meeting, a whole series, or every meeting with a keyword like "kid pickup". - Works on iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad, in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Requires iOS 26.

Pip is a cheerful timer companion that makes one countdown — or a whole everyday routine — easy to start, easy to follow, and easy to finish. A BUDDY THAT SHOWS YOUR TIME Pip is a little jar of time with a face. It floats on the time you have left, naps when you pause, and perks up in the last minute. Prefer someone else? Meet Mochi, Toast, Sprout and Bloop, who you unlock by finishing timers. START IN SECONDS • Type or say it: "tea 4 min", "focus 25 min then break 5 min, repeat 4 times", "pasta 10 min, drain 1 min, sauce 4 min". • Or set it by hand with hours, minutes and seconds. • Quick starts for tea, eggs, focus, naps, laundry and planks. • You always review the steps before anything starts. CHAINS FOR REAL ROUTINES • Save routines like Pasta night, Morning routine, Study sprint and Laundry day, and edit them freely. • Wait for me: each step rings, then waits until you're ready for the next one. • Automatic: steps move on by themselves, with one alarm when the whole chain ends. • Run several timers at once and keep an eye on each from one calm home screen. ALARMS YOU CAN TRUST • With your permission, Pip uses system alarms, so timers show on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island and ring even when Pip is closed. • Pause, resume and add a minute from the Lock Screen. • Prefer something quieter? Use normal notifications, or keep timers in the app only. • Pip always shows how each timer will alert you. YOUR SOUND, YOUR WAY Every buddy rings with its own sound — rubber duck, cat chorus, toaster pop, soft chimes or boing — or pick one sound for everything, or one just for a single timer. GENTLE BY DESIGN • A calm look with a quiet display option, plus dark mode. • No streaks, no pressure and no guilt: stickers and buddies are small souvenirs you can ignore completely. • Works with Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no ads, no tracking and no network connection. Everything stays on your iPhone. Speech for the mic button is turned into text on your device and never saved. MAKE IT YOURS Tell Pip your name (optional) and it will say hello — and, if you like, use it in alerts. Your name stays on your iPhone. WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS Start a saved timer from the Home Screen, or ask Siri and Shortcuts to start, pause, resume or add a minute. Pip is a timer, not a medical or therapy tool.