Comparison

Hourly Beep vs Recurring Reminders

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

Head to head
About

Hourly Beep

This app provides hourly chimes and custom sound alerts to help you stay focused, mindful, or simply aware of the time. It offers a variety of sounds, customizable schedules, and a retro watch face, all without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Hourly chimes and alerts
  • Customizable sound library (30+ chimes)
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Reliable iOS notifications
  • Retro LCD watch face
  • No ads or subscriptions
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Hear every hour — even with your phone locked. Hourly Beep plays a short sound on the hour — or, with Pro, at any interval you choose. A quiet way to feel time pass while you work, rest or focus. STAY ON TRACK • A nudge every 25 minutes — or any interval from 1 minute to 4 hours (Pro) • Only during work hours: start and end to the minute, pick your weekdays • Sound without banners, so it never breaks your flow • Keeps ringing, even with beeps every few minutes (Pro) PAUSE EVERY HOUR • A soft chime or a Tibetan singing bowl (Pro) as your cue to stop and breathe • No courses, no streaks, no sign-up — just the bell THE BEEP YOU GREW UP WITH • A retro LCD watch face • With Pro: the iconic F-91W chirp, cuckoo, Westminster chimes and a bell that strikes the hour, 1 to 12 36 SOUNDS Beeps, bells, clocks, alarms, ambient and nature — real recordings and crafted synthesis. Preview any sound before you choose. FREE AND PRO Free: one hourly schedule and four sounds. Pro is a one-time purchase: every sound, unlimited schedules, any interval. No subscription, no ads. PRIVACY No tracking, no ads, no account. Languages: English, Polish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese. Made by an indie developer. If something doesn't work, write to me — I'll fix it.

About

Recurring Reminders

This app allows you to create custom recurring reminders using natural language sentences. Define intervals, time windows, specific days, and end dates for any schedule. It focuses solely on keeping repeating promises without requiring an account or tracking your data.

Highlights
  • Natural language reminder creation
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Interval-based reminders
  • Time window restrictions
  • Repeating end dates
  • No account or tracking required
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Build any reminder in seconds. Set an interval, a time window, specific days, or a repeating end — in one sentence. Stop keeping it all in your head. Describe what you want to be reminded of as a plain sentence — what to do, how often, between which hours, and when it should stop — and the sentence builds itself as you answer. It is not a to-do list and not a habit tracker. It does one thing: it keeps a repeating promise running on the schedule you set. Most reminder apps can repeat daily, weekly, or monthly. Wehem can do this: "Stretch, every 30 minutes, on Weekdays, between 9 AM and 6 PM." "Take medication, every 8 hours, starting at 9 AM." "Drink water, every hour, between 8 AM and 10 PM." "Water the plants, every 3 days, at 9 AM." "Check the oven, for the next 3 hours, every 20 minutes." Yours alone. No account, no sign-up, no tracking of what you write. Everything stays on your device. Available as a weekly or annual subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hourly Beep4 screens
Recurring Reminders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Recurring Reminders at 5.0 against Hourly Beep's 4.4. Recurring Reminders also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Hourly Beep's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). 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. Hourly Beep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Recurring Reminders sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recurring Reminders holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hourly Beep has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hourly Beep ships an update every 3 weeks, Recurring Reminders weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hourly Beep versus Recurring Reminders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourly BeepRecurring Reminders
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam RozynskiValyx Digital LLC

Customer experience

Hourly Beep

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Recurring Reminders

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hourly Beep

One-time1
  • Hourly Beep Pro$7.99
4 purchases

Recurring Reminders

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Wehem Annual$19.991 Year
  • Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Wehem Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Hourly Beep free?
Hourly Beep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recurring Reminders free?
Recurring Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hourly Beep or Recurring Reminders?
Recurring Reminders is rated higher. Hourly Beep averages 4.4 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Recurring Reminders averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hourly Beep or Recurring Reminders have ads?
Neither Hourly Beep nor Recurring Reminders shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hourly Beep or Recurring Reminders?
Hourly Beep ships an update every 3 weeks, and Recurring Reminders weekly. Most recently, Hourly Beep was updated on October 28, 2026 and Recurring Reminders on October 24, 2026.

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