Handy Remind vs Time Chimes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handy Remind
Set recurring reminders for any task, from hourly hydration to yearly birthdays. This app offers flexible scheduling to ensure you never forget important events or daily routines.
- Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly repeats
- Custom minute-based reminders
- Hydration reminders
- Birthday reminders
- Job completion alerts
- Avoid forgetting tasks
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◆ You can set repeat every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year, or set the reminder of any number of minutes, such as reminding every 30 minutes, or reminding every 60 minutes; ◆ Very flexible repeat reminder to meet all your daily reminder needs, such as timed reminder to drink water, periodic reminder to complete a certain job, avoid more things, forget a job, can also be used to remind friends and family of birthdays, etc;
Time Chimes
Set custom chime notifications for specific times and days of the week. Organize chimes into groups and pause them as needed. Requires notification permissions to function.
- Scheduled chime notifications
- Customizable by day of week
- Group management for chimes
- Pause chime groups
- Notification permission required
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It is an application that notifies at the specified time of the specified day of the week. Example of use ・Company and school chimes ・Medication time notice and so on You can manage a group of chimes. Pauses can be made for each group. You will need notification permission to use it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Time Chimes at Free against Handy Remind's $0.99. Handy Remind's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (78% vs 67%). 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
Time Chimes is free to download; Handy Remind costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handy Remind ships an update every 3 months, Time Chimes every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handy Remind | Time Chimes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 鹏 郑 | SHIN INABA |
Customer experience
Handy Remind
Time Chimes
In-app purchases
Handy Remind
No in-app purchases
Time Chimes
No in-app purchases
