Comparison

Status Hero vs Hourly Beep

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

Head to head
About

Status Hero

Quickly check the status of your Heroku applications. This utility app allows you to refresh current statuses and review past updates and issues.

Highlights
  • Heroku app status checks
  • Refresh current statuses
  • View previous updates
  • Browse past issues
Features
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Hero Status is a simple to use app that gives you quick access to Heroku status. Easily refresh current Heroku apps statuses or browse through previous updates and issues. And that's it. Enjoy! (Disclaimer: Status Hero and Le Phant for Heroku are not affiliated or endorsed by Salesforce.com, Inc.)

About

Hourly Beep

This app provides gentle audio cues to help you stay mindful of time passing throughout your day. It offers customizable hourly chimes or interval alerts, even when your phone is locked, promoting focus and breaks.

Highlights
  • Hourly chimes and interval alerts
  • Customizable sound options
  • Voice time announcements
  • Works while phone is locked
  • Scheduled work hours
  • Multiple sound effects
Features
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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 VOICE (PRO) • A natural voice tells you the time — on the hour, every quarter hour or even every five minutes • At night it whispers, during hours you choose in Settings • 7 languages, 12- or 24-hour format 37 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, including Voice, unlimited schedules, any interval. No subscription, no ads. IPHONE AND IPAD • Runs on iPhone and iPad — in portrait, landscape and next to other apps • Schedules carry over between devices through iCloud, and each device rings on its own. You can turn sync off in Settings 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.

Screenshots

Status Hero4 screens
Hourly Beep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hourly Beep at 4.4 against Status Hero's 1.4. Hourly Beep also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 5). Status Hero's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Status Hero asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hourly Beep holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 16 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Status Hero versus Hourly Beep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStatus HeroHourly Beep
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (5 ratings)4.4 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings516 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatija BogdanovicAdam Rozynski

Customer experience

Status Hero

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative80.0%

Hourly Beep

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Status Hero

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hourly Beep

One-time1
  • Hourly Beep Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Status Hero free?
Status Hero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hourly Beep free?
Hourly Beep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Status Hero or Hourly Beep?
Hourly Beep is rated higher. Status Hero averages 1.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Hourly Beep averages 4.4 from 16 ratings.
Do Status Hero or Hourly Beep have ads?
Neither Status Hero nor Hourly Beep shows ads.

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