Comparison

Hindsight 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

Hindsight

Track the time elapsed since significant life events, from daily habits to major milestones. Gain insights into your routines, set reminders, and visualize your progress. Your data is private and synced across devices.

Highlights
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
  • Swipe to track events
  • Customizable time-based alerts
  • Habit statistics and histogram
  • Add notes for context
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Data export/import
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Hindsight: Time, Tracked and Visualized Rediscover the past and optimize your future with Hindsight. This intuitive app keeps you informed about the time that has elapsed since life's events. Whether they're daily routines or once-in-a-lifetime milestones, Hindsight puts the answers to "How long has it been?" right at your fingertips. ** Make Every Moment Count ** With Hindsight, you don't just record events—you gain insights. Track the frequency of your habits, remind yourself of milestones, and break free from unwanted patterns. It's not just about counting time; it's about making time count. Features: * Privacy First: No accounts or sign-in required! Your data is securely stored in your iCloud account. * Swipe to Track: Capture every event with a swipe and revisit them in a detailed timeline. * Alerts: Set customizable notifications based on time intervals to stay on top of your activities. * Deep Insights: Delve into your habits with stats and a histogram view. * Notes for Context: Attach notes to each occurrence for context and memories. * Sync Across Devices: Keep your data in sync across all your devices with iCloud. * Data Export/Import: Enjoy the freedom to export your history to CSV for deeper analysis or sharing. * Watch Companion: Manage your events with a full-featured Apple Watch app. * Widget Convenience: Access quick updates from your home screen and lock screen widgets. * Siri and Shortcuts: Use Siri and Shortcuts to get event info or add occurrences Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Hindsight4 screens
Hourly Beep4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hindsight and Hourly Beep both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Hourly Beep's written reviews are positive against 72% of Hindsight's. Hindsight's advantage is ratings volume (396 vs 15) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hindsight sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Hourly Beep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hindsight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hindsight has 396 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Hindsight's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hourly Beep's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hindsight ships an update weekly, Hourly Beep fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hindsight versus Hourly Beep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHindsightHourly Beep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (396 ratings) — better4.4 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings396 — better15
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRogue Signal Inc. (Apps)Adam Rozynski

Customer experience

Hindsight

All ratings395 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral10.0%
Negative17.8%

Hourly Beep

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

Bugs and requests

Hindsight

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Overdue events no longer show a red bell icon
  • Send feedback does not work
  • The new UI is dark and boring
  • It's a pain to switch between categories
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
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  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new product update is very bad
  • The new product update is very bad
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • App crashes and I lost all my data

Requested features

3 requests
  • Could you allow user to pick category colors?
  • Want to add events that haven't happened yet
  • It would be nice if you could add a photo to an instance

Hourly Beep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Hindsight

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Support$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Support$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Candy Tip$0.99
  • Coffee Tip$2.99
  • Pizza Tip$5.99
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  • Ramen Tip$9.99
1 purchases

Hourly Beep

One-time1
  • Hourly Beep Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Hindsight free?
Hindsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hourly Beep free?
Hourly Beep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hindsight or Hourly Beep?
Hindsight is rated higher. Hindsight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 396 ratings, while Hourly Beep averages 4.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Hindsight or Hourly Beep have ads?
Neither Hindsight nor Hourly Beep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hindsight or Hourly Beep?
Hindsight ships an update weekly, and Hourly Beep fortnightly. Most recently, Hindsight was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hourly Beep on November 5, 2026.

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