Ratings Score: 2.92

Reviews: 430

Updated: 1791467755

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Developer: Caynax

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Available On: PlayStore

About Hourly Chime: Talking Clock

Caynax Hourly Chime is an hourly chime and talking clock app: it plays a sound or speaks the time at the hours you choose. Set the hours, minutes and days of the week once, and the app gives you a regular time signal in the background, also when the phone is locked. Use it as an hourly reminder at work, a time announcer while you study, or a short hourly beep that keeps you aware of the passing hours. Hourly chime, quarter-hourly and every X minutes - Chime every hour as an hourly signal, or only in your active hours, for example your work hours - Play at :00, :15, :30 or :45; set up two or four chimes for a half-hourly or quarter-hourly signal - Pick the days of the week, and leave night hours out for quiet hours - Pro: chime at any minute (0-59) and at a set second - Pro: every X minutes in a time range, for example a reminder every 15 minutes or every 30 minutes from 9 AM to 5 PM - Pro: chime at sunrise and sunset, at dawn and dusk, or before or after them, to follow daylight hours Speak time every hour with a talking clock (Pro) In speech mode the chime becomes a speaking clock that can tell the time with text-to-speech, for example "It's noon". Voice alerts can also be speaking reminders: edit the text for any of the 24 hours to get a custom voice reminder like "Short break", "Drink water", "Stand up and stretch" or "Take your medication". Sound + speech mode adds the spoken text to your chime sound. Voices come from the text-to-speech engine on your phone, so languages and voices depend on your device. Your own chime sound - Use any sound file on your phone: a soft blip blip, a school bell, a cuckoo clock or a Big Ben recording you have. No sound files are included. - Set the volume of each hourly alert in percent, or (Pro) follow the alarm, media, ringer or notification volume - Pro: repeat for hours plays the sound as many times as the hour (1-12), like a grandfather clock or striking clock - Pro: repeat the sound up to 24 times and use long sounds; the free version limits sound length - Add vibration or an extra notification with your own message When a chime may play Each chime can play or stay silent in silent mode or vibrate mode, with a wired or Bluetooth headset (headphones only or also the speaker), only when the screen is on (good for quiet nights) and during a phone call. Do Not Disturb behavior depends on granted access and your device. Daily routine and time management Time reminders can mark your day: a time signal at the start of each work or study block, a focus session with a chime every 25 minutes, a mindfulness pause every hour. If time blindness or ADHD makes you lose track of the hours, a chime or the spoken time is an outside time cue. The app is a reminder tool, not a medical app: it does not diagnose or treat any condition and does not track medication or water. Many chimes, groups and widget - Keep many chimes, each with its own hours, sound and conditions - Put chimes into groups, like Work or Weekend, and switch a group on or off - Pro: turn all chimes off, or off until a date and time - Pro: a home screen widget shows if chimes are on and switches them - Daily automatic backup and backup to a file, to restore chimes on a new phone Background work Chimes use exact Android alarms and start again after a restart, even before the first unlock. For accurate time alerts, allow notifications and exact alarms and turn off battery optimization. Some phone makers limit background apps, and no chime plays while the phone is off. Free and Pro The basic hourly chime is free with ads: chosen hours, :00/:15/:30/:45, days, your sound, volume, play conditions, groups and backup. Options marked Pro need a Pro subscription in the app, which also makes the app ad-free. A separate No Ads purchase removes ads only and does not unlock Pro options.