TimeChime: Hourly Chime

This app is the biggest piece of crap. They charge you to use it and it literally doesn’t do anything. I want my money back.

This is a great little app and I did not need the upgrade to get all I wanted for just $.99. As the app creators suggested, I went to their website and downloaded the instructions. I was especially cautious because of the low ratings (2.4). In the app, I first selected my Sounds by gong to Menu, Sounds, and selecting “electronic-chime,” which is a perfect, simple one-note chime. I used this for all 3 times (15,30,1 hr). Back on the main screen I chose 30 mins as the repeat chime interval. I now have a simple pleasant reminder tone every 30 mins. I’ll use Focus so it won’t go off overnight. If at any point I become concerned about running low on my cycle of 64 chimes, I can simply start fresh again in 3 seconds: I press Stop, select my time (eg 30 min) and press Start. It even saves the Sounds from my previous entry so I do not have to select Sounds again.

Don’t do it…even though its only 99 cents, things you see in the pics of the various screens are mostly “upgrades”, their way of getting more money for a very poor app. Was just looking for something simple for bell chimes every hour but this is not it ! The 2.4 out of 5 rating is real…actually its to high !!

I selected the soft “electronic chime” sound to be played hourly. At 3 AM, the app switches to a loud “Big Ben” sound. I thought of upgrading the app, but the upgrade buttons don’t work. I tried to view the webpage at summit pointsoftware.com, but the page is not active. I had to request a refund.

The app has the features I want, ability to hear a sound on the half and full hour, it also lets you set it up on the quarter hour. You get to select the sounds you want for each time frame. I chose one set of sounds, and they worked. Then I changed to another set of sounds, and it was as if they didn’t save, and it kept playing the old sounds. This seems to vary whether I’ve selected the quarter hour or the half hour as my chime times.

worst app I've ever seen, they make you pay them 99 cents for later when you open the app they tell you that if you want all the features YOU HAVE TO PAY MORE, that's called ROBBERY

Crap save your money

I need only half hour chimes but can’t use them unless all of them are selected including quarter hour and an hour.

I personally love this app! I don’t understand the bad reviews. It’s so simple: choose a sound with the “SOUNDS” button; choose a 15 minute, 30 minute, or hour interval; hit “START TIMER.” You will get a notification EITHER on your iOS device OR on your Apple Watch. You don’t need to respond. The app will keep notifying you at the selected interval: at quarter past, half past, or on the hour. This app is NOT a timer, so it won’t notify you at 15 minutes from the time you start it, but rather at quarter past, half past, quarter to, and on the hour. All of this is FREE! You only have to upgrade if you want more sounds, want to see when the alerts are scheduled, or want to precisely set which day(s) and hour(s) you want alerts.

For The dollar you spend, you can’t even make it chime at a specific time (ie the e top and bottom of the hour they make you pay more and more for functions to actually make the app work as promised. Don’t buy this unless you don’t mind being pummeled for more cash for more confusion. Shockingly, there is absolutely NO instruction in the basic paid app. I went to the site and am findings none of the promised videos except for one that only skims over the highest paid features. It feels so horrible to be conned.