Hourly chimes scheduled locally on your iPhone — they ring on the lock screen, offline, even in airplane mode, without keeping the app running. Pick natural sounds or voice announcements in 10 languages, with guided notification setup to keep your lock screen calm.
A natural AI voice tells you the time in 10 languages — short, calm, and gone. Prefer a tone over a voice? Pick from Westminster, Singing Bowl, Birdsong, Crystal Glass, Water Drop, Piano, Digital Watch, Soft Beep, Cat Meow, or Dog Bark — 10 themes in total.
Hourly chimes free out of the box. Add 15 or 30-minute Pro intervals when you want a tighter pulse. Active hours and weekday filters keep it quiet when you don't.
Most chime apps pile up dozens of banners on your lock screen. Chimebird helps you keep Sound on while turning banner display off in iOS settings. If you prefer banners, background cleanup removes older delivered chimes.
One tap shows what's wrong — permissions, system volume, silent switch, Focus mode — with one-tap fixes, not a guessing game.
Set it once and forget it — Chimebird schedules notifications ahead and has minimal battery impact.
Chimebird schedules local notifications ahead of time. Battery-friendly, runs in the background — set it once and forget it.
A low-distraction bell for pomodoro, timer routines, or your daily rhythm. Use it to keep focus, productivity, and sleep schedules on track.
Even in banner mode, each new chime replaces the previous one. Background cleanup runs every 15 minutes — your lock screen stays clean.
After a system upgrade or permission change, the built-in health check re-validates the chime pipeline so nothing breaks silently.
Chimes are scheduled as local notifications. Sound files are bundled in the app, so audio playback makes no network request, even in airplane mode.
No ads, no third-party trackers, and no third-party analytics SDKs. Your chime settings stay on your device. Privacy by design.
Configure once, then forget about it. Chimebird handles the rest.
Hourly chimes are free. Unlock 15 or 30-minute Pro intervals when you want a tighter pulse. Set active hours and skip weekends if you like.
Browse 10 curated chime themes — birdsong, singing bowl, Westminster, and more — or pick an AI voice that announces the time in your language.
Chimebird schedules local notifications ahead of time and chimes on its own. No need to keep the app open — battery-friendly by design.
Deep work, pomodoro, study, mindfulness, remote work — and anyone with time blindness or a tendency to get absorbed for too long.
For anyone with weak time perception, or who hyperfocuses for too long — gentle chimes help you feel time pass and re-anchor your day.
Keep your work rhythm without constantly checking the clock. Know when to take breaks, join meetings, or wrap up.
Pair with the pomodoro technique, or stay aware of time during long study or reading sessions — without picking up your phone.
A single chime brings attention back to the present. Use periodic bells as a cue to pause and breathe.
Use low-distraction sounds to anchor your daily rhythm — wake up, meals, breaks, and wind-down reminders.
Chimebird is an iOS chime app that gently reminds you as time passes — using beautiful chimes, natural sounds, or spoken time announcements at the interval you choose. It works as a lightweight time reminder and time-management tool: useful for deep work, studying, mindfulness, remote work, the pomodoro technique, time blindness, ADHD, or simply noticing when you've been absorbed for too long. Hourly chimes are free; Pro unlocks 15 and 30-minute intervals.
Chimebird helps you keep notification clutter low. In iOS notification settings, you can keep Sounds enabled while turning banner display off. If you keep banner mode on, Chimebird also cleans up older delivered chimes so your lock screen stays easier to scan.
Chimebird includes 10 sound themes: Westminster, Singing Bowl, Birdsong, Crystal Glass, Water Drop, Piano, Digital Watch, Soft Beep, Cat Meow, and Dog Bark. The free tier includes Birdsong and Water Drop. Pro unlocks every theme plus the multilingual voice packs.
Pro includes voice packs in 10 languages — English, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Japanese, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Dutch — each available in male and female voices.
Yes. Chimebird was designed with ADHD users in mind. Regular gentle chimes act as audio anchors that help you stay aware of passing time without requiring you to check a clock. Many users with time blindness find that periodic chimes help break hyperfocus and maintain daily routines.
Chimebird respects your system settings. In Do Not Disturb or Focus modes, chimes may be silenced depending on your iOS notification settings. The built-in health checker will alert you if your current settings might prevent chimes from playing.
Chimebird is free to download. The free tier includes hourly (60-minute) chimes with two sound themes — Birdsong and Water Drop. Pro unlocks 15 and 30-minute intervals, all 10 sound themes, and every voice pack: $9.99 / year or $19.99 lifetime in the US. Local pricing is shown in the App Store.
Not yet. Chimebird v1 is iPhone-only. A watchOS companion is on the roadmap.
Chimebird does not collect personal data for advertising or tracking. Chime settings stay on your device. Sound files are bundled in the app, so audio playback makes no network request. We use Apple StoreKit and RevenueCat for subscription state, and Apple APNs for the silent push that cleans delivered banners — see our Privacy Policy for the full list.
Chimebird requires iOS 17 or later. It works on all iPhones that support iOS 17, including iPhone XS and newer.
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