Two apps that announce the time on a schedule. Here is where they differ, and when to pick the other one.
| Tinny(not) | Chime: Speaking Clock | |
|---|---|---|
| Price to download | Free | Free |
| How it is paid for | Free with no ads; an optional one-time purchase unlocks everything, no subscription | Reviews frequently mention ads, including full-screen ones |
| Intervals | Flexible chime intervals: every hour, 30 or 15 minutes | Flexible chime intervals |
| A different sound per quarter | Yes | Not mentioned |
| Speaking clock | Yes, in any voice installed on the iPhone | Yes, time announcements |
| Your own notification text | Yes, per quarter mark, also spoken aloud | Personalized alerts |
| Import your own sounds | Yes, up to three at a time, and you can swap them for others whenever you like | Not mentioned |
| Quiet periods | Presets for work hours, waking hours or all day, or any hours you pick; every day, weekdays, weekends or any days you pick | Night mode, time ranges, weekend do not disturb |
| Devices | iPhone, iOS 17.6 or later | iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, iOS 12.0 or later |
| Interface languages | Nine, including German, French, Spanish and Japanese | English |
| App Store rating (US) | 5.0 from 3 ratings | 4.2 from 814 ratings |
Of the 94 App Store reviews the store made available when we read them in August 2026, about half were negative. The most common themes were full-screen ads and a setup that kept asking to change notification settings.
On an iPad or an older iPhone, Chime: Speaking Clock is the one that works: it runs on iOS 12 and on iPad, while Tinny(not) needs an iPhone with iOS 17.6.
Tinny(not) is free and never shows an ad. The free version is already a complete hourly chime: five sounds, the work, waking and all-day presets or any hours you choose, every day of the week, for as long as you like, without paying anything.
If you want to make it entirely your own, a single optional purchase unlocks the full set: a sound for each quarter hour, the speaking clock, your own words read out on schedule, chosen days and your own imported sounds. You pay once, and there's no subscription.
The app also speaks your language, and setup is a switch and a few choices; whenever iOS needs a setting changed, the app opens the exact page for you.
Yes. Tinny(not) has no ads at all. The hourly chime with five sounds is free to use with no time limit, and an optional one-time purchase adds the speaking clock and everything else, with no subscription.
Choose the speaking clock as the sound and it says the time in any voice installed on your iPhone, in your language and time format.
No. Tinny(not) is an iPhone app and needs iOS 17.6 or later. Chime: Speaking Clock lists iPad and iOS 12.0 support.
Tinny(not) is free, with no ads and no time limit. If you want more, one optional purchase adds quarter hours, the speaking clock, custom text and the other sounds. No subscription.
Get Tinny(not) on the App StoreFacts about Chime: Speaking Clock come from its own App Store page (developer Reeba Sebastian), checked on October 5, 2026. Review themes come from the App Store reviews we read in August 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and we'll correct it.