Tinny(not): HourlyChime & Bell

What it does

It sounds the hour from your lock screen, with the app closed, using one of 14 built-in or imported sounds, a voice that speaks the time aloud, or words you write yourself. Pick your hours, pick your days, pick whether it marks every hour, every half hour, or every quarter. Free to download. A single one-time purchase unlocks everything else. No subscription, no advertising, and it collects no data whatsoever.

Free hourly chimes on your iPhone lock screen, app closed. 14 sounds, a speaking clock in any voice, your own words. Free, with optional extras in a one-time purchase. No ads.

Tinny(not) is an hourly chime and speaking clock for iPhone. It sounds the hour from your lock screen, with the app closed, using one of 14 built-in sounds, a voice that speaks the time aloud, or words you write yourself. Pick your hours, pick your days, pick whether it marks every hour, every half hour, or every quarter. Free to use. If you want the extras, a single optional purchase unlocks them, once. No subscription, no advertising, and it collects no data whatsoever. The name is a joke about the one thing people feared it would sound like: it is Tinny, and it is not tinny. Set your hours and days once. Chimes fire with the app closed and the phone locked, because they are scheduled…from tinnynot.com

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