# Westminster Chimes Lite

> Your phone is a chiming clock!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id488613215](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id488613215)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id488613215`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** LutherSoft
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (323 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-22
- **First published:** 2011-12-18
- **Size:** 33 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/westminster-chimes-lite/id488613215)
- **Website:** [http://www.luthersoft.com/westminster.html](http://www.luthersoft.com/westminster.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.luthersoft.com/WestminsterChimesPrivacyPolicy.html](http://www.luthersoft.com/WestminsterChimesPrivacyPolicy.html)

## Description

Turn Westminster Chimes Lite into a chiming clock on your device with simple Chrome notifications. Recreate the Westminster Quarters chimes on each quarter hour, and unlock extra melodies—Whittington, St. Michael's, Canterbury, and Winchester—with a small in-app purchase. Further customization lets you set per-quarter chimes, decide whether to chime the hour, and choose a time window for chimes.

Fully accessible with VoiceOver, Westminster Chimes Lite is designed for easy use by everyone. Watch the video at http://youtu.be/nT-aHbWiT0U to see it in action, and explore additional features and melodies via in-app purchases.

## Rankings

- #91,997 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Westminster Chimes Lite for helping time-awareness, easy time management, pleasant Westminster chime sounds, and useful customization such as scheduled chimes and voice announcements. The main drawbacks are reliability and consistency: chimes frequently fail to play, cut off early, or stop working after updates; some devices or iPad don’t chime or require the app to stay open in the foreground; sounds can be inaudible even at high volumes; upgrade prompts and paid features sometimes don’t behave as expected. Overall, it’s effective when functioning, but reliability and cross-device performance are recurring concerns.

### Pros

- Helps with time-awareness and time management.
- Pleasant Westminster chime sound that is recognizable.
- Voice announcements as an alternative to counting chimes.
- Scheduling/customization options (run during specific hours and adjustable chime/voice settings).

### Cons

- Reliability issues: chimes sometimes don’t sound or the app stops working.
- Chimes cut off before completing the full sound.
- Sounds can be inaudible even at high volumes.
- Cross-device limitations (not always working on iPad or requires keeping the app open/foreground to function).
- Upgrade/paid features sometimes fail or prompt repeatedly.

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