# Hourly Chimes

> Hourly bell chimes with optional voice announcement of the time

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `simplylucaapps.chimes`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SimplyLucaApps
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 84
- **Version:** 2.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-24
- **First published:** 2026-08-17
- **Publisher country:** IT
- **Size:** 22 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=simplylucaapps.chimes)
- **Website:** [https://simplylucaapps.xo.je/](https://simplylucaapps.xo.je/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://simplylucaapps.xo.je/privacy.html](https://simplylucaapps.xo.je/privacy.html)

## Description

🕰️ Hourly Chimes — bring back the sound of a real clock tower<br><br>Hourly Chimes rings a bell every hour on the hour and, if you like, on the half hour too — just like an old grandfather clock, right on your phone. Perfect for keeping track of the day without constantly checking the screen.<br><br>HOW IT WORKS<br>🔔 Choose from 40+ different sounds for the hour, the half hour, and noon/midnight: bells, music boxes, retro alarms, arcade sounds and much more.<br>🗣️ Turn on a spoken time announcement (text-to-speech), in 24-hour or 12-hour format, with several phrasing styles.<br>🌙 Set up to 3 quiet time slots (e.g. overnight), each with its own days of the week.<br>📅 Choose which days of the week the chimes are active.<br>🔕 Automatically respects your phone&#39;s silent profile.<br>🔊 Choose the audio output: follow the system&#39;s normal routing, or always force the phone&#39;s speaker.<br>🎨 Light, dark or system theme, with a choice of accent colors.<br><br>SIMPLE OR ADVANCED MODE<br>By default the app shows only the essential options. Turn on Advanced Mode to access multiple sounds, extra quiet time slots, custom phrasing styles and more — so every user sees only as much complexity as they want.<br><br>WHY HOURLY CHIMES<br>• Free, no ads, no account required<br>• Works completely offline<br>• Available in 10 languages, automatically matching your system language<br><br>Give your phone the sound of a real chiming clock.

## Rankings

- #2,046,113 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simplylucaapps.chimes)