Hourlybird

The Hourlybird blog

Notes on time, attention, and small sounds, from the maker of an hourly chime app

How to make your iPhone chime every hour

The iPhone has no built-in hourly chime, but the Apple Watch hides a beautiful one, and apps can fill the gap.

How to set hourly reminders on an iPhone

The setting exists, but it stays hidden until you set a time first. Every method that works, with its quirks.

The best hourly chime apps for iPhone, a field guide

The crowd favorite, the abandoned classic, the talking clock, and the grandfather clock. With one disclosure.

Tools and apps for time blindness

The fix is not discipline, it is externalizing time: clocks you can see, chimes you can hear, taps you can feel.

How to actually remember to drink water

Reminder apps fail when they turn hydration into homework. Attach the sip to a sound you already hear instead.