The minute repeater: Time without checking the time
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Free to use, no expiry · optional $6.99 unlock, once · no subscription
Built to be heard, not glanced at.
Chimes on demand
Hours, quarters and minutes, played back on recorded carillon bells — a deep tone for the hour, a melodic run for the quarters, higher notes for the minutes.
Follows your phone
It plays at your phone's volume and goes quiet in silent mode or Do Not Disturb. A schedule and a night window decide which hours strike; on phones, a vibrate mode can stand in for the sound.
A dial worth watching
A classic carillon face sits behind the chime — for the pleasure of watching time pass, not just hearing it announced.
One codebase runs the app on iPhone, iPad and Android. Background chiming is tuned for minimal battery and memory use, and every release is tested across devices and OS versions before it ships — the same engineering standard Swandex holds for the software it builds for clients. No tracking, no ads.
Before you install.
Does it chime by itself, or only when I ask?
Both. It strikes every quarter hour on its own, following the schedule and night window you set, and plays the full hours, quarters and minutes whenever you press the dial. On phones, a vibrate mode replaces the chime where sound is not welcome.
What is the logbook?
A quarter-hour work journal, part of the $6.99 unlock. Tap the chime notification and write one line about the quarter that just passed. Short tags such as 'task+', 'next' and 'task-' follow your tasks through the day, and you can copy the day's log into any AI assistant for feedback.
Can it help with time blindness?
It makes the passing of time audible: a chime every quarter hour without looking at a screen, and a written line for each quarter that shows where the day actually went.
What does it cost, and where is my data?
The chime is free, with no time limit. A single $6.99 purchase unlocks the logbook and full night scheduling. No subscription, no ads, no tracking: the log stays on your phone and never leaves it unless you copy it yourself.
Does it follow my phone's volume and silent mode?
Yes. Chimes play at your phone's volume and stay quiet when the phone is on silent or in Do Not Disturb. A schedule and a night window decide which hours strike, and on phones a vibrate mode can replace the sound.
Is it a watch complication or a productivity app?
Both, by design. The chime is a minute repeater: it tells the time by ear. Because every quarter arrives as a notification, the same chime can open the logbook, so the time you hear becomes a line you write. Use the chime alone, or both.
Strike. Tap. One line.
Every quarter arrives as a notification, and that notification opens the logbook — so the time you hear becomes a line you keep.
The quarter strikes
Exactly on the quarter, whether the app is open or not. The notification can carry the name of the task you are working on.
One tap
Tap the notification and the logbook opens, ready for the next line. Nothing to search for, nothing to set up.
One line
Type or dictate one sentence about the last fifteen minutes. At the end of the day, copy the log into any AI assistant and ask where the time went.
The logbook comes with the one-time $6.99 unlock. The chime itself is free, with no time limit.
Why one line every quarter-hour works.
The research and history behind the logbook — from the notebooks of Franklin and Darwin to today's executives — each article with its full references.
A New Art: The Minute Repeater That Writes
Fifteen Minutes, One Line
Hyperfocus Is a Gift. A Logbook Gives It Direction.
Today's CEOs Still Write It Down. Their Employees Can Too.
Before They Changed the World, They Wrote It Down
You Already Have a Longevity Project
