Apple Watch has hourly Chimes. Your Mac does not. Bird Chimes brings that gentle cue to your menu bar, using real bird calls instead of a tone.
Apple Watch has a Chimes feature that taps you gently at the top of every hour. Your Mac has nothing like it. The closest built-in option reads the clock aloud in a synthetic voice.
Bird Chimes fills that gap. Every hour, a real, softly recorded bird call plays from your menu bar. No numbers, no alarm, no jolt. Just a calm, natural marker that a little more time has passed.
FEATURES
- 18 Real Bird Sounds: Carefully recorded calls from birds around the world, played at random
- Hourly Chimes: A gentle marker at the top of each hour
- Customizable Intervals: Choose how often you hear a chime
- macOS Focus Integration: Automatically silences during Focus modes
- Quiet Hours: Set custom hours when chimes are paused
- Menu Bar App: Lives discreetly in your menu bar, always accessible
- Beautiful Design: Clean, minimal interface that feels at home on macOS
BUILT FOR ACCESSIBILITY
Apple files hourly chimes under Accessibility on Apple Watch, and for good reason. A sound you hear is different from a clock you have to remember to look at. Bird Chimes gives you the hour by ear: useful if you have low vision, if tracking time is hard for you, or if alarm sounds simply feel harsh.
Bird Chimes is free to download. A Pro subscription unlocks unlimited chimes and every sound.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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The developer, Muhammed Ensar Baba, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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