Hourly time anchors
A soft chime or the spoken time, every hour or every 15, 30 or 45 minutes. The hours stop slipping by unnoticed.
Built for ADHD brainsFeel every hour.
Feel every hour.
Beat time‑blindness.
A gentle chime or a calm voice tells you the time, every hour, so afternoons stop disappearing. No alarms to snooze. No guilt.
Free on iPhone & Android · No account · No ads · Your data stays on your phone
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Features
One job, done gently: keep you in the hour you're in
Time blindness isn't a planning problem. It's not feeling time pass. TimeAware makes you feel it.
24 sounds, none of them harsh
12 voices, from Calm to ASMR, and 12 chimes, from Gentle Bell to Tibetan Bowl. Pleasant enough to leave on all day.
Pauses for meetings
Connect your calendar and chimes go quiet while you're busy. Quiet hours and an hour-by-hour schedule cover nights and weekends.
Calendar sync is Pro
Feel it instead of hearing it
Haptic-only mode taps your pocket in silence, and Apple Watch turns every hour into a tap on your wrist. Made for offices, classrooms and libraries.
Pro
Time you can see
Analog, digital or minimal clocks with an arc counting down to the next chime, six themes, home screen widgets and, on iPhone, a lock screen countdown.
Private by design
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your settings live on your phone, in English, Spanish, French or German.
How It Works
Three steps to reclaim your time
1
Pick your sound
Gentle bells, ocean waves, or a voice that announces the hour. Choose what feels right.
2
Build your rhythm
Tap the exact hours you want to hear from. Quiet during meetings, on during deep work.
3
Stay grounded
A glanceable arc shows time until the next cue. Hours stop slipping away unnoticed.
And then…
You actually get notified
A gentle push lands on your lock screen — paired with the sound you picked. No app to open, no streak to maintain.
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Voice Packs
Find the voice that fits your vibe
Tap a sample to hear it. The app has 12 voices and 12 chimes, so there's one you'll happily hear all day.
Why It Sticks
Made for brains that have quit every alarm app
If you've tried alarms, timers and planners and dropped them all, that isn't a willpower problem. Most tools assume you can already feel time passing.
It informs. It never nags.
Alarms demand that you stop and react, so you learn to swipe them away. A chime just tells you the time and leaves the next move to you.
The cue lives where the problem is
ADHD researcher Russell Barkley's advice is to put reminders at the point of performance, outside your head. TimeAware brings the time to you, every hour, wherever you are.
Nothing to fail at
Miss an hour, mute it for a meeting, take a day off. Nothing scolds you, and the next chime is still waiting when you're ready.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when it clicks.
The free version is a complete time anchor, not a trial with a countdown. Pro adds the sounds, themes and quiet modes that make it fit your whole day.
Free
$0
Everything you need to start
- Gentle time cues on your schedule
- 2 voices and 2 chimes
- 2 themes and every clock style
- Quiet hours and an hour-by-hour schedule
- Home screen widget
Pro
Weekly, monthly or yearly
For when it becomes part of your day
- All 12 voices and 12 chimes
- All 6 themes
- Calendar sync: auto-pause during meetings
- Haptic-only silent mode
- Apple Watch haptic chimes (iPhone)
Pro prices vary by country and are shown in the app before you pay. Cancel anytime in your App Store or Google Play settings.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is TimeAware free?
Yes. It's free to download on iPhone and Android, and the free version gives you gentle time cues on your schedule with two voices, two chimes and two themes. TimeAware Pro unlocks every sound and theme, calendar auto-pause, haptic-only mode and Apple Watch chimes.
Why not just set alarms or use a free hourly chime?
Alarms ask you to stop and react, which is why most of us end up snoozing or ignoring them. TimeAware is built to be heard, not obeyed: pleasant sounds or the spoken time, quiet hours, meeting auto-pause and an hour-by-hour schedule, so it can stay on all day without turning into noise.
Does it work on Android?
Yes. TimeAware is on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iPhone. Apple Watch chimes and the lock screen countdown are iPhone-only.
Will it go off during meetings or at night?
Only if you want it to. Quiet hours silence it overnight, with a separate weekend schedule, and you can switch off any individual hour. With calendar sync it pauses automatically while you're in a meeting, and on iPhone it respects your Focus modes.
Do I need an account? What data do you collect?
No account, ever. Your settings stay on your phone, and the app has no analytics, ads or tracking. The details are in our privacy policy.
Is it only for people with ADHD?
It was designed around ADHD time blindness, but it helps anyone who looks up and wonders where the afternoon went. It's a practical tool, not a medical device or a treatment.
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Your brain deserves better tools
Download TimeAware free, pick a sound you actually like, and let the next hour find you.
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