HourlyChime 1.1.1
Free Version
Publisher Description
Simple, unobtrusive chimes to help you keep track of the time.
Just beeps, not a musical fanfare, so that you're not embarrassed in public! (For fancy chimes, I'd recommend Bellman)
Tones at the top of the hour help you brush up on your binary too :). Some notes on how to decode the binary tones are below.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Need to open app and press "Start Chimes" on first install.
About the "prevent phone from sleeping" permission: This is just to keep the phone awake for a couple of seconds every 15 minutes, long enough to play tones. It shouldnt impact your battery life, and shouldnt make your screen turn on.
~~~ Binary tone notes ~~~
Here's how you can decode the time from the tones.
First, there is a low tone to let you know the sequence is coming.
Then there will be 4 tones that represent the hour number in binary (or 5 if you have a 24hr clock enabled)
A high pitch tone is a "1" and a medium pitch tone is a "0", and it counts from high bits to low bits.
If you're not a programmer, that will sound overly complex, but it's not so bad when you get used to it.
Here are some examples:
1 oclock in 12hr clock mode:
medium medium medium high = 0 0 0 1 = 1
1am (01:00) in 24hr clock mode:
medium medium medium medium high = 0 0 0 0 1 = 1
2 oclock in 12 hr clock mode: medium medium high medium = 0 0 1 0 = 2
11 oclock in 12 hr clock mode: high medium high high = 1 0 1 1 = 11 (=8*1 + 4*0 + 2*1 + 1*1)
20:00 in 24 hr clock mode: high medium high medium medium = 1 0 1 0 0 = 20 (=16*1 + 8*0 + 4*1 + 2*0 + 1*0)
and so on.
About HourlyChime
HourlyChime is a free app for Android published in the System Maintenance list of apps, part of System Utilities.
The company that develops HourlyChime is Stephens Labs, LLC. The latest version released by its developer is 1.1.1. This app was rated by 6 users of our site and has an average rating of 3.2.
To install HourlyChime on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2011-05-28 and was downloaded 236 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the HourlyChime as malware as malware if the download link to com.stephensLabs.hourlyChime is broken.
How to install HourlyChime on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the HourlyChime is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by HourlyChime will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- HourlyChime will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
