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Apple Watch has an hourly Chimes feature under Accessibility. macOS never got one; the closest built-in option reads the clock aloud in a synthetic voice. Bird Chimes fills that gap. On the hour, a real bird recording plays from your menu bar. Choose 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or hourly. 18 recordings played at random, Quiet Hours, and automatic silence during Focus modes. macOS 14+, 20 languages.
Apple Watch has a Chimes feature (Settings → Accessibility → Chimes) that marks the top of every hour. macOS never got an equivalent. The closest built-in option reads the clock aloud in a synthetic voice, which interrupts rather than marks.
I built Bird Chimes to fill that gap. My brother is blind and uses VoiceOver, and he uses it daily. Hearing the hour instead of going to check the time is the whole point.
- 18 real bird recordings, played at random
- Choose your interval: every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or hourly
- Quiet Hours, and it silences automatically during macOS Focus modes
- Menu bar only, macOS 14+
- 20 languages
Free to download with 10 chimes. Pro unlocks unlimited chimes and all 18 sounds, with a 3-day free trial.
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About Bird Chimes on Product Hunt
“macOS finally gets the hourly Chimes watchOS has”
Bird Chimes was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #157 on the daily leaderboard. Apple Watch has an hourly Chimes feature under Accessibility. macOS never got one; the closest built-in option reads the clock aloud in a synthetic voice. Bird Chimes fills that gap. On the hour, a real bird recording plays from your menu bar. Choose 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or hourly. 18 recordings played at random, Quiet Hours, and automatic silence during Focus modes. macOS 14+, 20 languages.
Bird Chimes was featured in Mac (103.6k followers), Productivity (658.2k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 164.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Bird Chimes?
Bird Chimes was hunted by Ensar Baba. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Ensar Baba
Apple Watch has a Chimes feature (Settings → Accessibility → Chimes) that marks the top of every hour. macOS never got an equivalent. The closest built-in option reads the clock aloud in a synthetic voice, which interrupts rather than marks.
I built Bird Chimes to fill that gap. My brother is blind and uses VoiceOver, and he uses it daily. Hearing the hour instead of going to check the time is the whole point.
- 18 real bird recordings, played at random
- Choose your interval: every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or hourly
- Quiet Hours, and it silences automatically during macOS Focus modes
- Menu bar only, macOS 14+
- 20 languages
Free to download with 10 chimes. Pro unlocks unlimited chimes and all 18 sounds, with a 3-day free trial.
One month of Pro free: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6767737245&code=ONEMONTHFREE
Apple requires a payment method on the Apple ID even for free offers. It does not renew into a paid subscription when the month is up. It just stops.
Happy to answer questions.