Three of the twenty — all free in the app
They took the bells down. Take them with you.
Three bells and the traditional prayer hours, free for life. No ads, ever. No account, nothing to cancel.
Let's bring back the bells. Yours rings about a minute from now.
A bell tower that lives on your home screen
The sky behind the belfry is the real one — your sunrise, your dusk, the true moon in its real phase — and the bell above it strikes the hour the way a church clock does.
Twenty voices, and not one of the bells synthesised
Eighteen bells and two spoken clocks — twenty voices in all. Church bells and monastery bourdons. Chakra bells, singing bowls and a deep gong. Steel drums, handbells, a ship's bell, a grandfather clock. Every bell recorded from the real thing; the two clocks tell you the hour out loud instead.
A real bell tower, in every detail
Strikes the hour
Count the hours the way a church clock does — three tolls at three o'clock, twelve at noon — or a single toll to mark each hour.
Half hours & quarters
A single bell at half past, and optional quarter chimes at :15 and :45, exactly as a tower clock rings them.
Rings in the background
The hours keep coming with the app closed and your phone locked. It mixes with music and podcasts and never interrupts a call.
Quiet hours
Rest the bells overnight on a window you set yourself. Weekday-only ringing if you want your weekends back.
Meditation sessions
A bell to begin, a bell at each interval and a bell to end. Crystal, chakra, singing bowl or gong.
Focus timer
A 25-minute Pomodoro and longer focus sessions, each opened and closed by the bell you chose.
Prayer bells
The eight canonical hours — Matins to Compline — or five times a day, ringing at the traditional times in your own time zone.
The Angelus
Six, noon and six, the way it has been rung for a thousand years, on the bell you choose.
A living sky
Real sunrise and dusk for where you are, the true moon in its real phase, drifting clouds, live starlight, and an owl that keeps the night watch.
Tap to ring
Reach for the bell any time and pull it yourself. It swings and sounds like the real one.
Sleep sounds
Slow, gentle tolling to fall asleep to — the monastery bourdon runs eleven seconds a strike.
No account, ever
Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log in to, no email address, and no advertising of any kind.
Lifetime Unlock — $9.99, once.
- Free: the bell tower, the hourly strike, the half hour, the quarters, three bell voices, the eight canonical hours, the wake alarm, quiet hours and the live sky.
- Lifetime Unlock opens the other seventeen voices, every other prayer set — the Angelus and Rosary, the Five Prayers, Shabbat, Chakra, Singing Bowls, Island Time, the Grandfather Clock — and the meditation & focus sessions.
- One payment. No subscription, ever.
- Yours on every device signed in to your Apple ID.
- Every new voice we record, at no further cost.
- No advertising, no tracking across apps, no account.
Not everything in Belfry
is on this page
“Some keepers say the bell knows who is listening.”
Anyone who gets there can put their name on the leaderboard — a name and four numbers, and nothing else ever leaves the phone.
Frequently asked
Is the church bells app free?
Yes — free to download, free to use, and there is no advertising of any kind, ever. Free you get three bell voices ringing the hour in the background, the eight canonical hours, the wake alarm and quiet hours. One optional Lifetime Unlock at $9.99 adds the other seventeen voices, every other prayer set — the Angelus and Rosary, the Five Prayers, Shabbat, Chakra, Singing Bowls, Island Time and the Grandfather Clock — and the meditation and focus sessions. Paid once, no subscription, no account.
Do the bells really ring in the background?
Yes. Belfry rings the hours whether or not the app is open and your phone is locked, and it mixes with whatever else you are playing rather than stopping it. It will not interrupt a call.
Are the bells real recordings?
Every one. Parish church, cathedral, monastery, harbour, crystal altar bell, chakra bell, singing bowl and gong among them — recorded from the real thing, not synthesised from tones.
Can I use it for meditation or focus?
Yes. Start a meditation or focus session and a single bell marks the beginning, the intervals and the end. A Pomodoro timer is built in and rings your chosen bell.
Will it wake me up at night?
Only if you ask it to. Quiet hours rest the bells overnight by default and you set the window yourself.
Does it work on iPad?
Yes, on iPhone and iPad, iOS 15 and later.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. Belfry is on iPhone and iPad today and an Android version is coming.
The most complete bell app
ever made
Free to download. No ads. One optional Lifetime Unlock at $9.99, paid once and yours for good.
Android — coming soon