Chimes!
RICHARD JAMES STIMSON Food & Drink iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Chimes! is a free Food & Drink app for iPhone and iPad by RICHARD JAMES STIMSON. Rated 1.5/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated October 18, 2026.
- Rating
- 1.5
- 4 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 50 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 18
- 2026 · v2.2.2
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About Chimes!
Chimes helps customers find nearby ice cream vans and receive alerts when a favourite vendor enters their chosen area. Set a postcode and radius to create a geofence circle, then Chimes notifies you when an active vendor comes close. You can open the map to see the vendor location and quickly decide whether to head out and buy. Vendors can manage their display name, contact details, icon, and privacy settings so customers only see and hear about them when they are actively trading. Chimes is designed to make local van discovery simple, timely, and easy to use for both customers and vendors.
What’s new
Version 2.2.2 · Updated October 18, 2026
For ice cream vendors: Live sharing now keeps going when your phone is locked. • Location Sharing: a new screen and a map banner show whether you're Live or Offline. Tap Share Location to go Live, Stop Sharing to go Offline. • While you're Live, customers keep seeing your van move even when Chimes is in the background or your phone is locked in the cab. It stops as soon as you go Offline or sign out. • Chimes only asks for location "While Using the App", never "Always". iOS shows its location indicator whenever sharing runs in the background. • Your sign-in code now lasts 15 minutes. • Reliability improvements and bug fixes.
App privacy
The developer, RICHARD JAMES STIMSON, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Precise Location, Coarse Location
- Contact Info: Email Address, Other User Contact Info
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
Used for: App Functionality
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