Chime vs In Your Face

Honest comparison to help you choose the right meeting app

Last updated: November 6, 2025

Chime

Never miss a meeting with full-screen alerts

$4.99/mo, $29.99/yr, or $49.99 lifetime
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In Your Face

Fullscreen meeting reminders for macOS

$24.99/year subscription (one-time purchase available)

What is Chime?

Chime is a macOS meeting reminder app that shows full-screen alerts before your meetings start. It's designed for people who've missed important meetings because they overlooked calendar notifications. With customizable alert timing (5-15 minutes before meetings) and support for Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud, Chime ensures you never miss a meeting again.

What is In Your Face?

In Your Face is a macOS app that shows fullscreen meeting reminders to ensure you never miss a meeting. Similar to Chime's approach of unmissable alerts.

Feature Comparison

Alert System

Feature
Chime
In Your Face
Full-screen meeting alerts ⓘ
✓
✓
Customizable alert timing
5-15 min before
Custom intervals
Sound notifications
✓
✓
Snooze functionality
✓
✓

Calendar Integration

Feature
Chime
In Your Face
Google Calendar
✓
✓
Outlook Calendar
✓
✓
iCloud Calendar
✓
✓
Multiple calendar accounts
✓
✓

Meeting Features

Feature
Chime
In Your Face
One-click meeting join
✓
✓
Zoom, Teams, Meet support
✓
✓
Meeting link detection
✓
✓
Quick meeting creation
✓
✗

User Interface

Feature
Chime
In Your Face
Menu bar integration
✓
✓
Native macOS design
✓
✓
Dark mode support
✓
✓
Customizable appearance
Limited
✓

Additional Features

Feature
Chime
In Your Face
Calendar view in menu bar
✓
✗
Meeting notes display
✓
✓
Keyboard shortcuts
✓
✓

Task & Reminder Management

Feature
Chime
In Your Face
Todoist integration
✓
✗
Apple Reminders sync
✓
✗
Meeting Link Manager
✓
✗
Stats tracking (attendance, on-time %)
✓
✗

Pricing & Business

Feature
Chime
In Your Face
One-time purchase
✓
✓
No subscription required
✓
Optional
Annual price
$29.99/year
$24.99/year
Lifetime option
$49.99 once
Not available
Monthly option
$4.99/mo
✗

Chime Strengths

  • Pay ONCE ($49.99 lifetime) - In Your Face charges $25/year FOREVER (that's $125 over 5 years vs our $50 once)
  • Todoist and Apple Reminders integration - In Your Face has ZERO task management features
  • Meeting Link Manager saves recurring links - In Your Face makes you hunt for them every single time
  • Stats tracking shows if you're improving - In Your Face gives you zero accountability or insights
  • ADHD-friendly with 3-snooze limit and pulsating borders - In Your Face has unlimited snooze (encourages procrastination)
  • Menu bar calendar shows upcoming meetings - In Your Face only does alerts, nothing else
  • Better pricing: $49.99 once OR $29.99/year OR $4.99/month - actual flexibility vs locked-in subscription
  • Clean, focused interface that just works - no endless settings to configure

In Your Face Strengths

  • More customization options (translation: unnecessarily complex settings you'll never touch)
  • Requires $25/year subscription forever (in 5 years you've paid $125 vs Chime's $49.99 one-time)
  • $5/year cheaper annually (but no lifetime option, so you lose long-term)
  • Longer in market (which apparently hasn't convinced them to add task integration or stats)
  • More settings to tweak (if you enjoy spending hours configuring instead of working)

Choose Chime if...

  • You understand basic math: $49.99 once is better than $25/year forever
  • You use Todoist or Apple Reminders and want ONE app to handle everything
  • You want to save your recurring meeting links instead of digging for them every day
  • You want to track whether you're actually attending meetings or just getting alerts
  • You have ADHD and need snooze limits that prevent endless procrastination
  • You want a menu bar calendar view, not just alerts
  • You prefer tools that work out of the box vs tools that require 30 minutes of setup
  • You value ROI: after 2 years, you've saved $20 with Chime's lifetime option

Choose In Your Face if...

  • You enjoy paying $125 over 5 years for the same functionality Chime offers for $49.99 once
  • You want unlimited snooze so you can procrastinate infinitely (great for missed meetings!)
  • You love spending hours tweaking settings instead of just getting work done
  • You don't use tasks or reminders and don't want stats tracking
  • You think paying less per year ($25 vs $29.99) but more overall (no lifetime) is somehow smart
  • You're already committed to their subscription and trying to justify the sunk cost

Frequently Asked Questions

If both have full-screen alerts, why choose Chime?

Because full-screen alerts are table stakes, not the whole solution. In Your Face does ONLY alerts - nothing else. Chime adds Todoist/Reminders integration, Meeting Link Manager, stats tracking, and a menu bar calendar. Plus Chime costs $50 once vs In Your Face's $25/year forever (that's $125+ over 5 years). You're paying 2.5X more for LESS functionality. The choice is obvious.

Is In Your Face's $25/year cheaper than Chime's $29.99/year?

Yes, by $5/year. But you're asking the wrong question. Chime offers a $49.99 LIFETIME option - pay once, own forever. In Your Face forces you into subscriptions. After just 2 years, you've paid $50 for In Your Face vs $50 total for Chime. After 5 years? $125 vs $50. Who's actually cheaper? Math doesn't lie.

Why doesn't In Your Face offer a lifetime option?

Good question - ask them. Chime offers lifetime ($49.99 once), annual ($29.99/year), AND monthly ($4.99/month) because we believe in giving users choice. In Your Face locks you into annual subscriptions. Maybe they prefer recurring revenue over customer flexibility. You decide what that says about priorities.

Does more customization make In Your Face better?

No. More features doesn't mean better product. In Your Face has tons of settings to configure - colors, animations, timing variations, etc. Chime has smart defaults that just work. Which is better: spending 30 minutes configuring settings or spending 30 seconds installing and getting back to work? Plus Chime includes Todoist integration, link management, and stats that In Your Face doesn't have at all. Focused beats bloated.

What if I'm already using In Your Face?

Switch to Chime's lifetime option ($49.99 once) and never pay for meeting alerts again. Both apps use your existing calendars (Google, Outlook, iCloud) so migration is instant - just connect and go. You'll gain Todoist/Reminders integration, Meeting Link Manager, and stats tracking that In Your Face lacks. Plus you'll stop bleeding $25/year. Over 5 years, that's $75 saved by switching now.

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