Product roadmap

Customers and vendors

✓ What a vendor sells

Tap a van or shop to see what it sells and how to contact it.

Customers and vendors

✓ Vans across the whole map

Vendors choose to be seen only in customers' alert areas or everywhere on the map; an Offline van shows faded at its area.

For customers

✓ Ice cream vans live on the map

Watch a van come down your road, with its own picture, and see which vans are on the move.

For customers

✓ Every ice cream van and shop near you

Ice cream businesses from open data are on the map too, with Chimes businesses in colour.

For customers

✓ Choose what the map shows

Show all vendors, only Chimes vendors, only live vans, or just your favourites.

For customers

✓ Alerts when a van comes into your area

Pick your area by postcode and radius, and hear the Chimes tune when a van arrives, even with the app closed.

For customers

✓ Your postcode from where you stand

Fill in your alert area's postcode with one tap from your current location, and see yourself on the map.

For customers

✓ Favourite vendors

Heart the vendors you like, see at a glance which are out now, and jump to them on the map.

For vendors

✓ Free listings for ice cream businesses

Put your business on the Chimes map for free, with your name, town and links, in minutes.

For vendors

✓ Live van tracking, with a free demo

Register your van, sign in with an emailed code, and start in demo mode before going fully live.

For vendors

✓ Register your interest online

Not ready to sign up? Leave your email on chimesapp.com and we will be in touch.

For vendors

✓ Live or Offline, one tap

Always know whether customers can see your van, and start or stop sharing with one tap.

For vendors

✓ Share location with your phone locked

Keep your iPhone locked in the cab and customers still see where your van is.

For vendors

✓ Hidden at home, automatically

Set your home area once; your van goes Offline when you park there and Live again when you leave.

For vendors

✓ Delete your account

Delete your Chimes account yourself, at any time, from the Account screen.

Customers and vendors

✓ Update reminders

Chimes tells you when a newer version is ready, so you always have the latest fixes.

For customers

✓ No account needed

Open Chimes and it works. No sign-up, no password.

For customers

✓ iPhone, iPad and Android

Chimes runs on iPhone, iPad and Android phones.

For customers

✓ Quick Start guide

A short guide the first time you open Chimes, and again from Settings whenever you need it.

For customers

✓ Share, follow and contact us

Share Chimes with friends, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and message the team from the app.

For customers

Find ice cream by town or postcode

Type a town or postcode to look around anywhere, and jump back to where you are with one tap.

For customers

A quick tour of the map

First time in Chimes? A short tour shows you round, and tips help if you get stuck.

For customers

Miles or kilometres

Set your alert area's radius in the unit you think in.

For vendors

Claim your listing

Already on the map from open data? Claim the pin and put your own details on it.

For vendors

Schedules and areas covered

Show customers the areas you cover, your weekly times and this week's changes, so they know when to expect you.

For vendors

A photo of your van

Add a photo of your van to your listing, so customers know what to look out for.

For vendors

Menus

Add photos of your menu board, and customers see them from your card.

For vendors

Several vans, one account

Run all your vans under one account, each on the map with its own position.

For vendors

Free listings on Android

Register your business and manage your free listing from an Android phone.

For vendors

Register your interest in the app

Leave your details from the app's Register your business screen instead of signing up straight away.

For vendors

Go Offline at a set time

Forget to stop sharing? Chimes takes you Offline at the time you choose, on the days you choose.

For vendors

Face ID, Apple and Google sign-in

Open Chimes with Face ID, or sign in with your Apple or Google account, instead of waiting for an emailed code.

Customers and vendors

Beyond ice cream

Food trucks and pop-up vendors, with customers choosing the food they want.

For customers

Find a vendor by name

Heard of a van or shop? Search for it by name from the map.

For customers

Chimes on the web

See the Chimes map in a web browser, no app needed.

Customers and vendors

Your vendor's own tune

Hear a van's own chime on its arrival alert, so you know whose van it is before you look.

For customers

Clear signs when alerts or location are off

The map shows when notifications or location are switched off, with Settings one tap away.

For customers

Richer Android alerts

Android alerts show the Chimes logo and a picture.

Customers and vendors

Messages from your favourite vendors

Vendors tell the customers who favourited them that they are out today, at an event, or running an offer; mute any vendor.

Customers and vendors

WhatsApp Channels

Follow Chimes, and vendors who link their own Channel, on WhatsApp.

Customers and vendors

Posts and photos from vendors

Vendors share short updates with a photo with the customers who follow them.

For customers

Optional customer accounts

Sign in if you want to, and keep your favourites and alert settings when you change phone.

For customers

Chimes Cones rewards

Earn cones for using Chimes and swap them for treats.

For vendors

GPS trackers

A tracker fitted in your van shares its position, so your phone does not have to.

For vendors

Smarter planning

See where Chimes customers are around you on a heatmap, and plan your rounds around them.

Customers and vendors

Regular routes

Chimes learns a van's regular rounds, if the vendor agrees, and tells customers when it usually comes near them.

Customers and vendors

Order ahead

Customers order and pay in the app, and chat with a vendor.

For vendors

Live van sharing on Android

Share your van's location from an Android phone, as you can on iPhone.

For vendors

More privacy choices

Show customers an approximate position, or only that you are in the area.