# SpeakTimer - Voice Alert Timer — user reviews > 28 indexed App Store user reviews of SpeakTimer by Dynamic Apps Ltd, rated 4.40/5 from 218 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speaktimer-voice-alert-timer/id1331136866/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speaktimer-voice-alert-timer/id1331136866.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 148 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 11 ## Newest reviews (8 of 28) ### 4/5 — Useful *2025-02-25* I like that I can fully customize the times and spoken prompts. For this price I’d like the voices to be more realistic (or customizable) and the app to be smart enough to take the “s” off the final “one [unit] left”. I’ve customized it to copy a countdown from a Columbia episode which makes my deadlines infinitely more exciting! And…leaving this review has made me late. d’oh! ### 3/5 — Limited application *2020-08-27* It works good for very simple interval training, but if your intervals do not fall on the same “minute” within the allotted time its functionality is decreased. ### 4/5 — Great App - very useful but ......... *2020-03-06, version 1.0.4* Every time that you change the countdown time, you lose all of the interval data and have to set it up again. Would be more useful if you could set up your preferred intervals and announcements for a particular timer and then use that timer to countdown whatever length of time you need. ### 3/5 — Interesting App *2020-01-09, version 1.0.4* I would like to be able to change the voice to a more peaceful /softer one ### 3/5 — No Support for Apple Music *2019-09-12* The app works ok. But I was hoping it would allow me to listen to my Apple playlist while using the app. ### 5/5 — John *2018-09-03, version 1.0* Really helpful app, easy to navigate and gestures make it very simple. Good work. ### 5/5 — Simple yet useful *2018-08-30, version 1.0* An extremely useful app that is unlike anything else I have ever seen. It serves its purpose of letting you know a timer is done (or almost done) without you having to look at your device, which can sometimes be hard to do if you’re doing something that requires attention like cooking or distracting, as you may see notifications that take you off task by looking at the device, and is also bothersome. This app takes all of that away and therefore allows you to do whatever you want to do much more efficiently. ### 5/5 — Pretty Good *2018-08-29, version 1.0* This app is actually pretty useful. The customisable timers e.g. reading the time at certain points, make this far better than other timers I have used/seen. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Timed but not to time *2024-09-12* All the reminders are based on the time it is “NOW” and how long till till the alarm goes off ( in 15 minutes, or in 13 hours from now) You can’t set it to go off at 3:15 every Thursday ### 1/5 — Scam alert *2023-07-20* Don’t get unless you want to pay $30/yr for a very basic timer - useless! ### 1/5 — Misleading *2023-05-25* This app requires a monthly subscription. You have to take the time to install the app to find out its not free. **Developer response:** Hi there, There is actually a free version you can use if you click the exit button at the top of the paywall. Kind regards, Owen ### 1/5 — Timer *2020-08-12* I found impossible to edit speech intervals. ### 2/5 — Subscription bloat *2026-03-06* This is a poor app that forces you to subscribe instead of purchasing functionality. Not worth downloading. Find a different app that doesn’t make you subscribe to anything. ### 2/5 — Pricey and annoying *2024-07-17* High price, requires a free, but auto renewing to no free, trial to test, so DO NOT DOWNLOAD, if you forget to cancel sometimes. Turns down the volume of other apps the whole time it’s running (not just when it’s announcing) Didn’t find the controls intuitive, not even sure if you can change the voice. (Not going to keep looking, just deleting this app) There are others, try them. Don’t like it, but it does work, so 2 stars. ### 2/5 — Voice *2022-08-27* Does not always speak ### 2/5 — Disappointing *2021-12-01, version 1.0.4* I was disappointed - it doesn’t seem to work when the app isnt up on the screen - it keeps counting but there’s no voice, even at the end of the time. It also doesn’t have any decent visual representation of the time like showing it big on screen. Also I thought the most obvious basic voice prompt would be to count down the minutes as in ‘5mins remaining...4mins...’ etc but it seems you can only pic multiple promots to say the same thing each time. I found it useless for my needs and even forgot that it was on so it didn’t help me at all - better off with the phone’s own timer as at least then you can see it on the lock screen. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work in the background *2019-12-10* Like many other talking apps, it will not talk when I open up another app at the same time. It only plays alarm noise when I have other things open. (But I have had the same problem with other talking apps too.) ### 2/5 — Talk delay *2019-02-21* I programmed this to speak the seconds and there is a severe delay between speech and moving to the next second. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Timer *2026-07-19* I like the app. But i don’t like how it doesn’t record your on speach ### 5/5 — a *2025-08-13* Ủy ### 5/5 — Brilliant, Simple, Gobsmacked *2022-10-28* Some things are such no brainers that they stunning to use. Five stars for shear intelligence. I only used it one time but I hope to find a choice of voices. Good job, developer! I have to limit my talk time on the phone because my voice seemed to get rough. Now the listener can hear a ten minute warning to wrap up their points and I do not have to intervene for myself. I have my own WINGMAN looking after me. At 75 years, I love having a man’s voice speak to wrap things up. I am just giddy over this. 🌸 ### 5/5 — Best app! Especially for ADHD and time blindness *2022-09-01* Thank you for the recent improvements to the app. I could hardly manage my life without it. It gets me places on time. Thank you!!! Th ### 5/5 — Holy Moses *2021-08-09* This is the best app I have ever downloaded, it took little to no time to download and it has been life changing !!! ☺️ I am gonna make all my children download this app so they are never ever ever ever late to school again. Hopefully this will teach Billy to wake up before 7:30. Thank you to whoever made this app. ### 5/5 — Very flexible *2021-05-07* I use this app to start model sailboat races. It is connected to a speaker via Bluetooth so everyone on the dock can hear the countdown. Great that you can set up voice alerts at any second you choose. One addition that would be nice is to allow sounds to be configured as well as speech. We would like to use an air horn sound when it is time to start the race. ### 5/5 — Good App for static exercises *2020-08-03* Needed a countdown program for my Samson bridge exercise. It is essential the program repeatedly tells the progress. This one app fits the bill perfectly. It would be even better if I could start it be voice command. ### 5/5 — Exactly what I wanted *2019-08-12* Super easy to use and very detailed ### 5/5 — Very nice *2018-10-11, version 1.0* Practically indistinguishable from the schizophrenic voices in my head. ### 5/5 — Tasty *2018-09-17, version 1.0* Very noice and yummy. Better than normal notifications at least. Can be good for dank meme opportunities. Would recommend, Famma‘ sa G yumjuice --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*