Speaking Clock vs Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speaking Clock
This application provides spoken time announcements, eliminating the need to constantly check your watch. It supports multiple languages, with more planned for future updates.
- Spoken time announcements
- Multiple language support
- Voice notifications
- Free to use
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Speaking Clock announces the time aloud, so you can stay aware of the time without checking your screen. Choose automatic announcements every 15, 30, or 60 minutes, and set quiet hours to keep things peaceful when you need them. FEATURES • Spoken time announcements in English, Vietnamese, Hindi, and Japanese • Customizable announcement intervals: 15, 30, or 60 minutes • Quiet hours to pause announcements during your chosen hours • 12-hour or 24-hour time formats for both the display and spoken announcements • Tap the analog clock to hear the current time • Analog and digital clock displays with changing backgrounds • Support for iPhone and iPad • No account required
Now
This app verbally announces the current date and time, offering a simple solution for those who struggle with timekeeping or find complex calendar interfaces overwhelming. It features customizable read-out intervals and supports multiple languages.
- Verbal date and time announcement
- Automatic read-outs
- Digital and analog clock interfaces
- Multiple language support
- Customizable intervals
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Sometimes you just want to someone to tell you what day it is. Whether you are suffering from temporal disintegration, loses track of time or just get confused by calendar apps with overwhelming user interfaces - you are not alone. Press the text to get it read to you, or set it up for automatic read-outs on predefined intervals. Digital and/or analog clock interfaces. Available in multiple languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Speaking Clock at 47% against Now's 0%. Speaking Clock also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Now's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Speaking Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Speaking Clock holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speaking Clock has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Speaking Clock's written reviews are positive against 0% of Now's.
Speaking Clock ships an update every 31 months, Now every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speaking Clock | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (31 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thuc Nguyen | Aktiebolaget Kattbjorn |
Customer experience
Speaking Clock
Now
In-app purchases
Speaking Clock
No in-app purchases
Now
- Now - Premium$1.99
