Speaking Clock vs chimingClock
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
chimingClock
A simple standing clock app that always displays the correct time. It plays Westminster chimes every quarter hour, requiring minimal user interaction and customization.
- Always shows correct time
- Westminster chimes on the quarter hour
- Minimal user interaction
- No customization required
- Designed for simplicity
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Standing clock that always shows correct time, and every quarter of an hour plays Westminster chimes. This application is designed to have minimal user interaction -- it just works out of the box. Despite variety of different clocks available on the app store, which support all sort of features and customizations, it's not easy to find a clock which shows only time and requires minimal user interaction and customizations -- in which case, chimingClock is exactly what you are looking for.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: chimingClock at 4.1 against Speaking Clock's 3.3. chimingClock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 31 months). Speaking Clock's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 9). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
chimingClock holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Speaking Clock's written reviews are positive against 71% of chimingClock's.
Speaking Clock ships an update every 31 months, chimingClock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speaking Clock | chimingClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (31 ratings) | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.8% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thuc Nguyen | ECHOWAVES CORP. |
Customer experience
Speaking Clock
chimingClock
In-app purchases
Speaking Clock
No in-app purchases
chimingClock
No in-app purchases
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