Comparison

Speaker Presentation Timer vs SilentCue

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Speaker Presentation Timer

This app helps presenters stay on track during speeches without breaking the audience connection. It provides discreet time prompts, allowing speakers to focus on their delivery and audience engagement.

Highlights
  • Discreet time prompts
  • Vibrates for critical sections
  • Pocket or watch notification
  • Manage speech components
  • Maintain audience connection
Features
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No longer do you have to pull yourself away from your audience to check the time. You no longer have to ask, "How am I doing for time?" nor, "How much time do I have left?" In theatre, stage actors can never break the 4th wall. The 4th wall is the imaginary wall between the actor and the audience. Professional Speakers have the same limitation. Every time you look at your watch or run to the lectern to check your time, you pull yourself from the audience and their needs. You are essentially going from "I am being of service to you!" to "I am up here doing my job - and oh, yea, I have 5 minutes left!" You can set Speaker Presentation Timer and the Pro Speaker Presentation Timer to prompt individual components of your speech and stealthily vibrate in your pocket (or on your watch) as you reach your critical sections. With Pro Speaker Presentation Timer, only you will know you're on stage with a job to do.

About

SilentCue

This app provides silent, haptic cues for presenters to manage their time discreetly. It uses distinct vibration patterns to signal key milestones like halfway points and remaining time, allowing for seamless delivery without checking a watch or screen.

Highlights
  • Three distinct haptic signals for time milestones
  • Silent operation with screen locked
  • Customizable milestone signals
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Multiple profile configurations
  • Progress ring for backstage confidence
Features
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Every great presenter knows the feeling: you're mid-story, the audience is with you, and somewhere in the back of your mind a clock is ticking. You resist the urge to check your watch. You push through. Then you run over, or worse, you rush the ending. SilentCue solves this with a language your phone can whisper directly into your pocket. Three distinct haptic signals mark the milestones that actually matter. A single soft nudge at the halfway point. Two quick taps when two minutes remain. A sustained, unmistakable pulse when time is up. Each pattern is built using Apple's CoreHaptics framework, varying intensity, sharpness, and rhythm, so you can read the time by feel alone, even with your iPhone in your jacket pocket and the screen off. No sound. No screen. No broken eye contact. WHO IT'S FOR SilentCue was built for anyone who speaks to a room: keynote speakers, conference presenters, teachers and professors, Toastmasters members, workshop facilitators, public speaking coaches, and anyone who has ever gone seven minutes over. HOW IT WORKS Set your total presentation time (1 to 120 minutes). Press play. Put your phone in your pocket. SilentCue counts down silently in the background and fires each cue at exactly the right moment, even with the screen locked. That's it. WHAT SETS IT APART Every other haptic timer on the market fires a single buzz when the clock hits zero, the same pattern an alarm clock uses. SilentCue is the only app that delivers three semantically distinct signals timed to the arc of a live presentation. You don't just know time is up; you know you're halfway, you know two minutes remain, and you feel a clear, confident close. It's a vocabulary, not just an alarm. FEATURES Three milestone haptics: Halfway, 2 Minutes, Time's Up Each pattern genuinely distinct by feel: single tap, double tap, sustained pulse Accurate in the background and with screen locked Calm and Sharp modes: two visual themes for two mindsets Apple Watch companion: receive cues on your wrist Milestone editor: customize which signals fire and when Multiple profiles: save different configurations per presentation Progress ring for backstage confidence-checking No account. No subscription. No ads. No data collected DESIGNED FOR THE STAGE The interface operates in under 10 seconds. One tap to start. Phone in your pocket. You walk on stage. The rest is between you and your audience. Supports Dynamic Type.

Screenshots

Speaker Presentation Timer4 screens
SilentCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SilentCue at 100% against Speaker Presentation Timer's 50%. SilentCue also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Speaker Presentation Timer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Speaker Presentation Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SilentCue asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SilentCue holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Speaker Presentation Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of SilentCue's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speaker Presentation Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, SilentCue every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Speaker Presentation Timer versus SilentCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeaker Presentation TimerSilentCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEssential HospitalityRobin Spagna

Customer experience

Speaker Presentation Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

SilentCue

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Speaker Presentation Timer

One-time2
  • Pro Speaker Presentation Timer$19.99
  • Pro Access$19.99
None

SilentCue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speaker Presentation Timer free?
Speaker Presentation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SilentCue free?
SilentCue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speaker Presentation Timer or SilentCue?
SilentCue is rated higher. Speaker Presentation Timer averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SilentCue averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Speaker Presentation Timer or SilentCue have ads?
Neither Speaker Presentation Timer nor SilentCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speaker Presentation Timer or SilentCue?
Speaker Presentation Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, and SilentCue every 3 days. Most recently, Speaker Presentation Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and SilentCue on September 24, 2026.

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