Timers vs Koe Okoshi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timers
Manage your time effectively with this interval timer app. Create and run multiple timers in sequence, with options to repeat groups of timers for structured routines. Receive notifications, speech, and countdowns to stay on track during focused sessions.
- Run multiple timers in sequence
- Repeat timer groups
- Notifications and speech alerts
- Timer templates and duplication
- Background operation
- Dark Mode support
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Workout, rest, repeat. Focus, break, repeat. Timers runs multiple timers automatically in sequence. Save them as a group, set how many times to repeat, and reuse your routine. Core features are free; ad removal is a one-time purchase. ■ Run timers in sequence Combine intervals such as 20 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds of rest, or 25 minutes of focus and a 5-minute break. Set a repeat count for each group. ■ Save your everyday routines Reuse groups for studying, workouts, stretching, or cooking. Templates and duplication help you set up another routine without starting from scratch. ■ Notifications, speech, and countdowns While the app is open, sounds, speech, and countdowns help you follow your routine. In the background or with the screen locked, notifications alert you. Notifications must be enabled in your device settings. Notification sounds depend on your device settings. ■ Make it your own Set durations, names, repeat counts, and sounds. Advance notices, auto-lock control, active timer badges, and Dark Mode are also available. ■ Remove ads with a one-time purchase Core features are free. Premium removes ads with a single purchase, not a subscription. Restore your purchase using the Apple Account you used to buy it. Keep your daily routine together, one group at a time.
Koe Okoshi
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KoeOkoshi records your voice and turns it into text — right on your iPhone. Meetings, lectures, interviews, or an idea that comes to you on the way to work: press record, and read it back as text later. TRANSCRIBED ON YOUR DEVICE Transcription uses Apple's speech recognition and runs entirely on your device. Neither your recordings nor your transcripts are ever sent to a server. RECORDING • A large elapsed-time display, with pause, resume and discard • When you stop, choose to transcribe now, transcribe later, or delete • If the microphone picked up nothing, you are told straight away TRANSCRIPTS • The full text in a clean, readable view, with adjustable text size • Fix misheard words in place • Transcribe again in a different language • Search titles and transcripts, and sort by date or length COPY WITH A PROMPT — READY FOR YOUR AI ASSISTANT Copy a transcript together with a prompt you have saved, then paste it into any AI chat to get meeting minutes or a summary. • Meeting minutes, Summary and Sales report prompts are included • Add, edit and reorder your own prompts • Choose whether to include delimiters and boilerplate text KoeOkoshi itself does not use generative AI — you choose where to paste. PLAYBACK Skip back or forward 10 seconds, and choose from seven speeds between 0.5× and 2×. RECORD FROM APPLE WATCH Start a recording from your wrist. While recording, the watch shows only the date and a small timer, so it stays discreet. The recording is sent to your iPhone and transcribed there. IMPORT FROM OTHER APPS Share audio from Voice Memos, or open it from the Files app, to import and transcribe it. For video files, only the audio track is used. IPAD On iPad, your recordings and the transcript sit side by side. ICLOUD SYNC (OPTIONAL) Share transcripts and prompts between your iPhone and iPad signed in to the same Apple Account. Audio is not synced. Off by default. LANGUAGES Transcription works in the languages supported by Apple's on-device speech recognition, including English and Japanese. Each language model is downloaded from Apple the first time you use it (an internet connection is required). The app is available in English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Polish, Turkish and Russian. ABOUT ADS KoeOkoshi is free and supported by a banner ad. Watch a short video ad to the end and the banner is hidden for the rest of the day. GOOD TO KNOW • Transcription requires iOS 26 or later. On iOS 18 you can record, play back and import, but not transcribe. • Apple's speech recognition may not be available on every device or in every region. • No account and no sign-in. • Accuracy depends on the recording conditions and how clearly people speak.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Koe Okoshi at none against Timers's 1. Koe Okoshi also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Timers's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Timers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Koe Okoshi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Timers ships an update every 5 days, Koe Okoshi every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timers | Koe Okoshi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (49 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Koji Ito | Nanshu Kaneshiro |
In-app purchases
Timers
- Remove Ads$6.99
Koe Okoshi
No in-app purchases









