BellForSpeech vs ToastBuster Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BellForSpeech
This utility app provides a simple and intuitive speech timer with large, easy-to-tap buttons. It visually indicates elapsed time and specific milestones with color cues and optional bell sounds. Users can customize timers or use it as a desktop bell.
- Large, easy-to-tap buttons
- Visual elapsed time display
- Color-coded time indicators (red, yellow, green)
- Optional bell sound alerts
- Customizable timer creation
- Desktop bell functionality
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A simple speech timer, easy to use. Just select a timer from the list and tap the start button. Advantages: - Big sized buttons are easy to tap. - Tells you the elapsed time by text and progress arc. - Tells you the specific time by ringing a bell or showing red, yellow, green color. - The bell can be silenced. - You can add new timers to the list or revise the time settings. - Works as a desktop bell. - Introductory video is available. Please be noted: - Advertisements will be displayed. - Your review will be greatly appreciated.
ToastBuster Timer
This app is a dedicated timer for Toastmasters meetings, offering visual cues and customizable settings for various speaking roles. It allows for on-the-fly adjustments and provides a history of timed sessions, ensuring accurate timekeeping for speeches.
- Preset and custom role timers
- Full-screen color alerts with buzzing
- Background timer with Live Activity
- On-the-fly role switching
- Time correction features
- Speaker name tagging
- Automatic session history
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ToastBuster is a timer built for Toastmasters. Time any speech — Table Topics, Evaluations, long-form — with clear green, yellow, and red signals. Made by a Toastmaster. Features: • Preset and Custom Roles: Use built-in roles or create your own with custom green, yellow, and red times. • Switch Roles Mid-Timer: Forgot to change the role? Switch on the fly without losing the session. • Full-Screen Colour Alerts: The whole screen changes colour and the phone buzzes at each milestone. Watch the speaker, not the timer. • Background Timer: Leave the app and the timer keeps running. A Live Activity shows the current time and milestones from your Lock Screen and Home Screen. • Time Travel: Forgot to press start? Add 10s, 30s, or 1m to catch up instantly. • Speaker Names: Tag each session so you know whose time was whose. • Session History: Every speech is saved automatically with speaker, role, and final time. Your timekeeper's secretary, built in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BellForSpeech at none against ToastBuster Timer's 1. BellForSpeech also leads on iOS requirement (14.1 vs 26.0). ToastBuster Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, rating 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. ToastBuster Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BellForSpeech asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BellForSpeech against 5.0 for ToastBuster Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ToastBuster Timer has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | BellForSpeech | ToastBuster Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mitsugu Yamagata | Tanin Rojanapiansatith |
Customer experience
BellForSpeech
ToastBuster Timer
In-app purchases
BellForSpeech
No in-app purchases
ToastBuster Timer
- Pro$4.99
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