Comparison

Speech Timer for Toastmasters vs iSeismometer

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

Head to head
About

Speech Timer for Toastmasters

This app helps manage speaker timing and generate reports for club meetings. It functions as a digital stopwatch and signaling system, allowing users to track speech durations and share reports easily. It's designed to enhance the meeting experience by reducing the need for manual timing tools.

Highlights
  • Speaker timing and notifications
  • Record speaker names and speech durations
  • Display timer on external screens
  • Use device as stopwatch and signal flags
  • Synchronize data across devices via iCloud
  • Share timing reports via email
Features
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Deliver the perfect Timer's report at every club meeting without needing to carry a stopwatch, notepad, and signaling flags. Speech Timer helps you to keep your orators in check and effortlessly deliver the Timer's reports. Say goodbye to staring at the stopwatch during club meetings and hello to enjoying your colleagues' speeches. Speech Timer helps you to: - Ensure that each speaker are in time and notify them accordingly. - Remember each speaker's name, their speech, and how long they spoke. - Present & distribute the timer's report at the end of the session. Features & Benefits - Show it on the big screen – display timer and orator information on an overhead projector or television over cable or wirelessly via AirPlay. - Compact & versatile – use your device as both the stopwatch and the time signal flags. - Synchronize your speech types and timing history accross all of your devices via iCloud. - Compatible for the chromatically challenged – positional time marks in addition to color changes. - Share timing report to all participants via e-mail. This app is not affiliated with Toastmasters International. Reviews "... was clearly written by someone who understands [a Toastmaster's] need" – Paul Salvidge (UK App Store). "... much easier to use than a simple stop watch" – Alemaster (UK App Store).

About

iSeismometer

Transform your iPhone into a sensitive seismometer to detect and visualize vibrations. Explore its educational and data-collecting capabilities for fun or serious applications.

Highlights
  • Converts iPhone to seismometer
  • Detects and visualizes vibrations
  • Data collecting capabilities
  • Educational use
  • Adjustable frequency settings
  • Re-track previous data
  • X-Y-Z illustrated graphs
Features
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iSeismometer turns your iPhone or iPad into a seismograph. Set it on a table, tap the desk, and watch the ground move. You will be surprised how sensitive your phone is. It has been doing that since the App Store opened in 2008, when it reached #1 in Education in Japan, Austria, Finland, and Greece. Version 1.7 is a complete rebuild: faster, clearer, and finally a real instrument. LIVE SEISMOGRAPH • Three axes at up to 100 samples per second, drawn like a strip-chart recorder • Scroll back through up to an hour of history while it keeps recording • Gravity filter with a real corner frequency, so slow tilt disappears and earthquakes stay • Live spectrum: see the frequency of footsteps, a washing machine, or a passing truck at a glance • Dark mode and a full iPad layout EVENT DETECTION • A seismologist's STA/LTA trigger flags every tremor with its peak acceleration, duration, and dominant frequency • Three sensitivity levels, from "only real shakes" to "every footstep" • Events are shaded on the traces and listed so you can jump straight to them RECORDINGS • Every session is saved automatically as compact raw data, split into hourly files • Browse by day, open any recording, scrub to its events, and see its spectrum • Export CSV, or pick up the raw files in the Files app and in Finder • Keep them for a day, a week, a month, or forever WAS THAT AN EARTHQUAKE? • Live USGS feed on a globe, filtered by time window and magnitude • Tap a quake for its depth, time, and the official USGS page STREAM TO YOUR MAC • Open iSeismometer on a Mac on the same Wi-Fi and your phone finds it by itself • The Mac shows every device streaming to it side by side, with its own recordings and event detection • Reconnects on its own after the screen locks, the network drops, or the Mac restarts Made for fun and for learning. A phone carries a MEMS accelerometer, not a broadband seismometer, so it feels footsteps and trucks far better than distant earthquakes. Put it on a solid floor, plug it in, keep the screen awake, and you have a home seismic station. iSeismometer is not a substitute for official earthquake early warnings or emergency alerts. Questions and ideas: info@objectgraph.com "This is a novelty app but one that also helps you learn something new... one of those things that is very captivating once you've looked at it once." — The Independent Guide to the iPhone 3GS

Screenshots

Speech Timer for Toastmasters4 screens
iSeismometer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iSeismometer at 76% against Speech Timer for Toastmasters's 19%. iSeismometer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (170 vs 2). Speech Timer for Toastmasters's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Speech Timer for Toastmasters sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. iSeismometer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speech Timer for Toastmasters holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iSeismometer has 170 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of Speech Timer for Toastmasters's written reviews are positive against 76% of iSeismometer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech Timer for Toastmasters ships an update every 6 weeks, iSeismometer every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Speech Timer for Toastmasters versus iSeismometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech Timer for ToastmastersiSeismometer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.6 (170 ratings)
Positive reviews19.2% of reviews76.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2170 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSasmito AdibowoObjectGraph LLC

Customer experience

Speech Timer for Toastmasters

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive19.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative76.9%

iSeismometer

All ratings170 ratings
Positive61.2%
Neutral11.2%
Negative27.6%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral9.2%
Negative14.4%

Bugs and requests

Speech Timer for Toastmasters

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

iSeismometer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Buttons/controls not working on newer iOS versions
  • Keyboard not appearing in text input fields
  • Inconsistent performance across device models

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add sensitivity control
  • Implement zero control for reference plane
  • Increase recording time
  • Improve UI/UX (e.g. color coding, scrolling, chart speed control)
  • Implement Richter scale or other measurement units
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  • Add data export/sharing options (e.g. email, save to file)

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Speech Timer for Toastmasters

One-time2
  • Promo Custom Speech Types$3.99
  • Custom Speech Types$9.99
None

iSeismometer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speech Timer for Toastmasters free?
Speech Timer for Toastmasters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iSeismometer free?
iSeismometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speech Timer for Toastmasters or iSeismometer?
Speech Timer for Toastmasters is rated higher. Speech Timer for Toastmasters averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while iSeismometer averages 3.6 from 170 ratings.
Do Speech Timer for Toastmasters or iSeismometer have ads?
Neither Speech Timer for Toastmasters nor iSeismometer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech Timer for Toastmasters or iSeismometer?
Speech Timer for Toastmasters ships an update every 6 weeks, and iSeismometer every 7 months. Most recently, Speech Timer for Toastmasters was updated on September 15, 2026 and iSeismometer on September 17, 2026.

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