Comparison

Little Ben vs Progressive Voices App

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

Head to head
About

Little Ben

This app simulates a mechanical clock with Westminster chimes every quarter hour and hourly strikes. It features a ticking minute hand, adjustable volume for chimes and strikes, and a silence function. It runs in the background and is accessible with VoiceOver.

Highlights
  • Westminster chimes every quarter hour
  • Hourly strikes
  • Ticking minute hand
  • Adjustable volume
  • Silence function
  • Background operation
  • VoiceOver accessibility
Features
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Little Ben is a mechanical clock that chimes every quarter hour with the Westminster chime and also strikes on the hour for each hour, even when the app is not running. If you look closely you can even see the minute hand move as the pendulum and escapement make the clock tick. Slide your finger or tap a button to turn On / Off and set the volume level of the quarterly chimes, hourly strikes, and the ticking. You can set Little Ben to only strike on the hour without the quarterly chimes. Tap the silence button to silence all quarterly chimes and hourly strikes for up to 12 hours. With Slide Over in iOS 9 open a second app as Little Ben runs on your iPad. As Little Ben chimes quarterly and strikes hourly you can browse the web using Safari, check your Calendar, or discover what's new on your Twitter Timeline and respond back to your followers. If you are playing songs with Apple's Music app or iTunes Radio your music will continue to play in the background as Little Ben runs. We worked on Accessibility to make all of the features of Little Ben accessible to everyone. Try VoiceOver with gesture based control and navigation, just triple-click the Home button to access it. You will hear a description of everything happening on the screen. Little Ben runs on your iPhone, iPod touch, and also your iPad Air, iPad, and iPad mini.

About

Progressive Voices App

Access a comprehensive collection of progressive news, opinion, audio, and video content in one place. This app eliminates the need to search multiple sources for your favorite progressive media.

Highlights
  • One-stop-shop for progressive content
  • News aggregation
  • Opinion articles
  • Audio content
  • Video content
Features
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"PV app is the first and only one-stop-shop for everything Progressive: news, opinion, audio and video--it's all here! No more searching the Internet for Progressive content. No more being tied to your computer to hear a distant radio show or read your favorite Progressive sites. Help us establish and grow a Progressive Media Universe by buying and using the PV App! Please support the non-profit Progressive Voices Institute by downloading the app today!"

Screenshots

Little Ben4 screens
Progressive Voices App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Progressive Voices App at Free against Little Ben's $1.99. Progressive Voices App also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (59 vs 15). Little Ben's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Progressive Voices App is free to download; Little Ben costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.6 for Little Ben against 2.6 for Progressive Voices App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 59 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 35% of Little Ben's written reviews are positive against 28% of Progressive Voices App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Little Ben ships an update every 9 months, Progressive Voices App monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Little Ben versus Progressive Voices App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLittle BenProgressive Voices App
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.6 (15 ratings) — better2.6 (59 ratings)
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews — better28.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1559 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCurved Design, LLCProgressive Agenda d.b.a. Progressive Voices

Customer experience

Little Ben

All ratings15 ratings
Positive26.7%
Neutral20.0%
Negative53.3%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative52.5%

Progressive Voices App

All ratings60 ratings
Positive31.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative58.3%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral16.9%
Negative54.9%

Bugs and requests

Little Ben

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Progressive Voices App

Reported bugs

40 issues
  • Endless stream of ads
  • App constantly crashes
  • Unreliable streaming
  • Stops playing in background
  • Audio distortion
Show 35 more
  • Volume too low
  • App is unstable
  • Useless without content
  • Not working at all
  • Doesn't work with Bluetooth
  • Crashes immediately
  • Audio only plays when screen is on
  • Stops playing when phone navigates to other apps
  • No stream for about a week
  • Plays nothing
  • Cannot recover stream when switching networks
  • Shows keep cutting out
  • Stops working when screen goes into sleep mode
  • Unusable after update
  • Background audio no longer works
  • Stops playing after a few minutes
  • Refuses to work after calls
  • Doesn't play on phone
  • Works sometimes
  • Stops constantly then repeats
  • Stops working in background
  • Nearly unusable
  • Distorts audio
  • Too much dead air
  • Freezes and stalls too much
  • Stops a lot
  • Freezes up
  • Needs restart multiple times
  • Stops again during pauses
  • Bugs need fixing
  • Crashes constantly
  • Video section didn't work
  • Print too small
  • Not warned about Canada restriction
  • Feeds not available outside US

Requested features

16 requests
  • Ad-free option
  • Fix background audio playback
  • Fix app crashes
  • Improve stability
  • Add sleep timer
Show 11 more
  • Allow background playback when screen is off
  • Make highlights play automatically
  • Update for newer iOS versions
  • Add dark mode
  • Add horizontal mode
  • Add Share button
  • Add button to link out of app in Safari
  • Fix flash content compatibility
  • Add ability to rewind or fast forward
  • Improve audio normalization
  • Fix Bluetooth connectivity

In-app purchases

None

Little Ben

No in-app purchases

None

Progressive Voices App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Little Ben free?
Little Ben costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Progressive Voices App free?
Progressive Voices App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Little Ben or Progressive Voices App?
Little Ben is rated higher. Little Ben averages 2.6 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Progressive Voices App averages 2.6 from 59 ratings.
Do Little Ben or Progressive Voices App have ads?
Neither Little Ben nor Progressive Voices App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Little Ben or Progressive Voices App?
Little Ben ships an update every 9 months, and Progressive Voices App monthly. Most recently, Little Ben was updated on October 26, 2026 and Progressive Voices App on October 23, 2026.

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