TalkingClock vs MX Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TalkingClock
This app functions as a talking clock, offering various voices and languages. Users can hear the current time by shaking their device or type in custom messages for it to speak.
- Speaks current time
- Customizable voices
- Multiple languages
- Shake to hear time
- Type custom messages
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Talking Clock makes it easy to hear the time whenever you need it. With a clean, simple interface, the app speaks the current time aloud on demand, supports shake-to-speak, and lets you choose your preferred voice and 12- or 24-hour time format. Set a spoken hourly chime, schedule an alarm, and use quiet hours to keep announcements silent when you do not want interruptions. Whether you are getting ready, working, cooking, exercising, or just keeping your phone nearby, Talking Clock gives you a hands-free way to stay aware of the time.
MX Player
This app plays all audio and video file formats, including HD and ultra HD. It automatically scans your device for media, offers gesture controls for volume and brightness, and supports features like playlists and screen locking. Enjoy your favorite movies and music with enhanced playback.
- Plays all video and audio formats
- Automatic media scanning
- Gesture controls for volume and brightness
- Playlist creation
- Supports HD and ultra HD playback
- Screen locking feature
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MX Player: All Media Player is an excellent media player. Enjoy the audio and video files with all of the features such as play, pause, list creation, saving, and shortening by title, artist, album, and so on. MX Player: All Media Player is intended to improve the user experience when listening to and watching videos. MX Player: All Media Player-mp3 music app supports Next, Previous, Rewind, Pause, Fast Forward, and a Queue of songs. MX Player: All Media video player HD is used to play all videos in all formats. HD is used to play different types of video formats like AVI, MP3, WAV, AAC, MOV, MP4, WMV, RMVB, FLAC, 3GP, M4V, MKV, TS, MPG, FLV, etc. MX Player: All Media video player On startup, it automatically scans and displays all your videos from your phone. Using the MX Player: All Media video player, you can play your high-resolution HD movies without any quality loss. It is the most powerful and easy-to-use player that supports almost all types of video. Video Player HD is a really good app to control your video volume and brightness without any quality loss. It is the most powerful and easy-to-use player that supports almost all types of video. Max video player is a really good app to control your video volume and brightness. It supports auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments, and gestures to control volume, brightness, and seeking. MX Player: All Media Show new web series and new action movies. Max Player HD displays the most recent shows, action movies such as Bollywood, and all of the most popular web series. Max Player downloads various video formats. Enjoy every moment of watching any video. Max Player High Quality supports all video formats, including ultra HD video files, and plays them within high-definition videos. Max Player Video is the best HD video player for iOS tablets and phones. Max Player Full is the best player for showing videos and movies in HD. ▶ Max Player HD Key Features lists all video files. ▶ Max player HD gets video directly from an SD card. ▶ Supports high-resolution HD video movies. ▶ Supports all popular video codec formats. ▶ Max Player HD searches all videos on your phone automatically. ▶ Swipe control for volume, brightness, and seeking ▶ You can lock and unlock the screen by pressing the icon. ▶ Displays Videos in Specific Folders ▶ Gesture Controls to Increase/Decrease Volume, Seek video Backwards or Forward. ▶ Supports auto-rotation and aspect-ratio adjustments. ▶ Plays all formats of videos. ▶ Video zoom options (aspect, full, custom) => Lock your screen when a video is playing. Search your favorite mp3 songs enjoy, listen, share this awesome app ▶ Developer's comment MX Player: All Media Player is the most complete video player. We listen to your feedback and develop it. Please give us many feature requests and feedback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: MX Player at 14K against TalkingClock's 151. MX Player also leads on update cadence (every 14 months vs every 37 months). TalkingClock's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (28% vs 16%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for TalkingClock against 4.4 for MX Player. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MX Player has 14K ratings behind it against 151, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 28% of TalkingClock's written reviews are positive against 16% of MX Player's.
TalkingClock ships an update every 37 months, MX Player every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TalkingClock | MX Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (151 ratings) — better | 4.4 (14K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.8% of reviews — better | 16.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 151 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Schimera Pty Ltd | Gabriel Steven |
Customer experience
TalkingClock
MX Player
Bugs and requests
TalkingClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MX Player
Reported bugs
3 issues- Video player not working
- Can't play local media files
- App keeps crashing
Requested features
2 requests- Add background play option
- Add repeat button
In-app purchases
TalkingClock
No in-app purchases
MX Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TalkingClock free?
Is MX Player free?
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