TalkingAlarm vs FreedomNotification
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TalkingAlarm
Wake up with a personalized voice alarm that announces the time, weather, and calendar events. Enjoy customizable wake-up experiences with gentle light fades, music, or even trivia questions. This utility app also offers sleep sounds, a dimming night clock, and smart home integration.
- Voice announcements (time, weather, calendar)
- Customizable wake-up experiences (gentle fade-in, music, trivia)
- Sleep sounds and sleep timer
- Full-screen clock with dimming night mode
- Smart home integration (lights, scenes)
- Interactive snooze with reminders
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Play sleep sounds at night. Wake to a voice alarm that speaks the time, weather, your calendar — then plays your music. Gentle or LOUD wakeup, automate wakeup lights, or wake your brain cells with trivia questions. • EZWake: gentle music and brightness fade-in • BIG full-screen clock digits • Dims at night for a super-dark bedroom • Analog or digital flip clock • Home app integration: lights, shades, scenes • Tap the screen to hear the time at night • Sleep timer for music or sleep sounds • CritterCam video clock backgrounds • Interactive snooze with reminders • Tells you when to leave, reminds with a countdown • Full control with adjustable settings Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional purchase and alarm-use information: https://www.fortuisoft.com/talkingalarm/Terms.html
FreedomNotification
Personalize your device alerts with custom sounds, including your favorite music or audio extracted from videos. Choose from time, date, or timer-based notifications and review your alert history. This app offers a fun and unique way to manage your daily notifications.
- Personalized notification sounds
- Create sounds from videos
- Time, Date, and Timer modes
- Notification history
- Customizable alerts
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With Custom Notification Alarm, you can personalize your notifications using your favorite music or sound effects, making your daily alerts more enjoyable and uniquely yours. This app is perfect for those who want more control and fun with their notifications. Key Features: Three notification modes: Set notifications based on "Time," "Date," or "Timer" Choose your favorite sounds: The standout feature is the ability to use your favorite music or sound effects as notification tones! Create sounds from videos: Extract audio from videos and set them as notification sounds Check notification history: Easily review past notifications with the history feature Perfect for: Users who want to customize notifications with their own style Those who love waking up or getting alerts with their favorite music or sound effects People who want to efficiently manage their notification history
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TalkingAlarm at 86% against FreedomNotification's 29%. TalkingAlarm also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 2). FreedomNotification's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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. TalkingAlarm sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. FreedomNotification asks for nothing beyond the download.
TalkingAlarm holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TalkingAlarm has 2.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of TalkingAlarm's written reviews are positive against 29% of FreedomNotification's.
TalkingAlarm ships an update every 5 weeks, FreedomNotification every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TalkingAlarm | FreedomNotification |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.1K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews — better | 29.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fortuisoft LLC | Hiroyuki Sonozuka |
Customer experience
TalkingAlarm
FreedomNotification
Bugs and requests
TalkingAlarm
Reported bugs
3 issues- Alarm not triggering when phone is locked
- Recorded messages not saving properly
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between portrait and landscape mode
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to use Spotify or other music services for alarm
- Option to have alarm play through external speakers
- Periodic time announcements while phone is locked
- More language options for voice and text
FreedomNotification
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TalkingAlarm
- Ad Free 1 year7 Days trial$1.991 Year
- Upgrade to Forever$2.99
- Ad Free Forever$4.99
FreedomNotification
No in-app purchases
Questions
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