Comparison

Now MusicAlarm vs SpeakClock

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

Head to head
About

Now MusicAlarm

Wake up to your favorite music or voice recordings with this versatile alarm app. It offers holiday alarms, hourly notifications, and custom scheduling for specific workdays, ensuring you never miss an important event or appointment.

Highlights
  • Use iPod playlist songs as ringtone
  • Voice recording alarm
  • Holiday alarm
  • Hourly notifications
  • Set alarm for every other day/Saturday
  • Music timer before sleeping
Features
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MusicAlarm helps you wake up with the music you love and skip alarms on the days you want to rest. Key features - Play alarm music from songs, albums, artists, and playlists in your music library - Skip alarms on public holidays or your own custom holidays - Create notification sounds from your own TTS text - Generate hourly voice sets and custom chime times - Choose different chime sounds by time - Fall asleep with the music timer and stop playback automatically - Configure alarm volume, fade in, snooze, and wake check options You can make sounds such as “Time for lunch” or “It is one o’clock” and use them for alarms or regular chimes. Chimes can run on the hour or at your own custom times. Notification, sound, and media-library permissions are required. For reliable music alarms, follow the in-app setup and battery-saving guidance. Apple Watch companion View iPhone alarms, repeat schedules, holiday rules, skipped dates, and the next alarm on Apple Watch. With a confirmed iPhone connection, turn individual alarms on or off and stop or snooze alarms detected as ringing by the iPhone app. Alarm scheduling and music playback run on iPhone; Apple Watch does not play music or run standalone alarms.

About

SpeakClock

Features
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It is a very simple app, but it periodically announces the time via voice. You can check the time using the volume buttons without waking up fully or turning on the lights in the middle of the night. ・Continues to operate in the background or while the device is locked. ・Includes a pedometer function; periodically announces step count and distance along with the time. ・Includes an alarm function; can be used as a backup alarm clock. ・Integrates with your iPhone calendar to announce upcoming schedule details for the next 72 hours. ・Announces weather information for your selected location. ・Supports approximately 30 languages. ・Supports time zones for over 200 cities worldwide.

Screenshots

Now MusicAlarm4 screens
SpeakClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SpeakClock at none against Now MusicAlarm's 6. SpeakClock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Now MusicAlarm sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. SpeakClock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Now MusicAlarm ships an update every 4 days, SpeakClock every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Now MusicAlarm versus SpeakClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNow MusicAlarmSpeakClock
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.016
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopernowApp Inc.MANABU IKEUCHI

Bugs and requests

Now MusicAlarm

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Blank screen when trying to set time
  • Alarm requires sliding notification bar to start
  • App crashes when accessing multitasking settings
  • Holiday dates are off by a day
  • Alarm does not notify with sound on iPad 2
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  • Hourly voice does not work unless app is on screen (iPad 2)

Requested features

7 requests
  • Improve UI graphics
  • Provide better English guides for features like "multitasking"
  • Allow alarms to ring through speakers even with headphones plugged in
  • Option to use iTunes for alarm sound
  • Ability to exclude specific holidays from alarms
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  • iPad version of the app
  • Ability to purchase additional alarm features

SpeakClock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Now MusicAlarm

One-time6
  • [Remove advertising]$0.99
  • [Increase alarm list]$0.99
  • [Music playlist with 10 songs]$0.99
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  • [Unlimited voice file record]$0.99
  • Upgrade$0.99
  • [50% Discounted full features package]$1.99
None

SpeakClock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Now MusicAlarm free?
Now MusicAlarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SpeakClock free?
SpeakClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Now MusicAlarm or SpeakClock have ads?
Now MusicAlarm shows ads; SpeakClock does not.
Which is updated more often, Now MusicAlarm or SpeakClock?
Now MusicAlarm ships an update every 4 days, and SpeakClock every 2 days. Most recently, Now MusicAlarm was updated on October 26, 2026 and SpeakClock on October 25, 2026.

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