TalkingTime vs Time Talker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TalkingTime
This app announces the current time audibly at user-defined intervals, such as hourly, half-hourly, or quarter-hourly. It operates efficiently in the background after initial setup, conserving battery life. The app adheres to your phone's 12-hour or 24-hour time format.
- Audible time announcements
- Hourly, half-hourly, quarter-hourly alerts
- Set and forget operation
- Battery efficient
- Respects phone's time format
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Hear the time without stopping to look at your screen. TalkingTime gives you spoken time announcements, chimes and personal voice reminders on iPhone and iPad. Use a regular time cue to notice the passing hours while you work, study or move through your day. START WITH EASY • Use the included Easy schedule. • Choose spoken time or chimes, a voice, and 12- or 24-hour speech. • Add your own text to an enabled Easy announcement time. PRO SUBSCRIPTION • Edit Easy announcement times. • Use the separate Custom schedule at any minute, on specific dates or on selected weekdays. LEGACY PRO Your original lifetime access continues to include Easy editing and messages. The separate Custom schedule requires a Pro subscription. SET UP ANNOUNCEMENTS Keep Master Enable on and allow Notifications and Sounds for TalkingTime. Then return to the Home Screen with a normal swipe up or Home button, giving the app time to prepare your schedule. Prepared announcements use iOS local notifications and can sound when the screen is locked. Keep the device powered on. Silent mode, ringer volume, Focus and audio routing can affect what you hear. GET HELP Open It’s not working and tap Get support. Diagnostic information is sent automatically. You can also contact support@fortuisoft.com. The app and Apple purchase sheet show the current Pro price, billing period and any eligible trial. Pro is an automatically renewing subscription unless cancelled. Manage or cancel subscriptions through your Apple account. Privacy: https://www.fortuisoft.com/talkingtime/Privacy.html Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Time Talker
This app transforms your device into a talking clock that announces the time at every hour change. It helps users stay aware of the time to complete tasks without setting reminders, aiming to increase daily productivity.
- Hourly time announcements
- Male or female voice selection
- Disable midnight talking
- Increases daily productivity
- Task tracking without reminders
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It is 9.10PM. You are watching TV, nothing interesting or productive, just feeling lazy. But you have to go out to buy some medicine. The nearest shop will close at 11.30 PM. So, you just continue watching. Next time, when you look at the clock, it is 00.15 AM. Now what? Think, if there was someone who telling you time at every hour change then you may aware at 11.00 PM this is your last chance to get the work done. Time Talker will turn your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad into talking clock. Using this app your device will start to speak time at every hour change. It is a handy application for who wants to complete everyday task without setting remainder and track on every hour. This app will increase productivity of your daily life. Features: - Male or female voice selection. - Disable midnight talking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TalkingTime at 93% against Time Talker's 36%. TalkingTime also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.6 vs 2.9). Time Talker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). On ads 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
TalkingTime is free to download; Time Talker costs $0.99 up front. TalkingTime sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Time Talker asks for nothing beyond the download.
TalkingTime holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TalkingTime has 309 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of TalkingTime's written reviews are positive against 36% of Time Talker's.
TalkingTime ships an update every 6 weeks, Time Talker every 60 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TalkingTime | Time Talker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (309 ratings) — better | 2.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews — better | 36.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 309 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 60 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fortuisoft LLC | Sohel Mazumder |
Customer experience
TalkingTime
Time Talker
Bugs and requests
TalkingTime
Reported bugs
2 issues- Announcements not working after iOS updates
- Inconsistent behavior with music/audio playback
Requested features
4 requests- More frequent time announcements (e.g., every 10 minutes)
- Custom voice recording option
- Integration with calendar/scheduling apps
- Separate volume control for announcements
Time Talker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TalkingTime
- Pro upgrade7 Days trial$1.991 Month
Time Talker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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