Comparison

TalkingTime vs Time Talker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Audible time announcements
  • Hourly, half-hourly, quarter-hourly alerts
  • Set and forget operation
  • Battery efficient
  • Respects phone's time format
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Hourly time announcements
  • Male or female voice selection
  • Disable midnight talking
  • Increases daily productivity
  • Task tracking without reminders
Features
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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.

Screenshots

TalkingTime3 screens
Time Talker3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
TalkingTime versus Time Talker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalkingTimeTime Talker
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (309 ratings) — better2.9 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews — better36.1% of reviews
Number of ratings309 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 60 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFortuisoft LLCSohel Mazumder

Customer experience

TalkingTime

All ratings309 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews205 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative5.4%

Time Talker

All ratings16 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative58.3%

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

1 purchases

TalkingTime

Subscriptions1
  • Pro upgrade7 Days trial$1.991 Month
None

Time Talker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TalkingTime free?
TalkingTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Talker free?
Time Talker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TalkingTime or Time Talker?
TalkingTime is rated higher. TalkingTime averages 4.6 out of 5 from 309 ratings, while Time Talker averages 2.9 from 16 ratings.
Do TalkingTime or Time Talker have ads?
Neither TalkingTime nor Time Talker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TalkingTime or Time Talker?
TalkingTime ships an update every 6 weeks, and Time Talker every 60 months. Most recently, TalkingTime was updated on October 15, 2026 and Time Talker on October 13, 2026.

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