Comparison

TalkingTime vs Talking Alarm Clock

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

Talking Alarm Clock

Features
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Most alarms just make noise. This one tells you what time it is. Never squint at a screen at 3 a.m. again. When your alarm rings, it says the time out loud — in 10 languages, and with no internet connection needed. Most alarms just make noise. This one tells you what time it is. When your alarm rings, a clear, natural-sounding voice announces the current hour and minute out loud — so you know whether to get up or roll over, without reaching for your phone or squinting at a bright screen in the dark. Perfect for waking in the middle of the night, for mornings before you have found your glasses, and for anyone who would simply rather hear the time than look at it. SPEAKS 10 LANGUAGES Choose the voice language for each alarm you create: • English • Turkish (Türkçe) • German (Deutsch) • French (Français) • Japanese (日本語) • Korean (한국어) • Dutch (Nederlands) • Polish (Polski) • Portuguese — Brazil (Português) • Chinese — Simplified (中文) The app itself is fully translated into all ten, so the buttons match the voice. MADE TO BE HEARD, NOT READ A talking clock is not a novelty. If you are blind or have low vision, or you find small screens hard to read, hearing the time is simply faster and easier than looking for it — especially half-awake, in the dark, without your glasses. EVERYTHING YOU NEED FROM A CLOCK • Alarms — set a time, repeat it on any days of the week, give it a name and an icon • Timers — quick countdowns for cooking, workouts, laundry and naps • Custom alarms — combine a countdown, a schedule and a snooze into one • Live Activity and Dynamic Island — watch the countdown right on your Lock Screen, without opening the app • Snooze, for when you need five more minutes SIMPLE, QUIET, YOURS No account. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. Every voice recording is stored on your device, so the time is announced perfectly even in airplane mode, in a basement, or on a plane. GOOD TO KNOW The time is announced in five-minute steps, so an alarm set for 7:32 announces 7:30. Requires iOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

TalkingTime3 screens
Talking Alarm Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Talking Alarm Clock at none against TalkingTime's 1. Talking Alarm Clock also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). TalkingTime's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. TalkingTime sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Talking Alarm Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TalkingTime ships an update every 6 weeks, Talking Alarm Clock daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TalkingTime versus Talking Alarm Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalkingTimeTalking Alarm Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (309 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings309 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFortuisoft LLCHasan Akay

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

Talking Alarm Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TalkingTime

Subscriptions1
  • Pro upgrade7 Days trial$1.991 Month
None

Talking Alarm Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TalkingTime free?
TalkingTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Talking Alarm Clock free?
Talking Alarm Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TalkingTime or Talking Alarm Clock have ads?
Neither TalkingTime nor Talking Alarm Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TalkingTime or Talking Alarm Clock?
TalkingTime ships an update every 6 weeks, and Talking Alarm Clock daily. Most recently, TalkingTime was updated on November 1, 2026 and Talking Alarm Clock on October 30, 2026.

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