Talking Alarm vs Alarm Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Talking Alarm
This utility app provides spoken time announcements for alarms and reminders. Set custom alerts to hear the current time when your alarm triggers, ensuring you're always aware of the time without needing to check your device.
- Spoken time announcements
- Customizable alarm times
- Background operation
- Reminder functionality
- Device silent mode warning
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Set yourself an alarm that speaks the current time when it goes off. You can be woken in the morning with "The time is 8:00 AM" or be reminded when you need to leave work with "The time is 5:00 PM". No need to leave the app open, just set your alarms and close the app. Please note: Your device must not be set to silent, if it is set to silent the alarm sound will not play. Recommended notification settings for best results: - Sounds: ON - Alert Style When Unlocked: Alerts These settings are accessible from: Home Screen->Settings->Talking Alarm->Notifications
Alarm Clock
This alarm clock app is designed to ensure you wake up on time with customizable features. It offers voice commands for setting alarms, checking the time, and controlling the flashlight, along with fun motivational voices to prevent snoozing.
- Voice commands for alarms and flashlight
- Motivational wake-up voices
- Customizable backgrounds
- Snooze prevention
- Weather for your location
- Flashlight control
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OVER 2M DOWNLOADS!!! ◉ The first and best alarm clock on the store! ◉ Set a time at which you can't snooze anymore! ◉ Guaranteed to get you up! FEATURES ◉ Add your own background from your photos or camera or choose from dozens of beautiful designs ◉ Weather for your location ◉ Select from the built in beautiful backgrounds. ◉ Say “Jarvis set alarm for 7:30 AM” to set an alarm ◉ Say “Jarvis time” to hear the time ◉ Say “Jarvis light” to turn on the flashlight. No fumbling for the light at night! ◉ Get fun voices like Stewie and Hermione that motivate you to wake up if you keep snoozing! ◉ Beautiful, customizable alarm clock design TESTIMONIALS • "I've been waiting foreverrr for a great app like this. You get to talk to it and it talks back." Jessie_baee • "This app is so cool, the features are awesome and it's FREE!!!" Maemaepdx • "I love this app! Especially when you keep snoozing it, because then it says you can't snooze anymore and you have to get up!" grace55667 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! • Visit us at www.jlabs.me • Email us at support@jlabs.me • Tweet us at @jlabsTeam • Like us on Facebook! By downloading this app, you accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy agreements
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alarm Clock at 4.8 against Talking Alarm's 3.3. Alarm Clock also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 54%) and ratings volume (2K vs 12). Talking Alarm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Alarm Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Talking Alarm asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alarm Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alarm Clock has 2K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Talking Alarm's written reviews are positive against 91% of Alarm Clock's.
Talking Alarm ships an update every 3 months, Alarm Clock monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Talking Alarm | Alarm Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 91.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 458 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Burnt Slice | j labs |
Customer experience
Talking Alarm
Alarm Clock
Bugs and requests
Talking Alarm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Alarm Clock
Reported bugs
3 issues- Alarm randomly goes off silently
- Alarm fails to go off at set time
- App freezes or crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Allow alarm to play even when phone volume is low
- Ability to set alarm time more easily
- Option to play music from library as alarm
- Improved Bluetooth connectivity
In-app purchases
Talking Alarm
No in-app purchases
Alarm Clock
- Super Sleeper$7.99
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