Timer Vibration Text Speech vs Announcement Useful Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer Vibration Text Speech
This app provides a vibration-based timer with text-to-speech functionality. It repeats alarms and vibrations at set intervals, displays elapsed time, and can run in the background or on the lock screen. Ideal for focused study sessions without audible alerts.
- Vibration alarms
- Text-to-speech alerts
- Background operation
- Lock screen notifications
- Countdown and countup timers
- One-line text notes
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A simple and easy-to-use vibration text-to-speech timer free app that repeats alarms and vibrations at specified times in minutes and seconds with a one-line text notes. After the set time has elapsed, the elapsed time is counted, alarm vibration and reading text are repeated. A vibration timer with no sound if the sound is muted. It also works in the background and lock screen, and notifies the end 5 times every 5 seconds. A countdown timer and a countup timer that are convenient for studying.
Announcement Useful Timer
This app provides spoken updates every minute for active timers, even when the screen is off. It supports custom countdowns and time-of-day alerts, with options for personalized sounds and voice announcements. Multiple timers can run simultaneously, with quick setup and management features.
- Spoken updates every minute
- Custom countdown and time-of-day timers
- Multiple timers simultaneously
- Personalized alert sounds and music
- Quick setup with shortcut buttons
- Foreground voice announcements
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Voice Timer! Spoken updates every minute. Even when you are not looking at the screen, this app tells you how much time is left. Announcement Useful Timer is available on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. You can choose the free version or the paid, ad-free PRO version. Announcement Useful Timer can count down preset items and times, as well as your own custom items and times. It announces the remaining item and time every minute, gives a 10-second countdown before completion, and plays your selected music or sound when time is up. Use it as a cup noodle timer, kitchen timer, nap timer, and more. You can run multiple timers at the same time and quickly set them from the always-visible number input at the bottom of the screen. Shortcut buttons are available on the right (long-press to assign different items). Items are shown in a list, frequently used timers are ranked to the top, and you can start timers from history or favorites. Swipe left on a list item to delete it. You can cancel an active countdown from the top of the list. When end music is playing, you can stop it by swiping, tapping the stop button, or shaking your device. Each list item has a settings button on the left where you can configure timer values, labels, voice/music settings, and notification behavior. If you prefer, you can disable the every-minute voice announcements in settings. Pause, resume, and clear buttons are also available for all timers. You can use two timer types: - Countdown timer (set a duration) - Time-of-day timer (notify at the next specified time) *Voice announcements are available only while the app is in the foreground.* To prevent accidental taps in the foreground, a lock button is provided at the top-left of the right shortcut area. In the background, only the end notification is available. Note: Due to iOS API behavior, sounds may play even when Silent Mode is on (voice speech will not play). --- App Features --- ・Quick and easy timer setup using the buttons at the bottom of the main screen. ・Set timers simply by selecting from a list. ・Run multiple timers in parallel. ・Set labels and receive voice notifications. (Every minute, plus 30/15/10 seconds before completion. These can be toggled in settings.) ・Use your own music from iPhone/iPod/iPad for alerts and end sounds. (Foreground only) ・Set music to start from a specific point (for example, the chorus). ・Use two timer types: countdown and specific end time. ・Assign frequently used timers to the shortcut buttons on the right. ・Adjust voice pitch and speech rate. --- Free Version vs PRO Version --- This app is available in both Free and PRO (paid) versions. The PRO version is ad-free. The area used for ads in the Free version is replaced with more list and button space, providing a more comfortable experience. There is no difference in timer functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timer Vibration Text Speech at 4.5 against Announcement Useful Timer's 3.0. Timer Vibration Text Speech also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 1) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Announcement Useful Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (73% vs 56%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Timer Vibration Text Speech holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer Vibration Text Speech has 70 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Timer Vibration Text Speech's written reviews are positive against 73% of Announcement Useful Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Timer Vibration Text Speech ships an update every 8 months, Announcement Useful Timer every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.
| Parameter | Timer Vibration Text Speech | Announcement Useful Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (70 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHIGETO TAKAGI | katapu.net |
Customer experience
Timer Vibration Text Speech
Announcement Useful Timer
In-app purchases
Timer Vibration Text Speech
No in-app purchases
Announcement Useful Timer
No in-app purchases
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