Timer Vibration Text Speech vs ElksTimer
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.
ElksTimer
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Features: - Warning intervals are fully customisable to fit your needs. The app notifies you of the different intervals by changing the color of the background and gives off a sound to help you manage your time - Control the timer with your voice with simple commands - The number of sets can be changed to tell the app how many times you want it to repeat - Break times can also be edited, adding breaks after each set of studying or exercising! - The stop-watch can be used instead - Mesmerising waves at the top of the app to help give a sense of calm
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ElksTimer at none against Timer Vibration Text Speech's shown. ElksTimer also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 ships an update every 8 months, ElksTimer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer Vibration Text Speech | ElksTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (70 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHIGETO TAKAGI | Emmanuel Carter |
In-app purchases
Timer Vibration Text Speech
No in-app purchases
ElksTimer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Timer Vibration Text Speech free?
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