Comparison

Timer Vibration Text Speech vs Speaks Album

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Vibration alarms
  • Text-to-speech alerts
  • Background operation
  • Lock screen notifications
  • Countdown and countup timers
  • One-line text notes
Features
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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.

About

Speaks Album

Features
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Speaks Album - recognize text from your photos and speaks it right away. Speaks Album is a tool to recognize the text from your photos and speaks it right away. It's recommended that you have iOS 16 version that to be recognized various languages. Main View * Camera Icon - to use the photos from your photo album. Image View * [ Edit area ] - edit the target area. you can drag and zoom the image. * Buttons - [ recognize ] - recognize the text from the image. - [ speak ] - speak the recognized text. - [ pause/resume ] - pause/resume speaking. - [ stop ] - stop speaking. - [ actions ] - save text to pasteboard. - setting speech voice and volumes. - setting recognition languages. - setting recognition options. - Delete the image. * Touching the image that toggles to show/hide the buttons iOS 16 supports English (United States), French (France), Italian (Italy), German (Germany), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Cantonese Simplified, Cantonese Traditional, Korean (South Korea), Japanese (Japan), Russian (Russia), Ukrainian (Ukraine) iOS 17 supports more languages like Thai (Thailand), vi-VT.

Screenshots

Timer Vibration Text Speech1 screens
Speaks Album4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Speaks Album at every 2 days against Timer Vibration Text Speech's every 8 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer Vibration Text Speech ships an update every 8 months, Speaks Album every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Timer Vibration Text Speech versus Speaks Album: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer Vibration Text SpeechSpeaks Album
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (70 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings70 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHIGETO TAKAGINO WOO KYOUNG

In-app purchases

None

Timer Vibration Text Speech

No in-app purchases

None

Speaks Album

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timer Vibration Text Speech free?
Timer Vibration Text Speech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speaks Album free?
Speaks Album is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timer Vibration Text Speech or Speaks Album have ads?
Both Timer Vibration Text Speech and Speaks Album show ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer Vibration Text Speech or Speaks Album?
Timer Vibration Text Speech ships an update every 8 months, and Speaks Album every 2 days. Most recently, Timer Vibration Text Speech was updated on October 23, 2026 and Speaks Album on October 4, 2026.

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