Voice Over Timer vs Simple Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voice Over Timer
This app audibly announces remaining time, even with music playing or in the background. It's useful when you can't see your screen and offers four voice options for announcements.
- Audible time announcements
- Background operation
- Music playback compatibility
- Local notifications
- Four voice options
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This app is a simple voice timer that announces the remaining time aloud, even while you’re listening to music or when the app is running in the background, using local notifications. This is especially useful when you can’t look at your iPhone. You can also check the remaining time using a widget. You have a choice of four voice options: English male, English female, Japanese male, and Japanese female. For more details, you can find additional information in the “App Information” section within the app.
Simple Clock
A straightforward digital clock designed for focus and study sessions. It offers a simple interface with essential timekeeping functions and customizable themes to enhance your work environment.
- Basic time, date, week display
- Countdown timer
- Timing function
- Pomodoro timer
- Multiple themes and fonts
- Custom background image
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This clock is very easy to use, open it, put it on a good place, that's it. All you have to do is enjoy your study hours. Supports: # Basic time / date / week display # Countdown function # Timing function # Tomato timer # Multiple themes and fonts # Custom background image
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Clock at 4.5 against Voice Over Timer's 3.6. Simple Clock also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 56%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Voice Over Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Clock has 297 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Voice Over Timer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Simple Clock's.
Voice Over Timer ships an update every 3 months, Simple Clock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Over Timer | Simple Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) | 4.5 (297 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.9% of reviews | 74.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 297 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takafumi AMANO | 乃君 黄 |
Customer experience
Voice Over Timer
Simple Clock
Bugs and requests
Voice Over Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Simple Clock
Reported bugs
11 issues- Cannot exit timer mode
- App unresponsive on some devices
- Quit working correctly, stuck on military time
- Cannot change clock design
- Not compatible with iPhone
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- Cannot restore purchases
- Timer only 15 minutes in free version
- App does not respond when operating from smartphone
- Need to uninstall to delete timer
- Custom image changes time number color to gray
- App drains battery quickly
Requested features
17 requests- Add alarm function
- Allow setting custom wallpaper and adjusting its size/position
- Add option to change font color with custom images
- Add a countdown feature
- Add PiP mode for iPad
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- Add option to keep night mode setting
- Add option to change date format
- Add option to change text color and position
- Add stopwatch functionality
- Add simple white noise sounds
- Add music to the app
- Add a daily total time recording function
- Add option to change AM/PM to 00:00 format
- Add option to disable second display
- Add vertical mode for phones
- Add analog/flip clock styles
- Allow restoring purchases
In-app purchases
Voice Over Timer
- Remove Ads$1.99
Simple Clock
- unlock all contents$0.99
- Support Developer$1.99
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