Voice Over Timer vs Now
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.
Now
This app verbally announces the current date and time, offering a simple solution for those who struggle with timekeeping or find complex calendar interfaces overwhelming. It features customizable read-out intervals and supports multiple languages.
- Verbal date and time announcement
- Automatic read-outs
- Digital and analog clock interfaces
- Multiple language support
- Customizable intervals
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Sometimes you just want to someone to tell you what day it is. Whether you are suffering from temporal disintegration, loses track of time or just get confused by calendar apps with overwhelming user interfaces - you are not alone. Press the text to get it read to you, or set it up for automatic read-outs on predefined intervals. Digital and/or analog clock interfaces. Available in multiple languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Voice Over Timer at 56% against Now's 0%. Voice Over Timer also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (20 vs 5). Now's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Voice Over Timer holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Voice Over Timer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Now's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Over Timer | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takafumi AMANO | Aktiebolaget Kattbjorn |
Customer experience
Voice Over Timer
Now
In-app purchases
Voice Over Timer
- Remove Ads$1.99
Now
- Now - Premium$1.99
