Comparison

Speaking Clock with Voice vs Eloquent Reader

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

Head to head
About

Speaking Clock with Voice

This app announces the time aloud at user-defined intervals, designed for blind and low-vision users. It offers hands-free, eyes-free time checks with customizable voices, clock faces, and widgets for easy access.

Highlights
  • Automatic spoken time announcements
  • Hands-free and eyes-free operation
  • VoiceOver compatibility
  • Home, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
  • Voice countdown timer
  • Premium HD and Studio voices
  • Supports 13 languages
Features
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Speaking Clock with Voice announces the time out loud so you never have to look at a screen. Built with blind and low-vision users in mind and fully hands-free, it speaks the current time in clear, natural voices at the interval you choose. DESIGNED FOR ACCESSIBILITY • Hear the time spoken aloud, no need to see the screen • Works smoothly with VoiceOver • Simple, high-contrast, easy-to-navigate interface • Hands-free, eyes-free time checks all day long ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES Supported on iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad: • VoiceOver • Dark Interface • Differentiate Without Color Alone • Sufficient Contrast KEY FEATURES • Automatic spoken time announcements every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, hourly, or a custom interval • 12-hour and 24-hour formats • Choose your time zone for accurate announcements anywhere • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets • Many clock faces to personalize your look • Beautiful themes to match your style • Works beautifully on iPhone Duo, folded or unfolded, upright or sideways NEW: WIDGETS AND STANDBY See and hear the time without opening the app. • Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large sizes • Lock Screen widgets in circular, rectangular, and inline styles • StandBy support turns your iPhone into a large, easy to read bedside clock while charging • Fully compatible with VoiceOver, hands-free and eyes-free NEW: MANY NEW CLOCK FACES Personalize your clock with a wide choice of new faces, from clean and simple to bold and colorful. Pick the look you love and switch anytime. NEW: VOICE COUNTDOWN TIMER Start a real-time speaking countdown that announces the remaining time out loud, perfect for cooking, workouts, medication reminders, study sessions, and prayers. NEW: PREMIUM HD & STUDIO VOICES Upgrade to premium for natural, studio-quality voices, Deep Male Pro, Soft Female Pro, and more, plus ambient sounds and audio effects layered with the spoken time. 13 LANGUAGES English, Arabic, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. PREMIUM Unlock all premium voices, audio effects, themes, and unlimited announcements. • Monthly plan with a 3-day free trial • Yearly plan with a 2-week free trial (best value) • Lifetime: pay once and keep Premium forever, with no subscription • Already subscribed? Upgrade to Lifetime at a special subscriber price in Settings → My Plan • Subscription payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation • Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → My Plan or in your App Store account settings Whether you are blind, low-vision, always on the move, or simply love a hands-free talking clock, this app keeps you on time, out loud. We build this app with our community. Write to us at info@hkinfoway.com with your ideas and feature requests, and we will take good care of you. Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions are available in the app. Privacy Policy: https://speakingclock.wallzy.app/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://speakingclock.wallzy.app/terms-conditions

About

Eloquent Reader

Features
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Eloquent Reader turns the text you need to finish into audio you can take with you. Paste text, import a PDF or document, or scan a printed page. Choose a chapter or section, create a saved listen, and keep reading while you walk, commute, or get other things done. START FREE - Create one short saved listen - Use private, on-device narration - Keep your text and audio on your device ELOQUENT READER PRO - Import PDFs and text documents - Scan printed pages with on-device OCR - Create and save chapter-length on-device narration - Listen offline with speed, seek, and skip controls - Convert audio to text using your own provider account - For pasted text, choose optional expressive Studio voices using your own OpenAI API account NO SURPRISE CLOUD JOBS On-device narration has no usage charge. Studio narration is optional: the app shows an estimated duration, asks for confirmation, and caps every request before sending selected text. OpenAI charges your API account directly; Studio usage is not included in the subscription price. No Eloquent Reader account is required. Pro is a monthly auto-renewing subscription managed by Apple and can be canceled in App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Speaking Clock with Voice4 screens
Eloquent Reader3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Speaking Clock with Voice at monthly against Eloquent Reader's every 3 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. Speaking Clock with Voice sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Eloquent Reader sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speaking Clock with Voice ships an update monthly, Eloquent Reader every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Speaking Clock with Voice versus Eloquent Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeaking Clock with VoiceEloquent Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB70 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHKinfoway TechnologiesMichael Smolkin

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Speaking Clock with Voice

Subscriptions2
  • Speaking Clock Premium Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Speaking Clock Premium Yearly14 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium$39.99
1 purchases

Eloquent Reader

Subscriptions1
  • Eloquent Reader Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Speaking Clock with Voice free?
Speaking Clock with Voice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eloquent Reader free?
Eloquent Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Speaking Clock with Voice or Eloquent Reader have ads?
Neither Speaking Clock with Voice nor Eloquent Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speaking Clock with Voice or Eloquent Reader?
Speaking Clock with Voice ships an update monthly, and Eloquent Reader every 3 months. Most recently, Speaking Clock with Voice was updated on November 8, 2026 and Eloquent Reader on November 8, 2026.

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