Comparison

Speaking Clock with Voice vs HourChime

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

HourChime

This app provides hourly or 30-minute voice cues and sounds to help you stay focused and on track. It features customizable quiet hours and a clean, battery-friendly interface. The app is designed for reliable background operation.

Highlights
  • Hourly/30-minute chime intervals
  • Spoken time announcements
  • Customizable mute schedule
  • Background operation
  • Battery-friendly design
  • Light/Dark Mode support
Features
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Chime your day into focus. Hourly or every-30-minute voice cues that keep you on track. Quiet when you need it—powerfully simple when you don’t. HourChime is a focused time-management app that keeps your rhythm with hourly or every-30-minute chimes and optional spoken time, delivering notifications reliably in the background. Set quiet hours with a mute schedule for sleep, meetings, or deep work. A clean, intuitive UI is optimized for Light/Dark Mode and designed to be battery-friendly with no unnecessary background tasks. Features • Chime interval: hourly or every 30 minutes • Spoken time announcement (on/off) + bell sound toggle • Mute Schedule: per time window/day for sleep & meetings • AM/PM or 24-hour display switch • Works reliably in the background after permission • One-time in-app purchase removes ads & unlocks all features (Restore Purchases supported) • Minimal data use; privacy-minded by design Perfect for • Focus sessions, study blocks, and Pomodoro-style routines • Office hours, standups, and calendar-free time awareness • Gentle timekeeping at home and bedtime wind-downs Download now and give your day a clear, calm cadence.

Screenshots

Speaking Clock with Voice4 screens
HourChime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Speaking Clock with Voice at 43 against HourChime's 3. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 HourChime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HourChime holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speaking Clock with Voice has 43 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Speaking Clock with Voice's written reviews are positive against 62% of HourChime's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speaking Clock with Voice ships an update monthly, HourChime every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Speaking Clock with Voice versus HourChime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeaking Clock with VoiceHourChime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (43 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings43 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB13 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHKinfoway TechnologiesMitsuhiro Hashimoto

Customer experience

Speaking Clock with Voice

All ratings43 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

HourChime

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

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

HourChime

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Speaking Clock with Voice free?
Speaking Clock with Voice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HourChime free?
HourChime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speaking Clock with Voice or HourChime?
HourChime is rated higher. Speaking Clock with Voice averages 4.5 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while HourChime averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Speaking Clock with Voice or HourChime have ads?
Neither Speaking Clock with Voice nor HourChime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speaking Clock with Voice or HourChime?
Speaking Clock with Voice ships an update monthly, and HourChime every 2 months. Most recently, Speaking Clock with Voice was updated on November 8, 2026 and HourChime on November 8, 2026.

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