Comparison

Alaaam vs Voice Message Alarm

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

Head to head
About

Alaaam

This smart alarm app integrates with your calendar to ensure wake-up routines remain reliable through complex schedules, holidays, and shift changes. It offers flexible repeat options and voice command support for easy management.

Highlights
  • Calendar event skipping
  • Holiday-friendly scheduling
  • Flexible repeat options
  • Reliable scheduling strategy
  • Fast alarm management
  • Siri and Shortcuts support
Features
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This is a smart alarm app built for people with complex schedules. It combines system alarms with calendar-based rules so your wake-up routine stays reliable even across holidays, shift changes, and temporary events. Key features - Smart skip rules: Automatically skip alarms that conflict with selected calendar events. - Holiday-friendly scheduling: Designed for holiday-sensitive routines, including regions with adjusted workdays. - Flexible repeat options: Daily, weekdays, weekends, custom cycles, and biweekly patterns. - Reliable scheduling strategy: Uses repeating alarms for simple cases and fixed-date alarms when exclusion rules are enabled. - Fast management: Create, edit, enable, disable, and delete alarms with automatic rescheduling after changes. - Siri and Shortcuts support: Create and manage alarms with voice commands and App Shortcuts. Who it is for - People switching between workdays and holidays - Users with rotating shifts or biweekly work patterns - Anyone who needs alarm behavior aligned with calendar events Reliability note Final alarm delivery depends on system scheduling policies. The app automatically syncs and rebuilds schedules after rule changes to keep behavior predictable. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Voice Message Alarm

Record your own voice message to use as an alarm. Instead of a generic sound, hear a personal reminder in your own voice to get you out of bed. This makes waking up more effective and harder to ignore.

Highlights
  • Record custom voice messages
  • Use personal recordings as alarms
  • No generic ringtones or beeps
  • Effective wake-up reminders
  • Simple and clear interface
Features
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Wake Up to Your Own Voice Voice Alarm plays a short message you record — in your own voice — instead of a generic alarm sound. No beeps. No ringtones. Just a clear reminder telling you exactly why you need to wake up. “Wake up for your flight.” “Early meeting — don’t be late.” “Time to take your medication.” It’s harder to ignore. And it works.

Screenshots

Alaaam3 screens
Voice Message Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Voice Message Alarm at 80% against Alaaam's 0%. Voice Message Alarm also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Alaaam's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price 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. Alaaam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Voice Message Alarm asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Voice Message Alarm holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice Message Alarm has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Alaaam's written reviews are positive against 80% of Voice Message Alarm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alaaam ships an update every 2 days, Voice Message Alarm weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Alaaam versus Voice Message Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlaaamVoice Message Alarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKang LiuDaniel Eid

Customer experience

Alaaam

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Voice Message Alarm

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Alaaam

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Pro$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Voice Message Alarm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alaaam free?
Alaaam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Voice Message Alarm free?
Voice Message Alarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alaaam or Voice Message Alarm?
Voice Message Alarm is rated higher. Alaaam averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Voice Message Alarm averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Alaaam or Voice Message Alarm have ads?
Alaaam shows ads; Voice Message Alarm does not.
Which is updated more often, Alaaam or Voice Message Alarm?
Alaaam ships an update every 2 days, and Voice Message Alarm weekly. Most recently, Alaaam was updated on November 5, 2026 and Voice Message Alarm on November 5, 2026.

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