Anniversary · Countdown vs Spoken Alarm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anniversary · Countdown
This app helps you track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries with countdowns and count-ups. It offers thoughtful reminders and customizable event types, all within a private and ad-free interface. View your progress and cherished memories in one beautiful place.
- Countdown and count-up for events
- Support for solar and lunar calendars
- Life progress tracking
- Customizable event types
- Thoughtful reminders
- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- Private iCloud sync
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Anniversary Countdown helps you remember the days that matter - birthdays, anniversaries, love milestones, festivals, and even your own life progress, all kept in one calm, beautiful place. Count down to what's coming, and count up the days you've shared. Feel time flow. FEATURES - Many types: birthdays, love anniversaries, important days, festivals, custom events - Solar & lunar calendars: lunar birthdays auto-resolve to the next date - Countdown & count-up: see days left or days passed at a glance - Life progress: yearly progress and a life countdown to feel time's weight - Thoughtful reminders: on the day and days ahead, so you never miss it - Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets, plus an Apple Watch complication - Private iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch - Face ID app lock to protect your privacy PRIVACY FIRST No account, no ads, no third-party tracking. Your data lives only on your device and in your own private iCloud - the developer cannot access it. Time never stops, but memories can be kept. With Anniversary Countdown, gather up the days that matter.
Spoken Alarm
This utility app allows you to set alarms that speak custom messages aloud. You can record your own voice or use text-to-speech for spoken reminders. It supports daily or weekly repeating alarms and Siri integration.
- Spoken alarm messages
- Microphone recording for sounds
- Text-to-speech message generation
- Daily and weekly repeat alarms
- Siri integration
- No subscriptions or ads
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Have your phone speak alarm messages out loud with Spoken Alarm! NO SUBSCRIPTIONS! NO ADS. You can set alarm sounds with a microphone recording or generate one using text-to-speech. Alarms can be set to repeat daily or on certain days of the week. We also fully support setting alarms with Siri by simply saying "hey Siri set an alarm in spoken alarm" and answering the prompts. Spoken Alarm is great to remind you of medicine times or other important reminders, using the full alarm functionality instead of just a simple reminder notification. We also offer all of this with no subscription and no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Spoken Alarm at Free against Anniversary · Countdown's $0.99. Anniversary · Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Spoken Alarm is free to download; Anniversary · Countdown costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Anniversary · Countdown against 5.0 for Spoken Alarm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Anniversary · Countdown ships an update every 2 weeks, Spoken Alarm every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anniversary · Countdown | Spoken Alarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Shuxia Xiaowu Network Technology Co., Ltd. | Scarlet Social |
Customer experience
Anniversary · Countdown
Spoken Alarm
In-app purchases
Anniversary · Countdown
No in-app purchases
Spoken Alarm
No in-app purchases
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