Comparison

Anniversary · Countdown vs Spoken Alarm

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Spoken alarm messages
  • Microphone recording for sounds
  • Text-to-speech message generation
  • Daily and weekly repeat alarms
  • Siri integration
  • No subscriptions or ads
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Anniversary · Countdown4 screens
Spoken Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Anniversary · Countdown versus Spoken Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnniversary · CountdownSpoken Alarm
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Shuxia Xiaowu Network Technology Co., Ltd.Scarlet Social

Customer experience

Anniversary · Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spoken Alarm

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Anniversary · Countdown

No in-app purchases

None

Spoken Alarm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anniversary · Countdown free?
Anniversary · Countdown costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spoken Alarm free?
Spoken Alarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Anniversary · Countdown or Spoken Alarm?
Anniversary · Countdown and Spoken Alarm are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Anniversary · Countdown or Spoken Alarm have ads?
Neither Anniversary · Countdown nor Spoken Alarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anniversary · Countdown or Spoken Alarm?
Anniversary · Countdown ships an update every 2 weeks, and Spoken Alarm every 2 months. Most recently, Anniversary · Countdown was updated on October 25, 2026 and Spoken Alarm on October 18, 2026.

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