VoiceTimer Countdown vs Chatty Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
VoiceTimer Countdown
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Stop watching the clock โ we'll remind you! VoiceTimer is a smart countdown app that shows and announces how much time remains until your target. Perfect for cooking, studying, or any task where you can't keep your eyes on the screen. It reads the remaining time aloud and notifies you exactly when you choose. * A successor to "Countdown Calendar," released over 10 years ago. Key Features - At-a-Glance Countdown: Remaining time is displayed in large, easy-to-read digits. Even with multiple targets registered, the nearest one is always shown front and center. - Tap the Speaker to Hear It: Tap the speaker button to hear the current remaining time read aloud โ ideal when your hands are full. Choose your language (Japanese/English) and voice (female/male). - Flexible Pre-Alerts: Combine multiple reminders from 14 timing options, from 5 seconds to 1 hour before. You'll get a voice-enabled notification even when the app is closed. You can also enable a final countdown that speaks "10, 9, 8โฆ" for the last 10 seconds. - One-Touch Kitchen Timer: Save your most-used durations to a button for instant setup. Give them custom names, and your most-used buttons are automatically highlighted. - Repeating Timers: Daily, weekdays, weekly, or monthly โ automatically restarts the countdown after each completion. - Calendar & Reminders Integration: Pick any event and start counting down to it instantly. - Always Visible on Lock Screen & Home Screen: Full Live Activities & Dynamic Island support! Check your next event at a glance with a Home Screen widget, or start a kitchen timer with one tap right from your Home Screen. - Make It Yours: Customize with 55 color themes (across 7 categories), theme-matched ambient animations (adjustable in 3 levels), and 5 alarm sounds.
Chatty Timer
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Hear your timer. See your time add up. Chatty Timer brings voice cues, focus and workout timers, a talking stopwatch, and activity history together. Use it for study sessions, desk work, or training, then look back at the time you put in. FOCUS AND BREAKS Set your focus time, break time, and number of sets. Alternate between focused work and rest for Pomodoro study sessions or everyday tasks. Spoken start and end cues help you follow the routine without constantly checking the screen. WORKOUT INTERVALS Set work and rest periods and repeat them across multiple sets. Hear phase changes, remaining sets, and the final 3, 2, 1 countdown. Use timed intervals for HIIT or Tabata, or finish each strength-training set manually before starting your rest. SEE YOUR TIME ADD UP Save your activities and review daily, weekly, and monthly totals. Use labels to organize study, work, and workouts, and see your activity in daily charts. Set weekly or monthly time goals and check your progress. A TALKING STOPWATCH Hear elapsed time at the interval you choose. Record laps and splits, then pause and save the session to your activity history. SAVE YOUR ROUTINES Keep your favorite focus and interval settings as presets, ready for your next session. A standard timer and alarm are also included. Stopwatch elapsed time announcements continue while timing, even with the screen locked or another app open. Force-quitting the app stops announcements. Timer history follows each preset's save setting; stopwatch sessions are saved manually. BACKUP AND RESTORE Back up your alarm and timer settings and imported audio to iCloud. Restore a backup to carry them over when you change devices. PREMIUM Most features are available for free. Premium includes: โ Hide all ads โ Automatically stop alarms โ Stop alarms without unlocking your device, using notifications or volume buttons โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ VOICEVOX is used for Japanese character voice synthesis. VOICEVOX:ใใใ ใใ / VOICEVOX:ๅๅฝใใใ / VOICEVOX:ๆฅๆฅ้จใคใใ / VOICEVOX:้จๆดใฏใ Character voices speak Japanese only. When using these voices, titles and notes written in the Latin alphabet may not be read correctly. Use a system voice for English voice cues. โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ Get started with Chatty Timer for free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when your purchase is confirmed. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. After purchase, you can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://alarmclock.jp/va/en/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://alarmclock.jp/va/en/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VoiceTimer Countdown at every 2 days against Chatty Timer's every 8 days. Chatty Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. VoiceTimer Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chatty Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VoiceTimer Countdown ships an update every 2 days, Chatty Timer every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VoiceTimer Countdown | Chatty Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days โ better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.2 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 239 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yasuko Shikiuchi | tadahito hiraoka |
In-app purchases
VoiceTimer Countdown
- Remove Ads$2.99
Chatty Timer
- Premium Service$0.991 Month
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