Voice Alarm vs edEdit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Voice Alarm
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Wake up to someone who actually loves you. Voice Alarm replaces that soulless beeping with the voices that mean something to you - your partner, your mom, your best friend, your kid, or just past-you who promised present-you you'd get out of bed today. Because "BEEP BEEP BEEP" was never going to inspire anyone. A pep talk from your sister at 6am? Now that's a different morning. ** HOW IT WORKS - Record a voice clip yourself, or have someone close to you send one in. - Set it as your alarm. - Wake up to a real human voice - encouraging, ridiculous, sweet, sleepy, whatever you need that day. ** USE IT FOR - Wake-up calls from the people you love (even when they're far away) - Daily affirmations from past-you to future-you - Goofy alarms from your funniest friend - Reminders in your kid's voice ("Daaad, it's time!") - That motivational speech your coach still owes you ** PRIVACY BY DESIGN Voice messages belong to you and the people you choose to share them with. We don't mine them, we don't sell them, and we don't shove them into a feed. They're personal - and we treat them that way. Tomorrow morning, instead of dragging yourself out of bed cursing at a buzzer, you could wake up to someone who's actually rooting for you. VoiceAlarm is quiet by design. No ads. No feeds. No noise. Just alarms, voices, and a clean iPhone-native experience that gets out of your way and lets the voice do the work. ** SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS Voice Alarm: Ark features are available as a $4.99 monthly auto-renewable subscriptions or equal to the same price tier as Apple Store Matrix determines as the equivalent the price in USD. The exact price is only available in the app and is determined by the currently active offer or promo campaign. Your iTunes account will be charged at confirmation of purchase. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the billing period. You can go to your iTunes Account Settings to manage your subscription & turn off auto-renew. To restore all your previous purchases use the "Restore Purchases" button located at the Become Pro view. Terms of Use - https://voicealarm.app/terms Privacy Policy - https://voicealarm.app/privacy
edEdit
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edEdit is a native text editor for Mac and iPhone/iPad that brings notes, Markdown, and source code editing into one app. WHY edEdit β’ Truly native: AppKit on macOS, SwiftUI on iOS β no web view sluggishness. β’ Consistent across platforms: your notes and files sync between Mac, iPhone, and iPad via iCloud. β’ Standard file formats only: everything is .md / .txt / .swift / .json β open elsewhere whenever you want. KEY FEATURES Notes β Apple Notes-style organization, with plain Markdown content: β’ Hierarchical tags (work/meeting/2026Q1) β’ iCloud sync across devices β’ Share from Apple Notes and we'll auto-convert formatting to Markdown β bold, italic, headings, lists, and checklists are preserved. Files β Open and edit any text file on your device: β’ Pull from the Files app, iCloud Drive, On My iPhone, or any provider β’ Automatic encoding detection (UTF-8, Big5, Shift-JIS, GB18030, β¦) β’ Syntax highlighting for Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, Java, HTML, JSON, YAML, Shell, Markdown, and more β’ Line numbers, light and dark themes β’ Save edits back to the original location iCloud Drive integration β Automatically creates an "edEdit" folder in iCloud Drive that syncs across all your devices. Dedicated Markdown editing: β’ Keyboard accessory bar: headings, bold, italic, lists, tasks, quotes, links, images β’ Hardware keyboard shortcuts: βB (bold) / βI (italic) / βK (link) / βE (code) / β1-6 (headings) β’ Smart list continuation: pressing Enter in a list line auto-continues; pressing Enter on an empty item exits the list β’ Paste an image straight from the clipboard β we save it next to the .md file and insert a Markdown reference File compare β Visualize the differences between two files line-by-line, with added/removed/modified highlights. Find in Files β Recursively search a folder you pick, filterable by filename glob. Share & print β Built-in ShareLink, with AirPrint support. WHO IT'S FOR β’ Developers writing docs, reading logs, editing config files β’ Writers using Markdown for blog posts and drafts β’ Anyone who wants their files to stay theirs β no proprietary lock-in β’ People who switch between editing on Mac and quick capture on iPhone PRIVACY & COMPLIANCE β’ Notes, files, and images stay on your device or in your own iCloud β our servers never see them β’ Free tier includes ads served by Google AdMob (shown on app launch and occasionally when closing the note editor) β’ Upgrade to Pro to remove all ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Voice Alarm at none against edEdit's shown. edEdit's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Voice Alarm sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and edEdit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Voice Alarm ships an update fortnightly, edEdit weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Alarm | edEdit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad β better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleh Stasula | CHING FENG WANG |
In-app purchases
Voice Alarm
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
edEdit
- Pro$4.99









