Comparison

Talking Timer vs Mounce's Simple Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Talking Timer

Features
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Talking Timer is a simple yet powerful countdown and count-up timer that speaks the time aloud, helping you stay focused without constantly looking at your screen. Perfect for workouts, yoga, meditation, games, presentations, and daily routines, Talking Timer keeps you in sync by announcing each time interval clearly and audibly. How it works Set a countdown - for example, starting from 5 and Talking Timer will speak: โ€œFive, Four, Three, Two, One.โ€ You can also enable repeat mode to loop the counting automatically, making it ideal for interval-based activities. FEATURES - Countdown & Count-up modes - Repeat counting - Start delay & repeat delay - Mute option - Adjustable font size & color - Dark & Light themes

About

Mounce's Simple Countdown

Features
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A countdown timer with nothing in the way. No ads, no accounts, no clutter โ€” just huge digits you can read from across the room. Set hours, minutes, and seconds with a tap, choose a color that fits the room, and start. The display fills the entire screen, making it perfect for classrooms, sermons, speeches, meetings, exams, workouts, or the kitchen. And when time expires, Simple Countdown does something most timers don't: the digits turn red and start counting up, so you and your audience can see exactly how far past time you've gone. FEATURES โ€ข Full-screen digits readable from the back of the room โ€ข Overtime display โ€” hits zero, turns red, counts back up โ€ข Twelve display colors plus a custom color picker โ€ข Optional seconds โ€” hide them for a cleaner clock โ€ข Pause and resume any time โ€ข Works completely offline, nothing to sign up for โ€ข No ads, no tracking, no data collected Designed for iPhone and iPad by Bill Mounce.

Screenshots

Talking Timer4 screens
Mounce's Simple Countdown3 screens

Verdict

The call

Talking Timer and Mounce's Simple Countdown are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Talking Timer versus Mounce's Simple Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalking TimerMounce's Simple Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS15.115.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size20 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArun DWilliam Mounce

In-app purchases

None

Talking Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Mounce's Simple Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Talking Timer free?
Talking Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mounce's Simple Countdown free?
Mounce's Simple Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Talking Timer or Mounce's Simple Countdown have ads?
Neither Talking Timer nor Mounce's Simple Countdown shows ads.

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