Voice Over Stopwatch vs Simple Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voice Over Stopwatch
This stopwatch provides vocal announcements for elapsed time, useful during music playback or background operation. Customize announcement intervals, voice types, and presentation modes for flexible time tracking without constant device monitoring.
- Vocal elapsed time announcements
- Customizable notification intervals
- Background operation support
- Multiple voice types
- Presentation mode with bell settings
- Measurement records log
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This app is a straightforward stopwatch with vocal announcements. It can notify you of elapsed time during music playback and while running in the background, utilizing local notifications. You can choose from ten notification intervals, ranging from 5 seconds to 10 minutes. This feature proves useful when you can't actively monitor your device. Buttons: - App Information (i button): Access app details. - Records: Review a log of up to 1,000 measurements. - Settings: Open the Settings screen. Settings: - Voice Type: Select a language and voice style. - Interval: Choose the time interval for announcements. - Delay Time: Set a delay time before starting the measurement. - Use Beep: Enable operation sounds. - Presentation Mode: Define the timing for the first, second, and third bell, such as during an academic presentation. You can change the mode by swiping left or right on the spinning wheel. - Bell Setting: Save and restore a presentation setting. - Use Voice: Enable vocal announcements in place of the presentation bell. - Bell Test: Play the bell sound at any time, regardless of the current time.
Simple Clock
A straightforward digital clock designed for focus and study sessions. It offers a simple interface with essential timekeeping functions and customizable themes to enhance your work environment.
- Basic time, date, week display
- Countdown timer
- Timing function
- Pomodoro timer
- Multiple themes and fonts
- Custom background image
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This clock is very easy to use, open it, put it on a good place, that's it. All you have to do is enjoy your study hours. Supports: # Basic time / date / week display # Countdown function # Timing function # Tomato timer # Multiple themes and fonts # Custom background image
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple Clock at 75% against Voice Over Stopwatch's 50%. Simple Clock also leads on ratings volume (297 vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Voice Over Stopwatch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Clock has 297 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Voice Over Stopwatch's written reviews are positive against 75% of Simple Clock's.
Voice Over Stopwatch ships an update every 3 months, Simple Clock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Over Stopwatch | Simple Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (297 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 74.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 297 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takafumi AMANO | 乃君 黄 |
Customer experience
Voice Over Stopwatch
Simple Clock
Bugs and requests
Voice Over Stopwatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Simple Clock
Reported bugs
11 issues- Cannot exit timer mode
- App unresponsive on some devices
- Quit working correctly, stuck on military time
- Cannot change clock design
- Not compatible with iPhone
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- Cannot restore purchases
- Timer only 15 minutes in free version
- App does not respond when operating from smartphone
- Need to uninstall to delete timer
- Custom image changes time number color to gray
- App drains battery quickly
Requested features
17 requests- Add alarm function
- Allow setting custom wallpaper and adjusting its size/position
- Add option to change font color with custom images
- Add a countdown feature
- Add PiP mode for iPad
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- Add option to keep night mode setting
- Add option to change date format
- Add option to change text color and position
- Add stopwatch functionality
- Add simple white noise sounds
- Add music to the app
- Add a daily total time recording function
- Add option to change AM/PM to 00:00 format
- Add option to disable second display
- Add vertical mode for phones
- Add analog/flip clock styles
- Allow restoring purchases
In-app purchases
Voice Over Stopwatch
- Remove Ads$1.99
Simple Clock
- unlock all contents$0.99
- Support Developer$1.99
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