Talking Reminder vs AlertBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Talking Reminder
This app provides timely spoken reminders with customizable text and voice options. It supports various reminder types, including one-time, recurring, and interval-based alerts, and can function even when the device is locked or other apps are in use. Users can import text, manage reminder status, and adjust speaking speed and volume.
- Spoken reminders in over 20 languages
- Customizable talking speed and volume
- Multiple reminder types (one-time, recurring, interval)
- Notifications with sound and text display
- Import text from clipboard, keyboard, or files
- Active/sleep status for reminders
- Pre-set English talking sounds
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Main Features: 1. Run the reminder at the indicted time 2 When the App is launched, the reminder could talk the text in more than 20 international languages at the indicted time. 3 When the device is locked or the user is using other App, the App could remind the user by playing more than 200 talking in English and also display the message in the notification bar. 4 The App includes the following five standard time reminder:One Time reminder, every hour reminder, every day reminder, every week reminder, every month reminder,interval reminder. Detail features: 1 import the text from the paste board, soft keyboard or text file. 2 In the main list, each table cell contains one cycle button at the right side, after tapping the right button,the user could change that status from active to sleep. In the sleep status, the reminder will be ignored. 3 When the reminder record is running, the right button will be stop button. So tap the stop button could stop the current reminder job. 4 The user could select the talking speed from setting view. 5 The user could control the talking volume from setting view. 6 In the main list view, at tool bar, the right one is the wizard button. Tap the wizard button, users could select the every day template, every week template or every month template. 7 In the main list view, at the tool bar, the left one is the clear button. Tap the clear button, users could delete all the reminder records from the database and notification list. 8 Play the sound file after launching the notification when the app is running. If this app is not running, when the banner of the notification is displayed, please tap the banner immediately, the app will be launched, then the sound file will be played. The duration of the sound could be more than one minute. Screenshot: In the main list view, if using the default iOS sound, only the talking text is displayed. If not, one line is for the talking notification sound and the other line is for the talking text. Tap the + button at the tool bar, the menu list is displayed. So the user could select the reminder type. In the main view list, we tap the active button, the status of reminder event will be changed to sleep. This edition includes iOS default notification sound and 228 talking sound in English. Below is the notification sounds list: 0 - 80 0 iOS default Sound 1 Go home 2 Go to school 3 Go to work 4 Go to the cafeteria 5 Do some exercise 6 Get up 7 Go to bed 8 Set out 9 Go back 10 Take a break 11 Make a reservation 12 Go dating 13 Call up 14 Send an Email 15 Go to the bank 16 Go to the hospital 17 Attend a meeting 18 Go to the grocery 19 Check out the internet 20 Check the email box 21 Play the sound 22 Play music 23 listen the talking 24 Have an afternoon Tea 25 Go to a party 26 Go shopping 27 Have the breakfast 28 Make an appointment 29 Take a photo 30 Make a deposit 31 Withdraw some cash 32 Go on a trip 33 Send a fax 34 Check out 35 Check in 36 Place an order 37 File the paper 38 Check the calendar 39 Take the wallet 40 Take the mobile phone 41 Meet the client 42 Submit the request 43 Finish the report 44 Turn on the computer 45 Turn off the computer 46 Turn on TV 47 Turn off TV 48 Turn on the security system 49 Turn off the security system 50 Turn off light 51 Turn on light 52 Send the short message 53 Water the flower 54 Take pills 55 Look at the pet 56 One Apple a day 57 A friend indeed 58 Lock the door 59 Apologize for mistakes 60 Hurry up 61 Be there on time 62 Make progress 63 Make effort 64 Make some changes 65 Make money 66 Make a compliant 67 Make some notes 68 Make the arrangement 69 Air the room 70 Ask for a help 71 Call back 72 Remit Money 73 Cancel the reservation 74 Check the schedule 75 Check the balance 76 Clean up the room 77 Comb Hair 78 Drink Something 79 Contact our friend 80 Donot let me down 81 - 228 please read the note about V5.2.1 What's new.
AlertBuddy
Easily create spoken reminders that are transcribed and sent to yourself or friends. Ideal for capturing thoughts while driving or when typing is inconvenient. Receive notifications even when the app is closed.
- Speak to create transcribed reminders
- Send reminders to yourself or friends
- Receive notifications when app is closed
- Snooze reminder notifications
- Filter alerts by keywords or status
- Supports over 50 languages
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Have you ever experienced this moment? _______________________________________________ You were driving on the way to work, and ***suddenly you remembered something – and you wished you could write it down before you forgot***. It would be great if someone was there to take note, and remind you later. _______________________________________________ AlertBuddy offers you a quick and easy way to create a reminder for you or your friends. You can speak in your native language - so you can do it even while typing is difficult (e.g. driving), and AlertBuddy will transcribe into the reminder for yourself or your friends. Riding on Facebook Friend List, you can send or receive the reminders to your friends without the need to maintain a new network – just ride on the one that you use everyday. FEATURES _______________________________________________ • You can speak and let AlertBuddy transcribe into reminders - great for situation where typing is difficult • Create Alerts with notification to yourself • Create Alerts to your Facebook friends (if they also install AlertBuddy) • App doesn't need to be open to receive reminder notifications, or even from locked screen • Ability to snooze reminder notifications, from notification banner • Filter Alerts based on keywords or status • View the list of your Facebook friends (if they also install AlertBuddy) • Provide screen to invite your Facebook friends (both sharing to your friends, or individually invite them through Facebook messenger - if you also install Facebook messenger) • Customize settings: - Choose Primary and Secondary Languages from over 50+ languages - Default alert times - Default alert sounds _______________________________________________
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlertBuddy at 100% against Talking Reminder's 50%. AlertBuddy also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (3.7 vs 3.0). Talking Reminder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 12 months). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
AlertBuddy is free to download; Talking Reminder costs $0.99 up front. AlertBuddy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Talking Reminder asks for nothing beyond the download.
AlertBuddy holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Talking Reminder's written reviews are positive against 100% of AlertBuddy's.
Talking Reminder ships an update every 5 months, AlertBuddy every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Talking Reminder | AlertBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 方 沈 | Pirapat Phongpatanakijchote |
Customer experience
Talking Reminder
AlertBuddy
In-app purchases
Talking Reminder
No in-app purchases
AlertBuddy
- 6-Month Full Access$1.99
- 1-Year Full Access$2.99
- Lifetime Full Access$3.99









