Comparison

BUZL Voice pocket lists vs Talking Reminder Lite

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

Head to head
About

BUZL Voice pocket lists

This app offers personalized talking reminders and a simple task management system. It helps you stay organized with custom voice alerts, priority lists, and repeating reminders, even when the app is closed or your screen is locked. Collaborate on tasks and share lists with others.

Highlights
  • Custom talking reminders
  • Repeating reminders
  • Priority task lists
  • Task collaboration
  • Share tasks to other apps
  • No ads or IAPs
Features
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BUZL Voice with talking reminders allows you to pre-record and use a voice message of your choice as the notification alert, which you will receive even when your app is closed, or if your screen is locked. You may record, save, and reuse multiple voice recordings. The default notification sound is also available as an alert option. With so many apps delivering notification sounds, it's easy to miss scheduled reminders. BUZL's custom and personalized voice recordings are a convenient way to receive distinct and descriptive notification alerts, while you have walked away from your phone, or if your hands are busy.. Repeating reminders (daily, weekly, monthly...) are supported. BUZL is a quick and easy priority list to help you organize your tasks, and focus on what's important every day. View your priorities in one glance, reorder, and add reminders as needed. This simple and effective task manager helps you to declutter and get things done. Now you can collaborate on a task by using the built in share feature to share a task to a shared list on the Reminders app. + No visual clutter + Clear, intuitive, interface + Simple navigation + Fast and easy data entry and viewing + Generic list - use for personal or business tasks, groceries, pantry, work, school homework, event planning, activities, etc. + Re-prioritize tasks/items with one click + Sort and search effortlessly + Unicode characters supported. Works with foreign language character sets and dates. Features: + Talking reminders (if enabled) + High, medium, and low priority tabs + One time or repeating reminders (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) + Delete a task from your reminder notification + Tab badges show missed and expired reminders in each category + Order tasks manually or automatically by due date, difficulty, or task name + Perform task actions from your list (phone, messaging, email, website, maps) + Optional task fields include notes and photo + Reuse a task from the history tab + Export a list to email + New select feature (Edit, and click row) indicated by a green dot + Share a task to the Reminders app, and share that list with others. (Select a task in BUZL and share it with one click, allowing you to collaborate with others on a specific task) + Share one or more tasks to Files, Notes, iMessage, etc + Search task name or notes + Color coded dates and rows (Blue rows for tasks with reminders, yellow rows show expired reminders you have missed, and orange shows the latest expired reminder) + Private - all content stays on your device, and nothing is ever transmitted over the network, so internet service is not required while using this app. (*Note that this app does not sync across multiple devices.) + Info button on every screen for detailed usage and description information + No ads, IAPs, logins, subscriptions, or tracking of any kind.

About

Talking Reminder Lite

This app provides timely reminders with spoken alerts in over 20 languages. It offers various reminder types, including one-time, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and interval options, with customizable talking speed and volume. It can also display messages in the notification bar when the device is locked or other apps are in use.

Highlights
  • Spoken reminders in 20+ languages
  • Multiple reminder types (daily, weekly, etc.)
  • Customizable talking speed and volume
  • Notification bar alerts
  • Import text from clipboard or files
  • Active/sleep status for reminders
Features
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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 reminder the user by playing 26 talking sounds in English and also display the message in the notification bar. 4 The App includes the following six standard time reminders: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 the reminder status between active and 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 the setting view. 5 The user could control the talking volume from the setting view. 6 In the main list view, at the tool bar, the right one is the wizard button. Tap the wizard button, the user could select the every day template, every week template or the every month template. 7 In the main list view, at the tool bar, the left one is the clear button. Tap the clear button, the user could delete all the reminder records from the database and the notification list. Screen shots description: in the screen shot, if there are only one main title line in each cell , the notification sound is the default iOS sound and only the talking text is displayed. If there are two main title lines in each cell of the main list view, one line is for the talking notification sound. the other line is for the talking text. In the main list view, if we tap the + button at the bottom tool bar, the menu list is displayed. From this menu, the user could select the reminder type. In the main list view, if one reminder event cell is displayed, and we tap the active button, the status of the event will be changed to sleep status. The lite edition includes the iOS default notification sound and 26 talking sounds in English. Below is the notification sounds list: 0 iOS default Notification 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

Screenshots

BUZL Voice pocket lists4 screens
Talking Reminder Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BUZL Voice pocket lists at 56% against Talking Reminder Lite's 0%. BUZL Voice pocket lists also leads on rating (3.4 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Talking Reminder Lite's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Talking Reminder Lite is free to download; BUZL Voice pocket lists costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BUZL Voice pocket lists holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of BUZL Voice pocket lists's written reviews are positive against 0% of Talking Reminder Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BUZL Voice pocket lists ships an update every 2 months, Talking Reminder Lite every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BUZL Voice pocket lists versus Talking Reminder Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBUZL Voice pocket listsTalking Reminder Lite
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (8 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Vine Solutions, LLC方 沈

Customer experience

BUZL Voice pocket lists

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

Talking Reminder Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

BUZL Voice pocket lists

No in-app purchases

None

Talking Reminder Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BUZL Voice pocket lists free?
BUZL Voice pocket lists costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talking Reminder Lite free?
Talking Reminder Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BUZL Voice pocket lists or Talking Reminder Lite?
BUZL Voice pocket lists is rated higher. BUZL Voice pocket lists averages 3.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Talking Reminder Lite averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do BUZL Voice pocket lists or Talking Reminder Lite have ads?
Neither BUZL Voice pocket lists nor Talking Reminder Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BUZL Voice pocket lists or Talking Reminder Lite?
BUZL Voice pocket lists ships an update every 2 months, and Talking Reminder Lite every 9 months. Most recently, BUZL Voice pocket lists was updated on November 1, 2026 and Talking Reminder Lite on November 1, 2026.

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