Daily Talking Watch vs TGSpeechBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Talking Watch
This utility app provides voice-based notifications and tools, including talking reminders, timers, a calculator, and a watch that announces the time. It supports over 20 languages and offers background and foreground features for various daily tasks.
- Talking reminders for daily events
- Background talking timer with count up/down
- Voice-announced current time
- Talking calculator and counter
- Supports over 20 languages
- Background and foreground modes
- Apple Watch app integration
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Talk in more than 20 languages. Talking Watch,Talking Notes, Talking Sound, Talking calculator, Talking counter, Talking location,Talking Reminder, Talking Timer, all of them could talk to the upcoming phone call. For example,In the talking notes, we could input the text note, then tap the talk button after receiving the upcoming phone call. Five Background talking features :Talking Reminder, Talking Timer, Talking Watch,Talking Notes, Talking Sound. Three Foreground talking features: talking calculator, talking counter, talking location. 1 Background talking count timer Help us count how much time we spent. We could select count up or count down, we could set the count period or the count unit such as second or minute from management tab page, tap set - Timer button. 2 Background talking watch Remind us the current time by talking loudly When we are playing table tennis, when we are working out, or when we are cooking, we hope to know the current time every ten minutes, or every five minutes, or every one minute. The same time could be reported by talking as many as 20 times. How to use: Just launch this App, tap the Talk - Watch icon in the talk tab page, then press the home key and launch other app we want to use. How to set:From the management tab page, tap the General Setting button,We could select the talking languages, repeat time, time form for talking watch. From the management tab page, tap the Set - Watch button, We could select to talk time every 1 minute, every 5 minutes, every 10 minutes, every 15 minutes, every 20 minutes, every 30 minutes. 3.Background Talking Reminder: Every morning, when the device is locked, this App could talk time and also talk: Hello, Good morning, Please wake up.We need to get up at this time. We will have a very wonderful day. How to do: every night, before going to bed, just launch this App, tap the Talk - Reminder button in the Talking tab page, after the job list is displayed, press the home key, or lock the device directly. 4. Talking in Watch OS 5 on Apple Watch When we are walking, running, cooking or driving, we cannot use our iPhone as usual, we even have no time to watch the screen of iPhone, in this situation, we need Apple Watch to help us. In Watch OS 5, this App provide background talking Watch and background talking timer. When the watch screen is locked, Talking Watch could talk the time, Talking Timer could report the count by talking. In the Watch App, we also could use talking calculator, talking counter and talking location. 5 About 365 days period In the talking reminder for iOS, the every day event, every week event, and every month event support the job list of 365 days period. If our device does not power off for 365 days, the App should run in the background constantly if no interruption from other Apps. If we power off the device and we still need to use the talking reminder in this App in the background status, then when the device powers on again, we should launch this App and tap the Talk- Reminder button in the talk tab page. When talking reminder is running in background, a little running sound of clock will be heard, when some other App interrupt this App, and this App cannot run as usual, then the running sound of clock will be stop, in this situation, if we still need to use the reminder in background, we need to start the reminder again. This edition could talk to the upcoming phone call with the iphone. The iOS version should be 13.0 or newer. First , accept the coming phone call, after that, when this App start talking, both sides could hear the same talking contents in the same speed. The phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call.
TGSpeechBox
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TGSpeechBox is a high-quality speech synthesizer that works as a system voice with VoiceOver and as a standalone text-to-speech app. Features: • 26 languages with natural-sounding speech • Full VoiceOver integration — use as your primary system voice • 7 voice presets plus YAML-defined voice profiles • Deep engine tuning: pitch mode, voice tone, formant sharpness, inflection, tremor, breathiness, and more • Phoneme editor: fine-tune individual speech sounds with live preview • Pronunciation dictionary: add custom word pronunciations with IPA override support • Stress, compound, and character dictionaries for advanced control • Export and share your customizations • Adjustable sample rate (11025–44100 Hz) • Rate override and rate boost for VoiceOver • Language lock: keep your preferred language regardless of system setting • Runs entirely on-device — no internet required, no data leaves your phone TGSpeechBox uses a Klatt-style formant synthesis engine with eSpeak-ng for phoneme generation. It is open source under the MIT license. Built by a blind developer, designed for accessibility from day one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TGSpeechBox at Free against Daily Talking Watch's $0.99. TGSpeechBox also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Daily Talking Watch's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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
TGSpeechBox is free to download; Daily Talking Watch costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daily Talking Watch ships an update every 5 weeks, TGSpeechBox weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Talking Watch | TGSpeechBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 方 沈 | Tamas Geczy |
In-app purchases
Daily Talking Watch
No in-app purchases
TGSpeechBox
No in-app purchases
Questions
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