Comparison

Sound Reminder Lite vs TimeZone Carousel

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

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About

Sound Reminder Lite

Features
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Every ten minutes, every twenty minutes, or every thirty minutes, listen our favorite music from Apple Music, when our device is locked, or when we are using many other app. Every morning, play our favorite music and remind us to wake up. Every hour, this App could talk the text message and talk the current time in the language we select. 1 Use this App as the partner of Apple Music When the device is locked, or when we are using many other Apps. The App could start playing our favorite music every five minutes, every 10 minutes, every 30 minutes, the number of minute could be 1 to 59. Step1: in Apple Music, select our favorite music, then download it to the local Step2: in this App, tap the import button, and import this music. Step3: add the interval event. select the music and set the number of interval minutes. Step4: save the event and tap start button. Step 5: when the job list view is displayed, press the home key or lock the device. 2 Use this App as the background sound reminder by playing our favorite sound file. Every night, before going to bed, just tap the start button, and lock the device, in the next morning, the App could remind us to wake up by playing our favorite music or sound file. First Step: Add the every day event, set the remind time, for example, 6:00 and select the sound file or music, tap the save button. Second Step: Every night, before going to bed, launch this App, tap start button. Then, locked the device. 3 Use this App as the background talking reminder Every hour, at the indict time, report the current time by talking in the language we select. Step: Add the every hour event, set the remind time, select to talk the time, select the talking language. If we hope this App to talk text message, we need to select to talk text and input the text message. Then tap save button, and tap the start button. When the job list view is displayed, we could press the home key or lock the device. Main Features: 1. Import the sound file from iCloud disk, Import the sound file by using iTune File Sharing 2.It could talk the current time or talk the text messages in more than 20 languages. 3. In the background status, this App could run when we are using safari, when we are reading the file , when we are viewing the video. 4. When this App is running in the background, we could hear a little running sound of clock. 5. This App includes every day, every hour, every week, every month, one time and interval event. 6. The sound file from iCould or iTunes File Sharing could be: MP3 file,M4A ,WAV, MP4, CAF ,AIFF file 7. Save our reminder data to the Core Data database system 8 When Sound Reminder is running in the background, we want to stop the running status, then just relaunch Sound Reminder, tap the stop button at the top left corner in the job view. 9 The background job will be interrupted by incoming phone call, or Siri, or some other apps. So in the situations above, we need to notice whether the App could recover correctly. If the App cannot play the background running sound correctly, we need to launch this App again.

About

TimeZone Carousel

Visually represent and manage multiple time zones with a horizontal slider for easy scheduling. Plan international meetings accurately by accounting for daylight saving time and date changes.

Highlights
  • Visual time zone representation
  • Horizontal time slider
  • Add and manage locations
  • Daylight Saving Time awareness
  • Offline support
  • Dark mode
Features
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TimeZone Carousel is an innovative visual representation of time across different timezones. Horizontal slider effect allows you to quickly choose a time and date that works for everybody, no matter where they are located. Now, it's finally easy to schedule your next international conference without problems and mistakes. Features: - Add places by searching for a nearby city; - Rename places to easily identify them; - Swipe left and right to pick the right time; - Morning, Evening and Night color highlights; - Date Selection: to make sure a future schedule is correct even if DST changes somewhere; - DST awareness: it will highlight if there is a time change in the selected date; - Remove and Reorder places; - Dark mode; - Time and Date format selection; - Time Step: 10, 15, 30 minutes and 1 hour; - Column Numbers: allows you to define how many time slots you can see; Our App uses the official TimeZone Database and has offline support for the next 10 years. It's available on iPhone and iPad with Landscape and Portrait support. We are actively maintaining the App and will introduce many new features. If you have a feature suggestion, please feel free to reach out.

Screenshots

Sound Reminder Lite4 screens
TimeZone Carousel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TimeZone Carousel at every 3 weeks against Sound Reminder Lite's every 9 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sound Reminder Lite ships an update every 9 months, TimeZone Carousel every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sound Reminder Lite versus TimeZone Carousel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSound Reminder LiteTimeZone Carousel
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB13 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer方 沈TakeRoll LLC

In-app purchases

None

Sound Reminder Lite

No in-app purchases

None

TimeZone Carousel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sound Reminder Lite free?
Sound Reminder Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeZone Carousel free?
TimeZone Carousel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sound Reminder Lite or TimeZone Carousel have ads?
Neither Sound Reminder Lite nor TimeZone Carousel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sound Reminder Lite or TimeZone Carousel?
Sound Reminder Lite ships an update every 9 months, and TimeZone Carousel every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sound Reminder Lite was updated on September 20, 2026 and TimeZone Carousel on June 4, 2026.

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