Kitchen Timer ( Alarm ) vs Talking Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kitchen Timer ( Alarm )
This utility app provides multiple timers for various kitchen appliances and tasks. It's ideal for managing cooking, baking, laundry, or any activity requiring precise timekeeping. Enjoy your break while ensuring everything is ready on time.
- Multiple simultaneous timers
- Appliance-specific timing
- Alarm notifications
- Leisurely break management
- Versatile use cases
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Kitchen Timer The multi-machine timers. Tells the laundry, microwave, oven, gas oven end of time. Please use the timer cook, cooking timer, cooking timer, multi timer, an alarm, a kitchen timer. If you start several days, and at once set to multi-timer, Enjoy a leisurely break like Tea Time, reading, watching TV. Try using a multi-character timer. You can use a washing machine timer, microwave oven timer, oven timer, gas cooker timer with you.
Talking Timer
This utility app provides a visual and auditory timer, ideal for activities where you need to track time without constant visual monitoring. It's perfect for creative sessions, fitness, cooking, or gaming.
- Auditory time announcements
- Visual timer display
- Hands-free operation
- Versatile for various activities
- Completely free
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Talking Timer is a timer app you can both see AND HEAR. It was initially developed for life drawing, so you know how long a pose or session will last while you focus on your work. But it has grown a lot since then. It is also useful anywhere you want to know how much time is left without constantly looking at your device — fitness routines, cooking, presentations, children’s activities, board games, or even colouring your hair! Talking Timer speaks the remaining time aloud, and now supports widgets, Live Activities and the Dynamic Island on supported iPhones, so your running timer can stay visible outside the app. Plus it's completely FREE. No adverts, no subscription, just free. I wrote it because I use it myself - and now you can too! :-) Terms of Use: Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Talking Timer Terms of Use and Disclaimer: https://www.clivebryant.com/page/48111/talking-timer-terms-of-use-and-disclaimer Privacy Policy: https://www.clivebryant.com/page/32545/app-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Talking Timer at none against Kitchen Timer ( Alarm )'s shown. Talking Timer also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 3). Kitchen Timer ( Alarm )'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Kitchen Timer ( Alarm ) against 4.8 for Talking Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Talking Timer has 61 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kitchen Timer ( Alarm ) ships an update every 5 months, Talking Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kitchen Timer ( Alarm ) | Talking Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EONSOFT | Clive Bryant |
Customer experience
Kitchen Timer ( Alarm )
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In-app purchases
Kitchen Timer ( Alarm )
No in-app purchases
Talking Timer
No in-app purchases
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