Study with spoken time and leave your phone face down

You put your phone face down to stop checking it. Twenty minutes later you want to know how long you’ve been at it, flip the phone, and there’s a message. Ten minutes gone.

Hearing the time removes the reason to pick the phone up.

Helpful clock app!

Really helpful app for keeping track of time without constantly checking your phone. The voice reminders are clear, easy to customize, and great for staying focused while working or studying. Simple, useful, and works smoothly.

★★★★★ App Store review, United States, 25 May 2026, JohnBJJGuy · App Store

A simple study setup

• Mode: Interval, so the count starts when you press Start.
• Interval: 25 minutes if you like Pomodoro blocks, 15 if you tend to drift.
• Earphones in a library. On your own, the speaker is fine.

Press Start, put the phone down, and work until you hear the time. At 25 minutes take five. Start again.

Clock time for exam practice

For a timed practice paper, use Clock Aligned every 10 or 15 minutes. You’ll hear real times (14:10, 14:20) and can compare them with the finishing time of the paper, which is how it’ll feel in the exam room where you can see a wall clock but not your phone.

Don’t let it become wallpaper

If you’ve been using the same interval for weeks and stopped noticing it, change it. A chime before the voice also helps.

なかなか良いです。

音声で時間を教えてくれるので、カウントダウン時報として良いと思いました。

Translation: It tells you the time by voice, so I thought it works well as a countdown time signal.

★★★★☆ App Store review, Japan, 7 June 2025, わたしー10 · App Store

For people with ADHD

Long study sessions are where time blindness bites. See time blindness: a setup for hearing time pass.

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