Shower Timer Talking main_phone automates the process of telling your kids that it is time to get out of the shower. It uses Android’s Text To Speech engine to talk, so the talking is more than a little robotic. You can set the shower length to between one and eight minutes. To add a bit of color to the speech, you can choose to have “attitude”, “humor”, and “thoughts” turned on, which adds to the basic time read-out. Multiple profiles are supported, so you could have a different shower length for each member of the family.

If you use an Android version prior to 5.0, you will be might be asked to install a “high quality text to speech” engine. If you choose to do this, the quality of the speaking will be better.

The app has “in app” purchases. This allows you to donate to the continued development of the app. I think the donation model is better than having advertising in the app or charging for the app before you can use it. All donations are much appreciated.

The app allows you to set your name and profile photo using Facebook or Google login. If you choose to use this feature, the app does not collect any data from these services beyond your username and profile photo.

The app can be found on Google Play here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nelladragon.showertimertalking&hl=en