# Leola: Read Aloud — Text to Speech: Articles & PDF

> Text to Speech: Articles & PDF (iPhone/iPad app by Santiago Gonzalez Fernandez.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/leola-read-aloud/id6821720406 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Santiago Gonzalez Fernandez](https://appshunter.io/developer/1865826527)
- Category: Productivity, Books
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 102 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-10-15
- Data updated: 2026-10-16

## What is Leola?

Everything you saved to read, read aloud. Leola puts articles, PDFs, pasted text and notes in a library with a queue and playlists, like a music app. The voices are generated on your iPhone: no cloud, no account, no credits.

NO AI TOKEN COSTS
Leola's voices come from a neural text-to-speech model that runs on the chip in your iPhone. No cloud service bills per word, so there are no credits to buy and no word limits. It downloads the voice model once; after that, Leola works in airplane mode. What it uses is your battery and storage.

ADD IT IN A TAP
Share an article from Safari, paste text or import a PDF.

LISTEN LIKE MUSIC
A queue, playlists, a mini player and lock screen controls. Each item remembers the exact sentence where you stopped, and the queue keeps going when it ends. Sleep timer included.

LISTEN OFFLINE (PLUS)
Download a reading and it plays with no connection and no wait for the voice: on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. A download icon in the row shows what is downloaded, and the Downloaded filter in your library finds it. See and free up the space it uses in Settings › Voices and storage.

FOLLOW EVERY SENTENCE
The sentence being read is highlighted, so you can look down and find your place. 0.75× to 2× free, up to 3× with Plus.

PDFS, CLEANED UP (PLUS)
Footnotes, citation brackets, page headers and page numbers are skipped, so you hear the text, not the layout.

KEEP IT AS AUDIO, FOR YOU (PLUS)
Save a reading as an M4A file to Files or AirDrop it, and listen without the app: in the car, on a walk, on an old player. Downloads are for your personal use: please don't share audio of other people's writing. Each file says in its metadata that the voice is machine-generated.

YOUR TEXT STAYS ON YOUR iPHONE
What you add is never sent to us or to any server. No sign-up, no email, no password.

VOICES AT LAUNCH
English, Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil). Free includes one voice per language; Plus, all of them.

FREE
• On-device neural voices, one per language
• Articles, pasted text and notes
• A queue of up to 3 items and 1 playlist
• Resume, lock screen controls, sleep timer, 0.75–2×
• 1 trial audio download, up to 10 minutes
• 1 trial offline download, up to 10 minutes

LEOLA PLUS
• Offline downloads with no cap
• Audio downloads (M4A) with no cap
• Every voice
• PDFs that skip footnotes, headers and page numbers
• Library, queue and playlists with no cap; speed up to 3×

SUBSCRIPTION
Leola Plus is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial ($34.99/year after the trial), a monthly subscription ($5.99/month, no trial) or a one-time Lifetime purchase ($59.99). Prices are in US dollars and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. We remind you 2 days before your trial ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.

Voices by Supertonic 3 (Supertone), used under the OpenRAIL-M license.

Terms of Use: https://leola.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://leola.app/privacy
Questions: hello@leola.app

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leola Plus · Yearly | $34.99 | per year |
| Leola Plus · Monthly | $5.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leola Plus · Lifetime | $59.99 | one-time |


## Is Leola safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Leola.

## Is Leola legit?

Leola: Read Aloud appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Leola is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-15

What's new:
• A reminder 2 days before your free trial ends, if you allow notifications. You can turn it on in Settings › Membership.
• A clearer start: hear Leola's voice and see how to add text before choosing a plan.
• Performance improvements and better measurement of how people find Leola. Sharing usage data stays optional: you can turn it off anytime in Settings.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-15

No release notes.

## More apps by Santiago Gonzalez Fernandez

- [Repvoice: Voice Gym Log](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/repvoice-voice-gym-log/id6819066526)
- [Tomely: Reading Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tomely-reading-tracker/id6819066947)
- [Ankyra: Daily Bible Verse](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ankyra-daily-bible-verse/id6820653543)

All apps by Santiago Gonzalez Fernandez: https://appshunter.io/developer/1865826527

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