# Text to Speech - Listen AI — user reviews > 839 indexed App Store user reviews of Text to Speech by DEEP FLOW SOFTWARE SERVICES, rated 4.50/5 from 5,473 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-to-speech-listen-ai/id6502340091/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-to-speech-listen-ai/id6502340091.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,385 · 4★ 399 · 3★ 152 · 2★ 100 · 1★ 437 ## What do users think of Text to Speech? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Excellent for social change - 🗣️ Natural-sounding voice - 🎓 Helpful for studying and learning - 📚 Turns books into audiobooks **Cons** - 🔒 Subscription management issues - ⏱️ Weekly upload limit - 🐛 Inconsistent performance - 🚫 Not fully free **Commonly reported bugs** - Freezing and crashing issues - Inability to navigate PDFs - Inaccurate text-to-speech - Incompatibility with certain file types **Most requested features** - Option to choose between UK and US English - Ability to manage subscription and content - Repeat audio feature - Uncensored mode ## Newest reviews (10 of 839) ### 3/5 — Great but pls make it not stop every 30 seconds! :) *2026-09-07, version 2.5.5* The app is great and i decided to support a smaller less known developer and get paid subscription - it is quite good overall. One exception - with latest couple of updates the app narration just keeps stopping every 30-45 seconds or so sometimes - which makes it unusable and annoying to listen to - PLEASE fix this bug. Fyi - on an older iphone but i dont think that should be an excuse - so i really hope you can fix it - otherwise will have to get smth else.. Also, airpods controls do not work on it at all - so if it stops you have to go to the phone, unlock it and try to make it play the note again (and in some cases, it just refuses to play the not all together while displaying the “playing” icon/button…) Also, pls make notes text editable after you make a note so you can delete smth or add more text later (just like the title can be edited, would he great to edit the note too instead of being stuck with it as it is..) Update 2026 jul/aug: guys, pls fix the UXUI of the app - its just unusable - impossible to click on anything or bring controls / turn them off.. really annoying. Pls test and improve. The voice also keeps pausing for like 5 seconds after each period…. 🙄 c’mon… i do have older phone now but most other apps work fine… Upd 2026 sep - just updated again: looks like no more several second silence after every single period and UI feels a bit less clunky - hopefully it stays that way. ### 4/5 — Author *2026-08-31, version 2.5.5* Excellent program. I only wish it recognized standard mandatory screenplay formatting words like: INT. (Interior) EXT.(exterior) INT/ EXT. (interior exterior) CONT'D (continued) ### 4/5 — What a blessing to now have! *2026-08-29, version 2.5.5* What a useful tool to use in my studies pursuing my license as an educator! Thank you for creating this, making it accessible, and affordable to users. ### 2/5 — Not for short use *2026-08-24, version 2.5.5* Pulls you in for two pages ### 2/5 — Was good - then wasn’t *2026-08-21, version 2.5.5* Initially I was enjoying Listen AI - even the way it struggles to read numbers and isn’t smart enough to skip through page h headings was sort of endearing. Then my highlighting on sections in several books and my notes completely disappeared! And now there seems to be a bug which means annotations seem to self delete as soon a the app is quit. Very quickly it went from being an efficient way to process study materials to a boring time consuming one - as I now have to go back through all the books and papers I have ‘read’ and annotate again. Not happy. ### 1/5 — scam *2026-08-19, version 2.5.5* The app barley ever works and I paid for a year access ### 5/5 — Study tool *2026-08-18, version 2.5.5* For me this turned out to be a great tool for studying. I had a large chapter about law summarized by an AI tool and then I put the text on Listen AI to read it out loud to me while I did many different things. Great tool when time is short. ### 5/5 — I want more voice options *2026-08-14, version 2.5.5* I want more voice options ### 5/5 — Peace through lock doors *2026-08-13, version 2.5.5* Very clear and on points ### 5/5 — Game changer *2026-08-12, version 2.5.5* As a severely visually impaired person, I would be lost without this app now. Although I do think the weekly subscription price is a little too much, Can’t really fault the app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work *2026-09-06, version 2.5.5* It doesn’t do anything after I upload my doc and it’s ai respond I. A strange language ### 1/5 — User Experience GARBAGE *2026-09-05, version 2.5.5* I have an unknown medical reason I keep losing my voice. I was looking for an app that would read what I text to communicate. Every single thing I say, I have to make 5+ clicks. Including a rating for the app every time. This needs serious development. Maybe I am not using it for its designed purpose. Think about the disabled next time. ### 1/5 — DO NOT PURCHASE *2026-09-01, version 2.5.5* After downloading this app and finding it not up to expect expectations, I tried to cancel. After six weeks and six charges I have gotten nowhere. This was a scam and I am very disappointed in Apple and the app. I am hoping at this point they stop charging me. I’ve paid more than I would have to have the app for a year. This was a lot of money and not worth it. I will not stop here on writing reviews to make sure no one else is taken like I was. ### 1/5 — Terrible app. No useful features. *2026-08-30, version 2.5.5* I deleted it after trying to listen to one PDF ### 1/5 — Trash *2026-08-28, version 2.5.5* Even with premium still have a listening limit. ### 1/5 — Price *2026-08-27, version 2.5.5* This app is expensive ### 1/5 — I can’t find the cancel subscription button *2026-08-27, version 2.5.5* It’s predatory to hide the cancel subscription button from view and I can’t seem to find it anywhere. I started a free trial just to try it out and now that I’m done with it I went to cancel and now I can’t find it ### 1/5 — Super bad *2026-08-26, version 2.5.5* Because you have to upgrade anyways, you can try your free version, but you have seven days and if you don’t take any of them, even if you make one story that would just say you’ve reached the limit and it was so bad every time I try to do they just say rich the limit and it’s too bad that I wanted to delete it and I already have ### 1/5 — This app sucks *2026-08-21, version 2.5.5* Will definitely not renew. ### 1/5 — False advertising *2026-08-21, version 2.5.5* It states it’s ‘text to speech free’ and free text to speech audio converter. But it’s not free you’re required to sign up for what is a very expensive subscription service ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Jay Cruz *2026-09-12, version 2.5.5* 0504chaparita* ### 5/5 — Rinconcito Macabeo *2026-09-11, version 2.5.5* 👍 ### 5/5 — Thank you *2026-09-04, version 2.5.5* Much needed app for me ### 5/5 — Genial *2026-08-29, version 2.5.5* Me encanta esta app.. súper divertida y fácil de usar! Fenomenal si quieres estudiar y no tienes tiempo de leer texto ### 5/5 — Reflections and the locket a collection of timeless prose and the weight of a promise by Clark Thomp *2026-08-24, version 2.5.5* Although most of my work is first draft at this point, the reader makes it seem finished. I really appreciate this AI strength to make my work look good. ### 5/5 — . *2026-08-23, version 2.5.5* Çoook güzel kanalım için kullanıyorum ### 5/5 — Review *2026-08-21, version 2.5.5* Great app!!! ### 5/5 — Love *2026-08-20, version 2.5.5* I use this app to read me my academic texts for university. Sure I have to do some formatting (taking out page numbers, headers, references) but for 5 minutes of work I can listen to an hour ‘podcast’ of my texts whilst on the bus, at the gym and making my dinner. If I could critique one thing the listen-ability could be improved by how the app converts years into speech. For example 1990 is read to me as one nine nine zero as opposed to nineteen ninety. ### 5/5 — Listen ai *2026-08-19, version 2.5.5* Wonderful tool ### 5/5 — Speech *2026-08-19, version 2.5.5* Justice Needs A Learning Curve(Edit Pronunciation Dictionary.) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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