# Text to Speech – Reading Aloud — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of Text to Speech by AppLiks Sp. z O.O., rated 4.50/5 from 527 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-to-speech-reading-aloud/id6443894291/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-to-speech-reading-aloud/id6443894291.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 405 · 4★ 54 · 3★ 30 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 29 ## What do users think of Text to Speech? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎯 Excellent text-to-speech conversion across multiple languages - 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to use - 🎨 Customizable playback speed and voice options - 📱 Versatile input methods (scan, PDF, paste text, web articles) - 🔄 Automatic scrolling feature while reading - ♿ Helpful for users with dyslexia, ADHD, and reading comprehension issues - 💬 Natural-sounding voices (for most users) - 💰 Affordable premium pricing - 🌍 Multilingual support - 📖 Effective for studying and learning **Cons** - 💳 Unexpected billing and difficulty canceling subscriptions - 🐛 Frequent glitches and performance issues - 🔊 Robotic and synthetic voice quality (for some users) - ⏸️ Pause/play controls often unresponsive - 🎯 Inconsistent text highlighting and synchronization - ⚡ Reading speed becomes erratic after updates - 🔁 Random pauses and phrase repetition - 📵 Limited free version functionality - 🎤 Inadequate voiceover accessibility for blind users - 🌐 Poor language pronunciation (especially Russian) **Commonly reported bugs** - App pauses randomly during playback - Skips sentences or entire paragraphs - Text highlighting misaligned with audio (2-3 paragraphs ahead) - Phrase repetition (2-3 times) - Pause and skip buttons unresponsive - Reading stops after few seconds - PDF reading glitches on iPhone - Speed control malfunctions - Voice switching bugs - Support button non-functional in app **Most requested features** - Background playback capability - Folder organization system for documents - More flexible speed variability options - Additional voice options - Duration/timestamp display for text-to-speech playback - Improved PDF format preservation across pages - Increased free document limits ## Newest reviews (10 of 46) ### 3/5 — 具体不详体验不完整，没有中文呢。 *2025-05-26* 图形看着做的挺好，其他体验不行，因为没有中文无法深度体验。图形看着做的挺好。 **Developer response:** 很高兴您喜欢我们的界面设计，也非常抱歉目前还不支持中文。我们已经将“添加中文支持”列入未来的开发计划中。 感谢您的理解与支持，欢迎您继续关注我们的更新！如果您有其他建议，也欢迎随时告诉我们。 ### 3/5 — 구독 취소 문의 *2025-01-30* 결제되자마자 취소했는데 결제 취소가 안되네요 확인해주시고 취소해주세요 **Developer response:** 문의해 주셔서 감사합니다. 결제 관련 문제를 해결하기 위해 저희 고객 지원팀에 문의해 주시면 자세히 도와드리겠습니다. ### 3/5 — 发了许多退款邮件，一个也不回😅 *2024-12-16* 我就想知道为什么不回复退款邮件？???太想知道了😅 无法按照链接里的方式退款，，，，，都一个月了这件事都没解决 **Developer response:** 非常抱歉给您带来了困扰！我们已经通过客服邮箱回复了您的退款请求邮件，请您检查一下您的收件箱（包括垃圾邮件文件夹），确认是否收到我们的回复。如果仍未收到，请您再次联系或提供您的邮件地址，我们会尽快为您处理！ 感谢您的理解和耐心！如果有其他问题，也可以随时告诉我们！ 😊 ### 3/5 — Disappoint at this point 😢 *2024-10-03* When I first got the app it was great and then it started reading a million miles an hour and it is not audible at all. Which is frustrating especially since I paid for the app. I am a working mom who has gone back to school and with my dyslexia and ADD I thought this app was what I was needing. I can deal with the robotic voice, I just am disappointed that it is not working. Please fix the problem! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback, and we're sorry to hear about the trouble you're experiencing! We understand how frustrating this must be. We’d love to help resolve this issue. Could you please reach out to our support team (support@mindateq.io) with more details about the environment in which the app started malfunctioning? This will help us investigate the problem and get things back on track for you. Thank you for your patience, and we’re here to help! ### 4/5 — Fantastic App- Would have given 5 stars, but for a couple features *2024-04-24, version 1.1* First things first: GET THIS APP AND JUST GO AHEAD AND GET PREMIUM. So I am someone w/ depression & ADHD to a point where I have a type of dyslexia and basically can hardly read anymore. I realized I needed something like podcasts to get my reading in & found speechify originally. It helped massively so I finally knew what I needed to do. I wasn’t just looking for speechify in particular & when I found that app it was just one of the MANY of these apps I downloaded to try and I’m glad I did that bc I found this app. I actually like it way better then speechify and am so glad to have found it! I highly recommend it. In fact, I’ve already recommended it to a few people including my therapist! This app will prove to be the best $10.99 a year investment I make every single year. I can already tell it’s going to change my life as after just a week it’s led to significant progress in my Master’s studies. Now, the reasons I subtracted a star: 1. Needs the ability to play in the background. That’s a crucial feature that is needed. 2. I wish, like other apps, it’d keep the uploaded file in the same format and function highlighting across those pages. I’ve had that feature in many of the other apps I tried, even the free ones. 3. More flexible speed variability options. If I wanted to be nitpicky: I’d love more voice options, but there are 3 very good, usable options & the one I use is great (the one I use is the closest to apps like Peech & Speechify which do have some great voices for readers, but tbf those have been around longer, are much larger/more mainstream, & needlessly WAY more expensive while still being limited usage-which is ridiculous, so this is a lesser just a want sort of thing, but if you don’t put it out there it’ll never happen if it can happen. Again. Get it. You won’t regret it. ### 1/5 — Cancel *2024-02-04* I have been trying to cancel this and it keeps billing me! The support button also does not work in the app. I am not happy and want to be refunded! **Developer response:** Thank you sincerely for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We truly appreciate your input as it allows us to continually improve our app and provide a better user experience. We apologize for any inconvenience you encountered while using our app, and we want to assure you that we take your concerns seriously. To address your concerns and provide you with the assistance you need, we kindly request that you reach out to our dedicated support team via email at support@mindateq.io. They are committed to helping our users. ### 1/5 — Am I able to change who is speaking ? *2024-01-19, version 1.0.3* Is there a way to change the voice of the AI? ### 2/5 — Voices sound like computers *2023-11-19* Voices are very poor and sound super synthetic. Maybe not a problem if you don’t care about this but if you’re looking for a realistic, Sandy voices, this is not the way to go. **Developer response:** Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Your insights are incredibly valuable as we continuously work towards improving our app and enhancing the user experience. We are excited to inform you that a new version of our app is now available (1.1). In this update, we have introduced a significant enhancement by adding a large number of HD quality voices. Additionally, we've expanded the language options for playback, providing you with even more choices to customize your experience. We hope these updates enhance your overall satisfaction with our app. If you have any further suggestions or feedback, please don't hesitate to let us know. We appreciate your support and look forward to providing you with continued improvements. ### 1/5 — Don’t Get It *2023-11-02* I had gotten the app since it was very good at the beginning but as I was using it-it became very glitchy and would only read for a few seconds and stop. Or would start reading the same thing over again. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We greatly appreciate your input and perspective. Your valuable insights are instrumental in helping us enhance our application's functionality and overall user experience. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience or frustration you may have experienced due to the unexpected behavior of our application. Please rest assured that your comments have been forwarded to our dedicated team for a comprehensive review. We are committed to addressing the issues you encountered and implementing necessary measures to prevent similar occurrences in the future. Our aim is to ensure that every user has a seamless and enjoyable experience while using our application. Once again, we truly appreciate your feedback and thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. If you have any further concerns or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We are here to assist you and strive to provide you with the best possible service. ### 2/5 — Not so great *2023-08-18* This app glitches while it’s reading and most of the time when I click pause it doesn’t work same as if I click play. It also started me over on the story it was reading. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your review with us. We sincerely appreciate all user feedback, as it offers us valuable insights into how we can improve our application. We're genuinely sorry to hear that our application didn't meet your expectations, and we apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused you. Your comment has not gone unnoticed, and we assure you that we take every user's feedback seriously. Our team is committed to continuously refining and enhancing the application to provide a better user experience for everyone. Your input will be carefully considered as we work on making necessary improvements. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — horrível *2026-05-15* tem q pagar **Developer response:** Obrigado pelo seu feedback. Entendemos sua frustração. O aplicativo também oferece recursos gratuitos, enquanto algumas funcionalidades avançadas fazem parte da versão premium. Agradecemos por compartilhar sua opinião. ### 1/5 — Muito ruim *2025-08-19* O criador do aplicativo fez um produto visando o dinheiro o aplicativo fica travado no mesmo texto por esse motivo vou desinstalar e pedir reembolso eu desinstalei 3 vezes mesmo assim fica travado no terceiro parágrafo o dia que tiver bom dia vida e outra a narração muito robótica precisa melhorar isso muito ruim a pronúncia **Developer response:** Olá! Agradecemos pelo seu feedback e por compartilhar sua opinião. Sentimos muito que você tenha enfrentado esses problemas. Estamos constantemente trabalhando para melhorar a qualidade da narração e corrigir erros, a fim de tornar o uso do aplicativo mais agradável. Seus comentários sobre o travamento do texto e a fala robótica são muito importantes para nós — levaremos isso em consideração nas próximas atualizações. Se tiver sugestões ou dúvidas adicionais, por favor, entre em contato com nosso suporte ao cliente. Esperamos que, no futuro, você continue conosco e perceba as melhorias! ### 1/5 — Robbery *2025-04-17, version 1.1.4* $5 per week for what? I’ve never even used this app and they’ve charged me over $50 over the past two months! ### 1/5 — 절대 설치하지 마세요 *2024-12-30* 설치만하고 사용하지 않았는데 돈이 계속 빠져나갔어요 **Developer response:** 저희 고객 지원팀에 문의해 주시면 상황을 확인하고 도와드리겠습니다. 최대한 신속하게 문제를 해결해 드리겠습니다! ### 1/5 — Cant do anything *2024-11-24* What they didnt tell you is that you have to pay to do any actions on the app. Bull. How are there no apps to scan images and read aloud that dont ask you for you life savings?? **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We understand your concern. To clarify, our app offers a free trial so users can explore its features before making any commitment. During the trial, you can scan images, convert text to audio, and test other functionalities at no cost. We hope you’ll give it a try and see if it meets your needs! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. 😊 ### 1/5 — Not possible to read scientific literature with this app *2024-10-16* Waste of money **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We're sorry to hear you're having trouble using the app for reading scientific literature. We’d love to better understand the challenges you’re facing. Our app supports a wide range of formats for loading literature, offers a variety of voices, and allows you to adjust the reading speed to suit your needs. Please reach out to our support team at support@mindateq.io so we can assist you further. We truly value your input and are committed to making our app as user-friendly as possible for everyone. ### 1/5 — i hate the new update *2024-09-06* i love this app so much at least i did i updated it today i’ve noticed a few things. 1. it will pause randomly instead of a constant flow like it used to do 2. skip parts 3. over all less enjoyable to listen to mostly just makes me extremely annoyed. i use this app to listen to books as i work have been for well over a year now. i can’t anymore with this new update please fix it. i like the old version more. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback, and we're sorry to hear about the issues you’re experiencing after the update. We understand how important a smooth listening experience is, especially for your audiobook enjoyment. Our team is currently looking into the problems you've mentioned, including the pausing and skipping issues. We appreciate your loyalty over the past year and value your input. Please hang in there as we work on fixes, and feel free to reach out to our support team with any additional details. Your experience matters to us! ### 1/5 — 使えない *2024-07-31* お金の無駄でした。 1週間無料という話しだったのにいきなり課金されました。 中身はカタコト日本語で聞きづらく、実用レベルではない。 **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your review with us. We sincerely appreciate all user feedback, as it offers us valuable insights into how we can improve our application. We're genuinely sorry to hear that our application didn't meet your expectations, and we apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused you. Your comment has not gone unnoticed, and we assure you that we take every user's feedback seriously. Our team is committed to continuously refining and enhancing the application to provide a better user experience for everyone. ### 1/5 — none *2024-05-13* I tried to play a pdf file and the app was glitching. It would repeat phrases 2 or 3 times. Then skip over whole sentences. And the text that was highlighted was at least 2 or 3 paragraphs ahead of what it was saying **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your review with us. We sincerely appreciate all user feedback, as it offers us valuable insights into how we can improve our application. We're genuinely sorry to hear that our application didn't meet your expectations, and we apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused you. Your comment has not gone unnoticed, and we assure you that we take every user's feedback seriously. Our team is committed to continuously refining and enhancing the application to provide a better user experience for everyone. Your input will be carefully considered as we work on making necessary improvements. ### 1/5 — Terrible quality *2024-05-07* Super choppy, slow, would not read the entire text, less than 800 words. Refused to respond when I tried to pause, skip or rewind the voice. Overall very poor quality **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your review with us. We sincerely appreciate all user feedback, as it offers us valuable insights into how we can improve our application. We're genuinely sorry to hear that our application didn't meet your expectations, and we apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused you. Your comment has not gone unnoticed, and we assure you that we take every user's feedback seriously. Our team is committed to continuously refining and enhancing the application to provide a better user experience for everyone. Your input will be carefully considered as we work on making necessary improvements. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — God *2025-10-29, version 1.1.6* God ### 5/5 — 구독 취소좀 해주세요 *2025-08-10* 사용할 생각 없고 6,600원짜리 구독 잘못 했는데 이거 나중에 돈빠져나가는건가요? **Developer response:** 앱을 통해 고객 지원팀에 문의해 주세요. 최선을 다해 도와드리겠습니다. ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2025-03-16* I am absolutely thrilled with this app! It’s been an incredible resource as I gear up for a big exam, and I can already feel that I’m on the path to success. The personal tutor feature, available around the clock, is a game changer! I’m getting all the support I need and feeling more confident than ever that I will ace this exam. Huge shoutout to everyone who contributed to this amazing app! Thank you! **Developer response:** Wow, thank you so much for your fantastic feedback! 🌟 We're thrilled to hear that the app is helping you prepare for your big exam and boosting your confidence. Knowing that the personal tutor feature is making a difference truly motivates us to keep improving! Best of luck on your exam — we believe in your success, and we're here to support you all the way! If you ever need any help or have suggestions, don't hesitate to reach out. You've got this! 💪🎓 ### 5/5 — 🥳 5stars *2024-02-10* The most important thing I can tell you is that this app flawlessly converts any text into spoken words, regardless of the language. Congratulations to its developers. **Developer response:** Thank you immensely for taking the time to share your wonderful review! We are absolutely thrilled to hear that you found our app enjoyable to use. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to us, and it serves as a great source of motivation for our team to continuously strive for excellence and provide the best experience possible for our users. ### 5/5 — Like 👍 *2024-02-09* I use this app for everything, from reading those long emails to listening to e-books, and it always delivers without any glitches and regardless of the language. **Developer response:** We are glad you liked the app. Thank you for the positive review! ### 5/5 — 📲 *2024-02-08* The ability to customize playback speed and choose different reader voices is a nice bonus to have, but for me, the main selling point is its ability to read in any language. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your kind review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed using our app. Your feedback means a lot to us and motivates our team to keep delivering the best possible experience to our users. ### 5/5 — 😎 good app *2024-02-07* Whether it’s web articles, notes, or scanned pages, this app caters to all my content needs. And yes, I said scanned pages, it can read that as well right from the app. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for taking the time to share your positive feedback about our app. We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed using it! ### 5/5 — 5/5 *2024-02-07* This is my favorite app for reading aloud while I follow the text along, so its automatic scrolling feature is genius and that's why I wouldn't change this app. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your kind review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed using our app. Your feedback means a lot to us and motivates our team to keep delivering the best possible experience to our users. ### 5/5 — Amazing and free *2023-09-27* You simply scan the pages and it reads for you. You can change it to whatever speed you want and there are a lot of other options to scan pages as well like uploading pdf and pasting text. It’s so helpful and time-saving. Love this!!! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for taking the time to share your positive feedback about our app. We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed using it! Your satisfaction is our top priority, and it's always rewarding to know that we've been successful in delivering a great user experience. ### 5/5 — Speechless *2023-09-17* App does a great job at reading text from a photo of pages. **Developer response:** Thank you sincerely for taking the time to review our app. We greatly appreciate your positive feedback and are delighted to hear that you're enjoying using it! Our ultimate goal is to create an app that not only meets but exceeds our users' expectations. Your kind words serve as a wonderful affirmation that we're heading in the right direction. Your satisfaction means a lot to us, and we're thrilled that you're happy with the app. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-09.*