# Text to Speech! — user reviews > 838 indexed App Store user reviews of Text to Speech! by Gwyn Durbridge, rated 4.60/5 from 33,187 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-to-speech/id712104788/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-to-speech/id712104788.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 27,069 · 4★ 3,140 · 3★ 1,257 · 2★ 486 · 1★ 1,235 ## What do users think of Text to Speech!? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💬 Helpful for communication - 🔊 Customizable voice options - 📚 Saves frequently used phrases - 🕰️ Adjustable speech rate and pitch - 🆓 Free to use **Cons** - 🔍 Difficulty finding/deleting saved phrases - 🔊 Volume issues when using with phone calls - 🧭 Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions - 📺 Intrusive ads - 🤖 Robotic-sounding voices **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashing and freezing issues - Text not playing or repeating correctly - Exported audio files not working - Inability to delete text **Most requested features** - Record and use own voice - Folder organization for saved phrases - Loop/repeat text-to-speech function - More natural-sounding AI voices - Seamless phone call integration ## Newest reviews (14 of 838) ### 3/5 — To many adds *2026-08-16, version 4.70* The app is great don’t get me wrong but every time I click on 8 or 9 words or sentences I always get an add there are to many adds ### 4/5 — Bagus *2026-06-29, version 4.68* Bagus bagus bagus ### 4/5 — Too simple *2026-06-28, version 4.68* Its a great app but its much too simple ### 2/5 — Glitchy already *2026-06-20, version 4.68* I just downloaded this app cause of surgery so I can “talk” still and it’s already glitching out and making my keys stick ### 2/5 — Comment *2026-06-11, version 4.68* Interesting according to the check out and in ### 4/5 — Problems recently though *2026-05-28, version 4.68* Love the app had it for a few years works perfectly up until last month. When it started freezing. Had to delete app and reload now it seems like it’s happening every couple days. If not sooner is the latest update the problem? Is there a resolution for this? Please fix the app Thank you. ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2026-05-28, version 4.68* I lost my voice temporarily a while ago due to sickness. This was key to communicating with family and doctors. Absolutely genius, and ads are not as intrusive as other apps. Thank you, it’s perfect. ### 4/5 — I love this app but there are a few things I don’t like *2026-05-27, version 4.68* So for one this is an awesome app but even if you pick out a good voice out of the few choices for some words it can sound very demonic, for another thing is yes there are adds but of course there are, also it can take a while to type out what you need to say. So if you need a temporary way to communicate it is a great app. I also love how it is so easy to use. Great app. ### 5/5 — My dad thinks I’m phsyco *2026-05-21, version 4.68* Yeah, so… I called my dad using this, and he caked me a phsyco and hung up. ### 5/5 — Powerful because it’s simple *2026-05-20, version 4.68* I titled my review powerful because it’s simple as an absolute compliment. By simple I mean it’s easy to use. The interface is clean and clear and I can listen to the very long emails and newsletters that I received from my students and my professional organizations… Things that normally take me forever to get through there’s so many coming at me all the time, but with this wonderfully easy to use app – I’m able to get through an incredible amount of information, expeditiously, and efficiently. ### 4/5 — ADDS *2026-05-17, version 4.68* I don’t like the adds…… ### 4/5 — Overall great. *2026-05-17, version 4.68* Overall very helpful. I had vocal cord surgery and cannot speak for 1 week, only 5 mins per hour the next week. The only bad thing is that the ads. It’s challenging enough to not be able to speak even a whisper, laugh, cough, etc. But then you have to wait for an ad. That’s very annoying. For someone who can’t speak ever, that’s just unacceptable. I will be able to speak eventually, but for someone who has a true disability and cannot speak, they should not have to pay to not be interrupted. It’s not easy to text fast enough to keep up with normal conversations and nobody should have to wait for a stupid ad to participate in conversations. By the time the ad is done, the conversation topic has switched and what you wanted to say is irrelevant. ### 3/5 — Inconvenient to use *2026-05-14, version 4.68* The app needs refinement regarding its UI settings and core functionality. Currently, you cannot copy text from the 'Starred' section. This is a major inconvenience because it prevents me from backing up or transferring important data before the app's auto-delete function triggers. Having to manually transcribe text that should be copyable is frustrating ### 5/5 — I love Mimi:) *2026-05-12, version 4.68* This is a good girl ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads Take Away My Voice ): *2026-08-26, version 4.72* Adding advertisements to such a powerful app is cruel and there is a special place in hell for the person monetizing off of others’ voices. ### 1/5 — Confusing for language learning *2026-07-16, version 4.68* No matter what I did the voice read the text in an American pronunciation but I downloaded it to read German text. Why have voices for different languages if they don’t read them correctly. Incredibly frustrating. ### 1/5 — Giọng dỡ quá *2026-06-17, version 4.68* Ko hợp ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-06-12, version 4.68* Annoying ads not good quality software but doesn’t say yeah very well ### 1/5 — 5 stars must be fake *2026-06-05, version 4.68* The in-app ads make this unusable and infuriating. A person who can’t speak doesn’t want or need an ad interrupting what could be a desperate need to communicate. My friend with PLS can barely use his hands in the first place, so just using the device is an obstacle already…this app is 100% useless as long as it has video ads that play while trying to use it. ### 1/5 — Please fix the multiple bugs *2026-05-14, version 4.68* When the app is in slide over view after a few seconds and I open it back up in the slide over view mode, the letters are misplaced so I have to exit slide over view and put it back. Also, the controls to change the text size doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — Terrible 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 *2026-05-07, version 4.68* Do not get it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Voice *2026-04-22, version 4.67* How do change vocal? ### 1/5 — App gets stuck after a minute *2026-04-16, version 4.67* The app is unresponsive after doing anything pasting a text, clicking options or even checking favorites. I reinstalled it multiple times but the problem persists ### 1/5 — I got scared *2026-04-13, version 4.66* Bro the voices sound like an watching a Emergency broadcast T_T😭 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Eye used off youtube *2026-08-26, version 4.72* Yay ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-08-20, version 4.71* I am unable To speak verbabalt so this Text to Speech is a life saver. Thank you so Very much for the updates!!!! ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-08-07, version 4.69* It looks pretty nice ### 5/5 — A life saver *2026-08-06, version 4.69* I have dysarthria and have extreme difficulty speaking. I was just texting my wife to communicate until I found this easy to use app. It is a life saver because I can now communicate. ### 5/5 — Hazel Pim *2026-07-13, version 4.68* Ben Sean ### 5/5 — lazy loads perfectly *2026-07-11, version 4.68* works with scan QR code passkeys for web browsing ;grammar; advanced specific hacks ### 5/5 — Best free text to speech app *2026-07-01, version 4.68* Love how this app is free! I also like how simple it is. Definitely worth having. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-06-16, version 4.68* I’ve just got nothing to say. I wrote a whole script and the AI voice spoke it perfectly so that’s why I am giving you five stars Text to Speech. ### 5/5 — Helped immensely during my voice rest *2026-06-10, version 4.68* I recently had vocal cord surgery and was had to voice rest for several days (at least). This app was helpful for me to communicate with others. ### 5/5 — Text to speech *2026-06-10, version 4.68* I recently had a double jaw surgery and this app helped me communicate to everyone including plenty of my nurses and my family members. --- *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 2026-09-03.*