Comparison

Emergency Chat vs Text to Speech

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Emergency Chat

Facilitates communication when speech is not possible. Features a customizable splash screen explaining your inability to speak and a simple chat interface for direct messaging.

Highlights
  • Speech-free communication
  • Customizable splash screen
  • Pre-written explanation for non-verbal users
  • Simple chat interface
  • Adjustable title and text
Features
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Emergency chat can be used in any situation where speech is impossible but communication is still necessary. The splash screen has a base text that explains to the person you gave your phone to that you can't use speech and want to use this app to communicate. The default text is aimed at people experiencing an autistic meltdown, where their speech centres stay non-functional for a while even after they've recovered. Both the title and text can be adjusted in the settings screen to be whatever you want the person you give your phone to know. You can then continue to the next screen which has a simple chat client.

About

Text to Speech

Transform written text into natural-sounding spoken audio with lifelike intonation and emotion. Choose from hundreds of voices and languages, and customize speaking styles and delivery for various scenarios. Export your audio files for diverse applications.

Highlights
  • 300+ high-quality, human-like voices
  • 129 languages and variants
  • Multiple speaking styles (newscast, customer service, etc.)
  • Emotional voice options (cheerful, sad)
  • Adjustable rate, pitch, and voice tuning
  • Export audio files
Features
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With the Text Reader app turn your text into lifelike synthesized speech. Enable fluid, natural-sounding text to speech that matches the intonation and emotion of human voices. Text to Speech can export your tuned audio files effortlessly, thereby lets you create a high-quality audio file and download the output for other uses. FEATURE LIST: • Choose from over 300 of our high-quality, human-like voices across 129 languages and variants. Don't like what you're hearing? Change your settings anytime. • Neural Text to Speech supports several speaking styles including newscast, customer service, shouting, whispering, and emotions like cheerful and sad. • Tune voice output for your scenarios by easily adjusting rate, pitch, and more. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/josephchang10/text-to-speech-support/blob/main/PRIVACY.md Terms of Use: https://github.com/josephchang10/text-to-speech-support/blob/main/TERMS.md

Screenshots

Emergency Chat4 screens
Text to Speech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Emergency Chat at 98% against Text to Speech's 60%. Emergency Chat also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Text to Speech's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 87). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text to Speech sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.49 per month. Emergency Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Emergency Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text to Speech has 1.3K ratings behind it against 87, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Emergency Chat's written reviews are positive against 60% of Text to Speech's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Emergency Chat versus Text to Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmergency ChatText to Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (87 ratings) — better4.5 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews98.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings871.3K — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeonard EleziJoseph Works Limited

Customer experience

Emergency Chat

All ratings87 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.0%

Text to Speech

All ratings1,348 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews145 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative33.1%

User reviews

Emergency Chat

From 87 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Extremely helpful for communication
  • 💡 Customizable messages for situations
  • 🚀 Simple and easy to use
  • ❤️ Life-saving for nonverbal episodes
  • ✅ Effective for anxiety and panic attacks

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bright green on white color scheme
  • 🐛 Starting message too big with large text

Text to Speech

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Impressive voice quality
  • 👍 Variety of voice options
  • 🚀 Natural-sounding speech
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 💡 Different speaking styles available

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance
  • 🐛 Text input issues
  • 🔋 Drains device battery
  • 🔒 Subscription model not clearly communicated

Bugs and requests

Emergency Chat

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App colors changed to bright green on white
  • Starting message too big with large text setting

Requested features

8 requests
  • Speech option / text-to-speech
  • Different chat bubble colors (like iMessage)
  • Voice box or sound board with common phrases
  • Option to text/alert certain individuals
  • Save chats option
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  • More pastel color options for chat
  • Fix large text display issue with starting message
  • Change speech bubble colors

Text to Speech

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Text playback not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with newer OS versions
  • Inability to delete saved files
  • Unexpected behavior when pasting text

Requested features

4 requests
  • Pause and rewind functionality
  • Ability to import PDF and other text files
  • More voice options, especially for non-American accents
  • Lifetime purchase option instead of subscription

In-app purchases

None

Emergency Chat

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Text to Speech

Subscriptions1
  • Premium3 Days trial$3.491 Month

Questions

Is Emergency Chat free?
Emergency Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text to Speech free?
Text to Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Emergency Chat or Text to Speech?
Emergency Chat is rated higher. Emergency Chat averages 4.9 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while Text to Speech averages 4.5 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Emergency Chat or Text to Speech have ads?
Neither Emergency Chat nor Text to Speech shows ads.

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