PDF Voice Reader vs Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Voice Reader
Convert documents like PDFs and Word files into natural-sounding audio. Listen on the go with background playback, customize your listening experience with adjustable speed and voices, and visually track spoken text with color highlighting. Supports cloud sync, translation, and scanning of paper documents.
- Background audio playback
- Adjustable speech speed and voice
- Color highlighting of spoken text
- Cloud storage integration
- Text translation
- Document scanning to audio
- Web content to speech
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Give Your Eyes a Rest – Let Your Documents Speak! Tired of screen fatigue? PDF Voice Reader – Docs Aloud turns your PDFs, Word files, and more into natural-sounding audio, so you can listen anytime, anywhere. Perfect for studying, commuting, or simply giving your eyes a well-deserved break. Key Features: • Listen on the go – Supports background playback for multitasking • Customizable experience – Adjust speed, voice, and skip headers/footers • Color Highlighting – Visually track spoken text with customizable colors! Perfect for following along, studying, or improving comprehension as words light up in sync with the audio. • Seamless cloud sync – Works with iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive & more • Smart tools – Bookmarking, text translation, and multiple voice options • Accessibility-friendly – Ideal for students, professionals, and visually impaired users • Scan & Listen – Turn paper documents and books into audio with built-in scanning • Web-to-Speech – Listen to articles, blogs, and online content directly from websites! Just paste the URL, and the app will read it aloud. Following formats are supported: • PDF. • Microsoft Documents. • Rich Text Format. • Plain Text. Transform reading into listening—download PDF Voice Reader today! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Reader
This app provides a distraction-free reading and annotation experience for PDF documents on iOS. Seamlessly sync your annotated files with your Mac for further editing and workflow integration via iCloud.
- Distraction-free reading
- PDF annotation
- iCloud sync with Mac
- Companion to macOS app
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The iOS companion to the macOS Reader PDF viewer. Here you can read with no distractions and annotated, then work further with your documents back on your Mac using iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Reader at 5.0 against PDF Voice Reader's 4.1. Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (56% vs 22%). PDF Voice Reader's advantage is ratings volume (955 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. PDF Voice Reader sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Voice Reader has 955 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of PDF Voice Reader's written reviews are positive against 56% of Reader's.
PDF Voice Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, Reader weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Voice Reader | Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (955 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.0% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 955 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 26 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Storch | The Augmented Text Company LTD |
Customer experience
PDF Voice Reader
Reader
Bugs and requests
PDF Voice Reader
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Paid version not working as expected
- Issues with syncing across devices
- Reading position not saved properly
Requested features
4 requests- Allow selecting reading start position
- Add more voice options and customization
- Improve page navigation and bookmarking
- Provide better customer support
Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PDF Voice Reader
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly$24.991 Year
- English US$4.99
- English UK$4.99
- English Irish$4.99
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- Czech$4.99
- Portuguese Br$4.99
- Russian$4.99
- Spanish Mex$4.99
- Spanish$4.99
- English AU$4.99
- French$4.99
- Chinese$4.99
- Italian$4.99
- Portuguese$4.99
- PDF Voice Reader Pro$49.99
Reader
- Ask AI Subscription$1.99
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