Comparison

PDF Voice Reader vs Audify read aloud web browser

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Audify read aloud web browser

This app combines a web browser with text-to-speech capabilities, allowing you to listen to web pages, PDFs, and ePubs. It offers features like adjustable reading speed, multiple voices, and eye-care modes to enhance your reading experience.

Highlights
  • Read aloud web pages (HTML)
  • Read aloud eBooks (ePub, PDF)
  • Adjustable speech rate and voices
  • Night mode and blue light filter
  • Font size adjustment
  • Sleep timer
  • Download and import files
Features
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Audify is a text to speech app, web browser and PDF, ePub reader app. Audify can read aloud (TTS) web page text (HTML) and eBooks (ePub and PDF), whether it is news, novels, stories, or articles. Audify is designed to save your time and energy, and also protect your eyes. You can listen to the web page content while doing other things, such as commuting or doing exercises. You can learn more and get more knowledge. It can be switched to night mode, blue light filter mode, and the brightness can be dimmed. Font size can also be changed to become very large. It can translate languages, search in page, sleep timer (sleep story) and it has a couple of other useful features. Features: * Read aloud (text to speech, TTS) eBooks (ePub and PDF) * Read aloud (text to speech, TTS) web page text (HTML) * Different voices can be selected * Translate * Adjustable speech rate. Learn English and other languages (Spanish, German, French, etc.) * New webpage tabs are displayed at the top of the screen * Blue light filter mode * Night mode * Adjustable screen brightness * User-defined bookmark categories * Font size can be enlarged or reduced * Search in page * Share URL and files with this APP from other apps * Download files * Import files from iCloud and folders * Sleep timer (sleep story) * Choose search engines * Bold text * Full screen * Hide web page pictures It can read aloud eBooks (ePub and PDF format). It supports PDF format that has pure text. It doesn't support photoed PDF, or image editor exported PDF files. Conveniently download ePub and PDF files from websites and read them aloud. Q:How to start reading aloud in the middle of a page? A:(1)Scroll the web page to the position you want to read, and press the play button. Or (2)Double click the paragraph you want to read (You can enable this feature in the Audify settings page.) Audify can read aloud from there. Q: It cannot read aloud when I use it for the first time. A: You can: 1. Swipe to close the app and reopen it, 2. Try a new web page, 3. Choose a different voice for reading aloud, 4. Reboot the phone, 5. Restore the phone to factory settings . Usually after doing the first step it will return to normal. Q: After the app is updated, an abnormal situation occurs. A: You can: 1. Swipe to close the app and reopen it, 2. Reboot the phone, 3. Remove the app and download it again. Usually after doing the first step, it can return to normal. If you encounter a strange situation, please write to let us know. To be able to provide long-term maintenance and updates, Audify needs more users. If you like Audify, please 1. give a five star rating, 2. write a review 3. share 4. buy developer a cup of coffee 5. remove ads. We need your support. Thank you!

Screenshots

PDF Voice Reader4 screens
Audify read aloud web browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Audify read aloud web browser at 75% against PDF Voice Reader's 22%. Audify read aloud web browser also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26). PDF Voice Reader's advantage is ratings volume (955 vs 108) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF Voice Reader sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Audify read aloud web browser sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audify read aloud web browser holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Voice Reader has 955 ratings behind it against 108, 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 75% of Audify read aloud web browser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Voice Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, Audify read aloud web browser every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PDF Voice Reader versus Audify read aloud web browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Voice ReaderAudify read aloud web browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (955 ratings)4.6 (108 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings955 — better108
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS2615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB13 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStorchTangerine Software House

Customer experience

PDF Voice Reader

All ratings944 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative18.5%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive22.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative68.3%

Audify read aloud web browser

All ratings108 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews168 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative13.1%

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

Audify read aloud web browser

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

PDF Voice Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time14
  • English US$4.99
  • English UK$4.99
  • English Irish$4.99
Show 11 more
  • 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
6 purchases

Audify read aloud web browser

One-time6
  • Buy developer a cup of coffee$0.99
  • Buy developer a cup of coffee$2.99
  • Buy developer a cup of coffee$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Remove Banner Ads$19.99
  • Buy developer a cup of coffee$29.99
  • Buy developer a cup of coffee$99.99

Questions

Is PDF Voice Reader free?
PDF Voice Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Audify read aloud web browser free?
Audify read aloud web browser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Voice Reader or Audify read aloud web browser?
Audify read aloud web browser is rated higher. PDF Voice Reader averages 4.1 out of 5 from 955 ratings, while Audify read aloud web browser averages 4.6 from 108 ratings.
Do PDF Voice Reader or Audify read aloud web browser have ads?
Both PDF Voice Reader and Audify read aloud web browser show ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Voice Reader or Audify read aloud web browser?
PDF Voice Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, and Audify read aloud web browser every 2 months. Most recently, PDF Voice Reader was updated on September 23, 2026 and Audify read aloud web browser on September 18, 2026.

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