PDF Voice Reader vs Arkfield LiveWire
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/
Arkfield LiveWire
Discover live events and local happenings in your area, from concerts and art openings to pop-up markets and community gatherings. Find out what's going on around you, even hidden gems your friends might miss.
- Live event discovery
- Map-based interface
- Concert listings
- Pop-up event notifications
- Community activity finder
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Arkfield Livewire is a single, vibrant map of everything happening around you — concerts, pop-ups, run clubs, art openings, comedy nights, and the dumpling market your friend forgot to tell you about.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arkfield LiveWire at 5.0 against PDF Voice Reader's 4.1. Arkfield LiveWire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16) and ads (none vs shown). PDF Voice Reader's advantage is ratings volume (955 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. PDF Voice Reader sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Arkfield LiveWire asks for nothing beyond the download.
Arkfield LiveWire 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | PDF Voice Reader | Arkfield LiveWire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (955 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 955 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Storch | Kingsley Anamelechi |
Customer experience
PDF Voice Reader
Arkfield LiveWire
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
Arkfield LiveWire
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
Arkfield LiveWire
No in-app purchases
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