Comparison

PDF Voice Reader vs Cooldown

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

Cooldown

Features
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Create a little space between wanting something and buying it. Cooldown is a local-first iPhone and iPad app that recognizes purchase actions across online stores. Browse products normally in Cooldown's protected browser or enable its Safari extension. When you tap Add to Cart, Buy Now, or enter checkout during protected hours, Cooldown pauses the action and offers a short reset before you decide what happens next. BUILD A CALMER SHOPPING ROUTINE • Browse online stores without blocking product pages • Pause cart, buy-now, and checkout actions automatically • Reset with a rotating quiz, memory game, or mini Snake game • Save purchase ideas to reconsider later • Count detected purchase attempts in Money Kept immediately • Correct detected prices whenever needed • Exclude trusted websites or keep selected sites always protected with Plus PRIVATE BY DESIGN Cooldown has no account, ads, analytics, or application-owned backend. Your schedule, waiting list, browsing data, and decision history stay on your device. Cooldown does not collect passwords, payment details, cookies, or unrelated browsing history. FREE AND PLUS The free version includes automatic purchase pauses, a daily schedule, a fixed 10-second countdown, unlimited waiting items, notifications, monthly summaries, and seven days of detailed history. Cooldown Plus adds selected weekdays, a customizable countdown, website rules, timed pauses, complete history, and all-time savings. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. A one-time lifetime purchase is also available. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PDF Voice Reader4 screens
Cooldown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cooldown at none against PDF Voice Reader's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Cooldown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PDF Voice Reader versus Cooldown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Voice ReaderCooldown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (955 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings955 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS2626.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStorchKOKORO STUDIO.

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

Cooldown

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
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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
3 purchases

Cooldown

Subscriptions2
  • Cooldown Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Cooldown Plus Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cooldown Plus Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is PDF Voice Reader free?
PDF Voice Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cooldown free?
Cooldown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PDF Voice Reader or Cooldown have ads?
PDF Voice Reader shows ads; Cooldown does not.

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