Comparison

Lextra vs Slate Reminders

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

Head to head
About

Lextra

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

Slate Reminders

This app simplifies reminder creation by processing natural language input. It leverages your device's local AI to set tasks, and offers integration with live activities, widgets, and the dynamic island for easy access.

Highlights
  • Natural language reminder creation
  • Local AI processing
  • Live Activities support
  • Widget integration
  • Dynamic Island compatibility
Features
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Slate is a reminders app designed to make creating reminders easier. Instead of manually adding in every detail, slate processes your language and creates the reminder for you using your Apple device's local foundation model. Use live activities, widgets, and the dynamic island to keep tabs on your to-dos.

Screenshots

Lextra4 screens
Slate Reminders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Slate Reminders at 100% against Lextra's 22%. Slate Reminders also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 16). Lextra's advantage is ratings volume (970 vs 3). On price, 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. Lextra sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Slate Reminders asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slate Reminders holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lextra has 970 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Lextra's written reviews are positive against 100% of Slate Reminders's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lextra versus Slate Reminders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLextraSlate Reminders
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (970 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings970 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS2626.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB81 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperStorchRichard Oti

Customer experience

Lextra

All ratings970 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative18.4%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive22.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative68.3%

Slate Reminders

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lextra

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

Slate Reminders

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Lextra

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
None

Slate Reminders

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lextra free?
Lextra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slate Reminders free?
Slate Reminders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lextra or Slate Reminders?
Slate Reminders is rated higher. Lextra averages 4.1 out of 5 from 970 ratings, while Slate Reminders averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Lextra or Slate Reminders have ads?
Lextra shows ads; Slate Reminders does not.

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