Sonocent Link vs Voice Aloud Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonocent Link
Record, annotate, and organize audio notes with text, photos, and scribbles. Seamlessly sync recordings to a desktop application for further review and study.
- High-quality audio recording
- Color highlighting of audio
- Add text and photo notes
- Scribbled notes alongside audio
- Full playback and editing
- Sync with desktop software
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Sonocent Link is the fully- featured companion app for Sonocent Audio Notetaker, on PC or Mac. The App enables users to create high quality audio recordings, mark up the interesting audio with colour highlighting and add text notes, photographs and scribbled notes alongside the audio. Once a recording is complete it can be saved on the mobile device and imported to Sonocent Audio Notetaker on PC or Mac for further review. *** Sonocent Link enables full playback of recordings made on the app, and allows all editing features to be used in the App on playback, so you can review and engage with your recordings wherever you are. *** Sonocent Link is made available as part of a wider subscription. If you have been told you have access to the Sonocent Link App please use the credentials that will have been provided to you as part of your subscription. If you do not have access to Sonocent Link as part of a wider subscription, please download the ‘Sonocent Recorder’ app, which can optionally be upgraded to receive premium features. “Users are likely to find annotating and visually organising audio a boost to productivity” - PC Advisor magazine Sonocent provides audio note taking software to help students study more effectively and productively by capturing the ideas in their classes as audio files, allowing users to highlight the most useful parts of the recording, to quickly and easily revisit and learn later.
Voice Aloud Reader
This application transforms written text into spoken words, making it ideal for those who are busy or have difficulty reading. It supports a wide range of document types and languages, offering a customizable listening experience.
- Reads text aloud
- Supports various document formats
- Over 40 languages supported
- Customizable reading speed, pitch, and volume
- Customizable interface and read modes
- File sharing via iCloud/iTunes
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Listen to anything, anywhere. The app reads aloud text documents, e-books, websites, and printed books—perfect for commuting, multitasking, relaxing, or making written content easier to access. Designed for all users, including blind and low-vision users, with support for VoiceOver, Larger Text, sufficient contrast, and Reduced Motion. Use iCloud or iTunes to share files between your computer and the app. VOICES SUPPORT Choose from 40 languages, listen in different voices BOOKS SUPPORT Supports the most popular text formats CUSTOM INTERFACE Customize the font and the read mode at your own discretion CUSTOM SETTINGS Change pitch, volume, and speed of reading Supports text-to-speech in the following languages: English, Chinese, French, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Catalan, Afrikaans, Danish, German, Russian, Finnish, Haitian Creole, Dutch, Czech, Latvian, Romanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Slovak, Swahili, Turkish, Welsh, Spanish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Hindi, Indonesian, and Vietnamese. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Voice Aloud Reader at 59% against Sonocent Link's 14%. Voice Aloud Reader also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (19K vs 16). Sonocent Link's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Voice Aloud Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Sonocent Link asks for nothing beyond the download.
Voice Aloud Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice Aloud Reader has 19K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Sonocent Link's written reviews are positive against 59% of Voice Aloud Reader's.
Sonocent Link ships an update every 5 months, Voice Aloud Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonocent Link | Voice Aloud Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (16 ratings) | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 19K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sonocent Ltd | Marcin Olawski |
Customer experience
Sonocent Link
Voice Aloud Reader
Bugs and requests
Sonocent Link
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Voice Aloud Reader
Reported bugs
3 issues- Randomly jumps to different sections of text
- Struggles with formatting of multi-column documents
- Occasional crashes when switching between apps
Requested features
5 requests- Add bookmarking/resume functionality
- Improve voice quality and pronunciation
- Allow custom voice speed increments
- Implement a way to delete documents from library
- Add support for iBooks library integration
In-app purchases
Sonocent Link
No in-app purchases
Voice Aloud Reader
- Pro + Premium Voices 1m3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium OCR 100$0.99
- Premium OCR 800$1.99
- Pro version$8.99
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