星星草有声屋 vs 聽閱 ReadAloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
星星草有声屋
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《星星草有声屋》丛书官方门户App 边听边看,有声书绘本新时代! 《星星草有声屋》是由上海教育出版社出版的一套专门针对小学生的有声书绘本读物。在寓教于乐的过程中,让孩子得到思维的启迪。丛书画面精致,故事简洁明快、生动有趣,对孩子的人格塑造、兴趣培养有极大的提升意义,深受家长和小朋友喜爱。 全新的《星星草有声屋》App,在完整还原纸书基础上,创造性地引入“有声点读”功能,让童书不再枯燥,边听边看,营造一个绝佳的家长和孩子的互动氛围,同时亦可使用音频包欣赏,避免长时间紧盯电子屏幕而造成的视力损伤。 【App内主要内容】 《神笔马良》《雪孩子》《猪八戒吃西瓜》等经典故事有声书版本(持续更新中) 以及配套的独立音频包 【应用特色】 权威出品,保证优质正版的内容呈现 移动互联,全面利用学生老师的碎片时间 有声点读,开启新时代绘本的革命 零广告,给您的孩子一个安静阅读氛围 本App由上海教育出版社联手“阅门户”团队倾情打造。 【联系我们】 e-mail:service@readoor.cn 技术支持:029-68518879
聽閱 ReadAloud
Transform any text into a hands-free audiobook. Supports EPUB, PDF, and TXT files, offering multiple reading modes and multilingual voices. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, themes, and playback speeds.
- Text-to-speech conversion
- EPUB, PDF, TXT support
- Multiple reading modes
- Multilingual voices (Cantonese, Mandarin, English)
- Traditional/Simplified Chinese conversion
- Customizable reading experience
- Background audio playback
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Turn any text into a hands-free audiobook. ReadAloud reads EPUB, PDF, and TXT files in Cantonese, Mandarin, or English using Apple's high-quality on-device voices — perfect for commuting, exercising, or resting your eyes. READING + LISTENING, TOGETHER Two reading modes that adapt to how you want to consume content: • Voice + Reading — see the full text with the current sentence highlighted as it's being read. • Listen-Only — distraction-free karaoke view showing the previous, current, and next sentences in large text. Ideal for closing your eyes and just listening. SUPPORTED FORMATS • EPUB (2 & 3) — automatic chapter detection • PDF — text extraction with chapter inference • TXT — plain text with smart chapter splitting • Clipboard — paste any article instantly • Printed pages — photograph a book or document and ReadAloud recognises the text on your device, then reads it aloud. Scanned PDFs with no text layer can be recognised the same way. Nothing is uploaded. MULTILINGUAL VOICES Switch between three voice languages — each remembers its own speed: • Cantonese (zh-HK) — 阿成, 善怡, and more • Mandarin (zh-CN / zh-TW) — 冬梅 (Liaoning), 浩浩 (Shaanxi), 盼盼 (Sichuan), 美嘉 (Taiwan), and others • English (en-US / en-GB / en-AU / en-IN) — Samantha, Daniel, Karen, and any installed English voice TRADITIONAL — SIMPLIFIED Built-in OpenCC engine converts between scripts at the word level — much more accurate than character-by-character mapping. Switch instantly without re-importing your book. SMART READING EXPERIENCE • Sentence-level highlighting that follows the voice • Auto-scroll keeps the spoken text in view • "Return to reading position" floating button when you scroll away • Tap-and-hold any text: read from here, look it up in the dictionary, translate it, highlight it, or fix how a word is pronounced • Highlights in four colours, with notes, exportable as Markdown • Edit a chapter's text when an import needs proofreading • Search within books with jump-to-result • Auto-detected chapters with table of contents • Background audio: keep listening with the screen locked • Built-in sleep timer (15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 90 min) with soft fade-out CUSTOMISE EVERYTHING • Font size, line spacing, font family (serif, rounded, monospaced) • Three themes: dark, light, sepia • Orientation lock (auto / portrait / landscape) • Per-language playback speed • Voice gender preference (auto, male, female) 100% PRIVATE ReadAloud was built around a simple principle: your reading is none of our business. • No accounts, no sign-up, no login. • No analytics, no tracking, no ads. • Nothing you import, read, or listen to is ever sent anywhere. • All books and progress stay on your device. Delete the app and everything is gone. • The app only uses the network when you open the optional free book library and choose a book to download. BUILT FOR CHINESE READERS Many TTS apps cater only to Mandarin. ReadAloud is built by a Hong Kong developer with Cantonese readers in mind. Optimised tokenisation for traditional Chinese, comma-level phrase highlighting that keeps up with natural Cantonese rhythm, and a dedicated voice picker that surfaces "粵語 (香港)" voices first if your default is Cantonese. FREE, NO ADS, NO CATCH No ads. No subscription. No analytics, no tracking, no account. There is no "pro" tier — every reading and listening feature described above is free for everyone, permanently. That also means the app earns nothing on its own, while hosting the free book library and its downloads costs real money. If ReadAloud is useful to you, Settings has a completely optional "Support the developer" section. Supporters get an exclusive app icon and a thank-you mark — that is all it unlocks. Nothing else is ever locked, and the app will never interrupt you to ask. Developed and maintained by Heion Technologies — feedback welcome at terence@heiontech.com. Privacy Policy & Support: https://heiontech.com/readaloud
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 聽閱 ReadAloud at none against 星星草有声屋's 3. 聽閱 ReadAloud also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). 星星草有声屋's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. 星星草有声屋 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 聽閱 ReadAloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
星星草有声屋 ships an update every 9 months, 聽閱 ReadAloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 星星草有声屋 | 聽閱 ReadAloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 上海教育出版社 | Ka Hei MAK |
In-app purchases
星星草有声屋
- 12星阅币$1.99
- 25星阅币$3.99
- 128星阅币$19.99
聽閱 ReadAloud
No in-app purchases









