Speechify vs Speech to Text+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speechify
This app transforms text into spoken word with lifelike voices, reads documents, images, and articles aloud, and offers voice typing. It also features an AI assistant for summarizing and quizzing, and allows for AI podcast creation.
- Reads text aloud from various sources
- Voice typing for faster input
- AI assistant for summarization and quizzes
- Customizable listening speeds
- Human-like voices
- Cross-device syncing
- AI podcast creation
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Text to speech from Speechify lets you listen to docs, articles, PDFs, email, and various other formats — anything you read. With 50M+ users, it is the top rated TTS app in the AppStore. Sir Richard Branson Loves Speechify. It helps him read with Dyslexia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Speechify is brilliant. I’m so glad to have it today.” – Sir Richard Branson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our users have listened to 6.5 billion words. FEATURES YOU'LL LOVE • Listen at Any Speed Our high-quality AI voices can read 4.5x faster than the average reading speed, so you can learn even more in less time. Ease into 300 words per minute & slowly increase the speed to as fast as you need it to be. • Natural-sounding Human Voices Our text to speech voices sound more fluid & human-like than any other AI reader. • Active Text Highlighting The text is highlighted and perfectly synced, word for word, with the voice reader to help you read along. Reading & listening helps you retain more. • Listen to Any Book on Your Shelf Use the app to snap a pic of a page in any book or printed material and hear it read out loud to you. Your favorite book sitting on your bookshelf? Turn it into an audiobook. • Screenshot Image to Audio Find an image with text on it, no matter the length, with one click, you can easily take a screenshot and sync it to your cloud. Speechify will read the text out loud. Letters from loved ones? Scan them and turn them into audible notes. • Desktop or Mobile Anything you’ve saved to your Speechify library instantly syncs across devices so you can listen to anything, anywhere, anytime. * Hundreds of Timeless Books Titles you get with Speechify: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; Moby Dick by Herman Melville; A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens; Ulysses by James Joyce; War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; Beowulf; Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Les Misérables by Victor Hugo; Walden by Henry David Thoreau; Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Gwyneth Paltrow Uses Speechify to Listen to Scripts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Speechify lets me listen to Goop blog posts out loud in the car and gets my friends through grad school. It's amazing for scripts." – Gwyneth Paltrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Features • Note taking tools • Save audio bookmarks • Floating widget • Exemplary customer experience • Inline player seamlessly integrates into all your websites • Get hundreds of timeless audiobooks for free • Cloud sync makes for a seamless listening experience across all your devices We created Speechify so that reading is never a barrier for anyone again. Designed to help people with dyslexia, ADHD, low vision acuity, concussions, and other reading disabilities. Speechify now helps hundreds of thousands of people to consume their reading content with ease. From those with reading disabilities to auditory learners, productivity fanatics, second language learners, hobbyists, and more, we love all of our users and strive every day to create a reading assistant that empowers them to read more and succeed in life. We can't wait for you to join the family :) Install Speechify today, for free! Privacy Policy: https://speechify.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://speechify.com/terms/
Speech to Text+
Instantly convert spoken words into editable text notes. Save, organize, and share your transcribed memos with ease. Features include formatting options and a discreet dark mode.
- Instant voice to text transcription
- Save, edit, and share notes
- Text formatting (underline, bold, italic)
- Organize timestamped notes
- Dark Mode
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Have your voice instantly transcribed into text. Voice to text allows you to listen to spoken words and convert them into memos you can save, edit and share with other people or apps. FEATURES: -Save your notes for as long as you want, revisit them to edit or share them. Intuitive copy/paste/cut functions are at your disposal. -Underline, embolden or change any word in italic. -Straight forward user interface allows you to quickly organize your timestamped notes. -Dark Mode allows saves your eyes from too much light and gives you discretion. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/speech-to-text-terms-of-use/home
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speechify at 4.7 against Speech to Text+'s 3.0. Speechify also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (528K vs 2). Speech to Text+'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Speechify sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Speech to Text+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speechify holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speechify has 528K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Speechify's written reviews are positive against 32% of Speech to Text+'s.
Speechify ships an update weekly, Speech to Text+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speechify | Speech to Text+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (528K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews — better | 32.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 528K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #18 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 531 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Speechify Inc. | WALABOK LLC |
Customer experience
Speechify
Speech to Text+
Bugs and requests
Speechify
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Text syncing issues
- Incorrect word pronunciations
- Inconsistent highlighting/pacing
- Unexpected voice switches
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to edit/annotate text
- Improved PDF/document handling
- More affordable subscription options
- Seamless integration with ebooks/websites
- Automatic removal of citations/formatting
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- Expanded language support
Speech to Text+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speechify
- $160 Donation No HD voices$9.997 Days
- Premium Monthly$11.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$24.991 Month
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- Premium$55.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
- Premium1 Year trial$139.991 Year
- Dyslexia Donation3 Days trial$139.991 Year
- Premium3 Days trial3 variants$139.991 Year
- Premium1 Month trial$139.991 Year
- Speechify Premium7 Days trial$139.991 Year
- Speechify Premium3 Days trial$159.991 Year
- Audiobooks + Speechify TTS3 Days trial$249.991 Year
- Speechify Library$14.99
- Speechify Library$24.99
Speech to Text+
- Premium Version$19.99
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