Comparison

Speechify vs Text to Speech

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Text to Speech

This app converts text into natural-sounding speech using a variety of voices and languages. It can read aloud content from e-books, navigation apps, translations, and more, enhancing accessibility and convenience.

Highlights
  • Natural sounding voices
  • 50+ male/female voices
  • 25+ languages
  • Read e-books aloud
  • Navigation voice output
  • Translation reading
Features
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Get the most natural sounding voices for messages, navigation directions, translations, and more. Classic Text To Speech Engine, in combination with our 50+ male/female voices portfolio of 25+ languages, allows you to read aloud texts from your e-book, navigation, translation and other apps. About Subscription The app contains weekly subscription at price $3.99. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/alexapps/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/alexapps/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Speechify4 screens
Text to Speech3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Speechify at free with in-app purchases against Text to Speech's subscription. Speechify also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (528K vs 58). Text to Speech's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Speechify sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Text to Speech sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speechify holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speechify has 528K ratings behind it against 58, 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 26% of Text to Speech's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speechify ships an update weekly, Text to Speech every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Speechify versus Text to Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeechifyText to Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (528K ratings) — better4.4 (58 ratings)
Positive reviews34.3% of reviews — better25.7% of reviews
Number of ratings528K — better58
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#18 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size531 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpeechify Inc.Aleksei Metelkin

Customer experience

Speechify

All ratings526,786 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews6,203 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative57.4%

Text to Speech

All ratings59 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive25.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative68.6%

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

Text to Speech

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Speechify

Subscriptions7
  • $160 Donation No HD voices$9.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$11.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$24.991 Month
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  • Dyslexia Donation3 Days trial$139.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial3 variants$139.991 Year
  • Premium1 Month trial$139.991 Year
  • Speechify Premium3 Days trial$159.991 Year
One-time1
  • Speechify Library$24.99
4 purchases

Text to Speech

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly subscription3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
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  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Speechify free?
Speechify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text to Speech free?
Text to Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speechify or Text to Speech?
Speechify is rated higher. Speechify averages 4.7 out of 5 from 528K ratings, while Text to Speech averages 4.4 from 58 ratings.
Do Speechify or Text to Speech have ads?
Both Speechify and Text to Speech show ads.
Which is updated more often, Speechify or Text to Speech?
Speechify ships an update weekly, and Text to Speech every 2 months. Most recently, Speechify was updated on November 6, 2026 and Text to Speech on November 3, 2026.

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