Comparison

Speechify vs AI Read Aloud 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

AI Read Aloud Text To Speech

This app reads aloud websites, ebooks, and documents using AI-powered voice control. It offers smart language detection, a wide range of voices, and hands-free operation through voice commands. Enjoy a seamless listening experience with features like history management and customizable reading preferences.

Highlights
  • Reads websites, ePub, PDF, and text files aloud
  • AI voice control for hands-free operation
  • Smart language detection
  • Supports all languages and tones
  • History and bookmark management
  • Customizable reading experience (dark mode, font)
Features
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AI website and ebook read out loud with smart voice control. AI Read Aloud Text To Speech is not only a website text to speech (text to speech - TTS - read out loud) reader app, but also an ePub text to speech (TTS) reader, PDF text to speech (TTS) reader and text file TTS reader (ebook read aloud). Listening is better than reading in some cases, that is the reason why we create AI Read Aloud Text To Speech (TTS) app. The most impressive feature of this app is voice control. You can say: "Open" to open the link why the app is reading the webpage, or "Pause" to stop reading, or 'Continue' to continue reading after time's up.... and a lot more voice commands. We don't want you to touch! just relax and hear the app reads the website, ePub, PDF, text files.... and sometimes say the command : Features: - Use Apple Text to Speech (TTS) engine to read aloud ebook (ePub, PDF, text files and documents...) and website. - Smart language detection: app can detect the language of the document correctly by using our AI engine and read aloud without any human action! - Support all languages on the world and a lot tones for each languages! - A lot tones to select for reading. - Easy to manage history, bookmark... and resume what you have read before after re-open the app. Everything is controllable, and the best user experience. - AI voice control: just use some simple voice commands to open link, pause, continue reading, back to previous page.... while listening and you don't need to touch the phone. - Paste or type to read aloud the text. - Skipped sentences: there are some (a lot) sentences that you don't want the app to read aloud (even app is really smart to auto skip reading them :) ), so just add those sentences to skipped list to skip reading. - Dark mode, customize font, auto brightness. - The best user experience (UX) text to speech read aloud ebook and website app. Thank you and enjoy!

Screenshots

Speechify4 screens
AI Read Aloud Text To Speech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AI Read Aloud Text To Speech at none against Speechify's shown. AI Read Aloud Text To Speech also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Speechify's advantage is ratings volume (524K vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, 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 14 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and AI Read Aloud Text To Speech sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Speechify against 4.7 for AI Read Aloud Text To Speech. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speechify has 524K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speechify ships an update weekly, AI Read Aloud Text To Speech every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Speechify versus AI Read Aloud Text To Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeechifyAI Read Aloud Text To Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (524K ratings)4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews35.3% of reviews
Number of ratings524K — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#8 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size555 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSpeechify Inc.Nghi Doan

Customer experience

Speechify

All ratings523,641 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews5,847 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral8.1%
Negative56.6%

AI Read Aloud Text To Speech

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

AI Read Aloud Text To Speech

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Speechify

Subscriptions12
  • $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$29.991 Year
  • Premium$55.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial2 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
One-time2
  • Speechify Library$14.99
  • Speechify Library$24.99
1 purchases

AI Read Aloud Text To Speech

One-time1
  • Remove ads and limit$9.99

Questions

Is Speechify free?
Speechify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Read Aloud Text To Speech free?
AI Read Aloud Text To Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speechify or AI Read Aloud Text To Speech?
Speechify and AI Read Aloud Text To Speech are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 524K and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Speechify or AI Read Aloud Text To Speech have ads?
Speechify shows ads; AI Read Aloud Text To Speech does not.
Which is updated more often, Speechify or AI Read Aloud Text To Speech?
Speechify ships an update weekly, and AI Read Aloud Text To Speech every 3 weeks. Most recently, Speechify was updated on September 24, 2026 and AI Read Aloud Text To Speech on September 17, 2026.

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