Comparison

Speechify vs Screen2Speech

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

Screen2Speech

Convert PDF files and pasted text into spoken audio. Listen to documents, articles, or any text content with easy playback controls. The app continues reading even when you navigate away or switch apps.

Highlights
  • Convert PDF to audio
  • Paste text for audio output
  • Background audio playback
  • Pause and play audio
  • Supports numerous languages
  • No data storage
Features
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Screen2Speech is the easiest way to get spoken audio from PDF files and text. Paste a link to a PDF file, upload a PDF from your Files, or paste text in. Then let the app read to you. Screen2Speech lets you pause and play your audio content as you need to. Feel free to navigate away from the app; the app will keep talking to you! Tip: if your iPhone is connected over Bluetooth to, for example your Mac laptop, then you can copy on your laptop and paste it directly in the app. Rest assured that Screen2Speech does not store any of your data. Screen2Speech supports the following languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Bengali, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English (US), English (UK), Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Marathi, Malay, Burmese, Norwegian, Dutch, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sindhi, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Yiddish, and Chinese.

Screenshots

Speechify4 screens
Screen2Speech1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Speechify at 35% against Screen2Speech's 0%. Speechify also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (524K vs 3). Screen2Speech's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Screen2Speech asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screen2Speech holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. 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. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Speechify's written reviews are positive against 0% of Screen2Speech's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speechify ships an update weekly, Screen2Speech every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Speechify versus Screen2Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeechifyScreen2Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (524K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings524K — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#8 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size557 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpeechify Inc.Anthony Klausing

Customer experience

Speechify

All ratings524,410 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews5,850 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral8.1%
Negative56.6%

Screen2Speech

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
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

Screen2Speech

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
None

Screen2Speech

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speechify free?
Speechify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen2Speech free?
Screen2Speech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speechify or Screen2Speech?
Screen2Speech is rated higher. Speechify averages 4.7 out of 5 from 524K ratings, while Screen2Speech averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Speechify or Screen2Speech have ads?
Speechify shows ads; Screen2Speech does not.
Which is updated more often, Speechify or Screen2Speech?
Speechify ships an update weekly, and Screen2Speech every 6 months. Most recently, Speechify was updated on September 26, 2026 and Screen2Speech on June 8, 2026.

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