Speechify vs Text to Voice
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/
Text to Voice
Instantly convert any text into speech with this app. Listen to books, study materials, or religious texts on the go. Customize reading speed and voice tone, and even export audio files.
- Text to speech conversion
- Multiple voice options
- Adjustable reading speed and tone
- PDF, TXT, and image text recognition
- Export audio to WAV
- Reading history
- Background playback
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Using the Text Reader application, you can instantly convert any text into speech in a simple and fast way. Therefore, you can listen to an excerpt from a book, a study booklet or a verse from the Bible on the way to work, while taking a walk or preparing for a test. The Text Reader application uses innovative algorithms and features to provide you with the following functionalities: - Reading text in the device's default language, providing multiple voices. - Parameters such as text reading speed and narration tone of voice can be modified. - Text recognition in PDF, TXT and image files (PNG, JPG, etc.). - Export the text in WAV audio to be shared or listened to at a later time - The text read is saved in a list, which serves as a reading history. - You can minimize the app while listening to the reading. A player is available so you can control the audio while the app is minimized. - Pause or resume content using wired or Bluetooth headset buttons. - The application works without the need for an Internet connection! We hope this application helps you and improves your productivity. Have a good time!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Speechify at weekly against Text to Voice's every 5 months. Speechify also leads on ratings volume (524K vs 11) and chart position (#8 vs unranked). Text to Voice's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (50% vs 35%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Text to Voice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Text to Voice 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 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Speechify's written reviews are positive against 50% of Text to Voice's.
Speechify ships an update weekly, Text to Voice every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speechify | Text to Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (524K ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 524K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #8 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 555 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Speechify Inc. | Luiz Santos |
Customer experience
Speechify
Text to Voice
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 Voice
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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- 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
- Speechify Library$14.99
- Speechify Library$24.99
Text to Voice
- Premium version$6.99








