Comparison

Speechify vs SnapRecall

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

SnapRecall

Features
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SnapRecall automatically scans your photo library for screenshots, extracts text using on-device OCR, and organizes everything into searchable categories. Set it and forget it. AUTOMATIC SCANNING Screenshots are detected and processed in the background. No manual work needed - your library stays organized while you go about your day. New screenshots are picked up automatically. INSTANT SEARCH Find any screenshot by its content. Search for a word, a recipe name, or any text that appeared on screen. Full-text search with filters by category and date range. SMART CATEGORIES Screenshots are automatically sorted into categories like Recipes, Notes, Messages, and more. Create your own custom categories, rename, or reorganize at any time. AI-POWERED TEXT CLEANUP (Pro) Raw OCR text can be messy. SnapRecall Pro cleans it up using AI powered by Google Gemini. OCR errors are corrected, UI noise is removed, and text is formatted beautifully - especially useful for recipes with proper ingredient lists and numbered steps. RECIPE FEATURES Save recipes from screenshots with clean formatting. Use Cooking Mode for a large, easy-to-read display that keeps your screen on while you cook. Extract ingredients into a shopping list with one tap. MORE PRO FEATURES - Favorites: Star your most important screenshots for quick access - Export to Notes: Send formatted text to Apple Notes - Share as Image: Create shareable recipe cards - Home Screen Widget: Quick access to recent screenshots PRIVACY FIRST All OCR processing happens on-device using Apple's Vision framework. Your photos never leave your device. AI cleanup sends only the extracted text (not your screenshots) for processing. You are asked for consent before any data is sent. Free features include automatic scanning, OCR text extraction, smart categories, search, and manual text editing. Pro features unlock AI cleanup, favorites, cooking mode, export options, and the widget. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Speechify4 screens
SnapRecall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SnapRecall at none against Speechify's shown. Speechify's advantage is chart position (#17 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, 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 and SnapRecall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Speechify versus SnapRecall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeechifySnapRecall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (528K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings528K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#17 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size531 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpeechify Inc.Marco Fischer

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

SnapRecall

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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  • 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
One-time2
  • Speechify Library$14.99
  • Speechify Library$24.99
2 purchases

SnapRecall

Subscriptions2
  • SnapRecall Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • SnapRecall Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Speechify free?
Speechify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SnapRecall free?
SnapRecall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Speechify or SnapRecall have ads?
Speechify shows ads; SnapRecall does not.

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