Comparison

Speechify vs Mootch Remote

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

Mootch Remote

Features
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Mootch Remote turns your iPhone or iPad into the missing half of your Mac teleprompter. Pair it once with Mootch on your Mac, then step away from the keyboard — everything you need during a take is in your hand. STAY IN CONTROL, OFF CAMERA Start, pause, and reset the prompter without touching the Mac. Jump back to the top, skip between cues, and glide through your script with precise, tactile controls designed for use mid-recording — no fumbling, no looking down for long. A LIVE MIRROR OF YOUR SCRIPT See exactly what the prompter shows, in real time, on your iPhone or iPad. The pace HUD tells you at a glance how fast the text is moving, so you can nudge the speed or text size in fine increments until it feels right. YOUR IPHONE IS NOW A WIRELESS MIC Mootch can follow your voice as you speak. With Mootch Remote, your iPhone becomes a wireless microphone for the Mac — clip it to your shirt or set it on the desk, and the prompter follows you from across the room. DIRECT THE STAGE FROM YOUR SEAT Switch voice-follow modes (manual, simple, or smart), flip the display horizontally or vertically for beam-splitter rigs, toggle the reading guide, docking, and click-through — every display setting on the Mac, reachable from the couch, the tripod, or the back of the studio. TURN YOUR IPAD INTO A PROMPTER Prompter mode makes the iPad a full teleprompter display of its own — perfect as a second screen next to the camera while the Mac stays at your editing desk. A CONNECTION THAT JUST WORKS Pairing happens over your local network and heals itself: if Wi-Fi hiccups or you switch networks, Mootch Remote reconnects automatically and picks up where it left off. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your local network. No account, no cloud, no audio ever leaves your devices — voice processing happens entirely on your Mac. Mootch Remote requires the free Mootch teleprompter app for macOS, with your iPhone or iPad on the same network as your Mac.

Screenshots

Speechify4 screens
Mootch Remote2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mootch Remote at none against Speechify's 18. Mootch Remote also leads on ads (none vs shown). Speechify's advantage is chart position (#17 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Mootch Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Speechify versus Mootch Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeechifyMootch Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (528K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings528K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#17 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size531 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpeechify Inc.Francois Perez

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

Mootch Remote

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
None

Mootch Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speechify free?
Speechify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mootch Remote free?
Mootch Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Speechify or Mootch Remote have ads?
Speechify shows ads; Mootch Remote does not.
Which is updated more often, Speechify or Mootch Remote?
Speechify ships an update weekly, and Mootch Remote weekly. Most recently, Speechify was updated on October 29, 2026 and Mootch Remote on October 24, 2026.

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