Comparison

Edit vs ToBe SAID

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Edit

This app provides a minimalist scratchpad for quick notes and drafts, functioning like a single sheet of paper. It ensures your text remains accessible and offers simple export options. Designed for speed and ease of use, it's ideal for capturing fleeting thoughts.

Highlights
  • Single page scratchpad
  • Instant return to writing
  • One-touch select all
  • Export via Share Sheet
  • Word and character count
Features
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Edit is a super fast scratchpad for your thoughts, drafts, and notes. Think of it as a single sheet of paper, not a notebook. There's no document storage, because whatever you leave in Edit will be there when you get back. Once you're done writing, you can send or save your text to anywhere in iOS via the Share Sheet. What's in the box? * One page Return instantly to what you were writing. * One-touch select all Effortlessly clear the page to start fresh. * Export Send your text to anywhere in iOS. * Word and character count Know how much you've written. I've intentionally kept Edit simple so it stays fast and easy to maintain. The other benefit of this simplicity is that Edit should continue to run without issue on iOS devices for years to come. Because of that, I'm slapping a 10-year good faith guarantee on Edit's general availability. Should there come a time over the next decade where I'm unable to update Edit to run on the latest version of iOS, I'll open source the code for anyone to download and run themselves. Happy writing, K.Q. @Dreger

About

ToBe SAID

This app provides a high-performance, offline AI voice generator and system-wide Text-to-Speech engine for enhanced privacy. It transforms documents and books into natural-sounding audiobooks, integrating seamlessly with your existing reading and productivity applications.

Highlights
  • Offline AI voice generation
  • System-wide Text-to-Speech engine
  • Convert EPUB/PDF to audiobooks
  • Seamless integration with other apps
  • Clone and create personal voices
  • 100% local processing for privacy
Features
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Your Voice. Your Device. Your Privacy. ToBe SAID gives your iPhone, iPad, and Mac natural AI voices that run on the device itself. It is a system-wide Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine: once installed, its voices appear in your system voice list, so VoiceOver, Spoken Content, and any app that can use system voices can speak with them. No servers. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. ToBe SAID is a voice provider, not a reading app. It works together with the apps you already use: your e-book reader, your PDF viewer, your AAC communication app, or the system's own Speak features. TRY IT IN SECONDS Open the app, type some text, and hear it instantly. The English voices are ready the moment you install. Other languages need a one-time voice download, and after that they work fully offline: on a plane, on a train, or anywhere without a signal. WHAT YOU GET, FREE • 4 natural English voices • 2 natural voices in each of 23 other languages • All voices work system-wide, in every app that lists system voices • Works offline after the one-time voice download • No ads and no in-app purchases HEAR YOUR OWN VOICE Voice cloning preview: import a short audio file (MP3, WAV, OGG, and other popular formats, any length: ToBe SAID trims it automatically; 15 seconds is all it needs) and hear your clone speak inside the app. In this free app, the clone is a preview and stays inside the app. WANT TO KEEP YOUR CLONES? ToBe SAID Pro is a separate app with the same voices, plus an unlimited voice library: save as many cloned voices as you like and use them in every app that uses system voices. 24 LANGUAGES English, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Egyptian, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu and Turkish. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. Your text and your audio files stay with you. Only clone your own voice or voices you have permission to use.

Screenshots

Edit3 screens
ToBe SAID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ToBe SAID at Free against Edit's $1.99. ToBe SAID also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Edit's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 2). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

ToBe SAID is free to download; Edit costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ToBe SAID holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Edit has 52 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Edit's written reviews are positive against 100% of ToBe SAID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Edit versus ToBe SAID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEditToBe SAID
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (52 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB237 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperK.Q. DregerBakhtiar Lukman

Customer experience

Edit

All ratings52 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral5.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.4%

ToBe SAID

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Edit

No in-app purchases

None

ToBe SAID

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Edit free?
Edit costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ToBe SAID free?
ToBe SAID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Edit or ToBe SAID?
ToBe SAID is rated higher. Edit averages 4.7 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while ToBe SAID averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Edit or ToBe SAID have ads?
Neither Edit nor ToBe SAID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Edit or ToBe SAID?
Edit ships an update every 4 days, and ToBe SAID every 4 days. Most recently, Edit was updated on November 2, 2026 and ToBe SAID on October 31, 2026.

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