Comparison

Astronaut's Journal vs Text to Speech

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

Head to head
About

Astronaut's Journal

This app offers guided journaling prompts and structured journals to explore your inner self and outer life. It includes sections for clearing your mind, practicing gratitude, interpreting dreams, capturing ideas, tracking goals, and celebrating achievements.

Highlights
  • Guided journaling prompts
  • Inner self exploration
  • Outer life investigation
  • Gratitude journaling
  • Dream interpretation
  • Goal setting and tracking
  • Idea capture
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Astronaut's Journal consists of two categories of journals, and an additional "Discover" section where you can find various stimulating questions to inspire you to write. The first three journals are for investigating your life as it relates to you. The last three journals are for investigating your life as it relates to the outside world. _________________________________________________ INNER SELF: FREE FLOW JOURNAL: designed to help you clear your mind by writing two pages without pausing everyday. You will be alerted when you complete two pages. GOOD THINGS JOURNAL: with Good Things Journal, take a note of the good things in your life that you're grateful for. DREAM JOURNAL: dive into the symbols of your unconscious mind that leak in your sleep. Notice the recurring themes. _________________________________________________ OUTER SELF: IDEAS JOURNAL: note down your spontaneous ideas about work, or snippets for your creative projects. Daily, weekly, or monthly. GOALS JOURNAL: keep your short and long term goals here. Plan them out, and strategize on how to get results in multiple ways. When you accomplish a goal, you can move it to Achievements Journal by swiping left. ACHIEVEMENTS JOURNAL: keep these to remind you in the future what you're capable of. Note down what worked and what didn't, together with crucial steps that resulted in success. _________________________________________________

About

Text to Speech

This app enables individuals who have lost their voice to communicate effectively in person and over calls. It features a chat-style interface for quick typing and natural-sounding AI-generated speech, with options for saved phrases and background audio playback.

Highlights
  • Chat-style interface for efficient communication
  • Natural sounding AI speech generation
  • 56 voices across 38 languages
  • Adjustable speech parameters (volume, pitch, rate)
  • Save frequent phrases for quick access
  • Background audio playback
  • Voice cloning and avatar voices (advanced)
Features
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VoiceAgain Lets Your Phone Speak For You! Text to Speech is a modern TTS (text to speech) app, designed to helps people who’ve lost their voice communicate again in person and call. Text to Speech has a familiar “chat-style” interface, so it feels just like you're texting somebody, helping you speak with SPEED and EFFICIENCY. HOW IT WORKS ———————— That’s easy – just type, then press “speak”. More specifically, AI Text to Speech produces natural sounding speech from the words that you type. WHO THIS APP IS FOR ——————————— For people who rely on text to speech every day: Designed to be stable, predictable, and easy to use when you need it most. Clear playback, saved phrases, and consistent behavior you can depend on. USES ——— - I lost my voice, and I use to struggle to communicate with others. But then I found this app which enables me to speak to people again! - I was bored, but not anymore! This app is surprisingly addicting and makes a fun and entertaining way to have my phone say funny things. - I can even use this text to speech app as a text reader. Just copy and paste online articles, books, etc., and this TTS reader will read it to me. Features we DO have —————————— - Free to download. No ads either. - Natural text to speech with a clean, chat-style interface. - 56 voices across 38 languages. - Adjust volume, pitch, rate, and tone. - Save frequent phrases for quick access. - Background Audio implemented so the text reader can continue playing even when your phone is locked. - Email Support. Don’t hesitate to email any questions or suggestions you have while using this app. We hope to make your experience as great as possible. Advanced features ————————— - Voice clone for a more personal voice. - Lifelike avatar voices with expressive tone control. - Save spoken audio for replay or sharing. - Smart Reply suggestions to speed up typing. - Call for Me: let the app make phone calls for you. Features we (happily) DON’T have ———————————————— - NO Ads - Sorry, we know you love being blasted by popup ads every second like many text to speech apps, but this app doesn’t have any. - EASY to Try - A free text to speech app for basic communication and text reading. - Subscription unlocks unlimited communication and advanced features. Voices - 56 different voices in 38 languages ————————————————————— Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Chinese (China mainland) Chinese (Hong Kong) Chinese (Taiwan) Czech (Czechia) Danish (Denmark) Dutch (Belgium) Dutch (Netherlands) English (Australia) English (United Kingdom) English (Ireland) English (India) English (United States) English (South Africa) Finnish (Finland) French (Canada) French (France) German (Germany) Greek (Greece) Hebrew (Israel) Hindi (India) Hungarian (Hungary) Indonesian (Indonesia) Italian (Italy) Japanese (Japan) Korean (South Korea) Norwegian (Norway) Polish (Poland) Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Romanian (Romania) Russian (Russia) Slovak (Slovakia) Spanish (Spain) Spanish (Mexico) Swedish (Sweden) Thai (Thailand) Turkish (Turkey) Note: You can download additional voices by going to the Settings app, then Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech > Voice (though not all voices listed will be available for use in the app). By using text to speech, you agree to Term of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FSUF72yinC843QxU4we-8tOAFrRBF_nJqqBI0TsY6HE/edit?usp=sharing Attribution: Circle vector created by macrovector - www.freepik.com (https://www.freepik.com/vectors/circle)

Screenshots

Astronaut's Journal4 screens
Text to Speech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text to Speech at Free against Astronaut's Journal's $9.99. Text to Speech also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (965 vs 36). Astronaut's Journal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On ads, 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

Text to Speech is free to download; Astronaut's Journal costs $9.99 up front. Text to Speech sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Astronaut's Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Astronaut's Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text to Speech has 965 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Astronaut's Journal's written reviews are positive against 88% of Text to Speech's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Astronaut's Journal ships an update every 7 months, Text to Speech every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Astronaut's Journal versus Text to Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstronaut's JournalText to Speech
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (36 ratings) — better4.7 (965 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.1% of reviews
Number of ratings36965 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeniz DulatSpore AI, Inc.

Customer experience

Astronaut's Journal

All ratings35 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Text to Speech

All ratings965 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.8%

Bugs and requests

Astronaut's Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Text to Speech

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when opening
  • Inconsistent voice quality
  • Text-to-speech not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save or export audio
  • More voice options and customization
  • Improved stability and performance
  • Integration with other apps or devices
  • Additional language support

In-app purchases

None

Astronaut's Journal

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Text to Speech

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Weekly7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$44.991 Month
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  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Astronaut's Journal free?
Astronaut's Journal costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text to Speech free?
Text to Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Astronaut's Journal or Text to Speech?
Astronaut's Journal is rated higher. Astronaut's Journal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Text to Speech averages 4.7 from 965 ratings.
Do Astronaut's Journal or Text to Speech have ads?
Neither Astronaut's Journal nor Text to Speech shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Astronaut's Journal or Text to Speech?
Astronaut's Journal ships an update every 7 months, and Text to Speech every 6 days. Most recently, Astronaut's Journal was updated on November 2, 2026 and Text to Speech on November 3, 2026.

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