Comparison

Voice Aloud Reader vs Extractly

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

Head to head
About

Voice Aloud Reader

This application transforms written text into spoken words, making it ideal for those who are busy or have difficulty reading. It supports a wide range of document types and languages, offering a customizable listening experience.

Highlights
  • Reads text aloud
  • Supports various document formats
  • Over 40 languages supported
  • Customizable reading speed, pitch, and volume
  • Customizable interface and read modes
  • File sharing via iCloud/iTunes
Features
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Listen to anything, anywhere. The app reads aloud text documents, e-books, websites, and printed books—perfect for commuting, multitasking, relaxing, or making written content easier to access. Designed for all users, including blind and low-vision users, with support for VoiceOver, Larger Text, sufficient contrast, and Reduced Motion. Use iCloud or iTunes to share files between your computer and the app. VOICES SUPPORT Choose from 40 languages, listen in different voices BOOKS SUPPORT Supports the most popular text formats CUSTOM INTERFACE Customize the font and the read mode at your own discretion CUSTOM SETTINGS Change pitch, volume, and speed of reading Supports text-to-speech in the following languages: English, Chinese, French, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Catalan, Afrikaans, Danish, German, Russian, Finnish, Haitian Creole, Dutch, Czech, Latvian, Romanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Slovak, Swahili, Turkish, Welsh, Spanish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Hindi, Indonesian, and Vietnamese. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Extractly

Features
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Browse and extract embedded pictures, videos, and audio files quickly and easily from a variety of popular document formats, including Microsoft Office*, Adobe PDF†, Apple iWork, and LibreOffice/OpenOffice. FEATURES: - Save all media or selected media as-is or compressed as a single ZIP file to the Photos app, your device, iCloud Drive, or another third-party cloud app installed on your device, such as Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Drive and more. - Filter media by file type, i.e. picture, video, or audio. - Preview media and file information before extracting. - View as 'aspect' or 'square' ratios. - Zoom media 'in' or 'out' for a better view. COMPATIBILITY: Microsoft Office* - Word (.doc, .dot, .docx, .dotx, .docm, .dotm) - Excel (.xlsx, .xltx, .xlsm, .xltm) - PowerPoint (.ppt, .pot, .pptx, .potx, .ppsx, .pptm, .potm, .ppsm) Adobe PDF† - PDF (.pdf) Apple iWork (including Pages '09, Numbers '09, and Keynote '09) - Pages (.pages) - Numbers (.numbers) - Keynote (.key) Office Open XML - OpenDocument Text (.odt, .ott) - OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods, .ots) - OpenDocument Presentation (.odp, .otp) - OpenDocument Graphics (.odg, .otg) Other Documents - Rich Text Format (.rtf) - Rich Text Format with Attachments (.rtfd) LIMITATIONS: * In older Older Word 97-2004 (.doc, .dot) documents and older PowerPoint 97-2004 (.ppt, .pot) presentations, BMP, GIF, JPEG, and PNG images may be extracted, but not EMF/WMF or TIFF images at this time. Older Excel 97-2004 (.xls) spreadsheets are generally not supported at this time. † Vector graphics (shapes) are not supported. This may include logos for example, which may actually be a collection of shapes rather than an image. - Encrypted and obfuscated documents are not supported.

Screenshots

Voice Aloud Reader4 screens
Extractly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Voice Aloud Reader at Free against Extractly's $1.99. Extractly's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Voice Aloud Reader is free to download; Extractly costs $1.99 up front. Voice Aloud Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Extractly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Voice Aloud Reader ships an update every 2 months, Extractly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Voice Aloud Reader versus Extractly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoice Aloud ReaderExtractly
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (19K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings19K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMarcin OlawskiBrett Jackson

Bugs and requests

Voice Aloud Reader

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Randomly jumps to different sections of text
  • Struggles with formatting of multi-column documents
  • Occasional crashes when switching between apps

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add bookmarking/resume functionality
  • Improve voice quality and pronunciation
  • Allow custom voice speed increments
  • Implement a way to delete documents from library
  • Add support for iBooks library integration

Extractly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Voice Aloud Reader

Subscriptions1
  • Pro + Premium Voices 1m3 Days trial$9.991 Month
One-time3
  • Premium OCR 100$0.99
  • Premium OCR 800$1.99
  • Pro version$8.99
None

Extractly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Voice Aloud Reader free?
Voice Aloud Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Extractly free?
Extractly costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Voice Aloud Reader or Extractly have ads?
Voice Aloud Reader shows ads; Extractly does not.
Which is updated more often, Voice Aloud Reader or Extractly?
Voice Aloud Reader ships an update every 2 months, and Extractly every 3 months. Most recently, Voice Aloud Reader was updated on November 15, 2026 and Extractly on November 3, 2026.

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