Voice Aloud Reader vs Slate Educational Scheduling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Slate Educational Scheduling
This app streamlines the process of managing classroom absences and substitute teacher assignments for school districts. It provides real-time staffing information and detailed reports.
- Enter absences quickly
- Accept substitute assignments
- Real-time staffing information
- Robust reporting
- Streamlined communication
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Slate Scheduling enables classroom teachers to enter absences and substitute teachers to accept teaching assignments quickly and easily. Slate offers school districts real-time information and robust reporting about staffing needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Voice Aloud Reader at 4.6 against Slate Educational Scheduling's 2.0. Voice Aloud Reader also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 33%) and ratings volume (19K vs 5). Slate Educational Scheduling's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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
Both are free to download. Voice Aloud Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Slate Educational Scheduling asks for nothing beyond the download.
Voice Aloud Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice Aloud Reader has 19K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Voice Aloud Reader's written reviews are positive against 33% of Slate Educational Scheduling's.
Voice Aloud Reader ships an update every 2 months, Slate Educational Scheduling weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Aloud Reader | Slate Educational Scheduling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better | 2.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Marcin Olawski | Penmac |
Customer experience
Voice Aloud Reader
Slate Educational Scheduling
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
Slate Educational Scheduling
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Voice Aloud Reader
- Pro + Premium Voices 1m3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium OCR 100$0.99
- Premium OCR 800$1.99
- Pro version$8.99
Slate Educational Scheduling
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Voice Aloud Reader free?
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