Voice Aloud Reader vs Page Translator
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/
Page Translator
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Page Translator turns printed pages, PDFs, photos and copied text into readable translations. Scan a page with your camera, open a photo or PDF, or import text from another app. Choose a source and target language from more than 50 languages, then translate the content on your device. Live Page Viewer keeps the original page visible while translations stay connected to the source. Tap a line for a quick translation, press and hold for a paragraph, or translate the whole page in a clear, scrollable reading layer. Use Show on Page to return to the matching passage in the original image. Translation cards can be moved, copied, closed, retried and reset without losing the source page. FEATURES • Scan pages with the camera • Use page-alignment guides, tap-to-focus and zoom • Open photos from your photo library • Choose individual photos when using limited Photos access • Import selectable-text or scanned PDFs • Import PDFs up to 25 MB and five pages • Recognise paragraphs, numbered lists and natural sentence structure • Choose automatic or manual source-language recognition • Translate individual lines • Translate complete paragraphs • Translate the whole page in a readable view • Show translated passages on the original photo • Download and manage language packs • Search languages by name • See installed language packs and download progress • Cancel, retry and resume translation • Save pages to history • Organise scanned pages into books • Edit recognised text • Copy or export text to other apps • Choose an accent colour and customise page behaviour • Send pages to Page Reader to hear them read aloud Page Translator makes the meaning of a page easier to understand — whether you are travelling, studying, working or reading something new.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Page Translator at every 2 weeks against Voice Aloud Reader's every 2 months. Page Translator also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Page Translator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Voice Aloud Reader ships an update every 2 months, Page Translator every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Aloud Reader | Page Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcin Olawski | THE CLEVER APP COMPANY LIMITED |
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
Page Translator
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
Page Translator
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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