Voice Aloud Reader vs EventMania Ticket Scanner
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/
EventMania Ticket Scanner
This app allows event organizers to efficiently manage ticket scanning using QR codes or barcodes. It provides a dashboard with ticket statistics and attendee lookup capabilities, simplifying check-in and check-out processes.
- QR code and barcode scanning
- Ticket check-in/check-out
- Dashboard with ticket statistics
- Attendee lookup
- Swap ticket feature
- Secure login
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Event Menia Scanner App provide following features: Login : The app offers two methods of logging in. Users can sign in with their special code to access the application. Dashboard : The dashboard of the scanner app provides a display of the total number of tickets, as well as the statistics of both scanned and outstanding tickets. Ticket Scanner : This application permits users to utilise QR code or barcode scanning to check in or out tickets. Attendees : You can look up attendees in the list, and with the help of the swap ticket feature, it is effortless to check in or check out the tickets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Voice Aloud Reader at 59% against EventMania Ticket Scanner's 0%. Voice Aloud Reader also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (19K vs 3). EventMania Ticket Scanner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. EventMania Ticket Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Voice Aloud Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice Aloud Reader has 19K ratings behind it against 3, 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 0% of EventMania Ticket Scanner's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Aloud Reader | EventMania Ticket Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcin Olawski | Event Mania, LLC |
Customer experience
Voice Aloud Reader
EventMania Ticket Scanner
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
EventMania Ticket Scanner
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
EventMania Ticket Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Voice Aloud Reader free?
Is EventMania Ticket Scanner free?
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