Voice Aloud Reader vs Screen2Speech
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/
Screen2Speech
Convert PDF files and pasted text into spoken audio. Listen to documents, articles, or any text content with easy playback controls. The app continues reading even when you navigate away or switch apps.
- Convert PDF to audio
- Paste text for audio output
- Background audio playback
- Pause and play audio
- Supports numerous languages
- No data storage
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Screen2Speech is the easiest way to get spoken audio from PDF files and text. Paste a link to a PDF file, upload a PDF from your Files, or paste text in. Then let the app read to you. Screen2Speech lets you pause and play your audio content as you need to. Feel free to navigate away from the app; the app will keep talking to you! Tip: if your iPhone is connected over Bluetooth to, for example your Mac laptop, then you can copy on your laptop and paste it directly in the app. Rest assured that Screen2Speech does not store any of your data. Screen2Speech supports the following languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Bengali, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English (US), English (UK), Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Marathi, Malay, Burmese, Norwegian, Dutch, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sindhi, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Yiddish, and Chinese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Voice Aloud Reader at 59% against Screen2Speech's 0%. Voice Aloud Reader also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Screen2Speech's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Voice Aloud Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Screen2Speech asks for nothing beyond the download.
Screen2Speech holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. 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 complicate that: 59% of Voice Aloud Reader's written reviews are positive against 0% of Screen2Speech's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Voice Aloud Reader ships an update every 2 months, Screen2Speech every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Aloud Reader | Screen2Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcin Olawski | Anthony Klausing |
Customer experience
Voice Aloud Reader
Screen2Speech
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
Screen2Speech
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
Screen2Speech
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Voice Aloud Reader free?
Is Screen2Speech free?
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Do Voice Aloud Reader or Screen2Speech have ads?
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