Voice Aloud Reader vs Text To Speech
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/
Text To Speech
This app converts text into natural-sounding audio, translates languages, and offers speech-to-speech functionality. It provides customizable voices, themes, and sharing options to enhance accessibility and content creation.
- Text-to-speech conversion
- Language translation
- Speech-to-speech functionality
- Customizable voices and themes
- History and playback
- Sharing capabilities
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Talkify - Text to Speech & Translation: Your Ultimate Text-to-Speech Solution! Experience the power of Talkify, your all-in-one app for transforming text into lifelike audio, seamless language translations, and even speech-to-speech capabilities. Whether you're enhancing accessibility, learning languages, or creating compelling content, Talkify offers unmatched versatility and user-friendly operation. Key Features: -- Text-to-Speech Conversion: Transform any text into clear, natural-sounding audio using customizable voices and language options. -- Translation Module: Effortlessly translate text between languages and listen to translations in your preferred voice. -- Speech to Speech: Record in your own language and generate audio in your selected target language. -- Customizable Themes: Optimize your viewing comfort with a choice of dark and light themes. -- Language Preferences: Personalize your app experience by selecting your preferred language. -- History and Playback: Easily access and replay previously generated audio for quick reference. -- Sharing Capabilities: Share your audio creations effortlessly with others. -- Text Editing Tools: Paste external text for instant conversion and copy translated text for further use. Why Choose Talkify? Discover intuitive controls, extensive language support, and robust functionality tailored to meet your audio and language needs. Whether you're a student, professional, or enthusiast, Talkify redefines how you engage with text and languages. Talkify: Text To Speech, Audio offers an auto-renewing weekly subscription at US$0.99/week, an auto-renewing quarterly subscription at US$1.99/monthly and an auto-renewing yearly subscription at US$9.99/year to provide you with unlimited access to the application features while you maintain an active subscription. When you confirm the initial subscription purchase, payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal cost will be identified. You may manage your subscription, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Terms and conditions: https://atharva-system.github.io/texttospeech.github.io/terms-and-condition.html Privacy Policy: https://atharva-system.github.io/texttospeech.github.io/privacy-policy.html Download Talkify now and unlock the future of text-to-speech and translation technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Voice Aloud Reader at 59% against Text To Speech's 0%. Voice Aloud Reader also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (19K vs 6). Text To Speech's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Text To Speech sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
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 6, 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 Text To Speech's.
Voice Aloud Reader ships an update every 2 months, Text To Speech fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Aloud Reader | Text To Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcin Olawski | Atharva System |
Customer experience
Voice Aloud Reader
Text To Speech
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
Text To Speech
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
Text To Speech
- Talkify: Weekly Pro$2.997 Days
- Talkify: Monthly Pro$4.991 Month
- Talkify: Yearly Pro$22.991 Year
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- Talkify Premium: Yearly Plan1 Year trial$22.991 Year
- Talkify: Yearly Pro Offer1 Year trial$22.991 Year
Questions
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