Comparison

MakeWrite vs Text to Speech

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MakeWrite

This app helps you create new written pieces by selecting existing text, erasing most words, arranging the remaining ones, and then sharing your creation. It's designed to be an accessible tool for creative writing, particularly for individuals with aphasia.

Highlights
  • Select existing text
  • Automatically erase words
  • Adjust erase settings
  • Arrange remaining words
  • Share creations
  • Accessible design
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Use existing text to make your own new piece of creative writing in four simple stages: choose, erase, arrange and share. MakeWrite was co-designed by and for people with aphasia (a language difficulty following brain injury). It offers an accessible way for anyone to create and share texts. Here’s how it works: 1. Choose > Select a piece of writing to use as your starting point – either from the choose screen or pasted from your iPad’s clipboard. 2. Erase > Automatically erase most words from the text to reveal a small set of words for you to work with. Adjust the settings and re-run the erase step until you find a set of words you are happy with. 3. Arrange > Arrange the remaining words to make a new piece of writing. 4. Share > Share your creation with others via the apps on your iPad.

About

Text to Speech

This app allows individuals who have lost their voice to communicate using text-to-speech technology. It features a chat-style interface for efficient typing and speaking, with a wide range of natural-sounding voices and languages. Advanced features like voice cloning and call assistance are also available.

Highlights
  • Natural text-to-speech
  • Chat-style interface
  • 56 voices in 38 languages
  • Adjustable speech settings
  • Saved frequent phrases
  • Background audio playback
  • Voice cloning
  • Call assistance
Features
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VoiceAgain Lets Your Phone Speak For You! Text to Speech is a modern TTS (text to speech) app, designed to helps people who’ve lost their voice communicate again in person and call. Text to Speech has a familiar “chat-style” interface, so it feels just like you're texting somebody, helping you speak with SPEED and EFFICIENCY. HOW IT WORKS ———————— That’s easy – just type, then press “speak”. More specifically, AI Text to Speech produces natural sounding speech from the words that you type. WHO THIS APP IS FOR ——————————— For people who rely on text to speech every day: Designed to be stable, predictable, and easy to use when you need it most. Clear playback, saved phrases, and consistent behavior you can depend on. USES ——— - I lost my voice, and I use to struggle to communicate with others. But then I found this app which enables me to speak to people again! - I was bored, but not anymore! This app is surprisingly addicting and makes a fun and entertaining way to have my phone say funny things. - I can even use this text to speech app as a text reader. Just copy and paste online articles, books, etc., and this TTS reader will read it to me. Features we DO have —————————— - Free to download. No ads either. - Natural text to speech with a clean, chat-style interface. - 56 voices across 38 languages. - Adjust volume, pitch, rate, and tone. - Save frequent phrases for quick access. - Background Audio implemented so the text reader can continue playing even when your phone is locked. - Email Support. Don’t hesitate to email any questions or suggestions you have while using this app. We hope to make your experience as great as possible. Advanced features ————————— - Voice clone for a more personal voice. - Lifelike avatar voices with expressive tone control. - Save spoken audio for replay or sharing. - Smart Reply suggestions to speed up typing. - Call for Me: let the app make phone calls for you. Features we (happily) DON’T have ———————————————— - NO Ads - Sorry, we know you love being blasted by popup ads every second like many text to speech apps, but this app doesn’t have any. - EASY to Try - A free text to speech app for basic communication and text reading. - Subscription unlocks unlimited communication and advanced features. Voices - 56 different voices in 38 languages ————————————————————— Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Chinese (China mainland) Chinese (Hong Kong) Chinese (Taiwan) Czech (Czechia) Danish (Denmark) Dutch (Belgium) Dutch (Netherlands) English (Australia) English (United Kingdom) English (Ireland) English (India) English (United States) English (South Africa) Finnish (Finland) French (Canada) French (France) German (Germany) Greek (Greece) Hebrew (Israel) Hindi (India) Hungarian (Hungary) Indonesian (Indonesia) Italian (Italy) Japanese (Japan) Korean (South Korea) Norwegian (Norway) Polish (Poland) Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Romanian (Romania) Russian (Russia) Slovak (Slovakia) Spanish (Spain) Spanish (Mexico) Swedish (Sweden) Thai (Thailand) Turkish (Turkey) Note: You can download additional voices by going to the Settings app, then Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech > Voice (though not all voices listed will be available for use in the app). By using text to speech, you agree to Term of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FSUF72yinC843QxU4we-8tOAFrRBF_nJqqBI0TsY6HE/edit?usp=sharing Attribution: Circle vector created by macrovector - www.freepik.com (https://www.freepik.com/vectors/circle)

Screenshots

Text to Speech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MakeWrite at none against Text to Speech's 4. MakeWrite also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text to Speech sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. MakeWrite asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MakeWrite versus Text to Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMakeWriteText to Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (960 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—960 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCity, University of LondonSpore AI, Inc.

Customer experience

MakeWrite

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Text to Speech

All ratings960 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.9%

Bugs and requests

MakeWrite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Text to Speech

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when opening
  • Inconsistent voice quality
  • Text-to-speech not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save or export audio
  • More voice options and customization
  • Improved stability and performance
  • Integration with other apps or devices
  • Additional language support

In-app purchases

None

MakeWrite

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Text to Speech

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Weekly7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$44.991 Month
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  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is MakeWrite free?
MakeWrite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text to Speech free?
Text to Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MakeWrite or Text to Speech have ads?
Neither MakeWrite nor Text to Speech shows ads.

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