Comparison

Listen & vs Reading Assistant Plus

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

Head to head
About

Listen &

Convert any text into spoken word. Copy and paste articles, documents, or single words to have them read aloud in various languages. Customize the voice and highlight words as they are spoken.

Highlights
  • Read aloud any text
  • Supports multiple languages
  • Highlight spoken words
  • Personalize speaker voice
  • Open text files from email
  • Share or print text
Features
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Listen & --- Listen News, Stories and Articles! ◉ Select, copy and paste any news, articles and stores and Listen them instead of Reading; ◉ Speak texts in all the languages your device supports; ◉ Open a text file (.txt) by email attachment and speak back automatically; ◉ Highlight each word currently being spoken; ◉ Personalize the voice of the speaker; ◉ The texts can be a single word or a complete long document; ◉ Share or print the text document.

About

Reading Assistant Plus

Features
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Reading Assistant Plus help you to read text as you write. Learn how to read while or after writing.

# Feature - Create a new file - Choose a text file from storage.
- Manage file History or Recent files - Export audio file - Save text and audio files in storage - Show saved audio and text file - Find a word from text
- Next and previous button - Share text and audio - Auto speak option - Perform undo-redo option on text - Manage repeat mode on speaking 

# Speech Settings - Change language - Speech rate - Speech pitch # Speaking text process - Pre-made rules 1. Do not read web links 2. Do not read aloud punctuation 3. Do not read Numbers - Create custom rule - Auto sleep set time for sleeping

Screenshots

Listen &4 screens
Reading Assistant Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Listen & at none against Reading Assistant Plus's 1. Listen & also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Reading Assistant Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Listen & asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listen & ships an update every 4 months, Reading Assistant Plus every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Listen & versus Reading Assistant Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListen &Reading Assistant Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuo Pisceses, Inc.kushal patel

In-app purchases

None

Listen &

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Reading Assistant Plus

One-time1
  • Ad Free Version$0.99

Questions

Is Listen & free?
Listen & is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reading Assistant Plus free?
Reading Assistant Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Listen & or Reading Assistant Plus have ads?
Reading Assistant Plus shows ads; Listen & does not.
Which is updated more often, Listen & or Reading Assistant Plus?
Listen & ships an update every 4 months, and Reading Assistant Plus every 9 months. Most recently, Listen & was updated on October 20, 2026 and Reading Assistant Plus on October 7, 2026.

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