Text to Speech PDF Reader vs Pagefold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text to Speech PDF Reader
Listen to your PDF documents with a variety of high-quality voices and languages. The app highlights words as it reads, automatically scrolls pages, and remembers your reading progress. Save and access specific text sections as highlights.
- Listen to PDF documents
- Multiple high-quality voices and languages
- Word highlighting and automatic scrolling
- Resume reading from last position
- Save and access text highlights
- Crop feature to skip content
- Sync documents across devices
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Read along to enhance comprehension or just kick back and listen to any PDF. * Dozens of high-quality voices in multiple languages to choose from with additional voices available to download on your device for free. * Choose a primary and secondary voice and switch between them easily as you read. * The app will highlight words as it reads and scroll the page automatically. * The app will remember where you left off and scroll to that position automatically next time you open a document. * Select any portion of text to save it as a highlight. * Tap any of your saved highlights and the app will open the pdf and scroll to the appropriate position. * Use the crop feature to skip repeated content that you don't want the app to read. * Support for dynamic type. * Support for Dark Mode. * Save as many pdfs as you want. * Optionally sync your documents with all of your iOS/iPadOS devices. If you enjoy the app please let us know through the in-app contact form and don't forget to rate us! Thank you for trying TTS PDF. --- "TTS PDF Yearly" is an annual auto-renewable subscription for $9.99. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew up to 24 hours before your next subscription payment is due via your App Store settings page. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://bretlester.com/app_content/ttspdf_terms.html Privacy Policy: https://bretlester.com/app_content/ttspdf_privacy_policy.html
Pagefold
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Pagefold turns paper into clean, shareable PDFs—fast and private on your iPhone. Scan with the camera or import from Photos. Adjust edges, enhance readability, build multi-page documents, and share a PDF in seconds. Your scans stay on your device—no account required. SCAN DOCUMENTS TO PDF • Document camera scan • Photo import • Edge detect & crop adjust • Color, black & white, and enhance filters • Multi-page PDFs with reorder • Folders to keep scans organized • Share via Mail, Files, Messages, and more BUILT FOR REAL PAPERWORK Receipts, invoices, homework, notes, and contracts—digitize what you need without uploading your documents to a cloud service. OCR (PAGEFOLD PRO) Make PDFs searchable with on-device text recognition. Processing runs on your iPhone—document images are not uploaded to Kick-Start.ai servers. FREE TO START • Limited free document scans • Full scan, adjust, enhance, and share • PDF exports include a small “Scanned with Pagefold” footer we add on export PAGEFOLD PRO • Unlimited document scans • PDF exports without the Pagefold footer • On-device OCR for searchable PDFs Pagefold is a document scanner—not a tool to remove or alter watermarks on files from other apps or publishers. Pro simply skips the footer Pagefold adds to free exports. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple ID and renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://kick-start.ai/pagefold-scanner/pagefold-scanner-privacy-policy/ Support: https://kick-start.ai/pagefold-scanner/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Text to Speech PDF Reader and Pagefold are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Text to Speech PDF Reader sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Pagefold sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Text to Speech PDF Reader ships an update every 10 days, Pagefold weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text to Speech PDF Reader | Pagefold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (560 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 560 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bret Lester | Kick-Start AI |
Bugs and requests
Text to Speech PDF Reader
Reported bugs
8 issues- Skips paragraphs and double plays when pausing
- Erased files without consent
- Doesn't work with two-column text
- Reads text backwards
- Unable to copy/paste or open certain files
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- Skips sentences and doesn't read column text in the correct order
- Skips whole paragraphs
- Glitches and gets stuck in a reading loop
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to read alternate text (alttext) in PDFs
- Improve voice quality and options
- Add ability to organize files in folders
- Add mobile-friendly version
- Improve handling of scanned/column PDFs
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- Add ability to skip headers/page numbers
- Improve pronunciation of uncommon words
Pagefold
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text to Speech PDF Reader
- TTSPDF Unlimited Weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- TTS PDF Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Weekly$9.997 Days
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- Premium Weekly7 Days trial$9.997 Days
- TTS PDF Basic7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Premium Monthly$29.991 Month
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$29.991 Month
- Premium Annual$119.991 Year
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$119.991 Year
- 1 Million Characters$39.99
Pagefold
- Pagefold Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
- Pagefold Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
Questions
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