ReadSpeak vs Text to Speech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadSpeak
Convert any text into spoken words with a wide selection of over 100 accents. This utility allows users to hear their typed content spoken aloud in their preferred voice.
- Speak any text
- Choose from over 100 accents
- Accent selection
- Text-to-speech conversion
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Enter any text and ReadSpeak will speak your text back to you in the accent that you choose! Over 100 different accents to choose from!
Text to Speech
Transform written text into natural-sounding spoken audio with lifelike intonation and emotion. Choose from hundreds of voices and languages, and customize speaking styles and delivery for various scenarios. Export your audio files for diverse applications.
- 300+ high-quality, human-like voices
- 129 languages and variants
- Multiple speaking styles (newscast, customer service, etc.)
- Emotional voice options (cheerful, sad)
- Adjustable rate, pitch, and voice tuning
- Export audio files
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With the Text Reader app turn your text into lifelike synthesized speech. Enable fluid, natural-sounding text to speech that matches the intonation and emotion of human voices. Text to Speech can export your tuned audio files effortlessly, thereby lets you create a high-quality audio file and download the output for other uses. FEATURE LIST: • Choose from over 300 of our high-quality, human-like voices across 129 languages and variants. Don't like what you're hearing? Change your settings anytime. • Neural Text to Speech supports several speaking styles including newscast, customer service, shouting, whispering, and emotions like cheerful and sad. • Tune voice output for your scenarios by easily adjusting rate, pitch, and more. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/josephchang10/text-to-speech-support/blob/main/PRIVACY.md Terms of Use: https://github.com/josephchang10/text-to-speech-support/blob/main/TERMS.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadSpeak at none against Text to Speech's 1. ReadSpeak also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). Text to Speech's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Text to Speech sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.49 per month. ReadSpeak asks for nothing beyond the download.
ReadSpeak holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text to Speech has 1.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ReadSpeak ships an update daily, Text to Speech every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadSpeak | Text to Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MetricMix LLC | Joseph Works Limited |
Customer experience
ReadSpeak
Text to Speech
Bugs and requests
ReadSpeak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Text to Speech
Reported bugs
4 issues- Text playback not working as expected
- Compatibility issues with newer OS versions
- Inability to delete saved files
- Unexpected behavior when pasting text
Requested features
4 requests- Pause and rewind functionality
- Ability to import PDF and other text files
- More voice options, especially for non-American accents
- Lifetime purchase option instead of subscription
In-app purchases
ReadSpeak
No in-app purchases
Text to Speech
- Premium3 Days trial$3.491 Month
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