Comparison

Read4Me vs Catchall

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

Head to head
About

Read4Me

Transform any web page, PDF, or scanned document into an audio experience. Listen to content at your preferred speed with natural-sounding voices. Ideal for hands-free consumption of digital and physical text.

Highlights
  • Listen to web pages
  • Convert PDFs to audio
  • Scan and listen to books/papers
  • Read text from any app via clipboard
  • Import documents from cloud storage
  • Adjustable listening speed
  • Premium natural voice
Features
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Listen to web pages, PDF, Scan any book and listen to the book. Read4Me lets you listen to webpages turning any web page into a podcast. Never read long boring web sites or documents anymore. Listen to web pages, PDF's, Take a picture of any paper or book and convert it into audio book. Share text from any application using clipboard and convert it into audio to listen to natural voice. Top Features of Read4Me: 1) Listen to web pages. Navigate to any web sites and click on start reader to start reading the web page. 2) Listen to PDF's, Take Photo of any physical book or paper and convert to audio and listen at leisure. 3) Copy text from any app to clipboard and listen to the text. 4) Read documents from other apps like iCloud, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive by importing in to the app using document selector. 5) Listen to web sites, docs at the speed you are comfortable with. 6) Listen in premium natural smoothing voice always. The subscription lets you listen to premium voice (First 10K words free) The in-app purchase is charged to your iTunes account. The auto-renewal of subscription can be turned off via iTunes account settings after purchase. There are three options for in-app purchase namely are as follows A> Weekly subscription only for $4.99 gives 100K Characters of premium voice from text. B> Weekly subscription only for $9.99 gives 250K Characters of premium voice from text after 3 day free trial. C> Monthly subscription of $49.99 gives unlimited character of premium voice. The subscriptions automatically renew unless the subscription is canceled when the subscription period expires • 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, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of use: http://www.dexati.com/iosterms.html Subscription Info : http://www.dexati.com/iossubscriptions.html

About

Catchall

Features
Read full description

Catchall is a private, completely local, digital junk drawer. Text, images, files, documents, almost anything can be saved, then found, and then used when you need it. Nothing is saved unless you save it. FILLING THE DRAWER • Share to Catchall from any app • Paste what you copied — text, images, links, files • Import from Files or Photos, or scan text with the camera • Quick Capture: save your clipboard without opening the app FINDING IT AGAIN • Search reaches everything, however full the drawer gets • Filter by type: links, contact info, tracking numbers, dates, code, documents, videos, audio and more • Tag anything, pin what you need at hand • Search by meaning, not only the words you typed • Text inside images, PDFs and documents is read and searchable ON YOUR DEVICE, AND NOWHERE ELSE No accounts, no servers, no analytics, no ads. Nothing you keep here leaves your device unless you send it somewhere yourself. Catchall can name your items, tag them and describe your images — all on device, using Apple's own models, and all of it off until you turn it on. Backups are encrypted and written wherever you choose. Deleted items wait in the trash for 30 days. Sensitive items stay hidden until you ask for them. FREE AND PAID The free version keeps everything you save — search, filters and sorting reach all of it — and shows 8 items at a time. A one-time purchase shows the whole drawer at once.

Screenshots

Read4Me4 screens
Catchall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Read4Me at 4 against Catchall's 2. Read4Me also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Read4Me sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per 7 days and Catchall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Read4Me versus Catchall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead4MeCatchall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB15 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDexatiBrian Ukestad

Bugs and requests

Read4Me

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes when trying to read documents
  • Inconsistent behavior when attempting to skip or rewind
  • Issues with scanning and importing documents properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more voice options, including different accents
  • Improve navigation and ability to resume reading from where you left off
  • Reduce subscription cost to be more affordable

Catchall

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Read4Me

Subscriptions5
  • Read4Me Premium Unlimited$4.497 Days
  • Read4Me Premium Unlimited3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Read4Me Premium Unlimited$49.991 Month
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  • Read4Me Monthly Unlimited3 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • Read4Me Premium Unlimited$149.991 Year
1 purchases

Catchall

One-time1
  • Catchall Paid$8.00

Questions

Is Read4Me free?
Read4Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catchall free?
Catchall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Read4Me or Catchall have ads?
Neither Read4Me nor Catchall shows ads.

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