Text to Speech vs Clean Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text to Speech
This app converts text into natural-sounding speech using a variety of voices and languages. It can read aloud content from e-books, navigation apps, translations, and more, enhancing accessibility and convenience.
- Natural sounding voices
- 50+ male/female voices
- 25+ languages
- Read e-books aloud
- Navigation voice output
- Translation reading
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Get the most natural sounding voices for messages, navigation directions, translations, and more. Classic Text To Speech Engine, in combination with our 50+ male/female voices portfolio of 25+ languages, allows you to read aloud texts from your e-book, navigation, translation and other apps. About Subscription The app contains weekly subscription at price $3.99. • 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 • The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • 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://sites.google.com/view/alexapps/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/alexapps/privacy-policy
Clean Scan
Effortlessly scan documents and convert them into searchable PDFs with on-device OCR. Organize your files with automatic filing, tags, and folder management. Enjoy a private scanning experience with no cloud or tracking.
- On-device OCR for searchable PDFs
- Automatic edge detection and perspective correction
- Multi-page document scanning
- Automatic year & month filing
- Tagging and filtering
- Offline text recognition
- App lock with Face ID/Touch ID
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Scan a receipt, a contract, a form — and get a clean, searchable PDF in seconds. Most scanner apps interrupt you with ads, or lock the basics behind a monthly subscription. Clean Scan asks once, then stays out of your way. SCAN • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Multi-page documents in one PDF • Choose A4 or US Letter, and how much resolution to keep FIND ANYTHING • On-device text recognition reads every page • Search words inside your scans, not just file names • Exported PDFs are searchable in Files, Mail, Preview and Acrobat too STAY ORGANIZED • Turn on Automatic Year & Month Filing to create folders and file new scans by date • Browse nested folders, or scan from the folder you are viewing • Tag documents and filter by tag • Reorder pages, delete a bad one, scan a replacement • Import existing PDFs and photos from Files or Photos PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything happens on your device — no cloud, no account, no tracking • Text recognition runs offline • Lock the app behind Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode PAY ONCE Three documents are free. One purchase removes the limit for good — no renewals, nothing to cancel. PDF export, sharing, page editing and text recognition stay free for everyone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Text to Speech at 4.4 against Clean Scan's 3.0. Text to Speech also leads on review sentiment (26% vs 0%) and ratings volume (58 vs 2). Clean Scan's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases 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 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Clean Scan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Text to Speech holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text to Speech has 58 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Text to Speech's written reviews are positive against 0% of Clean Scan's.
Text to Speech ships an update every 2 months, Clean Scan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text to Speech | Clean Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (58 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksei Metelkin | David Mendez |
Customer experience
Text to Speech
Clean Scan
In-app purchases
Text to Speech
- Weekly subscription3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
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- Yearly subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
Clean Scan
- Lifetime Unlock$4.99
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