Comparison

Listen vs FlowBlock

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

Head to head
About

Listen

Transform any text into spoken audio for enhanced productivity and multitasking. Listen to articles, documents, and emails while on the go. Supports text scanning, file import, and a wide range of languages and voices.

Highlights
  • Text to speech conversion
  • Scan physical text with camera
  • Import PDF files
  • Adjustable reading speed
  • 26 languages and 52 voices
  • Resume listening from last point
Features
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Revolutionize your productivity with our app that transforms any text into speech, perfect for optimizing your time and multitasking seamlessly. Listen to articles, documents, and emails while commuting, exercising, or working, and customize your experience by adjusting the reading speed. You can scan physical text with your device camera, import PDF files, type or paste text for instant conversion, and choose from 26 languages and 52 voices. Seamlessly resume listening from where you left off across different sessions, ensuring uninterrupted access to your favorite content in audio format anytime, anywhere, without the need to carry printed materials. If you choose to purchase Listen Pro, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Current Listen Pro subscription price starts at $4.99 USD/month, $19.99 USD/6 months and a $29.99/12 months package is available. Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Privacy Policy and terms & and conditions : https://arvid.app/listen

About

FlowBlock

Features
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Most planners give you a list and leave the hard part to you: deciding what to do, and when. FlowBlock builds the day for you. Tell it what needs doing and roughly how long it takes. It finds the hours, works around the things you can't move, and re-plans when the day changes. Open it and there is one block on screen: the one to do now. WHAT IT DOES • Auto-scheduling. Your tasks get real times in the hours you actually work, with breathing room built in. • One block at a time. The Up Now card picks the block that fits the hour, so there is no list to sort through. • Routines that bend. "Every day", "3× a week", "2 weeks after I last did it". Fixed at an hour, or just first thing or last thing. • Flow sessions. A timer that knows which block it belongs to, on your Lock Screen and your Apple Watch. • Not now, without guilt. Push a block to later, the evening or tomorrow. It comes back on its own. • Widgets. See your day on the Home and Lock Screen, and tick a block done from the Home Screen. • Made for iPad. Your pages in a sidebar, a block's details beside the list, and a week where you can draw new blocks and move them. BUILT FOR BRAINS THAT DON'T DO LISTS A streak that survives a rest day. No red overdue badges. Miss a day and FlowBlock simply re-plans, because that is what a plan is for. ON EVERY SCREEN YOU USE iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and the web app at app.flow-block.com for planning at your desk. One account, always in sync. SUBSCRIPTION FlowBlock is free for 14 days, no card needed. After that, one Flow Pass subscription covers iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and the web app. Flow Pass Monthly: US$11.99 per month. Flow Pass Yearly: US$89.99 per year. Local pricing is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://flow-block.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://flow-block.com/terms

Screenshots

Listen4 screens
FlowBlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FlowBlock at every 5 days against Listen's every 2 months. Listen's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Listen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and FlowBlock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listen ships an update every 2 months, FlowBlock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Listen versus FlowBlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListenFlowBlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (511 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings511 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElie F. GebranAlikhan Bulatov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Listen

Subscriptions3
  • Listen Pro 1 month3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Listen Pro 6 Months3 Days trial$19.996 Months
  • Listen Pro 12 Months3 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

FlowBlock

Subscriptions2
  • Flow Pass$11.991 Month
  • Flow Pass1 Year trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Listen free?
Listen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlowBlock free?
FlowBlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Listen or FlowBlock have ads?
Neither Listen nor FlowBlock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Listen or FlowBlock?
Listen ships an update every 2 months, and FlowBlock every 5 days. Most recently, Listen was updated on November 3, 2026 and FlowBlock on October 28, 2026.

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