Text To Speech vs TextAloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text To Speech
Transform any text into spoken audio, creating personalized audiobooks from articles, books, or scanned documents. Enjoy listening in over 40 languages with customizable HD voices and reading speeds.
- Listen to articles, texts, or books as audio
- Supports 40+ languages
- Multiple HD voice options
- Adjustable reading speed
- Scan physical books with camera
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With “Text Reader” you can listen to any texts at any time, when it is convenient for you. Our app will help you easily turn your reading material into interactive audio books. Try it! FEATURE LIST: • Listen to articles, texts or paper books AS AUDIO. • Listen to audio in 40+ languages • Listen to audio with different HD voices • Toggle your reading speed as you see fit. • Scan physical books with your device’s camera and listen to them. Privacy policy: https://webrain.ltd/text-reader-privacy-policy.html Terms of service: https://webrain.ltd/text-reader-terms-conditions.html
TextAloud
This app converts written text into spoken words using a variety of voices and languages. It allows users to customize reading speed, pauses, and import their own documents for audio playback. Ideal for presentations or language practice.
- Text-to-speech reading
- 100+ languages and 400+ voices
- Customizable reading speed and pauses
- Import text documents
- Paragraph, word, or sentence reading
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TextAloud is designed as a simple text-to-speech reading app. It is designed to allow users to read out text in their chosen voice. They can chose to read out their text in different lengths and add natural pauses, which is perfect for giving presentations. TextAloud also gives you access to voices in over a 100 different languages so a user can effortlessly read text in multiple different languages. FREE TRIAL: Use all the voices in TextAloud for 30 minutes worth of 'Speech Time'. After that there is a one of in-app-purchase to get unlimited access to TextAloud. Key Features: * Read text by paragraph, word or sentence * Quickly switch between different languages * Access over 400 voices in 100 different languages * Import your own text documents * Full library of help videos If your organisation cannot use In App Purchases, you can download TextAloud Pro which has is a paid app with unlimited access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TextAloud at 100% against Text To Speech's 19%. TextAloud also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Text To Speech's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (145 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and TextAloud 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, 3.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text To Speech has 145 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of Text To Speech's written reviews are positive against 100% of TextAloud's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Text To Speech ships an update every 2 months, TextAloud weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Text To Speech | TextAloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (145 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WeBrain | Ace Centre |
Customer experience
Text To Speech
TextAloud
In-app purchases
Text To Speech
- Voice Aloud Reader$2.997 Days
- Text Reader3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium Subscription$5.991 Month
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- Text to Speech Reader3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Audio text reader$7.991 Year
- Premium Subscription$14.991 Year
- Premium Subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Year
TextAloud
- Unlimited Voice Allowance$19.99
