Comparison

Open Spoken vs Owloop

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

Head to head
About

Open Spoken

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Open Spoken is an open-source app to transcribe audio from the microphone into text. It's designed to help communicating with the hearing impaired by showing transcribed text on the device screen. It uses Apple’s speech recognition so it supports any language supported by Apple’s Speech Recognition engine. Supported languages (as of iOS 16): - Arabic - Chinese - Croatian - Danish - Dutch - English - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Hindi - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Malay - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Slovak - Spanish - Swedish - Thai - Turkish - Ukrainian - Vietnamese

About

Owloop

This app allows you to play audio files and text-to-speech in a continuous loop, with options to add silences or other audio in between. It's useful for studying, affirmations, business announcements, or street vending.

Highlights
  • Loop multiple audio files
  • Add silences between audio playback
  • Record custom voice messages
  • Convert text to speech in 64 languages
  • Create and save multiple loops
  • Seamlessly integrate with other app audio
Features
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Play audio in loop! Until you stop! Add Silences or let your music continue in between Ultimate player for... + Boost your small business by periodically announcing offers or discounts during music playback. + Listen to looping Affirmation while you sleep + Repeating key study materials alongside your favorite music. + Playing a welcoming message at your party, seamlessly pausing the music. + Street Vendor: Connect to a speaker, Record and play about what you're selling repeatedly. ... With an easy to understand and Cool interface Features: + Add many audios to your loop + Add silences in between... Owloop will resume music played through other apps during these silences + Record your own voice + Load audio files + Write in Text and turn it to speech * + In 64 languages + Nearly 500 Voice variations for you to chose from + Create multiple Loop Disks and save them. *** + Atmospheres — set the mood with background sounds and visual environments such as fire, train cabin, ocean. Swipe left or right on background to activate. + Playing on Locked device: no need to keep the screen on, atmosphere sounds will also play. **** + Stinger Sound Effects: Perfect announcement starters and enders to get the attention of the listeners. + Reminders to play the loop: Perfect for playing affirmations on commute or before sleep, reminds you at the same time you've played it before or at set times and days of week. Bonus features: + No Ads, We hate 'em! + Contact for support in the app * App comes with a free initial text-to-speech capacity, You can buy consumable "text-to-speech char packs" In-app purchases as you use this feature. *** In-App purchase required to create multiple loops. 1 loop is free with the app. **** To resume Music from other apps requires app to be open, device unlocked ** Owloop has following Text-to-Speech Voices : Afrikaans (af-ZA) : 1 voices Amharic (am-ET) : 4 voices Arabic (ar-XA) : 8 voices Bulgarian (bg-BG) : 1 voices Bangla (bn-IN) : 8 voices Catalan (ca-ES) : 1 voices Chinese (cmn-CN) : 8 voices Chinese (cmn-TW) : 6 voices Czech (cs-CZ) : 2 voices Danish (da-DK) : 9 voices German (de-DE) : 20 voices Greek (el-GR) : 2 voices English (en-AU) : 16 voices English (en-GB) : 24 voices English (en-IN) : 12 voices English (en-US) : 35 voices Spanish (es-ES) : 14 voices Spanish (es-US) : 15 voices Basque (eu-ES) : 1 voices Finnish (fi-FI) : 2 voices Filipino (fil-PH) : 10 voices French (fr-CA) : 12 voices French (fr-FR) : 18 voices Galician (gl-ES) : 1 voices Gujarati (gu-IN) : 4 voices Hebrew (he-IL) : 8 voices Hindi (hi-IN) : 12 voices Hungarian (hu-HU) : 2 voices Indonesian (id-ID) : 8 voices Icelandic (is-IS) : 1 voices Italian (it-IT) : 10 voices Japanese (ja-JP) : 11 voices Kannada (kn-IN) : 8 voices Korean (ko-KR) : 11 voices Lithuanian (lt-LT) : 1 voices Latvian (lv-LV) : 1 voices Malayalam (ml-IN) : 6 voices Marathi (mr-IN) : 6 voices Malay (ms-MY) : 8 voices Norwegian Bokmål (nb-NO) : 10 voices Dutch (nl-BE) : 4 voices Dutch (nl-NL) : 10 voices Punjabi (pa-IN) : 8 voices Polish (pl-PL) : 10 voices Portuguese (pt-BR) : 9 voices Portuguese (pt-PT) : 8 voices Romanian (ro-RO) : 2 voices Russian (ru-RU) : 10 voices Slovak (sk-SK) : 2 voices Serbian (sr-RS) : 1 voices Swedish (sv-SE) : 10 voices Tamil (ta-IN) : 8 voices Telugu (te-IN) : 2 voices Thai (th-TH) : 2 voices Turkish (tr-TR) : 10 voices Ukrainian (uk-UA) : 2 voices Vietnamese (vi-VN) : 10 voices Cantonese (yue-HK) : 4 voices

Screenshots

Open Spoken3 screens
Owloop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Spoken at none against Owloop's 8. Open Spoken also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16). Owloop's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Owloop sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Open Spoken asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open Spoken ships an update every 14 months, Owloop every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on February 19, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Open Spoken versus Owloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen SpokenOwloop
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTal AviramThilina Solomons

In-app purchases

None

Open Spoken

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Owloop

One-time8
  • Small$0.99
  • Regular$1.99
  • Big$3.99
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  • 3 Additional Loop Slots$7.99
  • 5 Additional Loop Slots$10.99
  • 10 Additional Loop Slots$19.99
  • Mega$37.99
  • 100 Additional Loop Slots$99.99

Questions

Is Open Spoken free?
Open Spoken is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Owloop free?
Owloop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Open Spoken or Owloop have ads?
Neither Open Spoken nor Owloop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open Spoken or Owloop?
Open Spoken ships an update every 14 months, and Owloop every 3 months. Most recently, Open Spoken was updated on February 19, 2026 and Owloop on September 14, 2026.

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