Speakify vs LockLapse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speakify
This app transforms your PDF documents into audiobooks, allowing you to listen while multitasking. It features natural-sounding speech, smart progress tracking, and an intuitive interface to help you achieve your reading goals.
- Convert PDFs to audiobooks
- Listen while on the go
- Smart reading progress tracking
- Easy-to-use interface
- Natural-sounding speech
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Listen to anything. Speakify reads your documents, articles, and books aloud — made for your commute, workout, or walk. Every format. Every source. PDF. EPUB. Word. Plain text. Rich text. Markdown. HTML. Web pages. Photos of printed pages. Import from Files, scan with your camera, paste from your clipboard, pull articles from the built-in browser, receive via AirDrop, or browse free book catalogs. However your content arrives, Speakify handles it. Your time, reclaimed. The average person has two hours of idle time every day — commuting, cleaning, waiting. Speakify turns those hours into books finished. Set a daily listening goal, build a streak, and watch your reading list shrink without changing your routine. Sounds good. Literally. Choose from dozens of high-quality voices — including new Neural voices for more natural narration. Adjust the speed to match your pace. Find one you like and it’s yours to keep. A library that works like you do. Sort by title, progress, or completion. Pin what matters. Customize your grid. Pick up exactly where you left off — every time. Features • PDF, EPUB, Word, plain text, rich text, Markdown, HTML, and image support • Neural and system voices for natural listening • Adjustable reading speed • Daily listening goals with streaks and reading stats • Scan documents or photograph pages in-app • Built-in browser for saving articles and free ebooks • AirDrop, Share sheet, and clipboard import • Customizable library layout and sorting • Works offline once imported • 14 languages supported Start listening. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
LockLapse
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Prop your phone against a book, hit start, and work. LockLapse films your desk as a timelapse and ends it with a card carrying the numbers, hours, streak, subject and date. The card is the part you post. It renders itself when you finish, so a three-hour block becomes a clip without an edit. Recording and the card are free. HOW IT WORKS • Name what you're working on and tap start. The phone sits there and you work. • The running clock is burned into the footage, so the number stays legible while the timelapse plays and survives whatever edit the clip goes through. • Finish, and the card renders onto the end of the video with your total time, day streak, subject, date and a still from your own desk. • Save it to your camera roll or share it straight out. BUILT FOR LONG SESSIONS • The sensor runs at 5fps and the screen dims to near-black after twenty seconds, because a long session is a heat and battery problem before it is anything else. • A phone call, a notification or a switch to another app closes the current segment to disk and keeps every frame already recorded. • Recording picks up again on its own once the interruption ends, so a session never sits paused waiting for a button. • Focus and white balance settle for two seconds and then lock, so hours of footage don't hunt or drift in colour. LOCKLAPSE PRO • Every session you record. Free keeps the last seven days. • Four card themes (Midnight, Ember, Forest, Tape). • Any accent colour, with the rest of the card built from the one you pick. • Your name signed on the card, and the LockLapse wordmark off. Yearly with a free week, or one payment for life. Nothing leaves your phone. No account, no upload, no analytics. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: LockLapse at none against Speakify's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Speakify sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and LockLapse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Speakify | LockLapse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shawn James | Adesia SRL |
In-app purchases
Speakify
- Subscription$7.991 Month
- Subscription$34.996 Months
- Subscription$59.991 Year
LockLapse
- Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$39.99









