Comparison

Reading Trainer vs Text To Speech

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

Head to head
About

Reading Trainer

Enhance your reading speed, comprehension, and memory with engaging exercises. This app offers a structured approach to improve your ability to process and retain information from texts, making reading more efficient and enjoyable.

Highlights
  • Increase reading speed
  • Improve reading comprehension
  • Enhance memory retention
  • Eye exercises
  • Track progress with statistics
  • Reading speed tests
Features
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Reading Trainer improves your reading speed and reading comprehension with many challenging and fun exercises. App Store Rewind Award Winner – App of the Year DE, CH, AT - Significant increases in your reading speed - Eye-exercises and improvements in your mental capacity - Improves reading comprehension and memory This app provides everything you need to read texts of all types faster, more effectively and most of all, with better retention. The PowerReader allows you to get your daily work done while practicing important reading skills. Learning reading techniques has never been this much fun! Double your reading speed in just a few days. Trial users have used this software to increase their reading speed by an average of 143% in 10 days. Do you currently need 30 minutes to read the daily paper? Soon you will read two papers and, in addition, another chapter in an interesting non-fiction book – within the same time period. Combining the iPhone with this entirely new app provides the ideal platform to achieve measurable results with a minimum of effort. But that’s not all: You will have fun mastering the skills you need to attain effective reading techniques and significantly increase your reading speed; this means: - Rapid recognition of numbers, letters and words - Flexible eye movements - Improved ability to concentrate - Increased vision span The app guides you through the individual training steps. The software immediately recognizes your strengths and weaknesses. The statistics function lets you see and track your progress. The results of each training exercise are charted for your review. More stars mean that you are getting closer to your objective: more effective reading skills and with it extremely high reading speeds. You can check your reading speed at any time using different reading tests from a variety of topics. Questions about the text are used as a secondary test to assess your retention ability. This is the ideal combination for mastering effective reading skills and high retention rates. But beware: you might get hooked since early progress will motivate you to work on your skills regularly. It is fun and you are doing something to stay mentally fit at the same time. We recommend that you train regularly but not excessively to ensure best results. Who needs this app? - Anyone reading more than half an hour a day - Executives - Secretaries - High-School and College students - Purchasing and Sales Professionals Who can benefit from this app? - Do you often feel that you take too long to read something? - Do you return to previous passages because something was not clear? - Are you easily distracted while reading? - Do you have difficulty recalling what you read? If you answered ‘Yes’ to any of these questions, then this app is what you need. Apple Terms of Use (EULA) – https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Terms of Service – https://readingtrainer.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy – https://readingtrainer.com/privacy-policy

About

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.

Highlights
  • Listen to articles, texts, or books as audio
  • Supports 40+ languages
  • Multiple HD voice options
  • Adjustable reading speed
  • Scan physical books with camera
Features
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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

Screenshots

Reading Trainer4 screens
Text To Speech3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reading Trainer at 84% against Text To Speech's 19%. Reading Trainer also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.9). Text To Speech's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Reading Trainer sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Text To Speech sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reading Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 220 and 145 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 19% of Text To Speech's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, Text To Speech every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Reading Trainer versus Text To Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TrainerText To Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (220 ratings) — better3.9 (145 ratings)
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews — better18.7% of reviews
Number of ratings220 — better145
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeKu IT GmbHWeBrain

Customer experience

Reading Trainer

All ratings214 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.1%

Text To Speech

All ratings145 ratings
Positive68.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative23.4%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive18.7%
Neutral14.7%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Reading Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to answer comprehension questions
  • Exercises getting stuck on loading screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow custom text uploads for practice
  • Provide more personalized recommendations
  • Add British English spelling option
  • Offer lifetime subscription option

Text To Speech

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Reading Trainer

Subscriptions10
  • Synchronisation$6.991 Month
  • Premium Access$13.991 Month
  • Synchronisation$23.496 Months
Show 7 more
  • Synchronisation$32.991 Year
  • Premium Access$35.993 Months
  • Premium Access$45.996 Months
  • Premium Access$66.991 Year
  • 15th Anniversary Offer1 Year trial$66.991 Year
  • Premium Access1 Year trial$66.991 Year
  • Premium Access1 Year trial$69.991 Year
7 purchases

Text To Speech

Subscriptions7
  • Voice Aloud Reader$2.997 Days
  • Text Reader3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Premium Subscription$5.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • 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

Questions

Is Reading Trainer free?
Reading Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text To Speech free?
Text To Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reading Trainer or Text To Speech?
Reading Trainer is rated higher. Reading Trainer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 220 ratings, while Text To Speech averages 3.9 from 145 ratings.
Do Reading Trainer or Text To Speech have ads?
Neither Reading Trainer nor Text To Speech shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Trainer or Text To Speech?
Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Text To Speech every 2 months. Most recently, Reading Trainer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Text To Speech on November 3, 2026.

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