Comparison

MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD vs Readable Voice

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

Head to head
About

MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD

Control your music playback wirelessly from your iPad. Browse your library, manage playlists, and stream audio to your device. Offers detailed song information and playback controls over your WiFi network.

Highlights
  • Wireless playback control
  • View song info, lyrics, and cover art
  • Playlist management
  • Media library browsing and search
  • Audio streaming to iPad
  • Save connection profiles
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MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD gives you a full-fledged wireless foobar2000 remote control for your iPad. The app connects to foobar2000 running on your Windows PC via your WiFi network and allows you to instantly view information about currently playing tracks, control every important playback feature and conveniently browse your complete media library by metadata or folders. Key features: • Playback control • Display song information, lyrics and cover art • View and control the current playlist • Load playlists from your library • Browse and search your media library and add songs to your playlists • Audio streaming to your iPad (requires in-app purchase) • View and set song ratings • Party Mode • Save multiple connection profiles • Supports both portrait and landscape display modes • Automatically reduce volume or pause playback when getting a call • Small, fast, low resource usage • Easy to setup and use All you need to do to get it working is to download and install the foobar2000 component installer from http://www.monkeymote.com In case you run into problems when setting up the app and plug-in, please visit the support page at http://www.monkeymote.com first, as it is not possible to reply to questions or issues raised in app store reviews.

About

Readable Voice

This app converts audio and video into editable, searchable text entirely on your device. It supports numerous languages and formats, with features for interviews, note-taking, and subtitle creation. Transcribe offline without uploading your files.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription
  • Offline transcription
  • Multi-language support
  • Interview mode with speaker detection
  • Subtitle file export (SRT, WebVTT)
  • Speech enhancement
  • Apple Intelligence summaries
Features
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Turn spoken words into something you can use. Find a quote in an interview. Revisit a lecture. Create subtitles for a video. Readable Voice turns audio and video into editable, searchable text on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad—with transcription performed entirely on your device. Your recordings stay yours. Transcribe offline, without uploading your audio to a transcription service. Buy once on the App Store and enjoy Readable Voice on all three platforms. No subscription. No per-minute fees. • From recording to readable text Import audio or video, or record directly in the app. Transcribe in nearly 100 languages, with automatic language detection to help you get started. Supports popular formats including MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, MOV, and MP4. • Follow the conversation Interview Mode detects different voices and labels their passages. Give speakers names and colors, correct assignments, and let Readable Voice suggest familiar voices from other recordings. Ideal for interviews, meetings, podcasts, and research conversations. • Find the moment that matters Search your transcript, play individual passages, and follow highlighted text as you listen. Check a quote or revisit an explanation without replaying the entire recording. • Make it your own Correct words directly in the app. Work with continuous text or timestamped segments, split and merge passages, and adjust speaker labels to prepare a transcript that is ready to share. • Get more from difficult recordings Optional speech enhancement reduces background noise before transcription and may improve results from noisy or lower-quality audio. • See the key points Use Apple Intelligence to generate an overview, chapter summaries, and action items from your transcript. Jump back to the source passages to review the details, then share the summary.* • Share words. Create subtitles. Export plain text, text with timestamps, speaker-labeled interview transcripts, or CSV files. Create SRT and WebVTT subtitle files for your videos, or export audio as WAV or MOV that already contains all the subtitles oder Film der schon alle Untertitel enthält. • Handle a whole collection Add multiple files or entire folders, including subfolders, and let Readable Voice work through them. Automatically start transcription when files are imported and receive a notification when processing finishes. On iPhone and iPad, you can also import videos directly from Photos. • Make transcription part of your workflow Use Shortcuts to import, transcribe, retrieve, export, and open transcripts. Optional Siri and Spotlight integration helps you find saved transcripts through system search.* Made for the things you want to remember. Students can turn recorded lectures into text to review before an exam. Journalists and researchers can find and check interview quotes. Teams can revisit discussions and extract stated follow-up tasks. Video creators can prepare subtitles. And anyone can turn voice memos, personal reflections, or family stories into words to keep and share. Record it. Read it. Put it to work. *Summaries and Siri/Spotlight transcript search require iOS 27, iPadOS 27, or macOS 27 or later. Summaries also require a supported device with Apple Intelligence enabled and its model ready, and a supported transcript language. Transcription accuracy varies with the language and recording quality. For best results, use clear speech and minimize background noise.

Screenshots

Readable Voice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Readable Voice at none against MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD's 1. Readable Voice also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and ratings volume (67 vs 4). On 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

MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD costs $2.99 and Readable Voice $9.99 up front. MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Readable Voice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readable Voice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD has 67 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD's written reviews are positive against 75% of Readable Voice's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD ships an update every 6 weeks, Readable Voice fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD versus Readable Voice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonkeyMote for foobar2000 HDReadable Voice
Price$2.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.6 (67 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings67 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin TofallDaniel Witt

Customer experience

MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD

All ratings62 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.4%

Readable Voice

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%

Bugs and requests

MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Album grid broken on iPad Air 4
  • Auto-connecting to server sometimes has hiccups
  • Doesn't detect Foobar
  • Pause button sometimes goes back and forth
  • Sometimes hangs when bringing back album list
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  • Doesn't show artwork until Foobar is restarted
  • Sort by date never worked
  • Can't find server after last update
  • Auto-plays content on host machine when selecting playlists with streaming on (iPad version)

Requested features

15 requests
  • Metadata editing functionality
  • File browser for all drives
  • Explain custom track details
  • Ability to define custom views for the left pane
  • Recently Added albums view (descending)
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  • Year/Artist/Album view
  • Richer 'Now Playing' playlist view with artwork
  • Default album view by year descending
  • Artist view showing artwork of the most recent album
  • Advanced search showing albums and artists, not just tracks
  • Show all track artists, not just the first
  • Dark mode option
  • Bigger controls, especially volume
  • Improvement to 'Now Playing' screen to display track lengths
  • Fewer clicks to clear playlist

Readable Voice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD

One-time1
  • Audio Streaming$0.99
None

Readable Voice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD free?
MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Readable Voice free?
Readable Voice costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD or Readable Voice?
Readable Voice is rated higher. MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD averages 4.6 out of 5 from 67 ratings, while Readable Voice averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD or Readable Voice have ads?
Neither MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD nor Readable Voice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD or Readable Voice?
MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD ships an update every 6 weeks, and Readable Voice fortnightly. Most recently, MonkeyMote for foobar2000 HD was updated on October 22, 2026 and Readable Voice on October 30, 2026.

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