Scheherazade Read Aloud vs Read Aloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scheherazade Read Aloud
Transform your documents and ebooks into audiobooks. This app allows you to import various file formats and listen to them with customizable voices and playback speeds. Manage your library, edit book details, and sync across devices.
- Import files (Text, PDF, EPUB, MOBI)
- Over 100 voice options
- Adjustable voice speed and pitch
- Sleep timer
- Library management and filtering
- Cloud synchronization
- Desktop library editing
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Listen to your Text, PDF, EPUB or MOBI as you do with audio books. - Free version fully functional - Import book from file - Select from more than 100 voices - Adjust voice speed and pitch - Show remaining time and remember position - Restartable Sleep Timer - Show book info on Google or Wiki - Edit Title, Author or even book content - Configurable Font family and Font size - Basic bluetooth/headset settings - Customise pronunciation if necessary - Custom Labels (Tags) - Filter library on Author, Label, Title - Order library on Progress, Title etc. - Pin favourite books, voices and languages - Copy book or page to clipboard - Search within book - Synchronise library with cloud - Edit library on desktop and sync to phone
Read Aloud
Convert documents, ebooks, and web articles into audio. Listen while commuting or studying, with customizable voices and playback speeds. Save progress, bookmark passages, and add notes for a personalized listening experience.
- Supports PDFs, EPUBs, and Word documents
- Choice of system or premium voices
- Adjustable playback speed
- Pause, resume, and navigate audio
- Saves reading progress
- Bookmark passages and add notes
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Turn documents, books, and articles into audio with Read Aloud. Import a PDF, open an EPUB ebook, add a Word document, or paste your own text. Listen while you commute, study, or take a break from the screen. Make every reading session your own: • Read more formats: Listen to PDFs, EPUB ebooks, and Word documents, including DOC and DOCX files. • Choose your voice: Use built-in system voices or explore natural-sounding premium voices with Read Aloud Plus. • Set your pace: Adjust playback speed and preview a voice before you start. • Stay in control: Pause, resume, and navigate through your reading. • Keep your place: Return to saved reading progress and continue where you left off. • Save what matters: Bookmark passages and add notes for later. From study materials and work documents to your next favourite book, Read Aloud gives you another way to enjoy the words that matter. Premium voices and selected features require a Read Aloud Plus subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Read Aloud at none against Scheherazade Read Aloud's shown. Scheherazade Read Aloud's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Scheherazade Read Aloud sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Read Aloud sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scheherazade Read Aloud against 5.0 for Read Aloud. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Scheherazade Read Aloud ships an update every 2 weeks, Read Aloud every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scheherazade Read Aloud | Read Aloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Open Solutions | APPSURGE |
In-app purchases
Scheherazade Read Aloud
- Odstrániť reklamy$3.99
Read Aloud
- Read Aloud Premium$3.997 Days
- Read Aloud Premium$14.991 Month
- Read Aloud Premium$89.991 Year
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