Text2Speach vs Goby Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text2Speach
This app converts text into natural-sounding speech. It offers monolingual and bilingual modes for reading documents, with customizable settings for font, tone, and speed. Supports multiple languages and a marquee display.
- Monolingual text-to-speech
- Bilingual text-to-speech
- Customizable speech settings
- Marquee display mode
- Multilingual support
- Automatic language detection
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Text2Speech - an easy-to-use text-to-speech application Text2Speech is an application that converts text into natural speech. It offers two modes for reading individual words or pairs of words in documents. Key features: Monolingual mode: This mode is suitable for reading out single-language text content. Simply input the text you want to read into the application, and Text2Speech will automatically detect the language using advanced language recognition technology and read the text content in a smooth and natural voice. If the language detection is incorrect, you can manually change the language. Bilingual mode: This mode is designed for bilingual texts, with each pair of phrases consisting of two lines. Text2Speech will read the text content of each language separately for each pair of phrases, making it more convenient for bilingual learning or translation. Just input the document containing the dual-language phrases into the application, and Text2Speech will read each pair of phrases in sequence, helping you better understand and learn both languages. Both modes support marquee mode, and you can change the colors of the marquee page, including text, highlighted text, and background. Other features: Custom settings: You can adjust the font size, tone, and speech speed according to your preferences to meet different requirements for the reading experience. Multilingual support: Text2Speech supports multiple languages, including English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, and Italian. Regardless of which language you use, you can enjoy smooth and accurate speech conversion.
Goby Live
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Goby Live is the messenger for people who don't share a language. Every message arrives twice: what they wrote, and what it means in your language. Tap it and hear it spoken aloud in your language, in the sender's own voice when they have lent it. Reply in your language; they read theirs. Photos, voice notes, emotes and reactions, everything you expect, plus the one thing you don't have anywhere else: you understand each other. Groups work the same way: six people, six languages, one chat. Make plans inside the group with polls, events and calendar invites. Give a busy group topics, and a forum with tags, guidelines and side discussions when it grows. Keep the groups that belong together in a community, each with its own door. Video and voice calls come with double subtitles. Each of you speaks your own language and reads the other's words as they are said, like subtitles on a film. Keep the transcript in the chat if you want it. And when you are in the same room, put one phone on the table. Live captions and translations appear for everyone at once, on their own phones if they like, and reading along needs no account. • Chats translated as they arrive, with the original beneath • Hear any message spoken in your language • Photos, voice notes, emotes, stickers and reactions • Groups with polls, events, topics, forums and discussions • Communities that keep related groups together • Video and voice calls with live double subtitles • Live captions for the room, shared with a code • 40+ languages, detected as people speak • Call audio is never stored; a transcript exists only if you save it Made for families, friends and colleagues who live between languages. goby Premium: 15 hours a month of live translation and call subtitles, your own voice, a head start in Explore and every sticker expansion. Monthly or yearly subscription through your Apple account; it renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://goby.live/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://goby.live/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Goby Live at none against Text2Speach's shown. Goby Live also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Text2Speach ships an update every 3 weeks, Goby Live daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text2Speach | Goby Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DoItWell Application Ltd | ELMER NASH LIN |
In-app purchases
Text2Speach
No in-app purchases
Goby Live
No in-app purchases
Questions
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