Comparison

Mi Speaks vs Mail Labels

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

Head to head
About

Mi Speaks

Convert text to speech and read along with highlighted words. Import content from various sources, including images and PDFs, for offline playback. Premium features offer cross-device syncing, unlimited input, and audio file sharing.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech conversion
  • Import text from images and PDFs
  • Background playback
  • Highlight spoken words
  • Offline compatibility
  • Cross-device sync (Premium)
  • Share audio files (Premium)
Features
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Mi Speaks reads your books, articles and documents aloud in voices that sound genuinely human — generated on your device, never in the cloud. STUDIO VOICES — PREMIUM Twenty-eight neural voices, American and British, male and female. They run entirely on your iPhone: nothing you read is ever uploaded, and they work in airplane mode. Blend two voices together to make one of your own. READ ALONG Every word is highlighted as it is spoken. Import a PDF and you can follow along on the real page, with the word lit where it actually sits — not a transcription of your book, but your book. FIND YOUR PLACE Jump straight to any chapter of an imported PDF. Mi Speaks remembers where you stopped, on every device. Skip from chapter to chapter right from the lock screen. BEFORE YOU PUT THE PHONE DOWN Studio Voices need no connection once they are installed, but generating them uses the graphics processor, and iOS will not run that while an app is off screen. Prepare Full Document renders every sentence up front — after that there is nothing left to generate, so it plays to the end with the screen locked, in another app, or on a flight. And if you haven't prepared a document, reading still doesn't stop: any passage that isn't ready yet is read in your own system voice, and Mi Speaks offers to prepare the rest for next time. FREE, WITH NO TIME LIMIT + Read documents of any length + Import text, PDFs, photos of pages, and anything from the share sheet + Live word highlighting, background playback, lock screen controls + PDF page view and chapter navigation + Keep 3 documents in your library, each remembering where you left off + Resume Reading widget on the home and lock screen + Works completely offline PREMIUM ADDS — IN-APP PURCHASE * Studio Voices — all 28, on device * An unlimited library, in sync across iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch * Every playback speed from 0.5x to 2x, plus Turbo * Export anything to an audio file you can keep Premium is an optional in-app purchase: a 7-day free trial, then a Monthly or Yearly auto-renewing subscription. There is also a one-time Lifetime purchase if you would rather not subscribe. Studio Voices need a one-time download of about 325 MB. This uses Apple's Standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mail Labels

Features
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The purpose of the app "Mail labels" is to monitor your Gmail™ labels and notify you about new messages in the label. The app fills the gap in the Gmail™ app, which does not provide notifications for labels on iOS. The flow is simple: 1. Open the app 2. Sign in with your Gmail account 3. Choose the labels you want to monitor 4. Close the app 5. Receive notifications about new messages in the chosen labels

Screenshots

Mi Speaks4 screens
Mail Labels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mail Labels at none against Mi Speaks's 3. Mail Labels also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Mi Speaks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Mail Labels asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mi Speaks ships an update fortnightly, Mail Labels weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mi Speaks versus Mail Labels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMi SpeaksMail Labels
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB37 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperBlaine MillerAlexander Yemelyanov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mi Speaks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$99.99
None

Mail Labels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mi Speaks free?
Mi Speaks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mail Labels free?
Mail Labels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mi Speaks or Mail Labels have ads?
Neither Mi Speaks nor Mail Labels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mi Speaks or Mail Labels?
Mi Speaks ships an update fortnightly, and Mail Labels weekly. Most recently, Mi Speaks was updated on October 26, 2026 and Mail Labels on October 14, 2026.

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