Comparison

Screen2Speech vs Mini Notes

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

Head to head
About

Screen2Speech

Convert PDF files and pasted text into spoken audio. Listen to documents, articles, or any text content with easy playback controls. The app continues reading even when you navigate away or switch apps.

Highlights
  • Convert PDF to audio
  • Paste text for audio output
  • Background audio playback
  • Pause and play audio
  • Supports numerous languages
  • No data storage
Features
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Screen2Speech is the easiest way to get spoken audio from PDF files and text. Paste a link to a PDF file, upload a PDF from your Files, or paste text in. Then let the app read to you. Screen2Speech lets you pause and play your audio content as you need to. Feel free to navigate away from the app; the app will keep talking to you! Tip: if your iPhone is connected over Bluetooth to, for example your Mac laptop, then you can copy on your laptop and paste it directly in the app. Rest assured that Screen2Speech does not store any of your data. Screen2Speech supports the following languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Bengali, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English (US), English (UK), Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Marathi, Malay, Burmese, Norwegian, Dutch, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sindhi, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Yiddish, and Chinese.

About

Mini Notes

Features
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If you want a notes app that's “open and write, tidy as you go, never lose a word,” Mini Notes is built for you. **Auto-save, so every quick note is safe** Even if a call comes in, the app is interrupted, or your phone runs flat, anything you hadn't saved is brought back automatically. No hunting for a save button—just write. **Flexible organization, your own knowledge base** Manage things as “Notebook → Group → Note” with multi-level nesting for complex setups—or skip filing entirely and just jot things down. **One-tap sharing, capture ideas on the spot** When you spot a passage or link in Safari or another app, just tap Share and choose Mini Notes. It drops straight into your inbox—no copying back and forth. **Effortless formatting, clear at a glance** The rich-text editor gives you bold, strikethrough and a 12-color preset palette, and remembers the last color you used so you don't set it again. Titles inherit the body's formatting, keeping list previews clean and readable. We'll keep updating Mini Notes. If there's something you'd like improved, or a feature you'd love to see, please leave a review on the App Store or get in touch via Send Feedback in the app. Your support and encouragement keep us building a better product. Thank you!

Screenshots

Screen2Speech1 screens
Mini Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Screen2Speech at none against Mini Notes's shown. Mini Notes's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen2Speech ships an update every 6 months, Mini Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Screen2Speech versus Mini Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen2SpeechMini Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnthony KlausingZHONGCHENG YANG

In-app purchases

None

Screen2Speech

No in-app purchases

None

Mini Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screen2Speech free?
Screen2Speech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mini Notes free?
Mini Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Screen2Speech or Mini Notes have ads?
Mini Notes shows ads; Screen2Speech does not.
Which is updated more often, Screen2Speech or Mini Notes?
Screen2Speech ships an update every 6 months, and Mini Notes weekly. Most recently, Screen2Speech was updated on September 13, 2026 and Mini Notes on September 18, 2026.

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