ModelTalker vs ToBe SAID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ModelTalker
This utility app lets you download and use your custom synthetic voice on iOS devices. It enables text-to-speech in your unique voice and integration with AAC applications.
- Download personal synthetic voice
- Install as iOS system voice
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Integration with AAC apps
- Compatible with iPhone and iPad
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ModelTalker utility app allows you to download and install your personal ModelTalker synthetic voice as an iOS system voice. Compatible with both iPhone and iPad, the app provides limited direct text to speech so you can enter phrases, sentences, or even whole paragraphs and have them spoken aloud in your own voice created with our online Voice Banking Service. Moreover, because your voice is installed as an iOS system voice, you can select your ModelTalker voice as the default system voice, and select it as you voice in AAC apps such as Predictable, Grid, Speech Assistant, TD Talk, and many others! To get started after the app is installed, tap the Voice bar at the top of the page. In the Voices page, tap Add in the upper right and log in with your ModelTalker username and password. After your voice finished downloading, tap the bar containing your name to select it then use the Back button to return to the main screen where you can enter text and have it spoken in your voice.
ToBe SAID
This app provides a high-performance, offline AI voice generator and system-wide Text-to-Speech engine for enhanced privacy. It transforms documents and books into natural-sounding audiobooks, integrating seamlessly with your existing reading and productivity applications.
- Offline AI voice generation
- System-wide Text-to-Speech engine
- Convert EPUB/PDF to audiobooks
- Seamless integration with other apps
- Clone and create personal voices
- 100% local processing for privacy
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Your Voice. Your Device. Your Privacy. ToBe SAID gives your iPhone, iPad, and Mac natural AI voices that run on the device itself. It is a system-wide Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine: once installed, its voices appear in your system voice list, so VoiceOver, Spoken Content, and any app that can use system voices can speak with them. No servers. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. ToBe SAID is a voice provider, not a reading app. It works together with the apps you already use: your e-book reader, your PDF viewer, your AAC communication app, or the system's own Speak features. TRY IT IN SECONDS Open the app, type some text, and hear it instantly. The English voices are ready the moment you install. Other languages need a one-time voice download, and after that they work fully offline: on a plane, on a train, or anywhere without a signal. WHAT YOU GET, FREE • 4 natural English voices • 2 natural voices in each of 23 other languages • All voices work system-wide, in every app that lists system voices • Works offline after the one-time voice download • No ads and no in-app purchases HEAR YOUR OWN VOICE Voice cloning preview: import a short audio file (MP3, WAV, OGG, and other popular formats, any length: ToBe SAID trims it automatically; 15 seconds is all it needs) and hear your clone speak inside the app. In this free app, the clone is a preview and stays inside the app. WANT TO KEEP YOUR CLONES? ToBe SAID Pro is a separate app with the same voices, plus an unlimited voice library: save as many cloned voices as you like and use them in every app that uses system voices. 24 LANGUAGES English, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Egyptian, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu and Turkish. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. Your text and your audio files stay with you. Only clone your own voice or voices you have permission to use.
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Verdict
ModelTalker and ToBe SAID are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ModelTalker against 5.0 for ToBe SAID. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | ModelTalker | ToBe SAID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tim Bunnell | Bakhtiar Lukman |
Customer experience
ModelTalker
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In-app purchases
ModelTalker
No in-app purchases
ToBe SAID
No in-app purchases









