Text To Speech vs Easy Text to Speech Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text To Speech
Transform text, documents, and images into natural-sounding audiobooks. Listen to content while multitasking or offline, with customizable playback speeds and interactive highlighting. Supports over 100 languages.
- Text to audiobook conversion
- Natural-sounding AI voices
- Customizable playback speed
- Offline listening with MP3 download
- Interactive reading with highlighting
- Supports 100+ languages and accents
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Text to speech from Crikk lets you listen to PDFs, documents, articles, images, ebooks, and any text you read. Turn any PDF into a natural-sounding audiobook with one tap. Crikk is a fast-growing text to speech reader on iPhone, and the web. _________________________________________________________________________________ Reading is hard. Listening is easy. _________________________________________________________________________________ PDFs pile up. Textbooks. Reports. Research papers. Contracts. Ebooks. Crikk reads them all out loud in a human-sounding voice — so you can finish your reading list while you walk, drive, work out, or cook. FEATURES YOU'LL LOVE PDF Text to Speech Built for Real Documents Upload any PDF and hear it read in seconds. Crikk handles textbooks, research papers with footnotes, scanned PDFs, multi-column layouts, and image-based PDFs that other apps choke on. 4 Ways to Turn Text Into Speech Type or paste any text. Snap a photo with your camera. Pick an image from your gallery. Or upload a document — PDF, DOCX, EPUB, TXT, and more. Crikk reads them all. Natural-Sounding AI Voices Our voices sound like real humans, not robots. Listen for hours without fatigue and actually remember what you heard. Active Text Highlighting Every word lights up as it's spoken. Read along while you listen. Retain twice as much. Listen at Any Speed Adjust playback from 0.5x to 4x. Slow it down for hard topics. Speed it up to breeze through easy content. Learn more in less time. Snap a Photo, Hear It Read Point your camera at a book, menu, printed page, or handwritten note. Crikk reads it out loud instantly. Turn any physical book on your shelf into an audiobook. Listen Offline Download any reading as an MP3. No Wi-Fi needed. Listen on flights, road trips, or anywhere you go. Web + Mobile, Always in Sync Use Crikk on your iPhone, or in your browser at crikk.com. Your library syncs across every device, so you can listen anywhere, anytime. 100+ Languages From Afrikaans to Zulu. Multiple accents for English (US, UK, Canada), Spanish (Spain, Argentina, Cuba), Arabic (UAE, Bahrain, Iraq), French (France, Canada, Switzerland), and more. _________________________________________________________________________________ Stop reading. Start listening. _________________________________________________________________________________ Who is Crikk for? Crikk is for anyone who reads. Students drowning in PDF textbooks. Professionals buried in reports. Researchers reading paper after paper. Auditory learners. Second-language learners. Busy people who want to learn on the go. Crikk is also built for people with dyslexia, ADHD, low vision, concussions, and other reading challenges. We believe reading should never be a barrier — for anyone. Pricing Free Plan: Use core PDF text to speech features for free. Limited voices and character count per voiceover. Premium Plans: Unlock every voice, every language, and remove all character limits. Install Crikk today — for free. We can't wait for you to join the family. Privacy Policy: https://crikk.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://crikk.com/terms
Easy Text to Speech Reader
This app reads text aloud from typed input, imported files, or web links. Customize voice, speed, and pitch for a personalized listening experience. It remembers your progress and allows listening while using other apps or with a locked screen.
- Reads text from typing, files, or web links
- Supports 19 file types
- 152 voices in 50+ languages
- Customizable playback speed and pitch
- Highlights current word
- Background playback and screen lock support
- Saves reading progress
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Easy Text to Speech Reader lets you type, paste, or import text and instantly hear it read aloud. Choose from 152 voices in 50+ languages, or create your own custom voices from a short audio clip. INSTANT VOICE CLONING Instantly clone a voice using just 5 seconds of audio 100% locally / completely on your device. Unlimited amount of cloned voices can be saved (in the "My Voices" section). 152 VOICES IN 50+ LANGUAGES Choose from a huge selection of voices across more than 50 languages, including premium, standard, and fun voices. READ TEXT & DOCUMENTS Type or paste text directly into the app, or import 19 different file types: .pdf / .txt / .doc / .docx / .pages / .rtf / .md / .epub / .mobi / .azw / .azw3 / .fb2 / .lit / .pdb / .prc / .djvu / .cbr / .cbz / .csv READ WEBPAGES Paste in a webpage link and Easy Text to Speech Reader will read the webpage for you. CUSTOMIZE YOUR LISTENING EXPERIENCE • Adjust playback speed and pitch • Automatically center and highlight the word currently being read • Listen while using other apps • Continue listening with your screen locked • Your text and reading position are saved when you close and reopen the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Easy Text to Speech Reader at 5.0 against Text To Speech's 3.5. Easy Text to Speech Reader also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (61% vs 33%). Text To Speech's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 3). On price, ads, 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. Text To Speech sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Easy Text to Speech Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Easy Text to Speech Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text To Speech has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Text To Speech's written reviews are positive against 61% of Easy Text to Speech Reader's.
Text To Speech ships an update every 2 weeks, Easy Text to Speech Reader weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text To Speech | Easy Text to Speech Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 61.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 231 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monster Incorporation Inc. | Jerome Pullen |
Customer experience
Text To Speech
Easy Text to Speech Reader
In-app purchases
Text To Speech
- Crikk Unlimited Plan3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Crikk - Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$12.001 Month
- Crikk Yearly Plan3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Crikk - Lifetime Deal$126.99
Easy Text to Speech Reader
No in-app purchases
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