Comparison

LinkMemo vs Speech It

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

Head to head
About

LinkMemo

Features
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LinkMemo is the simplest read-it-later app for reading and text-to-speech with customized view. Core Features: - Strip away all clutter and save the content of web pages. - Offline Support: Download the full text of articles for offline reading and text-to-speech. - Multi Theme: Light, Sepia, Night, Dark, and more. - Customized view: Customize the font, text size, and line height.

About

Speech It

Features
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Speech It turns the books and documents piling up on your device into audio you can enjoy anywhere. Import DRM-free EPUBs, PDFs, text files, and web articles, and listen to them read aloud in a natural voice. Clear your reading backlog during your commute, chores, or walks. โ—† Key Features - Flexible importing EPUB / PDF / plain text / web pages by URL / clipboard text. Files can also be opened from the Files app and the share sheet. - On-device translated listening Listen to an English book in Japanese and more: translation happens while reading aloud (iOS 18 or later, supported language pairs), with the translation and original shown side by side. - Background playback Keeps playing while your screen is locked, with full control from the Lock Screen and Control Center. Playback resumes automatically after interruptions such as phone calls. - Follow along visually The current sentence and word are highlighted and kept in view. Tap any sentence to start playback from there. - Table of contents & bookmarks Jump between chapters, bookmark individual sentences, and browse bookmarks across your whole library. - Organized library Sort books into folders. Your reading position is saved automatically, so you always pick up where you left off. - Voice customization Adjust speed (0.5x-2.0x), pick from your device's voices, tune the pitch, and preview voices before choosing. - Privacy first Parsing, translation, and speech synthesis all happen on your device. The contents of your books are never sent to a server. โ—† Notes - DRM-protected e-books are not supported. - Image-only (scanned) PDFs cannot be read aloud. - Translation requires iOS 18 or later. The app shows ads; an optional subscription removes them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LinkMemo4 screens
Speech It4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LinkMemo at none against Speech It's shown. LinkMemo also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkMemo ships an update every 5 days, Speech It every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
LinkMemo versus Speech It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkMemoSpeech It
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterEvery 11 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size48 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYugo OguraColorBoxStudio

In-app purchases

None

LinkMemo

No in-app purchases

None

Speech It

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LinkMemo free?
LinkMemo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speech It free?
Speech It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LinkMemo or Speech It have ads?
Speech It shows ads; LinkMemo does not.
Which is updated more often, LinkMemo or Speech It?
LinkMemo ships an update every 5 days, and Speech It every 11 days. Most recently, LinkMemo was updated on October 8, 2026 and Speech It on October 13, 2026.

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