Comparison

Open vs Oplæs

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

Head to head
About

Open

Features
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Open-Q (Open-Quest Academy) is a future-oriented smart education platform, committed to building a global community of educational destiny. It provides a mateverse learning and teaching platforms, as well as a co-creation platform, promoting development and innovation in the field of education.

About

Oplæs

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Oplæs reads English and Danish text aloud in natural voices and highlights each word as you follow along. Pay once. No ads. No account – and all reading happens on your iPhone. LISTEN TO ANYTHING • PDFs, reports and course packs – scanned pages too • Articles from the web: tap Share in Safari and choose Oplæs • ePub books, text you paste and paper you photograph • Headers, page numbers, footnote numbers and web addresses are skipped FOLLOW ALONG WORD BY WORD • Each word lights up yellow, in time with the voice • Tap a sentence to read from there • Skip a sentence forward or back, or jump to a chapter • Large, calm type that’s easy to read – made for dyslexia, good for everyone VOICES THAT SOUND HUMAN • A natural English voice (Chatterbox by Resemble AI) • Mic and Nic: natural Danish voices from the CoRal project, recorded by Nota • Each paragraph is read by the voice for its language • On iOS 26, Oplæs listens to its own reading to make sure every word is said WHEREVER YOU ARE • 0.5× to 3× speed • Listen with the screen locked, on AirPods or in the car • Sleep timer and Lock Screen controls • Oplæs remembers where you left off YOUR TEXT IS YOURS The voices are downloaded once and then run on your iPhone. No account, no server reading along, no tracking. The app is in English, Danish, Japanese, German, French, Spanish and Korean. The voices read English and Danish. PAY ONCE. THAT'S IT. Oplæs costs a small one-time price: every feature and every future update, with no ads and no subscription. The extra app icons and a silly little game are included for everyone.

Screenshots

Open4 screens
Oplæs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Open at Free against Oplæs's $1.99. Open also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Oplæs's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Open is free to download; Oplæs costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open ships an update every 3 weeks, Oplæs every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Open versus Oplæs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenOplæs
PriceFree — better$1.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperELERNITY LIMITEDCommanigy

In-app purchases

None

Open

No in-app purchases

None

Oplæs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open free?
Open is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oplæs free?
Oplæs costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open or Oplæs have ads?
Neither Open nor Oplæs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open or Oplæs?
Open ships an update every 3 weeks, and Oplæs every 5 days. Most recently, Open was updated on October 6, 2026 and Oplæs on October 25, 2026.

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