Read Coach vs BookSpoken
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Read Coach
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Read Coach is your reading journal: track your books, hit your reading goals โ and switch from Goodreads or StoryGraph in one minute. SWITCHING MADE EASY โข Import your entire library from Goodreads or StoryGraph โ covers, ratings and reading status included โข Backup & restore: save everything and bring it back without losing a thing, e.g. when switching devices YOUR LIBRARY โข Add books in seconds via search or barcode scan โข Organize your collection into custom shelves โข Notes, quotes and star ratings for every book GOALS & MOTIVATION โข Set yearly, book and chapter goals and watch your progress in real time โข Reading sessions with a timer โ including a Live Activity on your lock screen โข Celebrate every finished book with its own completion view โข Gentle reminders that keep you on track STATISTICS โข Genre breakdown, reading history and daily goal overview โ see yourself grow page by page Whether you want to organize your library, build a reading habit or simply rediscover the joy of reading โ download Read Coach today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BookSpoken
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BookSpoken turns any printed book into a read-along audiobook, right on your iPhone. Point your camera at the pages. BookSpoken reads them aloud in a natural, human-sounding voice and highlights each word as it speaks, so your eyes and ears stay in the same place. Hearing and seeing a sentence at once is how reading clicks. It is made for anyone who reads better by ear: people with dyslexia, readers learning English, students working through a dense chapter, tired eyes at the end of a long day, or anyone who simply prefers to listen. WHY BOOKSPOKEN A real voice, not a robot. The natural on-device voice sounds nothing like the built-in phone reader. Follow along. Every word is highlighted as it is spoken, so you never lose your place. Works on paper. Scan a physical book, a textbook, a magazine, a printout, anything printed. Completely private. Your photos of the pages and the text never leave your phone. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is tracked. Works offline. The voice runs entirely on your device, so no signal is needed. HOW IT WORKS 1. Snap the cover, then the pages. 2. BookSpoken reads the text and tidies it up. 3. Press play and follow along, word by word. FREE TO TRY Read the first pages of any book for free. A single one-time purchase unlocks every page of every book you scan, forever. No subscription, no account.
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Verdict
Read Coach and BookSpoken are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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
Both are free to download. Read Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BookSpoken sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Read Coach | BookSpoken |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 468 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johannes Markus Steimel | Joe Murfin |
In-app purchases
Read Coach
- Read Coach Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Read Coach Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
BookSpoken
- BookSpoken Unlimited$9.99









