Comparison

Frateca vs hearsay

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

Head to head
About

Frateca

Transform documents, articles, and web pages into natural-sounding audio. Listen at accelerated speeds with real-time word highlighting to absorb information faster. Ideal for professionals, students, and individuals with reading challenges.

Highlights
  • Convert PDFs, articles, and web pages to speech
  • Natural-sounding AI voices
  • Adjustable listening speed up to 3.5x
  • Real-time word highlighting
  • Cloud synchronization across devices
  • Supports multiple import methods
Features
Read full description

Turn any text into natural audio - and reclaim hours of your day. Frateca transforms PDFs, articles, eBooks, and web pages into crystal-clear speech with AI voices so natural, you'll forget you're listening to an app. - 3.5x SPEED - absorb content faster than reading - REAL-TIME HIGHLIGHTING - follow along word by word - ANY FORMAT - PDFs, web articles, eBooks, documents - CLOUD SYNC - start on iPhone, continue on iPad - NATURAL AI VOICES - not robotic, actually enjoyable - - - - - - - - - - WHO USES FRATECA? - Busy professionals who turn commutes into learning sessions - Students tackling massive reading lists before exams - Language learners improving pronunciation and comprehension - People with dyslexia, ADHD, or low vision who deserve equal access to written content - - - - - - - - - - HOW IT WORKS 1. Import - paste a link, upload a PDF, or share from any app 2. Listen - choose your voice, set your speed, hit play 3. Learn - follow real-time highlighting and save to your cloud library - - - - - - - - - - FRATECA PREMIUM Unlock unlimited listening, all AI voices, and cloud sync: - Monthly: $8.99/month - Yearly: $89.00/year (save 17%) Start with the free version - upgrade when you're ready. Download now and turn your reading list into a playlist. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Apple Terms of use (EULA)

About

hearsay

Features
Read full description

hearsay reads your documents out loud. Add a PDF, an EPUB, a web article, or pasted text, press play, and listen while you do something else. The voice is generated on your phone by a neural text-to-speech model. Nothing you read is uploaded, and there is no account to create. Once a voice is downloaded, the app also works in airplane mode. While it reads, the current sentence stays highlighted so you can find your place at a glance. If you stop halfway through a chapter, hearsay remembers where you were and picks up there next time. You can import files directly, send pages over from Safari with the share sheet, or bring an existing reading list from Pocket, Omnivore, Readwise, or Instapaper. Playback keeps running in the background, with lock screen controls, adjustable speed, chapter navigation, and 15-second skips. People use hearsay for saved articles that never got read, course readings, long reports, manuals, and their own drafts. It was built for anyone who would rather hear a page than stare at it.

Screenshots

Frateca4 screens
hearsay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Frateca at 17.0 against hearsay's 26.2. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Frateca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and hearsay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Frateca versus hearsay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFratecahearsay
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrey NovikovManuel Lampert

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Frateca

Subscriptions2
  • Premium monthly3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Premium yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
1 purchases

hearsay

One-time1
  • hearsay Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Frateca free?
Frateca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hearsay free?
hearsay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Frateca or hearsay have ads?
Neither Frateca nor hearsay shows ads.

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