Jotpad Notes vs Sandbook

This app allows you to Jot little notes, reminders, or really any text you want. Jotpad also has Shortcut Actions

Sandbook reads books, documents and articles aloud with natural neural voices, entirely on your device. Nothing you read is uploaded, and there is no account, no subscription and no ads. NATURAL VOICES, OFFLINE - 28 English voices, American and British, male and female - Powered by the open-source Kokoro model running locally on your iPhone or iPad; works without an internet connection - Playback speed from 0.5x to 2.5x READ FROM ANYWHERE - Import EPUB, PDF, TXT and RTF files - Send files or selected text to Sandbook from any app with the share sheet - Read web pages, or type and paste text and save it to your library - Shortcuts: Open Sandbook, Add Text to Sandbook LISTEN THE WAY YOU READ - Search chapters, jump to a page, drag to any position; PDFs use their built-in table of contents when there is one - Prepare a chapter's audio ahead of time, then keep listening with the screen locked; you'll see progress and time remaining while it prepares - Export any text as an audio file to listen anywhere - Optional Keep Screen Awake; haptic feedback you can turn off - VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion supported PRIVATE BY DESIGN Sandbook never sends your text to a server. Everything, including the voices, stays on your device. GOOD TO KNOW - Real-time reading pauses when the screen locks. To listen with the screen off, prepare the chapter first. - Voices are English only for now. - Sandbook runs a neural speech model on your device, so it works best on recent iPhones and iPads. Requires iOS 18.2 or later. Questions or ideas: support@sandbook.app