Papertone vs Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Papertone
This app offers a nostalgic note-taking experience with a retro iOS aesthetic. It features skeuomorphic textures and physical notebook elements for a charming interface. Easily create, search, and manage your notes with a focus on simplicity and elegance.
- Skeuomorphic textures
- Lined paper backgrounds
- Retro Apple-style interface
- Hidden settings shortcut
- Note import/export
- Time format options
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Papertone is a simple, elegant note-taking app inspired by the golden era of iOS — complete with skeuomorphic textures, lined paper backgrounds, and nostalgic charm. Everything is built to feel like a physical notebook — soft shadows, realistic textures, and a retro Apple-style interface. Here's what you need to know: • Tap the + button in the top-right corner to create a new note. • Need to find something? Pull down on your notes list to reveal the search bar. • Tap to edit button to make changes on the note. • Don't forget, first line of the note will be the title. • Want to access settings? Tap the "Notes" header 5 times — it's a hidden shortcut to keep the interface clean. From the settings menu, you can: • Switch between 12-hour and 24-hour time formats • Import or export your notes • Delete all notes (careful, this can't be undone) Just open and start writing — no distractions, no complexity. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro
Convert written text into spoken audio with a vast selection of voices and languages. Import various document types or web pages to have them read aloud. Customize playback and export audio files.
- Text to speech conversion
- Export to audio file
- 152 voices in 50+ languages
- Import 19 file types
- Web page reading
- Customizable playback speed and pitch
- Background listening
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Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro has no ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases. Now you can instantly clone a voice using just 5 seconds of audio and use that voice to read your text aloud 100% local on your device. It will save every voice that you cloned in "My Voices" category and it is unlimited. Type, paste, or import text and instantly hear it read aloud. You can also export your speech as an audio file. INSTANT VOICE CLONING Clone a voice from just a 5-second audio clip and immediately generate speech in that voice. Voice cloning and speech generation happen directly on your device, without needing to upload your recording to a server. It saves every voice that you cloned in "My Voices" category and it is unlimited. TEXT TO SPEECH • Read text aloud with 152 voices in 50+ languages • Customize playback speed and pitch • Follow along as the app centers and highlights the word currently being read • Continue listening while using other apps or with your screen locked • Your text and reading position are saved when you close and reopen the app EXPORT AUDIO Export your generated speech as an audio file whenever you want. IMPORT TEXT & DOCUMENTS Import 19 different file types: .pdf / .txt / .doc / .docx / .pages / .rtf / .md / .epub / .mobi / .azw / .azw3 / .fb2 / .lit / .pdb / .prc / .djvu / .cbr / .cbz / .csv READ WEBPAGES Paste in a webpage link and Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro will read the webpage for you. NO ADS. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. NO IN-APP PURCHASES.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Papertone at $1.99 against Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro's $14.99. Papertone also leads on chart position (#190 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Papertone costs $1.99 and Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Papertone against 5.0 for Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Papertone | Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #190 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 226 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YUSUF SAHAN TARHAN | Jerome Pullen |
Customer experience
Papertone
Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro
In-app purchases
Papertone
No in-app purchases
Easy Text to Speech Reader Pro
No in-app purchases
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