Comparison

Easy Text to Speech Reader vs NoteScribe

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

Head to head
About

Easy Text to Speech Reader

This app reads text aloud from typed input, imported files, or web links. Customize voice, speed, and pitch for a personalized listening experience. It remembers your progress and allows listening while using other apps or with a locked screen.

Highlights
  • Reads text from typing, files, or web links
  • Supports 19 file types
  • 152 voices in 50+ languages
  • Customizable playback speed and pitch
  • Highlights current word
  • Background playback and screen lock support
  • Saves reading progress
Features
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Easy Text to Speech Reader lets you type, paste, or import text and instantly hear it read aloud. Choose from 152 voices in 50+ languages, or create your own custom voices from a short audio clip. INSTANT VOICE CLONING Instantly clone a voice using just 5 seconds of audio 100% locally / completely on your device. Unlimited amount of cloned voices can be saved (in the "My Voices" section). 152 VOICES IN 50+ LANGUAGES Choose from a huge selection of voices across more than 50 languages, including premium, standard, and fun voices. READ TEXT & DOCUMENTS Type or paste text directly into the app, or 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 will read the webpage for you. CUSTOMIZE YOUR LISTENING EXPERIENCE • Adjust playback speed and pitch • Automatically center and highlight the word currently being read • Listen while using other apps • Continue listening with your screen locked • Your text and reading position are saved when you close and reopen the app

About

NoteScribe

Features
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**NoteScribe: Loop & Beat Studio** turns drawing into music. Sketch a line, tap a grid of colorful pixels, or press piano keys — every input locks to the key and scale you choose, so nothing you play is ever a wrong note. Three ways to create: **Draw** — sketch freehand across the canvas and watch your line become a melody, mapped note by note to pitch and time. **Pixels** — tap cells on a grid to place notes precisely, building patterns you can see as well as hear. **Piano** — play a full on-screen keyboard that's already scale-locked, so improvising always sounds right. Pick any key and scale — major, minor, and more — and every note you draw, tap, or press snaps to it. It's an easy way to explore music theory by ear: hear how a scale actually sounds instead of just reading about it. Layer a beat under your melody with a built-in kick, snare, and hi-hat, and choose 2, 3, or 4 hits per beat to shape the groove. Choose from a palette of instrument colors to give each part of your composition its own voice and its own color on the canvas, so a piece you draw is also a piece you can read at a glance. When you're happy with what you made, export it as a MIDI file to bring into GarageBand, Logic, or any other music software, or export straight to WAV audio. Share a code so a friend can open your exact composition on their own device. Built for anyone who wants to make music without already knowing music theory — kids learning their first scales, beginners who've never touched an instrument, and musicians who want a fast, visual way to sketch ideas. Because every note is scale-locked, there's no such thing as a wrong note: just draw, tap, or play, and it sounds like music. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/melodymusicprivacy/home

Screenshots

Easy Text to Speech Reader4 screens
NoteScribe3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Easy Text to Speech Reader at none against NoteScribe's 1. NoteScribe's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. NoteScribe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Easy Text to Speech Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Easy Text to Speech Reader versus NoteScribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy Text to Speech ReaderNoteScribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size231 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerome PullenOussama Oumlil

In-app purchases

None

Easy Text to Speech Reader

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

NoteScribe

One-time1
  • Melody Lifetime pro$4.99

Questions

Is Easy Text to Speech Reader free?
Easy Text to Speech Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NoteScribe free?
NoteScribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Easy Text to Speech Reader or NoteScribe have ads?
Easy Text to Speech Reader shows ads; NoteScribe does not.

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