Comparison

impli vs Audiary

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

Head to head
About

impli

This AI-powered keyboard transforms your voice into text for messages, emails, and replies. It offers customizable tones and styles to craft your communications effortlessly. A paid subscription is required to unlock its full capabilities.

Highlights
  • AI voice-to-text transcription
  • Crafts messages, emails, and replies
  • Customizable tones and styles
  • Supports iOS devices
Features
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An AI voice-to-text keyboard for iOS. Turn your voice into perfectly crafted messages with AI. Whether it’s a quick text, a polished email, or a flirty reply—just speak, and let AI do the writing. Now with customizable tones and styles. Note: this app requires a paid subscription to access features. Terms of Use can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Audiary

Transform text into natural-sounding audio using on-device AI. Listen to articles, documents, or typed content with customizable voices and playback options. Enjoy offline listening without subscriptions or ads.

Highlights
  • On-device AI neural voices
  • Customizable voice tiers
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Markdown-aware chapters
  • Word-by-word highlighting
  • Custom pronunciations
  • Offline playback
Features
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Audiary turns your text into something you can listen to. Paste an article, share a document, or type your own content — then press play and listen with high quality voices powered entirely by on-device AI. No subscriptions. No ads. No cloud processing. Just clear, natural speech that runs locally on your iPhone. ON DEVICE NEURAL VOICES Choose from 20 AI-powered voices with remarkably natural pacing and intonation. Male and female options, each with a unique character. Preview any voice before selecting it. Neural voices run entirely on your device — your text never leaves your phone. THREE VOICE TIERS - Neural: Natural AI voices (20 options, one-time 90 MB download) - Enhanced: Apple's high-quality system voices - Default: Basic system voices, always available Pick the tier that fits your device and preference. Switch anytime in Settings. BUILT FOR LISTENING - Markdown-aware chapters — headers become skippable tracks - Adjustable speed with pitch preservation (0.75x to 1.5x) - Full lock screen and background playback controls - Word-by-word highlighting in the full-screen player - Resume exactly where you left off GET CONTENT IN EASILY - Paste from clipboard - Share from any app (text, markdown, PDFs, Notes exports) - Type or edit directly in the built-in editor CUSTOM PRONUNCIATIONS Teach Audiary how to say names, acronyms, or technical terms. Add phonetic spellings in Settings and neural voices will use them every time. SIMPLE, HONEST PRICING Audiary comes with 15 minutes of free listening — no account required, no feature restrictions. After that, a single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited playback forever. No subscriptions, no catches.

Screenshots

impli4 screens
Audiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Audiary at free with in-app purchases against impli's subscription. impli's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. impli sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month and Audiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for impli against 5.0 for Audiary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

impli ships an update every 2 days, Audiary every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
impli versus Audiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterimpliAudiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.417.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLovvyWorking Model LLC

Customer experience

impli

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Audiary

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

impli

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
1 purchases

Audiary

One-time1
  • Audiary Premium$6.99

Questions

Is impli free?
impli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Audiary free?
Audiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, impli or Audiary?
impli and Audiary are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do impli or Audiary have ads?
Neither impli nor Audiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, impli or Audiary?
impli ships an update every 2 days, and Audiary every 8 days. Most recently, impli was updated on September 8, 2026 and Audiary on September 10, 2026.

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