BookVoice vs Auren
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
BookVoice
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BookVoice is a free app for anyone who finds reading difficult or canβt spare the time, yet still wants to enjoy books: - Enjoy thousands of free classic and public domain books, easily search by category or title, and read or listen anytime with built-in audio support. - Scan pages with your iPhoneβs camera and let BookVoice read them aloud for you. - Create audio books, pick up where you left off, with full pause and resume support. - Build your own library of famous classics, read or listen anywhere, and pick up right where you left off. - BookVoice is also helpful for individuals with dyslexia and those pursuing their education, while also offering an enjoyable and productive experience for older adults and for those who love keeping books in their libraries as a nostalgic treasure. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional terms: https://erdemaksakal.github.io/bookvoice/terms
Auren
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Auren turns books, documents, and saved pages into speech. Choose about 75 minutes of Auren Premium Voice each month or 15 hours each year. The annual allowance starts when an eligible free trial begins. Apple voices remain unlimited. You can also download Auren's on-device Kokoro voice pack, try the experimental Supertonic 3 voice pack, or paste an existing xAI, OpenAI, or Google developer API key for optional cloud voices. Build a listening library from printed pages, photos, pasted text, PDFs, EPUBs, text files, web links, and audio transcripts. Open any item, tap a paragraph to start listening, and follow the text as Auren reads. Auren also includes a maintained catalog of U.S. public-domain editions sourced from Standard Ebooks and a Discover feed limited to written articles from approved sources with a documented sharing basis. Other websites can be imported by link or followed through a personal RSS feed. With Auren, you can: - Listen with Apple voices available on your device - Use Auren Premium Voice, about 75 minutes each month or 15 hours each year - Download the recommended Kokoro on-device voice pack - Try the separately downloaded experimental Supertonic 3 voice pack - Paste an existing xAI, OpenAI, or Google API key for optional cloud voices - Scan pages and extract text from photos - Import PDFs, EPUBs, text files, web links, and audio - Discover verified written articles from approved public sources - Save articles locally for offline reading and listening - Create a branded Audio Card video and optional revocable listening link - Continue from the Home Screen with Auren widgets - Keep your place in every item - Adjust voice, speed, rewind, forward, and sleep timer - Read and listen in the same focused view You do not create an Auren account or sign in. Auren creates an anonymous installation identity on your device for online services such as translation, connected-provider narration, Gift a Listen, and support. The identifier and its 32-byte secret stay in ThisDeviceOnly Keychain storage. Auren stores only a hash of the secret and uses short-lived installation sessions. Auren Premium Voice sends each uncached passage through Auren's service for narration and tracks the period allowance. A Premium-only access token is stored in iOS Keychain. Premium audio is cached on the device and on Auren's service; private-import audio is owner-scoped. Optional connected-provider narration accepts an existing developer API key. For each uncached passage, Auren sends the provider key and passage through its Cloudflare service to the provider selected. Connected-provider audio is cached on the device. Auren does not create provider accounts or sell provider usage. Before translating an article, Auren asks for permission to send the article title and text through Auren's service on Cloudflare to Google Gemini. Do not continue with content you do not want processed off your device. Auren requires an Auren subscription for app access. In the US, Auren Monthly is $7.99 per month and includes about 75 minutes of Auren Premium Voice each month. Auren Annual is $59.99 per year and includes 15 hours of Auren Premium Voice each year. App Store pricing varies by region. Eligible new annual subscribers can receive a 7-day free trial with the full annual allowance available from its start. The monthly plan has no introductory offer. Each plan renews automatically for its billing period unless canceled in your App Store account. Apple determines trial eligibility and shows the offer and price before purchase confirmation. Privacy Policy: https://aurenreader.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://aurenreader.com/support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Auren at 17.0 against BookVoice's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BookVoice sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Auren sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | BookVoice | Auren |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ERDEM AKSAKAL | 21 Media |
In-app purchases
BookVoice
- Unlock Pro Features$3.991 Month
- Unlock Pro Features$24.991 Year
Auren
- Auren Monthly$7.991 Month
- Auren Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year









