Comparison

DeepReader vs PaperSpeak

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

Head to head
About

DeepReader

Features
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DeepReader is a text-to-speech application that converts various types of text into natural, fluent audio. It supports PDFs, web articles, photos, cloud documents, and more, allowing you to listen to content in different scenarios and freeing reading from the limitations of screens. We focus on delivering a high-quality speech synthesis experience, continuously refining pronunciation, intonation, and pauses so that AI narration sounds more natural and human-like, making it suitable for long listening sessions and repeated playback. The app offers a range of practical features, including online text-to-speech playback, voice preview, and PDF text recognition. You can listen online to preview the generated audio. If you wish to save content as audio files, character packages are available for purchase to enable audio generation and downloads. For users with reading difficulties, visual fatigue, or challenges with extended reading, DeepReader presents text through a combination of audio and visual support. This approach helps reduce reading strain and allows you to focus more on the content itself rather than the act of reading. Privacy Policy:https://draft.zeromi.top/deepreader/privacy/en.html Terms of Use:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PaperSpeak

Features
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PaperSpeak turns the documents you already have into a calm, focused listening experience. PaperSpeak is free to download and use, with no ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases. Import a file or paste text, choose a voice, and listen while PaperSpeak highlights each sentence. Tap any sentence to jump directly to it, adjust the playback speed, and continue later from where you stopped. READ AND LISTEN TOGETHER • Follow clear sentence-by-sentence highlighting • Tap any sentence to start from that point • Adjust playback speed from 0.5× to 2× • Continue listening in the background • Resume each document from your saved position BRING YOUR OWN DOCUMENTS • Import PDF, TXT, RTF, HTML, DOCX, and Pages files • Read text-based and scanned PDFs with on-device recognition • Keep PDF reading order while common repeated headers, footers, and page numbers are removed • Follow PDF page progress and resume where you stopped • Import several documents at once • Paste text to create a document instantly • Share text, webpages, and supported document files directly from other apps • Webpage import focuses on the main article and skips common banners, navigation, sidebars, related-content grids, comments, and footers • Share one or several screenshots and extract editable text on-device • Older DOC files can be converted to DOCX before import KEEP YOUR LIBRARY ORGANIZED • Create and rename folders • Select several documents at once • Move documents between folders • Rename or delete documents whenever you like CHOOSE HOW PAPER SPEAKS • Use built-in Apple voices offline • Choose from 13 language options: Mandarin, Cantonese, US and UK English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Hindi, and Arabic • Set a favorite voice for each selected language • Optionally connect Azure, OpenAI, or ElevenLabs with your own API key PaperSpeak does not require an account and does not contain advertising or tracking. Documents, screenshot recognition, and scanned-PDF recognition stay on your device when using built-in voices. When you choose a cloud speech engine, the text being spoken is sent directly to that provider to generate audio. Optional cloud providers may charge for their services; see each provider’s official website for more information.

Screenshots

DeepReader4 screens
PaperSpeak4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PaperSpeak at none against DeepReader's 2. On price, ads, 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. DeepReader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. PaperSpeak asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
DeepReader versus PaperSpeak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeepReaderPaperSpeak
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer四营 田Chih-Yu Tung

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DeepReader

Subscriptions2
  • 1 month3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • 12 Months3 Days trial$69.991 Year
None

PaperSpeak

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeepReader free?
DeepReader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaperSpeak free?
PaperSpeak is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DeepReader or PaperSpeak have ads?
Neither DeepReader nor PaperSpeak shows ads.

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