Article TTS vs Speechly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Article TTS
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PRODUCTIVITY MEETS AUDIO Transform your reading list into a listening experience. ArticleTTS helps busy people consume more content by turning articles into audio - perfect for multitasking. Save articles from any website, organize them into playlists, and listen while commuting, exercising, or doing chores. With natural voices, adjustable speed, and offline access, you'll never fall behind on your reading again. Features: • Text-to-speech with natural voices • Smart playlists for continuous listening • Works completely offline • Folder organization • Share articles from Safari or any other app to ArticleTTS to store articles. • Reading progress tracking • Article translation (iOS 26+) • Import/export via CSV Try free for 30 days, then $0.99/month or $9.99 lifetime. Download ArticleTTS and make every moment productive. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://altercaze.github.io/articletts-legal/privacy-policy
Speechly
This app transforms any text into natural, human-sounding audio using ultra-realistic AI voices. It can read PDFs, web articles, images, ebooks, and typed text, offering a vast library of free ebooks and customizable listening environments.
- Ultra-realistic AI voices
- Read PDFs, web articles, images, ebooks
- OCR for scanned text
- 75,000+ free ebooks
- Customizable listening speed and highlighting
- Voice dictation to text
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Speechly is the most powerful text to speech app and #1 in Unlimited Text-to-Speech. With ultra-realistic AI voices, it transforms any content into natural, human-sounding audio you'll actually want to listen to. Listen to anything: PDFs, web articles, images, ebooks, documents, typed text. If it has words, Speechly can read it. Snap a photo of any text and our OCR engine reads it aloud instantly. 25+ premium AI voices: Choose from over 25 neural voices across multiple languages. These aren't robotic text to speech voices. They're warm, natural, and indistinguishable from a real human narrator. 75,000+ free ebooks: Unlock the world's greatest library. Classics, bestsellers, and everything in between, all free, all readable in Speechly. Built for focus: Set your perfect listening speed, follow along with real-time word highlighting, and layer in ambient background sounds to create your ideal listening environment. Every format. Every source. - PDFs & documents - Web articles & links - Images & scanned text (OCR) - Typed or dictated text - 75,000+ free ebooks Also speak, not just listen: Use Speechly's dictation feature to convert your voice into text on the fly. Whether you're commuting, studying, or just giving your eyes a rest, Speechly turns your reading list into your listening list. Privacy Policy: https://speechlyapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://speechlyapp.com/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Article TTS and Speechly are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Article TTS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Speechly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Article TTS ships an update every 5 days, Speechly every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Article TTS | Speechly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jerry Hsu | Liberace Pte. Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Article TTS
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- ArticleTTS Lifetime Access$9.99
Speechly
- Speechly Pro$12.991 Month
- Speechly Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year









