AuroraBook vs Audia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AuroraBook
This app transforms EPUB files into audiobooks using local text-to-speech technology. Enjoy your digital library as spoken narratives without needing an internet connection, subscription, or encountering ads. It's a free tool for personal audiobook creation.
- EPUB to audiobook conversion
- Local text-to-speech
- No cloud processing
- No subscriptions required
- Ad-free experience
- Free to use
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App to convert epub to audiobook using Text To Speech technology locally. No cloud, no subscription, no ads. Free.
Audia
Listen to your documents, books, and articles with natural-sounding voices. Customize reading speed, pronunciation, and use a sleep timer. Import various file formats and read offline.
- Natural neural voices
- Adjustable reading speed
- Customizable pronunciation
- Sleep timer
- Offline reading
- Import various file formats
- Library organization
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Listen to your books, PDFs and articles while you walk, commute or rest your eyes. Audia reads your text aloud on your iPhone or iPad, with natural voices and no subscription. READ WITH YOUR EYES OR YOUR EARS Choose from 15 built-in neural voices across 31 reading languages. Adjust the speed, follow the highlighted words, set a sleep timer and customize pronunciation. Organize your library in folders and transfer documents from your computer over local Wi-Fi. YOUR TEXT, NARRATED ON YOUR DEVICE Imported content can be read aloud offline, without uploading it to a speech service. Internet is needed to fetch web articles and download books from Audia Library. START FREE. UPGRADE ONCE. The free plan has a daily limit on premium-voice listening. Audia Plus is a one-time in-app purchase for unlimited premium listening, CarPlay, bookmarks, full-book search and M4A audio export. BRING YOUR BOOKS OR FIND A NEW READ Import DRM-free EPUB, PDF with selectable text, MOBI/AZW/PRC, TXT, RTF, DOCX, ODT and FB2, or paste text and web articles. Protected ebooks and image-only PDFs are not supported. Explore classics and Audia Originals in Audia Library. The library gradually grows with new titles. Books have no additional charge; your plan's listening limits still apply. Tap + to explore and start listening.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Audia at 100% against AuroraBook's 0%. AuroraBook's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (16.3 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AuroraBook ships an update every 3 days, Audia every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AuroraBook | Audia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 438 MB | 247 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michele Yin | Leopoldo Manuel Romacho |
Customer experience
AuroraBook
Audia
In-app purchases
AuroraBook
No in-app purchases
Audia
No in-app purchases
