Comparison

Read To Me vs TTSReader Text to Speech

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

Head to head
About

Read To Me

This application converts written text into spoken audio offline. Capture, import, or type text, then listen to it read aloud with customizable voice and speed settings. Organize your content in a personal library for easy access anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Offline text-to-speech
  • Camera text scanning (OCR)
  • Import PDF/TXT files
  • Customizable voice, accent, speed
  • Organized personal library
  • Local data storage
Features
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Read To Me is a practical text-to-speech app designed for moments when internet access is unavailable or unreliable. It lets you capture, import, or write text entirely offline, then listen to it read aloud using iOS’s built-in speech engine. The app focuses on turning written content into accessible audio while keeping everything stored locally, organized, and reusable, making it useful for reading documents, articles, notes, or stories anytime and anywhere. Key Features: - Offline text-to-speech using iOS system voices, with no internet required - Multiple ways to add text: scan with camera (on-device OCR), import PDF or TXT files, or paste and type manually - Clean reader view with playback controls and real-time word highlighting - Per-text reader settings, including voice, accent, and reading speed, saved individually for each text - Personal library with collections to organize saved texts and access them later - Support for sharing and exporting saved texts, and sharing original files when available - Fully local data storage with persistent texts, collections, and reader preferences Read To Me helps you convert written content into spoken audio in a reliable and controlled way, without depending on connectivity or external services. By combining offline text capture, customizable reading settings, and an organized library, the app supports focused listening, and flexible reading habits. Its clear purpose, persistent data model, and offline-first design make it a practical tool for everyday use rather than a simple or disposable utility.

About

TTSReader Text to Speech

Listen to written content on the go with a text-to-speech reader. Access curated documents, personal files, and web pages, with options to create audio clips and podcasts. Enjoy offline playback and customizable reading experiences.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech conversion
  • Offline playback support
  • CarPlay integration
  • Audio clip creation
  • Document summarization
  • Customizable reading themes
  • Pronunciation dictionary
Features
Read full description

TTSReader - the globally trusted app for listening to text and generating speech - is now on iPhone!! - With all the extra benefits that come with that. Turns reading into a fully immersive audio experience. Offline listening, download as mp3, CarPlay, and LockScreen playing in the background so you can keep listening while doing anything else. The most interesting content in the world is written. Now, you can listen to all of it, clip, share, and more — with the brand-new TTSReader app for iPhone. No ads! No tracking! Not keeping or using your text or data to train AI models (or anything else other than generating the audio you asked for). By WellSource Ltd – where users are our top priority, trusted by millions since 2015. TTSReader was built to serve you - and we would love you to try it out, enjoy it, and give us feedback. Built bottom up from scratch, with the latest technologies, more than 600 natural sounding voices, iOS native, CarPlay native, offline support, sync across devices and more, the new TTSReader app is now the best text-to-speech solution on iPhone hands-down, with free basic voices and premium AI voices via the subscription plans to accommodate everyone's needs. Open the app and land on Discover — founding documents, famous speeches, classic books and stories, curated and ready to play. Your Library holds everything in one place — documents, ebooks, and rendered audio, with quick filters to find any of them. And the best part? It plays on CarPlay!!! And supports 100% OFFLINE playing!! Adding something new takes one tap: a blank page, your clipboard, a web page, a file — or let AI teach you about any topic or recap today’s news. Pick from clear, pleasant, natural-sounding voices — favorite the ones you love, and preview any of them with a tap. The reader is built for long, comfortable sessions — here’s Moby Dick in the warm sepia theme, chapter by chapter. As it reads, the current sentence is highlighted so your eyes and ears stay in sync — even at night. Default, Paper, Sepia, Night, or Black — the whole reading experience adapts to the theme you choose. Text size, font, colors — tune the page until it reads exactly the way you like. Select any passage to copy, translate, speak — or turn it straight into an audio clip. Your clip is rendered in seconds with the voice of your choice — save it to Files or share it anywhere. Render whole documents to audio in the cloud — download them for offline listening, or add them to your personal podcast channel. Rendered audio is yours to keep: save the MP3 to your device folders or share it with anyone. Built-in AI tools go further — summarize a document, translate it, or turn it into a two-host podcast. Reading something interesting in your browser? TTSReader is one share away. Share any page straight into TTSReader — it lands in your Library and starts reading aloud. Ebooks in your Files app? TTSReader picks them up too. Open any EPUB with TTSReader and it becomes a narrated book, chapters and all. And for the perfectionists: a pronunciation dictionary lets you teach your voices exactly how to say any word. That’s the new TTSReader for iPhone — the content you always meant to read, finally in your ears. The app uses Apple's standard LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT ( https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ )

Screenshots

Read To Me4 screens
TTSReader Text to Speech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Read To Me at 4.2 against TTSReader Text to Speech's 3.4. Read To Me also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). TTSReader Text to Speech's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. TTSReader Text to Speech sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Read To Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Read To Me holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Read To Me versus TTSReader Text to Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead To MeTTSReader Text to Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Number of ratings55
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndieway LLCWellSource Ltd.

Customer experience

Read To Me

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

TTSReader Text to Speech

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Read To Me

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

TTSReader Text to Speech

Subscriptions2
  • TTSReader Premium3 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • TTSReader Premium - Annual3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • 1 Million Extra Credits Booster$10.99

Questions

Is Read To Me free?
Read To Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TTSReader Text to Speech free?
TTSReader Text to Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Read To Me or TTSReader Text to Speech?
Read To Me is rated higher. Read To Me averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while TTSReader Text to Speech averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Read To Me or TTSReader Text to Speech have ads?
Neither Read To Me nor TTSReader Text to Speech shows ads.

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