Comparison

Flowstate vs Articles Read Aloud

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

Head to head
About

Flowstate

Features
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Your handwriting knows Things a keyboard never will Safe in its new home Flowstate is the bridge between deep thinking and your digital world. Capture handwritten notes and voice memosβ€”then we transcribe, format, and deliver them to Obsidian, Notion, and more. Set up custom note-taking workflows once, and reuse them with a single tap. CAPTURE YOUR WAY β€’ Snap a photo of handwritten notes β€’ Record a voice memo β€’ Upload a file or PDF β€’ Email notes from your e-ink tablet to your unique Flowstate address β€’ Share text or audio from any app on your phone FLOWSTATE CLEANS IT UP Transcription is just the start. Tell Flowstate how to make your notes more useful, and we'll handle it. It can format, summarize, translate, write a haiku, or anything your heart desires. IT LANDS WHERE IT BELONGS Your cleaned up notes get filed and named exactly how you want, in the apps you already use. Automatically. OUR INTEGRATIONS β€’ Obsidian – Sync to your vault via a custom plugin. β€’ Notion – Create pages in databases or append to existing notes. β€’ Google Drive – Save as Google Docs in any folder. β€’ OneNote – Add notes to any notebook section. Works with personal and business Microsoft accounts. β€’ Need an integration we don't have yet? Reach out to us through the app and we'll (probably) build it! WORKS WITH E-INK TABLETS! Send notes from reMarkable, Supernote, Boox, Daylight, and more using your unique Flowstate email address HUMAN-FRIENDLY PRICING Start with 50 free credits (1 credit = 1 minute of audio or 1 page of notes). Subscribe for monthly credits that roll over, or buy top-up packs that never expire. Thanks for checking out our app. We hope you find it as useful as we have! -Raj and Rob Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Articles Read Aloud

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Turn everything you saved into a podcast. Paste a link and press play. A natural voice reads the article aloud while you commute, walk or cook, and the text follows along word by word. MADE FOR WHAT YOU SAVE β€’ Full X Articles, and whole threads read as one piece β€’ LinkedIn posts and articles β€’ Blogs, newsletters and news sites, without the menus, buttons and ads β€’ Paste a link on Home, or share it to Tuneread from X, LinkedIn or Safari VOICES ON YOUR IPHONE β€’ Natural voices made on your phone, not on a server β€’ Starts reading right away, and articles in your library play without a connection β€’ Speeds from 0.8Γ— to 2Γ—, in the background and from the lock screen EVERY PARAGRAPH IN ITS OWN LANGUAGE Read in English and German? Or English and Czech? Tuneread picks the right voice for each paragraph, even when an article switches partway through. Neural voices read 31 languages, best of all English, and Apple's voices read the rest. A LIBRARY THAT KEEPS UP β€’ Up Next, Quick Listens under five minutes, and shelves for each source β€’ Filters for unplayed, in progress and played β€’ Search that looks inside the articles, not just the titles FOR ANYONE WHO'D RATHER LISTEN On the commute, on a run, with tired eyes or with dyslexia: the long reads you never get to, finally heard. FREE TO START, PAY ONCE Free for 30 minutes of listening a day, with every voice and language, at up to 1.5Γ—. Tuneread Pro is a single payment, not a subscription: unlimited listening, whole articles downloaded ahead, audio files to keep, and speeds up to 2Γ—. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your library stays on your iPhone. Add the first thing you saved and press play. Privacy: https://tuneread.com/privacy Support: https://tuneread.com/support X is a trademark of X Corp., and LinkedIn of LinkedIn Corporation. Tuneread isn't affiliated with them.

Screenshots

Flowstate4 screens
Articles Read Aloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Articles Read Aloud at every 3 days against Flowstate's every 5 weeks. Flowstate's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Flowstate sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Articles Read Aloud sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flowstate ships an update every 5 weeks, Articles Read Aloud every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Flowstate versus Articles Read Aloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowstateArticles Read Aloud
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size47 MB26 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDune VenturesRoman Mastalir

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Flowstate

Subscriptions2
  • Subscription – Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Max Subscription$24.991 Month
One-time2
  • 200 credits$4.99
  • Credits Pack (750)$14.99
1 purchases

Articles Read Aloud

One-time1
  • Tuneread Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Flowstate free?
Flowstate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Articles Read Aloud free?
Articles Read Aloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flowstate or Articles Read Aloud have ads?
Neither Flowstate nor Articles Read Aloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flowstate or Articles Read Aloud?
Flowstate ships an update every 5 weeks, and Articles Read Aloud every 3 days. Most recently, Flowstate was updated on October 28, 2026 and Articles Read Aloud on October 31, 2026.

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