Comparison

Xarra vs brrrrr

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

Head to head
About

Xarra

Listen to articles, documents, and web content with natural-sounding text-to-speech. Customize playback speed, voices, and reading fonts, with optional synced highlighting. This app prioritizes privacy, working offline without accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • On-device text-to-speech
  • Supports PDF, EPUB, Markdown, and more
  • Web article sharing
  • Adjustable playback speed and voices
  • Customizable reading fonts
  • Synced line and word highlighting
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Xarra uses on-device text-to-speech with natural voices, so you can listen to pretty much any text, or read along with synced line and optional word highlighting, and stay focused. Featured in Create with Swift, Weekly Newsletter #101 (Indie App of the Week): "The app developed by Daniel is well integrated into the system. (...) Accessibility runs through the whole experience rather than sitting on top of it." Bring your content in: • Import PDF, EPUB, Markdown, DAISY, plain text, RTF, and more, or browse Project Gutenberg in the app. • Share web articles, blog posts, and documents from Safari and other apps. • Paste text or add a URL. Listen your way: • Optional word highlighting in background or underline styles. • Adjust playback speed and pick a voice for each language. • Choose reading fonts including OpenDyslexic, Atkinson Hyperlegible, and Lexend. Accessibility front and center: • VoiceOver-friendly navigation, Dynamic Type as a design principle, Bold Text, and Increase Contrast support, and more. • Respects your device assistive technology voice and speed settings. Private, lightweight, and offline-friendly: no account, no analytics, no tracking. Your documents stay on your device and sync through your private iCloud when enabled. Terms & Conditions for Xarra: https://accessibilityupto11.com/apps/xarra/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://accessibilityupto11.com/apps/xarra/privacy/

About

brrrrr

This app helps you track various aspects of your life, from daily habits and streaks to game dice rolls and chore rotations. It offers customizable trackers with features like automatic advancement and iCloud sync for seamless use across devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable tallies for one-tap counting
  • Dice roller from d2 to d100
  • List shuffling and selection
  • Date-since streak tracking
  • Automatic schedule advancement
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Count anything. Track everything. brrrrr is the friendly little app for life's small counts: cups of coffee, days since the gym, the next d20 roll, whose turn it is to do the dishes. Four trackers, infinite uses. TALLIES — One tap, one count. Press and hold to fly through hundreds. DICE — Roll d2 through d100. Perfect for game night, decision-making, or breaking a tie. LISTS — Shuffle for tonight's dinner. Advance through a chore rota. Pick a name out of the hat. DATE-SINCE — Days since you started, quit, ran, called. Watch the streak compound. SCHEDULES — Tallies and lists can advance, reset, or shuffle on their own, daily or weekly. Set it once and forget the upkeep. ICLOUD SYNC — Sync trackers and values across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS — Glance, tap, count from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Spotlight.

Screenshots

Xarra4 screens
brrrrr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Xarra at 100% against brrrrr's 0%. Xarra also leads on price (Free vs $7.99). brrrrr's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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

Xarra is free to download; brrrrr costs $7.99 up front. Xarra sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. brrrrr asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Xarra versus brrrrr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXarrabrrrrr
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Devesa Derksen-StaatsDan Eden

Customer experience

Xarra

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

brrrrr

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Xarra

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$29.99
None

brrrrr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xarra free?
Xarra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is brrrrr free?
brrrrr costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Xarra or brrrrr have ads?
Neither Xarra nor brrrrr shows ads.

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