Comparison

Articles2Podcast vs Listen it later!

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

Head to head
About

Articles2Podcast

Features
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Add any publicly-visible web page or article in the app, or via the "Share" button, to create a high-quality audio version for offline listening. Once the app is set up, other than downloading the article text, all audio processing occurs offline, on your device—no data is sent off your device, and you don't use up any bandwidth while listening to your "custom podcast". Load up a bunch of articles, and save the audio files for later listening when traveling, etc. Voices in 8 languages (English (US & UK), Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese) are from the lightweight, high-quality, open source Kokoro model https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M 100% free of charge, since your phone's GPU is doing the work (no need to pay for cloud compute) Open source code for the app (MIT License) available at https://github.com/skywalkerswartz/Articles2Podcast/ ...please feel free to suggest fixes/enhancements and report issues Known issues: 1. Due to limitations of the iPhone's GPU, the app must be open in order to create the audio files (audio generation pauses if the app goes into the background) 2. Some websites/publications block the Mozilla Readbility.js library used for downloading article text

About

Listen it later!

Features
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Listen it later helps you collect things to listen to in one place. Import webpage links, pasted text, PDFs, TXT files, and Markdown files. You can also share content directly from Safari or other apps into your listening queue. Each item is cleaned up, added to your queue, and ready to play when you want. Use it to line up articles, notes, and long reads, then listen through them in order. Built for a simple workflow: • collect now • queue everything together • listen later Listen it later is ideal for reading queues, saved articles, research, and text you want to hear instead of read. Listen it later is ideal for reading queues, saved articles, research, and text you want to hear instead of read. Privacy Policy: https://ting.ainote.xin/privacy/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Articles2Podcast3 screens
Listen it later!3 screens

Verdict

The call

Articles2Podcast and Listen it later! are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Articles2Podcast versus Listen it later!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArticles2PodcastListen it later!
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB9 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLUKE HIRO SWARTZ希文 黄

In-app purchases

None

Articles2Podcast

No in-app purchases

None

Listen it later!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Articles2Podcast free?
Articles2Podcast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Listen it later! free?
Listen it later! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Articles2Podcast or Listen it later! have ads?
Neither Articles2Podcast nor Listen it later! shows ads.

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