Comparison

VoiceScroll vs Textream

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

Head to head
About

VoiceScroll

This app automatically scrolls your script as you speak, using voice recognition to keep pace. It offers real-time word highlighting, camera recording with a Picture-in-Picture window, and supports 22 languages. All processing is done offline for privacy.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated auto scroll
  • Real-time word highlighting
  • Camera recording with PIP
  • 100% offline and private
  • 22 languages supported
  • Customizable display
Features
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VoiceScroll is a voice-activated teleprompter that scrolls your script as you speak. Paste your script, tap Start, and speak. Speed up, slow down, or pause, and the script stays with you. THREE WAYS TO SCROLL • Voice — the script keeps pace as you speak. Choose Fast response or High accuracy (iOS 26 or later, selected languages). • Auto-scroll — a set speed, no speaking needed. • Remote & Buttons — start, pause, and step one word back or forward with a Bluetooth keyboard or a remote that sends key presses. On iPad, a mouse wheel steps through words too. Not available while floating over other apps. THREE PROMPTER MODES • Just read the script — for a separate camera or a live talk. Mirror horizontally or vertically to read straight off teleprompter glass. • Record in this app — your script sits over the camera. Film in portrait or landscape (16:9). Adjust zoom and switch between the front and back cameras mid-recording. Orientation stays locked while you record, so the video never flips. • Float over other apps — keep reading in a small window while another camera app records. AFTER YOU RECORD IN THE APP • Captions — your script becomes captions timed to your voice, in the style you pick. Videos recorded with Auto-scroll need iOS 26 or later for captions. • Silence — listen to each pause and cut the ones you don't want. • Save — the edited video goes to Photos. • Unsaved videos — close without saving and the video stays in the app (7 days, up to 3 per script, by default). EASY TO READ • The word you're on fills in as you read; what you've read turns gray. • Reading box — drag it to your lens height and set its width. • Change text size, line height, letter spacing, and alignment even while reading. Pinch to resize text (14–80 pt, up to 160 pt on iPad). • Tap any word to jump there. • Script Directions — notes in square brackets, like [smiling], are skipped by voice tracking and shown briefly when you reach them. • My Scripts — search by title or text and pick up where you stopped. MADE FOR • Video and short-form creators • Presentations, lectures, and sermons • Toasts, event hosting, and recorded job interviews • Narration and read-aloud practice 34 LANGUAGES Recognizes 34 languages, including English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Cantonese), German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Arabic and Hebrew display right to left. The language is detected from your script. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT By default, speech recognition runs on your device, and your voice and the text of your scripts stay on it. If you turn on Online recognition, languages without an on-device model are recognized by Apple's servers. No ads. No account. VoiceScroll does not collect your scripts. FREE AND PRO Every feature is free for scripts up to 300 characters. VoiceScroll Pro removes the length limit. Choose a yearly or monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. A sample script is included, so you can try it the moment you install. For iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Textream

Features
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Keep your eyes close to the camera and your place in the script. Textream is a teleprompter for iPhone and iPad that can follow the words you say, scroll at a steady pace, or move only while you speak. Paste or write a script, choose Read or Record, and start presenting. THREE WAYS TO STAY ON SCRIPT • Word Tracking follows and highlights the words you say using Apple Speech Recognition. • Classic scrolls at a steady speed without speech recognition. • Voice-Activated scrolls while you speak and pauses when you stop. BETTER EYE CONTACT Keep the active line just below the front camera, or place it in the center of the screen. Textream keeps the last spoken line visible in Word Tracking mode so you can continue naturally. In Classic and Voice-Activated modes, swipe left or right to change speed without interfering with vertical scrolling. If your script appears to use a different language, Textream can suggest a matching Word Tracking language. READ OR RECORD Use a clean fullscreen teleprompter in portrait or landscape. Show the camera behind your script when you want a live preview, or use Record mode to capture front- or back-camera video with microphone audio. The teleprompter stays visible to you but is not added to the saved video. YOUR RECORDINGS Completed videos are saved to Photos. Open Textream’s recordings gallery to play videos made with Textream, trim a recording with the system video editor, select multiple recordings, or delete them from Photos. If a save fails, Textream keeps a local pending copy so you can retry or discard it. MAKE IT COMFORTABLE TO READ Choose the typeface, size, text color, stage-direction color, and camera-overlay opacity. OpenDyslexic is included. Put stage directions in brackets; Textream displays them without treating them as spoken words. A fullscreen editor gives longer scripts more room. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Textream has no account, ads, analytics, or developer-operated cloud service. Scripts and settings stay on your device. Word Tracking uses Apple’s speech-recognition framework; depending on your device, selected language, and service availability, Apple may process speech on-device or send microphone audio to Apple. Textream’s source code is available on GitHub. A separate Textream app is also available for Mac.

Screenshots

VoiceScroll4 screens
Textream3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Textream at none against VoiceScroll's 3. VoiceScroll's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. VoiceScroll sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Textream asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
VoiceScroll versus Textream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoiceScrollTextream
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSangkwun KangFatih Kadir Akin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VoiceScroll

Subscriptions2
  • Voice Scroll Pro$5.991 Month
  • Voice Scroll Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • VoiceScroll Pro$39.99
None

Textream

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VoiceScroll free?
VoiceScroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Textream free?
Textream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VoiceScroll or Textream have ads?
Neither VoiceScroll nor Textream shows ads.

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