Comparison

Bad Page vs OpenVox Reader

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

Head to head
About

Bad Page

Features
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Welcome to a clear mind. Bad Page is designed for thinkers, creators, and anyone who wants to capture ideas without the noise. Core Features: Fast & Simple: Open the app and start writing immediately. Trash Archive: Never lose a thought, even if you discard it. Wall: View all your ideas at a glance. Bad Page Premium: Upgrade to unlock the full potential of your mind. Zero Ads: Pure focus. No bullshit. Organize the Chaos: Unlock Tag filters to find your ideas instantly. Unlimited Posts: Write without boundaries. Early Access: Get all future premium tools we build. *Premium is available via an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription.

About

OpenVox Reader

Transform any text into natural-sounding audio for offline listening. Import books, PDFs, documents, and web links. Choose from hundreds of voices, adjust playback speed, and save important sentences. Keep your documents private with local processing.

Highlights
  • Text to audio conversion
  • Offline listening
  • Import ebooks, PDFs, documents, web links
  • Hundreds of natural voices
  • Custom voice creation
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Save important sentences
  • In-document search
Features
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Turn Reading Time into Listening Time OpenVox Reader transforms books, PDFs, documents, web links and text into natural-sounding audio, so you can keep reading while commuting, walking, exercising, resting or working. Import your content, choose from hundreds of voices, create your own custom voice, and listen at your preferred speed without sending your private documents to an online speech service. Listen to Almost Anything Bring all your reading into one simple library: • Import ebooks and PDFs • Add documents and text files • Save web links for listening • Scan printed pages • Paste or type text directly • Organize everything in one place OpenVox Reader can generate and play speech locally on your device, so once the required voices are downloaded, you can listen without an internet connection. Natural Voices You’ll Enjoy Choose from more than 200 voices across 30+ languages and find the voice that best suits your book, article or document. You can also create custom voices for English, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish from a short voice sample using Pocket TTS and listen to your content in a voice you choose. Listen at Your Own Pace Adjust playback from 0.5x all the way to 2.5x with smooth, pitch-preserving audio. Choose convenient presets including: • 0.5x • 1.0x • 1.5x • 2.0x • 2.5x Faster playback is supported with optimized buffering and accurate elapsed and remaining-time calculations. Save Important Sentences Found something worth coming back to? Bookmark the sentence you are currently reading and access it anytime from Saved Sentences. You can: • Save or remove sentences instantly • Browse all saved passages • Filter your saved sentences • Jump directly back to the original location • Delete bookmarks you no longer need Search Inside Your Documents Quickly find words, phrases or sections without scrolling through an entire book or document. Search in Document provides result previews and lets you jump directly to each matching location. EPUB search is optimized chapter by chapter to keep memory usage efficient even with larger books. Listen Without an Internet Connection Keep listening on flights, trains, commutes or anywhere without reliable internet access. Speech generation happens locally, allowing downloaded voices and imported content to remain available when you need them. Private by Design Your documents are processed locally for speech generation rather than being uploaded to a cloud TTS service. OpenVox Reader is built for people who want convenient AI-powered reading while keeping control of their content. Track Your Reading Journey See how much you have actually listened and keep your reading momentum going with: • Listening time • Daily and weekly progress • Reading streaks • Recently opened content • Personal listening statistics Reading time is calculated from audio that was actually spoken, giving you a accurate picture of your listening activity. Made for iPhone and iPad Use OpenVox Reader across iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync for your library. Your content stays organized across your Apple devices, and one purchase unlocks the app on both iPhone and iPad. Read More, Even When You’re Offline Whether you’re travelling, exercising, relaxing, commuting or getting work done, OpenVox Reader helps turn spare moments into meaningful reading time. Download OpenVox Reader and start listening to your reading today.

Screenshots

Bad Page2 screens
OpenVox Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenVox Reader at weekly against Bad Page's every 3 weeks. Bad Page's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Bad Page sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and OpenVox Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bad Page ships an update every 3 weeks, OpenVox Reader weekly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bad Page versus OpenVox Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBad PageOpenVox Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB172 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTin Long Javier ChanNitesh Kumar Sharma

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bad Page

Subscriptions2
  • Bad Page Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Bad Page Premium (Annual)$24.991 Year
1 purchases

OpenVox Reader

One-time1
  • OpenVox Reader Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Bad Page free?
Bad Page is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenVox Reader free?
OpenVox Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bad Page or OpenVox Reader have ads?
Neither Bad Page nor OpenVox Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bad Page or OpenVox Reader?
Bad Page ships an update every 3 weeks, and OpenVox Reader weekly. Most recently, Bad Page was updated on October 28, 2026 and OpenVox Reader on October 28, 2026.

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