Speakify Reader vs Delphi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speakify Reader
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Speakify is a beautiful reading and listening app for books, novels, PDFs and audiobooks — with natural read-aloud in your language. Discover thousands of free, public-domain classics and page-turning serial novels, then read them in a clean editorial reader or have any book read aloud to you. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Read or listen — natural text-to-speech reads any book aloud, with sentence highlighting • A gorgeous, distraction-free reader with real page-turn, themes and adjustable type • Thousands of free books, novels, PDFs, comics and audiobooks • Serial novels — binge them chapter by chapter • Personalized "For you" picks and a rich Discover feed • Download for offline reading and listening • Daily reading rewards, streaks and collectibles • Available in 10 languages Speakify Premium unlocks unlimited serial chapters and removes ads. You can also unlock individual chapters with coins. Start your library today — read beautifully, or just listen. Terms of Use: https://wgbk.github.io/speakify/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://wgbk.github.io/speakify/privacy-policy.html
Delphi
This app provides a synchronized reading and listening experience for classic literature. As the audio plays, the text is highlighted, and you can tap any sentence to resume narration from that exact point. Enjoy offline access to a curated library of timeless works.
- Synchronized text and audio narration
- Tap to play sentence feature
- Offline reading and listening
- Automatic resume functionality
- Bookmark saving
- Background playback
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Delphi is a reader for the great books — with narration that stays in sync with the text. As the audio plays, the current sentence is highlighted and the page scrolls with it. Tap any sentence to hear it from exactly that point. Close the app mid-chapter and Delphi brings you back to the same spot, ready to continue. THE LIBRARY • Thucydides — History of the Peloponnesian War • Augustine — Confessions • Plato — Dialogues (Apology, Phaedo, Symposium, Republic and more) • Goethe — Faust • Aristotle — Nicomachean Ethics and Politics • The Bible (KJV) — Old Testament • Hamilton, Madison, Jay — The Federalist Papers • Machiavelli — The Prince • Dostoevsky — Crime and Punishment MADE FOR LISTENING • Word-for-word sync: the sentence being read is always highlighted • Tap to play: touch any line to jump the narration there • Background playback with full lock screen and Control Center controls • Skip back and forward 15 seconds, scrub anywhere MADE FOR READING • The complete text of every work is built in — no connection needed to read • Download any work's audio once and listen fully offline • Bookmarks for every book: save a passage, jump back to it anytime • Automatic resume: pick up exactly where you stopped, even after restarting No account. No subscription. No ads. Just the classics, read to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Delphi at none against Speakify Reader's shown. Delphi also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Speakify Reader ships an update monthly, Delphi every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speakify Reader | Delphi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doan Quoc Khanh | Chenyu Li |
In-app purchases
Speakify Reader
No in-app purchases
Delphi
No in-app purchases
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