Comparison

Speakify Reader vs Aloudy

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

Head to head
About

Speakify Reader

Features
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Speakify is a reading and listening app for books, novels, PDFs and audiobooks — with natural read-aloud in your language, and a cat companion who listens along with you. Discover thousands of free classics and serial novels, or bring your own: PDFs, EPUBs, web articles, pasted text and scanned pages. Read them in a clean, beautiful reader, or have any of it read aloud. READ OR LISTEN • Natural read-aloud for any book, with sentence highlighting • A distraction-free reader with real page turns, themes and adjustable type • Import PDFs, EPUBs, web pages, pasted text or scanned pages • Thousands of free books, novels, comics and audiobooks • Tap a word to look it up and keep your own word list • Sleep timer and offline downloads A CAT WHO LISTENS WITH YOU • Adopt a cat companion — it listens with you and grows closer with every session • Listening earns coins, food and Word-Light, which brings a faded world back to colour • Follow the stolen pages through an 8-act story adventure, voiced in 10 languages • Walk a living town, open shops run by the bosses you free, and find hidden places • Build a squad of up to three cats for hunts, the Trial Tower, challenges and the Arena • Collect cats of every element and rarity, gear them up and send them on missions AND MORE • Back up your account with Sign in with Apple or Google • Daily rewards, streaks and collectibles • Available in 10 languages Speakify Premium unlocks unlimited serial chapters and removes ads. You can also unlock single chapters with coins. Terms of Use: https://wgbk.github.io/speakify/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://wgbk.github.io/speakify/privacy-policy.html

About

Aloudy

This app transforms various text formats, including documents, web pages, and scanned images, into natural-sounding speech. It offers offline playback with word-by-word highlighting, making it ideal for listening to content on the go or for users who prefer auditory learning.

Highlights
  • Reads PDFs, e-books, documents, and web articles
  • Scans and reads text from photos
  • Natural AI voices with adjustable speed
  • Offline playback with word highlighting
  • Background playback and lock screen controls
  • Organize library with folders and tags
Features
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Listen to anything you need to read. Aloudy turns PDFs, e-books, documents, web articles and even photos of printed pages into natural speech, and highlights every word as it is read. The voices are neural AI models that run entirely on your iPhone or iPad. After a one-time voice download, everything works offline, even in airplane mode. There is no account and no sign-up, your documents never leave your device, and there are no ads. READ ANYTHING • PDF and EPUB in their original layout, with the spoken sentence highlighted right on the page • FB2, Word (DOCX), TXT, Markdown, HTML and RTF files • Web articles: share a link from Safari or any app • Paste or type your own text • Scan a page or pick a photo: text is recognized on your device • Built-in browser: open any website and listen to the page, with the text highlighted • Classic books: pick from more than 70,000 public domain titles and listen FOLLOW ALONG • The current sentence and word are highlighted as you listen • Tap any sentence to start reading from there • Table of contents for PDFs and e-books • Search inside a document • Pick up exactly where you left off NATURAL AI VOICES • 46 neural voices, including natural American and British English voices and Mandarin Chinese voices • Multilingual voices that read 31 languages • Adjust the reading speed to your pace READ YOUR WAY • Reading themes, fonts, text size and line spacing • Folders and tags to keep your library organized MADE FOR LISTENING • Background playback with lock screen and Control Center controls • Keeps playing after calls and when you switch headphones Great for long articles, textbooks and reports, for listening while you walk, commute or cook, and for anyone who finds listening easier than reading, including people with dyslexia or ADHD. FREE AND PRO Aloudy is free to try: the free plan reads the beginning of each book or document; Pro reads everything and unlocks all 46 voices, as a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://aloudy.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://aloudy.app/privacy

Screenshots

Speakify Reader4 screens
Aloudy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Aloudy at none against Speakify Reader's shown. Aloudy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Speakify Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Speakify Reader sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Aloudy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speakify Reader ships an update every 6 weeks, Aloudy weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Speakify Reader versus Aloudy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeakify ReaderAloudy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoan Quoc KhanhAlexey Nenastyev

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Speakify Reader

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time4
  • 550 Coins (500 + 50 bonus)$4.99
  • 1,200 Coins (+200 bonus)$9.99
  • 2,600 Coins (+600 bonus)$19.99
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  • 7,000 Coins (+2,000 bonus)$49.99
3 purchases

Aloudy

Subscriptions2
  • Aloudy Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Aloudy Pro Yearly$29.901 Year
One-time1
  • Reader Pro Lifetime$29.00

Questions

Is Speakify Reader free?
Speakify Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aloudy free?
Aloudy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Speakify Reader or Aloudy have ads?
Speakify Reader shows ads; Aloudy does not.
Which is updated more often, Speakify Reader or Aloudy?
Speakify Reader ships an update every 6 weeks, and Aloudy weekly. Most recently, Speakify Reader was updated on November 5, 2026 and Aloudy on October 31, 2026.

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