PDF2Audio vs OkurAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
PDF2Audio
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Turn any PDF ā or web article ā into audio you'll actually listen to. PDF2Audio reads your PDFs aloud with natural AI voices ā word for word, or as a lecture or a two-host podcast. Books get their own chapters, so a whole book plays like an audiobook. Paste a link, or share a page from Safari, and listen to the article instead of reading it. WHY PEOPLE USE IT ⢠Read aloud: every word of your PDF, narrated clearly. ⢠Book mode: whole books, with chapters you can jump between. ⢠Lecture and podcast styles that explain the material. ⢠Web articles: paste a link or share from Safari ā the article, not the menus and ads around it. ⢠Starts playing in about a minute ā listen while the rest is made. ⢠Mini player: audio keeps playing while you move around the app. ⢠Continue listening: pick up where you stopped, right from the Library. ⢠Quiz, key terms and section summaries to help you study. ⢠Read along with the full transcript. ⢠Sleep timer, adjustable speed, and your place saved ā on iPhone and on the web. ⢠Page range: convert just the pages you need. ⢠Scanned PDFs work too ā text recognition runs on your device. ⢠13 voices, 18 languages. ⢠Library, playlists and downloads for offline listening. FREE TO START Your first 50,000 characters are free. When you need more, subscribe for a monthly allowance or buy credits once ā they never expire. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in iOS Settings. PRIVACY Your PDFs and links are used only to create your audio and are never sold or used for ads. No ads, no tracking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pdf2audio.ai/privacy
OkurAI
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Okur reads for you when you don't have time to read. A news story, an article, a PDF, or a photo ā paste the link and let Okur do the rest: it pulls out the clean text, reads it to you in a premium AI voice, and can translate and summarize it too. LISTEN ⢠Hear any text in a natural, fluent AI voice ⢠Premium voices + balanced standard voices + a free device voice ⢠Playback starts as soon as the first sentence is ready ā no waiting for the whole thing ⢠Background playback and lock-screen controls ⢠The sentence being read lights up on screen (karaoke tracking) READ ⢠A clean, clutter-free, ad-free reader ⢠Font size, dark theme, comfortable typography ⢠Pick up where you left off ADD ⢠Paste a link Ā· upload a PDF/TXT Ā· snap a photo (OCR) ⢠Send straight to Okur from the share sheet TRANSLATE ⢠100+ languages ā auto-detects the source language ⢠Translation fills in piece by piece, instantly ⢠You choose the quality: Free Ā· Standard Ā· Premium ORGANIZE ⢠Sort your library into folders ⢠Turn your narrations into a playlist ⢠Audio archive ā every voice you create is saved TRANSPARENT PRICING ⢠NO subscription. Just consumable credits. ⢠Credits never expire. ⢠You decide what to buy ā see how many credits and roughly how much each voice and translation costs, upfront. ⢠Summaries and the device voice are free. ⢠Storyteller voice ā a bedtime tale for your child, a novel for yourself. ⢠Your library is backed up to your account ā switch phones without losing a thing. Okur is for anyone who wants to listen to news articles, long reports, study notes, or PDFs while walking, working out, or resting their eyes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OkurAI at every 9 days against PDF2Audio's every 3 months. OkurAI also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PDF2Audio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and OkurAI sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDF2Audio ships an update every 3 months, OkurAI every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF2Audio | OkurAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shaozhuang Chen | Mahmut Eksi |
In-app purchases
PDF2Audio
- Basic Plan$9.991 Month
- Pro Users$59.991 Month
- Basic Plan$79.991 Year
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- Pro Users$499.991 Year
OkurAI
- 100 Kredi$1.99
- 250 Kredi$4.99
- 500 Kredi$9.99
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- 1000 Kredi$19.99
- 2500 Kredi$49.99
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