Comparison

TTS & Audiobook Maker vs Read Forge

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

Head to head
About

TTS & Audiobook Maker

Features
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TTS & Audiobook Maker is the fast, private way to turn text into natural speech on your iPhone and iPad. Read your PDFs out loud, narrate your own writing, and build short audiobooks you can listen to anywhere โ€” all with 100% offline Apple voices. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” STUDIO โ€” INSTANT TEXT TO SPEECH - Paste or type any text and tap one button to generate crisp, natural narration. - Choose from hundreds of high-quality Apple voices, including Enhanced and Premium HD voices. - Adjust speed, pitch, and volume to match the mood โ€” the changes happen live. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” PDF READER WITH AUDIO - Import any PDF and listen to it page by page with word-by-word highlighting. - Clean the text inline if the import is messy โ€” no copy-paste dance. - Convert a range of pages into one audiobook file (M4A) with a single tap. - Cancel anytime โ€” progress bar shows how many pages are done. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” MAKE YOUR OWN AUDIOBOOKS - Create short audiobooks from your own writing: add pages, cover art, and images. - Pick a different voice or audio setting per page for character dialogue and narration. - Preview each page before generating the final file. - Drag to reorder. Generate the whole book into one shareable audio file. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” 100% OFFLINE, 100% PRIVATE - Nothing leaves your device. No account needed. No cloud servers. - Uses Apple's on-device speech synthesis โ€” no data is sent anywhere. - Download Enhanced & Premium voices once; use them forever, even on a plane. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” PERFECT FOR - Students studying long PDFs or research papers - Writers proofreading their drafts with their ears - Commuters turning articles into podcasts - Accessibility โ€” a more comfortable way to read long content - Kids' bedtime stories from your own writing Built as a single focused app: text in, audio out, nothing in the way. Privacy policy: https://ondevtra.com/privacypolicy.html Terms of use: https://ondevtra.com/termsandcondition.html

About

Read Forge

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Read Forge turns anything you can read into a stream of focused words, so you read faster with less effort. Instead of dragging your eyes across lines of text, Read Forge shows one word at a time in a fixed spot โ€” your eyes stay still, and the text comes to you. GET TEXT IN FROM ANYWHERE โ€ข Highlight text in any app โ€” Safari, Mail, Messages, anywhere โ€” and tap Share โ†’ Copy to Read Forge โ€ข Share a whole article page from your browser and Read Forge extracts the readable text, minus the menus, banners, and clutter โ€ข Import books and documents: EPUB, PDF, TXT, and non-DRM MOBI, with chapter navigation โ€ข Or just paste READ YOUR WAY โ€ข Focus mode: one word at a time, with an optional red anchor letter that holds your eye on the optimal recognition point โ€ข Overview mode: a full block of text with a moving highlight, like following a finger across the page โ€ข Tempo from a relaxed 120 up to 900 words per minute, with natural pauses at sentence and clause boundaries โ€ข Six reading fonts, adjustable size, light and dark appearance YOUR LIBRARY REMEMBERS โ€ข Imported books are saved on your device with your reading position โ€ข Scrub anywhere in a text, jump back a sentence, or restart a chapter โ€ข Time-remaining estimate at your current pace PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your books, articles, and reading habits never leave your device. Whether it's the morning news, a long read you've been putting off, or an entire novel โ€” Read Forge helps you power through it, one focused word at a time.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

TTS & Audiobook Maker and Read Forge are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. TTS & Audiobook Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Read Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TTS & Audiobook Maker versus Read Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTTS & Audiobook MakerRead Forge
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOndevtra AIBen Spears

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TTS & Audiobook Maker

One-time1
  • SpeechBook Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Read Forge

One-time1
  • Read Forge Pro$7.99

Questions

Is TTS & Audiobook Maker free?
TTS & Audiobook Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Read Forge free?
Read Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TTS & Audiobook Maker or Read Forge have ads?
Neither TTS & Audiobook Maker nor Read Forge shows ads.

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