Comparison

VoiceForge Reader vs ToBe SAID Pro

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

Head to head
About

VoiceForge Reader

Convert text, documents, and scanned pages into speech. Listen to spoken words, follow along with translations, and customize your reading experience with various voices and playback speeds.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech conversion
  • Document and PDF import
  • On-device translation
  • Customizable voices and playback speed
  • Action Button integration
  • Background listening with Lock Screen controls
Features
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Turn text, printed pages and PDFs into speech. VoiceForge Reader helps you listen to what you choose, follow the words as they are spoken, and read alongside a translation. READ WITH THE ACTION BUTTON On a compatible iPhone, follow the in-app guide to add the VoiceForge Reader shortcut. Tap Open Action Button Settings, choose Shortcut, then select VoiceForge Reader. Copy text, then press and hold the Action Button to begin reading in the background. The step-by-step guide is available in Settings and Help. CHOOSE YOUR VOICE Use Microsoft Edge voices online or installed Apple system voices on your device. Save language and voice choices separately for each source, preview voices, and find guidance for downloading more Apple voices in iOS Settings. BRING YOUR OWN TEXT Paste text, share it from another app, import a PDF or text file, or scan a printed page. Crop, rotate and recognize text locally with the document scanner. TRANSLATE AND FOLLOW ALONG Translate supported language pairs with Apple's on-device translation services. View original and translated text in synchronized panes, follow karaoke highlights, and tap words to move through the reading. Longer documents can translate progressively as reading continues. STAY IN CONTROL Adjust playback from 0.5x to 2.0x, pause, seek and restart. Continue listening in the background, with Lock Screen and Dynamic Island controls on supported devices. The interface is available in English, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Chinese. Speech voices and translation languages have their own availability. Microsoft Edge voices require an internet connection and send the selected text to Microsoft for speech generation. Installed Apple voices render speech on your device. OCR is local. Apple voices and translation resources may need downloading, and supported languages vary. Action Button and Dynamic Island features require compatible hardware and iOS versions. Edge data transfer requires your permission, which you can withdraw in Settings. No account is required. VoiceForge does not include advertising or app analytics SDKs. Open-source notices and LGPL source/relink materials: https://risvoice.github.io/voiceforge-legal/support.html#open-source

About

ToBe SAID Pro

Create and save an unlimited library of custom AI voices cloned from short audio clips. This utility integrates with your existing apps, offering system-wide voice functionality without ads or tracking. It prioritizes user privacy by processing all data locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Unlimited custom voice library
  • Clone voice from 15-second audio
  • System-wide voice integration
  • Offline voice functionality
  • 15 supported languages
  • Privacy-focused local processing
Features
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Your Voice Library. Your Device. Your Privacy. ToBe SAID Pro adds an unlimited voice library to the ToBe SAID speech engine. Clone a voice from just 15 seconds of audio, save it, and use it in every app that uses system voices: VoiceOver, Spoken Content, your AAC app, your e-book reader. One purchase. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. ToBe SAID Pro is a voice provider, not a reading app. It works together with the apps you already use. WHAT PRO ADDS • An unlimited voice library: keep as many cloned voices as you want • Clone from a 15-second audio file: import MP3, WAV, OGG, and other popular formats, any length, trimmed automatically • Every saved voice appears in your system voice list and works across your apps WHAT IS THE SAME AS THE FREE APP • The same 4 English voices and 2 voices in each of 23 other languages • System-wide use, offline after a one-time voice download • No ads, no in-app purchases WANT TO TRY FIRST? Download ToBe SAID (free) to test the voices and preview voice cloning. The clone preview there stays inside the app; in Pro you can save it. 24 LANGUAGES English, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Egyptian, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu and Turkish. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. Your text, your audio files, and your voices stay with you. Only clone your own voice or voices you have permission to use.

Screenshots

VoiceForge Reader4 screens
ToBe SAID Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: VoiceForge Reader at Free against ToBe SAID Pro's $9.99. ToBe SAID Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

VoiceForge Reader is free to download; ToBe SAID Pro costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for VoiceForge Reader against 5.0 for ToBe SAID Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VoiceForge Reader ships an update every 3 months, ToBe SAID Pro every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
VoiceForge Reader versus ToBe SAID Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoiceForge ReaderToBe SAID Pro
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB239 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROMAN SERPERBakhtiar Lukman

Customer experience

VoiceForge Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ToBe SAID Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

VoiceForge Reader

No in-app purchases

None

ToBe SAID Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VoiceForge Reader free?
VoiceForge Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ToBe SAID Pro free?
ToBe SAID Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VoiceForge Reader or ToBe SAID Pro?
VoiceForge Reader and ToBe SAID Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do VoiceForge Reader or ToBe SAID Pro have ads?
Neither VoiceForge Reader nor ToBe SAID Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VoiceForge Reader or ToBe SAID Pro?
VoiceForge Reader ships an update every 3 months, and ToBe SAID Pro every 4 days. Most recently, VoiceForge Reader was updated on October 28, 2026 and ToBe SAID Pro on October 31, 2026.

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