Comparison

Video Speed for Safari vs Simple Voice Reader

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

Head to head
About

Video Speed for Safari

Features
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Take ultimate control over any video on the web! Video Speed for Safari is a powerful, lightweight, and native extension that lets you adjust the playback speed of almost any HTML5 video. Whether you're trying to breeze through long lectures, fast-forward through ads, or slow down a tutorial to catch every detail, Video Speed is the only tool you need. CORE FEATURES: โ€ข Extreme Speeds: Go far beyond standard limits! Speed up videos up to 16.0x or slow them down to your liking. โ€ข Universal Compatibility: Works seamlessly on major platforms, custom web players, and even complex HLS live streams. โ€ข Smart Memory: The extension remembers your preferred speed and automatically applies it to newly opened tabs. โ€ข Visual Indicators: Enjoy a premium experience with a beautiful, non-intrusive on-screen speed indicator. โ€ข Native Integration: Built specifically for iOS Safari with dark mode support and privacy in mind. UNLOCK LIFETIME TURBO (Premium): Free users can enjoy unlimited playback speeds between 1.0x and 3.0x. For extreme speedsters, speeds above 3.0x (Turbo Mode) are limited to 5 minutes per day. You can remove this limit forever with a simple, one-time secure in-app purchase. No subscriptions, no hidden fees! PRIVACY FIRST: We believe your browsing is your business. Video Speed for Safari does NOT track your web activity, does NOT collect analytics, and does NOT phone home. Everything runs strictly locally on your device. (Note: Please ensure the extension is enabled in Settings > Safari > Extensions before using).

About

Simple Voice Reader

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Simple Voice Reader is a free text-to-speech app for iPhone and iPad that reads pasted or typed text, TXT files, RTF files, and PDFs aloud. Open supported documents from Files, use the import button, or drag text and files directly into the reader on iPad. American English Apple system voices work immediately. For the best Apple voice quality, download Apple's free Enhanced and Premium voices in Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices > English. On compatible iOS 26 devices, you can also download an optional American English Kokoro voice pack with Heart and 19 other natural voices. The pack is about 170 MB, downloads once from Apple, and can be removed at any time. Use Simple Voice Reader when you want to listen instead of read: long articles, notes, drafts, manuals, study material, book chapters, accessibility material, or anything else you can paste or import. Choose a voice, adjust speed, change the reading font and size, start from the cursor, pause and resume, and follow the highlighted words as the reader moves through the text. Apple speech continues when the app moves to the background or the screen locks, with pause, resume, and stop controls on the Lock Screen and in Control Center. If Kokoro cannot continue because the device needs more memory or the app moves to the background, reading continues with the selected Apple voice. Privacy: text-to-speech conversion with Apple and Kokoro voices is performed on the user's device. Simple Voice Reader does not send text, documents, or spoken audio to Walter Claw Software or to a cloud text-to-speech service. iOS may contact Apple only to download system voice assets and the optional Apple-hosted Kokoro voice pack selected by the user. Simple Voice Reader is free. No account, purchase, or subscription is required.

Screenshots

Video Speed for Safari4 screens
Simple Voice Reader2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Voice Reader at none against Video Speed for Safari's 1. Simple Voice Reader also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Video Speed for Safari sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Voice Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Video Speed for Safari versus Simple Voice Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo Speed for SafariSimple Voice Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS26.417.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAtamert HarutWalter Claw Software LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Video Speed for Safari

One-time1
  • Lifetime Turbo Unlock$0.99
None

Simple Voice Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Video Speed for Safari free?
Video Speed for Safari is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Voice Reader free?
Simple Voice Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Video Speed for Safari or Simple Voice Reader have ads?
Neither Video Speed for Safari nor Simple Voice Reader shows ads.

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