Comparison

Yappy vs MEV CANTO

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

Head to head
About

Yappy

Features
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Share an article, a PDF, an EPUB, a Word file or a video with Yappy, and a parrot reads it to you in a natural voice. While you cook, while you walk, or with your eyes closed. Everything happens inside your iPhone: nothing ever leaves it. NO CLOUD, NO ACCOUNTS, NO PER-CHARACTER FEES The voice is synthesised on your device by an open model of about 99 million parameters. No sign-up, no email. It works offline, forever. 31 LANGUAGES AND TEN VOICES, ALL OF THEM POLYGLOT English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Croatian, Slovenian, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese. Texts with quotes in another language switch on their own, paragraph by paragraph. SHARING IS THE DOOR From Safari, Mail, Files or any app: tap Share and choose Yappy. The page cleans itself up (menus, banners and footers gone) and what is left is the prose, with its headings and its rhythm. YouTube videos are listened to like articles. PDFs and EPUBs arrive with chapters. Voice notes are transcribed on the device. THE SCRIPTWRITER: FROM WHAT IS WRITTEN TO WHAT IS SAID Reading aloud is not spelling out. "1492" is said "fourteen ninety-two"; "Henry VIII" is said "Henry the Eighth", but "Louis XIV" in French is "Louis quatorze". Yappy turns every text into a reading script with the rules of each language, and the voice follows it sentence by sentence while the text lights up on screen. THE SCREEN IS THE BUTTON Tap anywhere to pause, swipe to skip a paragraph, slide along the edge to change the speed. And from the lock screen or your headphones, like any other player. THE PRESS: WHOLE BOOKS AS AUDIOBOOKS Leave a book rendering when you go to bed and wake up with an audiobook with chapters in your library. With the bridge, your Mac or PC can convert it for you and send it back on its own. TRULY FREE, AND A WIND-UP PARROT Yappy is open source (MIT licence). The free parrot carries three documents at a time on its perch; remove one and another fits, with no time limit. If you want a bottomless perch, the audiobook press and the bridge to your computer, wind it up with Yappy Parlanchín: a monthly or yearly subscription, or a single lifetime purchase. Cancel whenever you like. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period unless cancelled in your Apple account at least 24 hours before. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://yappy.joseluissaorin.com/en/privacy Made with love by José Luis Saorín. A philologist who wanted to listen to what he read, and a six-year-old who wanted to play with the parrot.

About

MEV CANTO

Features
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La app oficial de Escuela de Canto MEV. Reserva clases, gestiona tus citas y disfruta de una experiencia cómoda y rápida para seguir entrenando tu voz con el Método MEV.

Screenshots

Yappy4 screens
MEV CANTO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MEV CANTO at none against Yappy's 3. MEV CANTO also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Yappy's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads 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. Yappy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. MEV CANTO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yappy ships an update every 4 days, MEV CANTO every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Yappy versus MEV CANTO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYappyMEV CANTO
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB154 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose Luis Saorin FerrerMev Escuela de canto SL

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Yappy

Subscriptions2
  • Yappy Parlanchín · Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yappy Parlanchín · Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Yappy Parlanchín · Lifetime$49.99
None

MEV CANTO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yappy free?
Yappy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MEV CANTO free?
MEV CANTO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Yappy or MEV CANTO have ads?
Neither Yappy nor MEV CANTO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yappy or MEV CANTO?
Yappy ships an update every 4 days, and MEV CANTO every 2 weeks. Most recently, Yappy was updated on November 5, 2026 and MEV CANTO on November 6, 2026.

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