Comparison

Yappy vs mymyreader

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

mymyreader

Transform your written notes into natural-sounding spoken audio using high-quality, offline text-to-speech. Scan documents, create rich text notes, and even clone your own voice for personalized playback. All processing happens locally on your device for maximum privacy.

Highlights
  • Offline text-to-speech
  • Document scanning
  • Rich text note creation
  • Voice cloning
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Private, on-device processing
Features
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mymyreader turns your notes into natural-sounding spoken audio — all on your device. Write a note, scan a document, or paste text, then watch it come to life through high-quality, offline text-to-speech. Your words are read aloud in a clear, natural voice you can adjust to your liking. Read anything, hands-free Create notes with rich text or capture text from printed documents using the built-in document scanner. Have your notes read back to you with lifelike AI voices. Adjust playback speed to skim or study. Your voice, on your device Record a short sample and let mymyreader clone your voice so your own notes sound like you. Everything runs fully offline — your notes, your recordings, and your voice stay on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. Private by design No accounts, no cloud, no sign-up required. Voice cloning and text-to-speech happen locally on your device using on-device AI models. Whether you're proofreading your writing, catching up on notes hands-free, or just want to hear your words spoken aloud, mymyreader makes your text audible. Requires iOS 18 or later.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mymyreader at none against Yappy's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. mymyreader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Yappy versus mymyreader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYappymymyreader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB363 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose Luis Saorin FerrerRemarga Tech Private Limited

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

mymyreader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yappy free?
Yappy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mymyreader free?
mymyreader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Yappy or mymyreader have ads?
Neither Yappy nor mymyreader shows ads.

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