Audella vs Leola
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Audella
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Audella reads the world aloud. Point your phone at a sign, a letter, a label on a medicine bottle, or a page of a book β and in seconds, Audella reads it back to you. Built for anyone who wants to keep reading: low vision, tired eyes, dyslexia, or simply a long page you'd rather listen to. CAN WORK FULLY OFFLINE The free app runs entirely on your phone. On a plane, on a bus with no signal, in a kitchen with no Wi-Fi. No account, no sign-up, nothing to create. β’ Read anything aloud β aim the camera at any printed text and hear it spoken back. β’ Build a book, one page at a time β snap a page, then another; Audella keeps them in order so you can pick up where you left off. β’ Translate offline between 31 languages β capture a page in one language and have it read in another. A letter from abroad, brought back in your own language. β’ Curated offline voices β download a nicer voice for your language (about 30β60 MB, once) that sounds far less robotic than the default. β’ Cover detection, auto-rotation, and page cropping β hold the phone any which way; Audella straightens the page and trims the edges, even when hands aren't steady. Everything above works offline, forever, with no subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No profiles. Free reading happens on your device β we can't read what we never receive. PREMIUM β WHEN YOU WANT IT TO SOUND BEAUTIFUL Premium uses the latest online narration and translation, for the days you want the very best: β’ Natural narration β voices that sound like a real human narrator, male and female. β’ Reads handwriting β cursive, messy notes, doctor's notes, a card from your grandchildren β not just printed text. β’ Adaptive reading β Audella senses prose vs. poetry and changes its pacing to match. β’ Chapter detection β jump straight to "Chapter 4." β’ Audiobook-style controls β audio keeps playing when the phone locks; play, pause, and skip from the lock screen; speed from 0.75Γ to 1.5Γ. β’ Premium translation β handles idioms, names, and tone far more gracefully. Once a book is narrated with Premium, the result lives on your phone β listen again anytime, offline, without spending more credits. You can even share a narrated book with family, who can enjoy it without a subscription of their own. The free app keeps you reading on its own. Premium is there for the days you want it to sound beautiful. β Audella Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription (monthly and yearly plans, several tiers). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase; it renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://audella.greatlair.com/privacy/
Leola
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Everything you saved to read, read aloud. Leola puts articles, PDFs, pasted text and notes in a library with a queue and playlists, like a music app. The voices are generated on your iPhone: no cloud, no account, no credits. NO AI TOKEN COSTS Leola's voices come from a neural text-to-speech model that runs on the chip in your iPhone. No cloud service bills per word, so there are no credits to buy and no word limits. It downloads the voice model once; after that, Leola works in airplane mode. What it uses is your battery and storage. ADD IT IN A TAP Share an article from Safari, paste text or import a PDF. LISTEN LIKE MUSIC A queue, playlists, a mini player and lock screen controls. Each item remembers the exact sentence where you stopped, and the queue keeps going when it ends. Sleep timer included. LISTEN OFFLINE (PLUS) Download a reading and it plays with no connection and no wait for the voice: on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. A download icon in the row shows what is downloaded, and the Downloaded filter in your library finds it. See and free up the space it uses in Settings βΊ Voices and storage. FOLLOW EVERY SENTENCE The sentence being read is highlighted, so you can look down and find your place. 0.75Γ to 2Γ free, up to 3Γ with Plus. PDFS, CLEANED UP (PLUS) Footnotes, citation brackets, page headers and page numbers are skipped, so you hear the text, not the layout. KEEP IT AS AUDIO, FOR YOU (PLUS) Save a reading as an M4A file to Files or AirDrop it, and listen without the app: in the car, on a walk, on an old player. Downloads are for your personal use: please don't share audio of other people's writing. Each file says in its metadata that the voice is machine-generated. YOUR TEXT STAYS ON YOUR iPHONE What you add is never sent to us or to any server. No sign-up, no email, no password. VOICES AT LAUNCH English, Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil). Free includes one voice per language; Plus, all of them. FREE β’ On-device neural voices, one per language β’ Articles, pasted text and notes β’ A queue of up to 3 items and 1 playlist β’ Resume, lock screen controls, sleep timer, 0.75β2Γ β’ 1 trial audio download, up to 10 minutes β’ 1 trial offline download, up to 10 minutes LEOLA PLUS β’ Offline downloads with no cap β’ Audio downloads (M4A) with no cap β’ Every voice β’ PDFs that skip footnotes, headers and page numbers β’ Library, queue and playlists with no cap; speed up to 3Γ SUBSCRIPTION Leola Plus is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial ($34.99/year after the trial), a monthly subscription ($5.99/month, no trial) or a one-time Lifetime purchase ($59.99). Prices are in US dollars and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. We remind you 2 days before your trial ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Voices by Supertonic 3 (Supertone), used under the OpenRAIL-M license. Terms of Use: https://leola.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://leola.app/privacy Questions: hello@leola.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Audella at none against Leola's shown. Audella also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Leola's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Audella sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Leola sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Audella ships an update every 2 months, Leola daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audella | Leola |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily β better |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eugert Jani | Santiago Gonzalez Fernandez |
In-app purchases
Audella
- Hybrid β Monthly$4.991 Month
- Basic β Monthly$8.991 Month
- Pro β Monthly$16.991 Month
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- Power β Monthly$29.991 Month
- Hybrid β Yearly$41.991 Year
- Basic β Yearly$74.991 Year
- Pro β Yearly$142.991 Year
- Power β Yearly$249.991 Year
- Top-up pack$4.99
Leola
- Leola Plus Β· Monthly$5.991 Month
- Leola Plus Β· Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Leola Plus Β· Lifetime$59.99









