Comparison

Local TTS vs TypeOut

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

Head to head
About

Local TTS

This app converts text into lifelike speech using on-device processing. It supports various file formats, including PDFs and Word documents, and allows scanning printed pages. Enjoy offline playback with customizable voices and background audio controls.

Highlights
  • 100% offline text-to-speech
  • Import PDF, EPUB, Word, TXT, Markdown
  • Scan printed pages with camera (OCR)
  • Background playback with lock screen controls
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Word-by-word highlighting
Features
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Local TTS turns any text into natural speech with 38 neural voices, powered by the open-source Kokoro-82M and Supertonic 3 engines — 100% offline, right on your iPhone or iPad. Listen to PDFs, e-books, articles, scans, and notes with no internet, no account, and no tracking. Nothing ever leaves your device. TWO OPEN-SOURCE NEURAL ENGINES • Kokoro-82M: 28 natural American and British English voices • Supertonic 3: multilingual voices that read 31 languages, with automatic language detection • Every voice runs entirely on your device — it even works in airplane mode ALL 31 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean. READ FROM ALMOST ANYTHING • Files: import PDF, EPUB, Word (DOCX), TXT, and Markdown • Paper: scan a printed page with the camera, or read text from a photo — on-device OCR • Everything else: paste text or type your own notes A READING VIEW THAT FOLLOWS ALONG • Word-by-word highlighting synced to the audio • Immersive mode: the toolbar and player tuck away while you listen — or pin the player • Make it yours: choose the reading font and text size • Search inside a document, jump from the PDF table of contents, and pick up right where you left off • Natural delivery: dates, units, and Roman numerals are read the way people actually say them MADE FOR LISTENING • Background playback with lock screen and Control Center controls • Adjustable playback speed • A different voice for each note, plus tags to keep things organized • Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad FREE PLAN • One Supertonic 3 multilingual voice that reads all 31 languages • Three premium Kokoro-82M English voices • Read up to 500 characters per note • No account required — and no ads, ever GO PRO — UNLOCK EVERYTHING • Unlimited text: paste or import with no 500-character cap • The full catalog of all 38 neural voices • Export speech as M4A audio files to play anywhere, on any device • Full multi-page PDF import • Still 100% offline and private, even with Pro SUPPORTED DEVICES On-device neural speech needs a recent chip, so Local TTS requires: • iPhone 12 or later • iPad (10th generation) or later • iPad Air (4th generation) or later • iPad mini (6th generation) or later • iPad Pro (M1, 2021) or later • iOS / iPadOS 18.6 or later Download Local TTS and turn every screen into your personal narrator. • Contact: support@richsoft.app • Privacy Policy: https://richsoft.app/tts/privacy • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TypeOut

Features
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Type it. Your phone says it out loud. When someone answers, their words come back as big text. Back and forth. That's all it does. Made for people who can't speak. People who have never been able to, people recovering from surgery, people with a sore throat, people who just had their wisdom teeth out — and people who simply don't feel like talking today. ◆ Speak Asking directions, ordering, checking in at a clinic — without having to explain again why you're not speaking. Keep the lines you say often as phrases and tap once to play them. Make the text as large as it goes, then flip it with one tap: the text turns upside down and moves to the lower half of the screen, so the person across the table reads it the right way up. You never hand your phone over. ◆ Listen The moment they speak, it turns into big text. After two seconds of silence it starts a new line, with one sentence in each block, so looking back is easy. Text size and line spacing are yours to set — up to 50% larger. ◆ Notes The speaking and listening screens face outward. The diary faces you. It uses a handwriting font and ruled paper, with a cat leaving a little mark in the corner. It locks itself the moment you leave the page. ◆ A few smaller things · Twelve looks to switch between — one of them high contrast, for low vision · Phrases you can organize: categories, drag to reorder, batch delete, move, or recolor · Pick a photo and it becomes the animal in the corner; the cutout happens on your phone, and the photo never leaves it · Switching phones? Export one file: your phrases, the audio already synthesized for them, and every setting you've adjusted ◆ What costs money Your phone's built-in voice is free, unlimited, and works in airplane mode. The more natural-sounding voices are synthesized on a server as you use them and are billed by the character — that is what the membership and top-up packs pay for. When the points run out, the app falls back to your phone's voice, so you can always speak. ◆ Privacy Your phrases, what you've said, and diary stay on your phone; we don't receive them. When you use a cloud voice, the sentence goes to our server and on to the speech provider, and is gone once synthesis finishes — not saved in a database, not written to logs. Something not working, or something you'd like changed? Write to us: support@trytypeout.com. This app is maintained by one person, so a reply may take a day or two. Every message is read. Membership renews automatically at the end of each billing period. You can turn off auto-renewal any time in Settings → Subscriptions. Terms of Service: https://trytypeout.com/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://trytypeout.com/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Local TTS4 screens
TypeOut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Local TTS at weekly against TypeOut's every 4 weeks. TypeOut's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Local TTS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and TypeOut sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Local TTS ships an update weekly, TypeOut every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Local TTS versus TypeOut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal TTSTypeOut
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size529 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRich Soft Co., LtdShaanxi Linghang Technology Development Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Local TTS

Subscriptions1
  • Local TTS Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Local TTS Pro Lifetime$19.99
4 purchases

TypeOut

Subscriptions2
  • Membership (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Membership (Yearly)$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • Top-up · 40,000 Points$3.99
  • Top-up · 200,000 Points$14.99

Questions

Is Local TTS free?
Local TTS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TypeOut free?
TypeOut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Local TTS or TypeOut have ads?
Neither Local TTS nor TypeOut shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Local TTS or TypeOut?
Local TTS ships an update weekly, and TypeOut every 4 weeks. Most recently, Local TTS was updated on November 5, 2026 and TypeOut on October 31, 2026.

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