Comparison

Vox vs Zenvor

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

Head to head
About

Vox

Features
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Vox is a focused read-aloud app for iPhone and iPad. Bring in a document, paste text, or load a web page, then listen with the voice that fits the moment โ€” on a walk, on a commute, or with your eyes closed. IMPORT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR - Open PDFs, RTF, HTML, and text documents - Paste or write raw text directly in Vox - Load a web URL and strip away page clutter before listening - Keep readings organized with folders, recents, and unfiled items CHOOSE THE RIGHT VOICE - Use the free voices already on your device - Unlock premium offline natural voices for private, on-device narration - Use high-end cloud voices when you want polished pay-per-use audio - See when a cloud voice has already been paid for and synthesized SAVE AUDIO - Turn any reading into saved audio - Keep finished clips in your Audio library - Revisit generated audio without paying again for the same saved synthesis MADE FOR FOCUS - Light and dark modes for reading at any hour - A clean player that keeps playback, voice selection, and Save Audio close - Words highlight as they are spoken, so you never lose your place - Your library syncs through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Vox is free to start. Premium offline voices are available with a subscription. Cloud voices use credits, with the exact cost shown before synthesis. Terms of Use: https://www.orionsoftware.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.orionsoftware.co/privacy

About

Zenvor

Features
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Turn your reading backlog into your own private radio. Share an article, paste text, or import a PDF โ€” Zenvor starts speaking in a natural AI voice within seconds, generated entirely on your device. No account. No cloud. Free core listening, forever. Scan paper with the camera โ€” a single page or an entire book โ€” or open a scanned PDF, and Zenvor recognizes the text on your device and reads it aloud. Scanning is free, with no page limits, and nothing leaves your device. WHY ZENVOR IS DIFFERENT Mainstream reading apps synthesize speech on servers, so they meter your hours, require accounts, and charge accordingly. Zenvor's neural voices run on your iPhone's own chips: - Unlimited listening โ€” no hourly caps, no word credits - Works fully offline, even in airplane mode โ€” after a one-time online setup on first launch - No analytics, no ads, no tracking โ€” the App Privacy label reads "Data Not Collected" - Nothing to sign up for, nothing to cancel LISTEN TO ANYTHING - Articles and web pages you choose to fetch - Newsletters and RSS feeds - PDF and EPUB documents - Pasted notes, drafts, and study material BUILT FOR REAL LISTENING - Natural neural voices in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Chinese, and Japanese - More than 50 neural voices ship inside the app โ€” American and British casts, male and female, warm to newsreader-plain - Word-by-word read-along highlighting - A gapless queue that plays your backlog like a podcast - A sleep timer that stops after a set time, at the end of the item, or at the end of the chapter - 0.5ร—โ€“4ร— speed with per-item speed memory - Background audio with full lock screen and AirPods controls - Bookmarks, clips, and listening history - Export a listening item as an audio file to save or share โ€” the voiceover is rendered on your device (unlimited with Zenvor Pro) - Siri and Shortcuts: "Play my queue in Zenvor" LEARN WHILE YOU LISTEN - Chinese read-along with pinyin and tap-to-define glosses - On-device AI summaries โ€” hear the key points first (Zenvor Pro, on devices with Apple Intelligence) - Define or simplify any word without leaving the reader (Zenvor Pro, on devices with Apple Intelligence) PRIVACY, BY ARCHITECTURE The network is used only when you explicitly ask Zenvor to fetch a link or feed. Speech, summaries, stats, and history are created and stored on your device โ€” never uploaded, never analyzed, never sold. ZENVOR PRO (optional) Core listening is free forever, and every language above includes a free native voice. Pro unlocks the full voice cast, unlimited offline downloads, full listening-stats history, deeper synthesis look-ahead, and the on-device AI tools: key-point summaries, Ask about this, Define and Simplify. Pro is also sold as a one-time purchase โ€” buy it once, keep it, no subscription required. Clear prices, no forced trial, cancel anytime. Made for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Macs by an independent developer in Los Angeles. Terms of Use (EULA): https://novarynix.com/Zenvor/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://novarynix.com/Zenvor/privacy/

Screenshots

Vox4 screens
Zenvor4 screens

Verdict

The call

Vox and Zenvor are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Vox sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Zenvor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Vox versus Zenvor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoxZenvor
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size380 MB169 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperOrion Software LLC้›ชๆข… ๅถ

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Vox

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Voices Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Voices Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • 50 Credits$2.99
  • 200 Credits$8.99
  • 500 Credits$17.99
3 purchases

Zenvor

Subscriptions2
  • Zenvor Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Zenvor Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Zenvor Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Vox free?
Vox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zenvor free?
Zenvor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vox or Zenvor have ads?
Neither Vox nor Zenvor shows ads.

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