Comparison

Audia vs Auto

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

Head to head
About

Audia

Listen to your documents, books, and articles with natural-sounding voices. Customize reading speed, pronunciation, and use a sleep timer. Import various file formats and read offline.

Highlights
  • Natural neural voices
  • Adjustable reading speed
  • Customizable pronunciation
  • Sleep timer
  • Offline reading
  • Import various file formats
  • Library organization
Features
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Listen to your books, PDFs and articles while you walk, commute or rest your eyes. Audia reads your text aloud on your iPhone or iPad, with natural voices and no subscription. READ WITH YOUR EYES OR YOUR EARS Choose from 15 built-in neural voices across 31 reading languages. Adjust the speed, follow the highlighted words, set a sleep timer and customize pronunciation. Organize your library in folders and transfer documents from your computer over local Wi-Fi. YOUR TEXT, NARRATED ON YOUR DEVICE Imported content can be read aloud offline, without uploading it to a speech service. Internet is needed to fetch web articles and download books from Audia Library. START FREE. UPGRADE ONCE. The free plan has a daily limit on premium-voice listening. Audia Plus is a one-time in-app purchase for unlimited premium listening, CarPlay, bookmarks, full-book search and M4A audio export. BRING YOUR BOOKS OR FIND A NEW READ Import DRM-free EPUB, PDF with selectable text, MOBI/AZW/PRC, TXT, RTF, DOCX, ODT and FB2, or paste text and web articles. Protected ebooks and image-only PDFs are not supported. Explore classics and Audia Originals in Audia Library. The library gradually grows with new titles. Books have no additional charge; your plan's listening limits still apply. Tap + to explore and start listening.

About

Auto

Features
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AI for readers. Any book, PDF or manga read aloud in a surprisingly natural voice. Ask AI answers your questions from the page or from any book in your library. Ideal for students, lawyers and professionals who need to find information fast — and for athletes who would rather read than listen to music, or do both at once. ASK AI — ANSWERS WITH SOURCES • Ask about the page or your whole library: books, PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and spreadsheets • Every answer cites numbered sources you can tap, with a confidence badge • Exact answers from tables; compare documents, look up a definition or clause, and jump to where it is said • Book info in your language, with the title translated and its pronunciation • The app in 21 languages, with your own language suggested • Word-by-word highlight as it reads, and sync of your library and reading place through a cloud folder Auto-Reader reads your books, PDFs, comics and manga aloud in a natural, on-device voice so you can "read" while your hands are busy driving, walking, at the gym, or commuting. Check-out the deep-voice number 10 ON YOUR APPLE WATCH • Play, pause and skip from your wrist, or pick a book from the Library — the phone can stay in your pocket, locked • Your music keeps playing softly under the voice; pausing the book pauses the music too • Raise your wrist for the time, the chapter and page — and, with Premium, every word as it is read • Sleep Check: a gentle "still listening?" before you drift off, and the book goes back to where you last answered AUDIO BOOKS YOU KEEP • Export any book as an audio book, with passage markers, and send it to your TV, speaker or Apple Watch • Audio shelves on the home screen, and background sound (rain, hum, fire) under the voice WHY AUTO-READER • Hear any of your books while your hands are busy or commuting and utilize that time. By hearing book in most natural voice on-device. As our devices have gotten a lot smarter and faster. • Hands-free manga: it narrates panel by panel, in reading order, zooming as it goes • 31 languages, with on-device translation • Private by default — works offline, no account, your books never leave your phone • Lifelike text-to-speech that runs entirely on your device • Opens EPUB, PDF, comics (CBZ) and manga — no converting A LIBRARY TO START FROM — FREE AND BUILT IN Browse 300+ free classics and open-licensed books by shelf and add them in a tap — no account, no card. Every one narrates aloud. MADE FOR HOW YOU READ • Follow the highlighted line as it's read • Pick from real, distinct voices — male and female, per language • Adjust speed on the fly; instant page turns while listening • Snap a photo of a page and have it read back to you • Pick up exactly where you left off, across your whole library • Back up your library and restore it on another device Optional cloud AI features are available if you want them — the app is fully usable without any of them, and nothing is sent anywhere unless you turn them on and ask. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy Policy: https://auto-reader.com/privacy

Screenshots

Audia4 screens
Auto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Auto at 16.0 against Audia's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Audia sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Auto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 2 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audia ships an update every 5 days, Auto every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Audia versus Auto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudiaAuto
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size247 MB206 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeopoldo Manuel RomachoRakan Al-Ghunaim

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Audia

One-time2
  • Audia Plus$3.99
  • Audia Plus Team Support$49.99
3 purchases

Auto

Subscriptions2
  • لا محدود$1.992 Months
  • بلا حدود$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Auto-Reader: AI قارىء كتب$4.99

Questions

Is Audia free?
Audia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auto free?
Auto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Audia or Auto have ads?
Neither Audia nor Auto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audia or Auto?
Audia ships an update every 5 days, and Auto every 9 days. Most recently, Audia was updated on October 31, 2026 and Auto on October 31, 2026.

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