Audia vs Earlo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Natural neural voices
- Adjustable reading speed
- Customizable pronunciation
- Sleep timer
- Offline reading
- Import various file formats
- Library organization
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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.
Earlo
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Make an audiobook of your next read. Redefining Text To Speech, All Offline. Earlo turns your books, documents and research papers into a personal listening library. Speech is generated on your device, so you can read and listen to saved documents offline without an Earlo account. Bring your own reading Import EPUB, PDF, TXT, Markdown, HTML, RTF and DOCX files. Paste text, save a webpage, or recognize text in photos and scanned pages. Review an import before adding it to your library. Earlo does not remove DRM. Read and listen together Follow the spoken word, tap to move to a passage, and return to narration after browsing. Switch between readable text and the original PDF. Adjust reading settings, use the full-screen reader, and resume from your saved position. Listen your way Choose a voice, adjust playback speed, set a sleep timer and build a listening queue. Add pronunciation corrections and choose passages to omit from narration while keeping the original text intact. Export a book, chapter, page range or selected passage as MP3 audio. Keep useful ideas close Organize your library into collections, search titles and document text, and save notes and bookmarks. Export notes as Markdown and research citations as RIS or BibTeX. Daily streaks and listening activity help you see your reading routine. Make time for research Find papers by DOI or arXiv identifier, or import PDF attachments from your Zotero library. Research reading can skip recognized citations and reference lists. Complex equations, tables and scanned text may need review against the original document. More languages, on your device English narration is joined by preview voices for Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. Automatic language detection can switch voices between supported-language paragraphs. The interface is available in ten languages, including Arabic with right-to-left layout. Interface language does not translate your documents or add Arabic narration. Built around your Apple devices Use Earlo on iPhone and iPad, with optional private iCloud sync. Control iPhone playback and save bookmarks from the paired Apple Watch companion. Siri, Shortcuts, widgets and Lock Screen controls keep listening within reach. Saved reading and narration work offline. Web imports, research lookups, Zotero and iCloud sync require an internet connection. Apple Watch playback depends on the paired iPhone. Made by Boston Research Journals, USA.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earlo at none against Audia's 2. Audia's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Audia sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Earlo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Audia ships an update every 5 days, Earlo every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Audia | Earlo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 247 MB | 723 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leopoldo Manuel Romacho | Boston Research Journals |
In-app purchases
Audia
- Audia Plus$3.99
- Audia Plus Team Support$49.99
Earlo
No in-app purchases









