Comparison

Readmon vs Aloudy

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

Head to head
About

Readmon

Features
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Readmon reads the books you already own, out loud, in a voice that sounds like a person. On a night when your eyes are tired, or with your hands in the sink, the story keeps going. ■ Ten AI voices that sound like people Not a robot. Choose from five female and five male voices. Add a reading style that fits the text — novel, news — and Readmon remembers which voice you used for each book. The AI voices support 31 languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. Languages not on this list cannot be read by the AI voices. Chinese is not on the list. If the language you read is not on the list, please do not buy the AI voices. You can listen in that language with the system voices built into iOS, and everything else in the app is free. Dialogue is read in a different voice from the narration. When lines run back and forth, two voices take turns, so it sounds like a conversation. ■ On your iPhone, with no internet The narration is generated entirely on your iPhone. It keeps working when the connection drops, and on a plane. You download a voice once. After that, no internet is needed. ■ The files you already have TXT, EPUB and PDF, and comics too. 7z, CBZ, CBR, ZIP and RAR all open. Bring books in from Calibre-Web, OPDS, WebDAV, Dropbox or OneDrive. PDFs and scanned books are recognized on the device and read aloud as well. ■ Comfortable while you read Sleep timer — it stops on its own if you fall asleep Lock screen controls — turn pages and pause without taking it out of your pocket Repeat a passage — go back over the part you missed Pronunciation dictionary — make names and unusual words sound the way you want Page-turn animation — pages that turn like paper ■ Not a subscription Buy the AI voices once and they stay yours. Nothing to cancel, nothing to pay again next month. Listen free for 30 minutes before you buy. Everything else works without buying anything.

About

Aloudy

This app transforms various text formats, including documents, web pages, and scanned images, into natural-sounding speech. It offers offline playback with word-by-word highlighting, making it ideal for listening to content on the go or for users who prefer auditory learning.

Highlights
  • Reads PDFs, e-books, documents, and web articles
  • Scans and reads text from photos
  • Natural AI voices with adjustable speed
  • Offline playback with word highlighting
  • Background playback and lock screen controls
  • Organize library with folders and tags
Features
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Listen to anything you need to read. Aloudy turns PDFs, e-books, documents, web articles and even photos of printed pages into natural speech, and highlights every word as it is read. The voices are neural AI models that run entirely on your iPhone or iPad. After a one-time voice download, everything works offline, even in airplane mode. There is no account and no sign-up, your documents never leave your device, and there are no ads. READ ANYTHING • PDF and EPUB in their original layout, with the spoken sentence highlighted right on the page • FB2, Word (DOCX), TXT, Markdown, HTML and RTF files • Web articles: share a link from Safari or any app • Paste or type your own text • Scan a page or pick a photo: text is recognized on your device • Built-in browser: open any website and listen to the page, with the text highlighted • Classic books: pick from more than 70,000 public domain titles and listen FOLLOW ALONG • The current sentence and word are highlighted as you listen • Tap any sentence to start reading from there • Table of contents for PDFs and e-books • Search inside a document • Pick up exactly where you left off NATURAL AI VOICES • 46 neural voices, including natural American and British English voices and Mandarin Chinese voices • Multilingual voices that read 31 languages • Adjust the reading speed to your pace READ YOUR WAY • Reading themes, fonts, text size and line spacing • Folders and tags to keep your library organized MADE FOR LISTENING • Background playback with lock screen and Control Center controls • Keeps playing after calls and when you switch headphones Great for long articles, textbooks and reports, for listening while you walk, commute or cook, and for anyone who finds listening easier than reading, including people with dyslexia or ADHD. FREE AND PRO Aloudy is free to try: the free plan reads the beginning of each book or document; Pro reads everything and unlocks all 46 voices, as a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://aloudy.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://aloudy.app/privacy

Screenshots

Readmon4 screens
Aloudy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Aloudy at none against Readmon's shown. Aloudy also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Readmon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Aloudy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readmon ships an update fortnightly, Aloudy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Readmon versus Aloudy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadmonAloudy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinhaeng LeeAlexey Nenastyev

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Readmon

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • AI Voice Lifetime$5.99
2 purchases

Aloudy

Subscriptions1
  • Reader Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
One-time1
  • Reader Pro Lifetime$29.00

Questions

Is Readmon free?
Readmon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aloudy free?
Aloudy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Readmon or Aloudy have ads?
Readmon shows ads; Aloudy does not.
Which is updated more often, Readmon or Aloudy?
Readmon ships an update fortnightly, and Aloudy weekly. Most recently, Readmon was updated on October 7, 2026 and Aloudy on October 12, 2026.

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