Text to Speech vs Voice Aloud Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text to Speech
This app transforms text from websites, documents, and images into natural-sounding speech. It supports over 40 languages and allows for customizable playback speed and voice selection. Listen to content offline or in the background while multitasking.
- Listen to documents and web articles
- Extract text from images
- Multiple voices and 40+ languages
- Adjustable playback speed and accent
- Queue content for continuous listening
- Offline listening support
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Too busy to read? Sit back, relax, and let Speaky read documents and news from any website aloud with natural voices and adjustable speeds. Simply import a document or provide a link to your web article, and Speaky will extract the main content, detect the language, and read it to you. You can retrieve content from any website, import files from the cloud, or scan documents with your camera. Key Features: - Listen to documents and web articles - Extract text from images and have it read aloud - Choose from multiple voices across 40+ languages - Customize playback with adjustable speed and accent - Create lists and queue content for continuous listening - Clean and format text automatically with Smart Cleanup - Full support for all document types (pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, odt, epub) - Full support for all image types (jpg, png, gif, tiff, bmp, heic) - Enjoy Speaky in the background with complete offline access "Articles in your Speaky queue play without an internet connection, so you can breeze through a New Yorker treatise as you ride the subway or catch up on world news on your next international flight." - New York Magazine "Speaky is a handy tool that helps you multitask by listening instead of reading. Whether it’s an entertaining article on the Web or an important PDF for work, you can give your eyes a rest or just get more done with this intuitive voice reader." - AppAdvice __________ Speaky Pro: Unlock unlimited listening and more languages for the scanner. Choose a monthly or annual subscription, or unlock Pro forever with a one-time Lifetime purchase. You can manage or cancel your subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://sandratra.com/legal/terms
Voice Aloud Reader
This application transforms written text into spoken words, making it ideal for those who are busy or have difficulty reading. It supports a wide range of document types and languages, offering a customizable listening experience.
- Reads text aloud
- Supports various document formats
- Over 40 languages supported
- Customizable reading speed, pitch, and volume
- Customizable interface and read modes
- File sharing via iCloud/iTunes
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Listen to anything, anywhere. The app reads aloud text documents, e-books, websites, and printed books—perfect for commuting, multitasking, relaxing, or making written content easier to access. Designed for all users, including blind and low-vision users, with support for VoiceOver, Larger Text, sufficient contrast, and Reduced Motion. Use iCloud or iTunes to share files between your computer and the app. VOICES SUPPORT Choose from 40 languages, listen in different voices BOOKS SUPPORT Supports the most popular text formats CUSTOM INTERFACE Customize the font and the read mode at your own discretion CUSTOM SETTINGS Change pitch, volume, and speed of reading Supports text-to-speech in the following languages: English, Chinese, French, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Catalan, Afrikaans, Danish, German, Russian, Finnish, Haitian Creole, Dutch, Czech, Latvian, Romanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Slovak, Swahili, Turkish, Welsh, Spanish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Hindi, Indonesian, and Vietnamese. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Text to Speech at none against Voice Aloud Reader's shown. Text to Speech also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 59%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Voice Aloud Reader's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 860). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Text to Speech sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Voice Aloud Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Text to Speech against 4.6 for Voice Aloud Reader. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice Aloud Reader has 19K ratings behind it against 860, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Text to Speech's written reviews are positive against 59% of Voice Aloud Reader's.
Text to Speech ships an update every 3 weeks, Voice Aloud Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text to Speech | Voice Aloud Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (860 ratings) | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.4% of reviews — better | 58.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 860 | 19K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sandratra Razafindralambo | Marcin Olawski |
Customer experience
Text to Speech
Voice Aloud Reader
Bugs and requests
Text to Speech
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Voice Aloud Reader
Reported bugs
3 issues- Randomly jumps to different sections of text
- Struggles with formatting of multi-column documents
- Occasional crashes when switching between apps
Requested features
5 requests- Add bookmarking/resume functionality
- Improve voice quality and pronunciation
- Allow custom voice speed increments
- Implement a way to delete documents from library
- Add support for iBooks library integration
In-app purchases
Text to Speech
- Speaky Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- Speaky Pro (Annual)$19.991 Year
- Coffee Tip$2.99
- Burger Tip$5.99
- Starter Upgrade$7.99
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- Discounted Upgrade$9.99
- Pizza Tip$9.99
- Pro Upgrade$12.99
- Speaky Pro (Welcome)$19.99
- Speaky Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
Voice Aloud Reader
- Pro + Premium Voices 1m3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium OCR 100$0.99
- Premium OCR 800$1.99
- Pro version$8.99
Questions
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