Comparison

Text to Speech vs Speech2Text TTS Translator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Speech2Text TTS Translator

Easily convert your speech into text, translate languages in real-time, and have your text read aloud. This user-friendly app helps you take notes, share them, and even aids in language learning. Speak, translate, listen, and search all within one application.

Highlights
  • Speech to text conversion
  • Text to speech (TTS) output
  • Instant live translation
  • Note taking and sharing
  • Web search for notes
  • Language education tool
Features
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Speech2Text Translator TTS is a funny and user-friendly speech recognition, text-to-speech (TTS), and an instant live translator application, which allows you to take notes easily by speaking. You can copy these notes to clipboard and listen. You can send and share these notes via e-mail, SMS, social media and various instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Viber, Skype and vs. You can also search these notes on the web. Speech to Text, Text to Speech (TTS) and instant translation features are all in one application ! Speak, translate, listen, send and search using Speech to Text Translator TTS ! You can also use this software for language education. You can learn to speak all languages. Enjoy Speech to Text Translator TTS ! Supported Languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Greek, Estonian, Persian chandani, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Haitian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Danish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese

Screenshots

Text to Speech4 screens
Speech2Text TTS Translator2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Speech2Text TTS Translator at none against Text to Speech's 10. Speech2Text TTS Translator also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Text to Speech's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price 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. Text to Speech sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Speech2Text TTS Translator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text to Speech ships an update every 3 weeks, Speech2Text TTS Translator every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Text to Speech versus Speech2Text TTS Translator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText to SpeechSpeech2Text TTS Translator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (864 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.5% of reviews — better52.9% of reviews
Number of ratings864 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandratra RazafindralamboAudiosdroid OU

Customer experience

Text to Speech

All ratings860 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews214 reviews
Positive78.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative15.0%

Speech2Text TTS Translator

Written reviews17 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative47.1%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Text to Speech

Subscriptions2
  • Speaky Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Speaky Pro (Annual)$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • 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)$14.99
  • Speaky Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
None

Speech2Text TTS Translator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text to Speech free?
Text to Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Speech2Text TTS Translator free?
Speech2Text TTS Translator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text to Speech or Speech2Text TTS Translator have ads?
Speech2Text TTS Translator shows ads; Text to Speech does not.
Which is updated more often, Text to Speech or Speech2Text TTS Translator?
Text to Speech ships an update every 3 weeks, and Speech2Text TTS Translator every 7 months. Most recently, Text to Speech was updated on October 27, 2026 and Speech2Text TTS Translator on October 29, 2026.

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