Speak vs Text To Speech Audio Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speak
This app converts typed text into natural-sounding speech, offering a voice for those who have lost theirs. It allows customization of voices, pitch, and rate, and can save frequently used phrases or export history. It works offline and supports background playback.
- Extensive voice selection
- Adjustable speech parameters (pitch, rate)
- Save and reorder favorite phrases
- Phrase history with export option
- Share audio recordings
- Offline functionality
- Background speech playback
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Speak turns your words into clear, natural speech. Many of Speak's users have lost their ability to speak, often after surgery, and Speak helps give them a voice again. It's also great for practising pronunciation, or just having fun with voices. Features • Lots of voices: Choose from every voice installed on your device, including Enhanced, Premium and Personal Voice. Search by language, name or region, and preview any voice with one tap. • Fine-tune the sound: Adjust volume, pitch and rate, and repeat a phrase as many times as you need. • Favourites: Save the phrases you use most and reorder them however you like. • History: Every phrase you speak is saved, so you can speak it again or share it. You can also export your history as a CSV file. • Share audio recordings: Turn any phrase into an audio file and share it anywhere. • Make it yours: Light or Dark appearance, a high-contrast text field, and options for how Speak behaves when you type, speak and clear. • Picks up where you left off: Optionally restore your text, voice, pitch, rate and repeat count when you open the app. • Keeps talking in the background: Speech keeps playing while your device is locked or you're using another app. • Louder with Bluetooth: Connect a Bluetooth speaker or headphones to make your voice heard even further. • Works everywhere: No internet connection needed. Supports VoiceOver and iPad multitasking. Quick Tip: If a word doesn't sound quite right, try spelling it phonetically. Speak is free with ads. You can remove them with a single in-app purchase in Settings to support development. Have fun! Feel free to email me with any suggestions or comments at loic@loic.tech. If you find Speak useful, please take a moment to leave a quick review!
Text To Speech Audio Reader
Convert text into spoken audio with this easy-to-use application. Import text files or type your own content, and have it read aloud. Features include navigation controls, sentence highlighting, and a variety of voice options.
- Import text files
- Type and read text
- Fast forward/backward navigation
- Highlight current sentence
- Save reading progress
- Multiple voice options
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This is an easy to use text to speech app. You can either import a text file or type some text, then it will read for you. What's more, it supports fast forward and backward fuctions to help you fast nav through text. Have a try and enjoy it. Features: + Support very large plain-text file with no delay + Save the process and continue with where left off + Fast forward and backward supported + Highlight the current reading sentence + Two mode supported, read and edit mode + Tap to read from anywhere in read mode + Many voices to choose from + Other voice settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text To Speech Audio Reader at none against Speak's 1. Text To Speech Audio Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Speak's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 46%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume 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. Speak sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text To Speech Audio Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Speak holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.4K and 2.3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Speak's written reviews are positive against 46% of Text To Speech Audio Reader's.
Speak ships an update every 4 months, Text To Speech Audio Reader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speak | Text To Speech Audio Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.4K ratings) — better | 4.3 (2.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better | 45.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 2.3K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loic Verrall | 洁 刘 |
Customer experience
Speak
Text To Speech Audio Reader
User reviews
Speak
From 3.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for communication
- 👍 Variety of voices
- 👍 Clear and natural sounding voices
- 👍 Useful for vocal rest or loss of voice
Room to improve
- 🐛 Recording feature not working
- 🐛 Crashes or stops working after updates
- 🐛 Inability to pause or resume speech
- 🐛 Inability to export recordings
- 🐛 Inconsistent behavior across devices
Text To Speech Audio Reader
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and free
- 🚀 Works well for basic text-to-speech
- 💡 Customizable voice settings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance, app gets stuck or repeats lines
- 🔇 Robotic and unnatural-sounding voices
- 🔍 Difficult to change settings during playback
- 🔒 Privacy concerns with ads
Bugs and requests
Speak
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recording feature not working
- Crashes or stops working after updates
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to save and export recordings
- Pause and resume speech functionality
- More voice options, including Siri-like voices
- Highlight or follow along with text during playback
- Ability to copy text from app to other apps
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- Sync text and history across devices
Text To Speech Audio Reader
Reported bugs
3 issues- Keyboard gets stuck in the up position, making the app unusable
- App crashes or stops working randomly
- Unable to import or paste text into the app
Requested features
4 requests- Option to download text-to-speech audio files
- Repeat/rewind function for audio playback
- Import/paste text from external sources
- Ability to pause and resume reading without issues
In-app purchases
Speak
- Remove Ads$1.99
Text To Speech Audio Reader
No in-app purchases
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