Speak vs ReadSpeak
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!
ReadSpeak
Convert any text into spoken words with a wide selection of over 100 accents. This utility allows users to hear their typed content spoken aloud in their preferred voice.
- Speak any text
- Choose from over 100 accents
- Accent selection
- Text-to-speech conversion
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Enter any text and ReadSpeak will speak your text back to you in the accent that you choose! Over 100 different accents to choose from!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadSpeak at none against Speak's 1. ReadSpeak also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). Speak's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 2). On price 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. ReadSpeak asks for nothing beyond the download.
ReadSpeak holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speak has 3.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Speak ships an update every 4 months, ReadSpeak daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speak | ReadSpeak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.4K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — 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, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loic Verrall | MetricMix LLC |
Customer experience
Speak
ReadSpeak
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
ReadSpeak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speak
- Remove Ads$1.99
ReadSpeak
No in-app purchases
