Comparison

Speak vs Noota Voice Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Noota Voice Notes

Features
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Noota Voice Notes is a private, offline-first voice recording and note-taking app designed for focus, productivity, and local storage. Record voice notes with a clean modern interface, transcribe speech on your device, organize recordings, and manage your ideas without relying on cloud storage. Features: • High-quality voice recording • On-device speech transcription for supported languages • Multi-language support • Live waveform recording interface • Organized voice note library • Private local storage • Audio and transcript export • Dark mode support • Rewarded ads for longer recordings on the free plan Noota helps you capture meetings, thoughts, reminders, ideas, and personal notes in a fast and simple way. Free users can record for up to 30 seconds without watching an ad. A rewarded ad unlocks a longer recording for that recording session. Noota Premium removes ads and allows longer recordings without watching rewarded ads. Terms of Use: https://contactechoo.com/noota-terms Privacy Policy: https://contactechoo.com/noota-privacy

Screenshots

Speak4 screens
Noota Voice Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Noota Voice Notes at every 3 weeks against Speak's every 4 months. Noota Voice Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, 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. Speak sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Noota Voice Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speak ships an update every 4 months, Noota Voice Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Speak versus Noota Voice Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeakNoota Voice Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoic VerrallMkrtich Nikoghosyan

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

Noota Voice Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Speak

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
2 purchases

Noota Voice Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Noota Premium$0.991 Month
  • Noota Premium Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Speak free?
Speak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Noota Voice Notes free?
Noota Voice Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Speak or Noota Voice Notes have ads?
Both Speak and Noota Voice Notes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Speak or Noota Voice Notes?
Speak ships an update every 4 months, and Noota Voice Notes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Speak was updated on November 11, 2026 and Noota Voice Notes on October 31, 2026.

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