Comparison

ClaroSpeak Plus vs LytteApp

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

Head to head
About

ClaroSpeak Plus

This app aids reading and writing with advanced text-to-speech, customizable formatting, and OCR technology to extract text from photos. It supports cloud integration and offers word prediction to improve literacy and proofreading.

Highlights
  • Text-to-Speech with highlighting
  • Capture text from photos (OCR)
  • Word prediction and autocorrection
  • Customizable font, size, and layout
  • Cloud storage integration
  • Save text as audio files
Features
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ClaroSpeak is a reading and writing app with high-quality text-to-speech, formatting controls, a wide range of fonts and styles and cloud storage integration. ClaroSpeak Plus also includes our "Capture Text from Photo" feature with high quality Optical Character Recognition (powered by ABBYY). ClaroSpeak provides visual highlighting in-sync with spoken words, a great range of color and font settings to allow for optimum reading, and word prediction to help with writing. ClaroSpeak is a quality app for proofreading text through listening, helping with reading and literacy development, and creating audio files from any text. PRODUCT FEATURES • Text-to-Speech - Type into ClaroSpeak and have the text read back to you. You can check text and proofread it quickly and easily. - You can import documents into ClaroSpeak from apps such as Mail, or import directly from Dropbox or Google Drive using ClaroSpeak's integration. ClaroSpeak can open a range of document formats including Word doc, PDF and epub. - Text from any app can be copied and pasted into ClaroSpeak ready to be read back. - Apple's speech recognition can be used to dictate text directly into ClaroSpeak, and can be listened back to ensure it is right. - The Apple spell check works in ClaroSpeak too, further helping accuracy. - You can save the text as an audio file using the same high-quality voice. • High-Quality Voices 4 high-quality Nuance Vocalizer voices are available as free downloads, with the language of your choice. The voice can be made to speak faster or slower. The voices are installed within ClaroSpeak, so they work when not online and do not use up any data allowance. Additional Nuance & Acapela voices in 30+ languages and even more accents are available through in-app purchase in ClaroSpeak. • Capture text from photo This feature lets you select a photo from your library or take a new one with your camera. Your chosen image will be scanned for text, using high-quality OCR (powered by ABBYY), and the text in the image will be inserted into ClaroSpeak. ***Minimum camera spec: 2MP*** • Word Prediction & Autocorrection Word prediction helps with writing more quickly and accurately. Train dictionaries from the current text so the best suggestions come up first. Enable Claro autocorrect and ClaroSpeak will use our specifically designed correction list to automatically correct misspelt words as they are typed. • Visual Highlighting Text is highlighted as the text is read back. Highlighting allows you to coordinate reading and listening. ClaroSpeak lets you pick the color and style of highlighting required. There are four highlighting modes to choose from: none, word by word, word trail, or sentence by sentence highlighting. • Font & Layout Change the font type, size or color to suit your needs. Layout the text for easier reading by adjusting the character, line and paragraph spacing and adjusting the page margins. Text can be formatted bold, italic and underlined to emphasize. Images can be inserted into the text from the camera or your library. • Save to Audio Convert any text into an audio file using any of the high-quality voices. This is quick and easy, allowing text to be listened to on the move. Great for proofreading on the go. • Sharing your text Text created within ClaroSpeak can be emailed, messaged, printed, opened in another app, or copied and pasted into another app, like Safari. Sending the text to Facebook and Twitter lets you join in with social media. • Read webpages You can now read webpages in Safari and other browsers, using the "Read with ClaroSpeak" extension from the share menu. • Dropbox and Google Drive Integration Open documents stored in Dropbox or Google Drive directly in ClaroSpeak. Save text and audio files directly back to Dropbox or Google Drive. Great for transferring files between devices and keeping files in the cloud. For the latest news, tips and advice follow @ClaroSpeak on Twitter.

About

LytteApp

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Lytteapp is a mobile application for learning new languages quickly. Learning is not a game, and thus, this app is not designed to be a game. Though we can learn things while playing a game, it's not the most efficient way. The idea behind this app is to learn and familiarize new words and phrases in less time. It's not a replacement for traditional ways of learning. Instead, it must be used with other learning tools to enhance your reading and listening skills. All words and sentences are grouped by their frequency of usage in daily life. Each word playlist is designed to last less than 4 minutes. So that by reducing your music time by 30 mins and listening to LytteApp, you can learn 20-30 new words and revise 100-120 words in each session. Key Features ---------------- Learn 31+ languages anytime and anywhere at your own pace Improve your vocabulary on the move in a style that suits your time and preference Add new words/phrases/audios/images and modify the existing data. Use test results to validate your progress: The app changes the learning and Listening plans depending on your test performances. Associate the meaning of each word with a wide variety of rich images that are easy to remember Track the progress of vocabulary development through detailed reports Learn a language in a way that you can use in your daily personal and professional life Speak naturally by listening to multiple voices in different accents Lists are available for both words and sentences and provide an easy navigation method to all Listening, reading, and test screens. Each word list contains 20 words, and each sentence list contains 20 sentences. However, you can add any number of words to word lists and any number of sentences to a sentence list. When you listen/read to a list, the app shows all the items in that given list, excluding those you have marked as hidden. As you study more lists, you will realize that few words are easy to remember and don't need to be revised regularly. You can hide those words/sentences by clicking on the pop button. Numbers ----------- 32 Languages .......................................... 13 European 6 Indian Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, Malay Arabic, Indonesian, Filipino, etc. 26,000 Words / Language .......................................... Compilation of most commonly used words and phrases used in different languages. You can also add new words/phrases or modify existing translations. 45,000 Lessons .......................................... All words and phrases are chosen carefully to keep your mind engaged in each session. Listening sessions are designed to last 4-6 minutes. 1,85,000 Audios .......................................... Ninety different voices are used in recording 1,85,000 audios. Different voices will help you adapt to divergent accents.

Screenshots

ClaroSpeak Plus4 screens
LytteApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LytteApp at Free against ClaroSpeak Plus's $9.99. LytteApp also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On update cadence, ads 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

LytteApp is free to download; ClaroSpeak Plus costs $9.99 up front. ClaroSpeak Plus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. LytteApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClaroSpeak Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, LytteApp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ClaroSpeak Plus versus LytteApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClaroSpeak PlusLytteApp
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size723 MB308 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClaro Software LimitedNishit Das

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ClaroSpeak Plus

One-time10
  • Allison$1.99
  • Heather$1.99
  • Ryan$1.99
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  • Tracy$1.99
  • Micah$1.99
  • Rod$1.99
  • Will$1.99
  • Peter$1.99
  • Rachel$1.99
  • Susan$1.99
None

LytteApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ClaroSpeak Plus free?
ClaroSpeak Plus costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is LytteApp free?
LytteApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ClaroSpeak Plus or LytteApp have ads?
Neither ClaroSpeak Plus nor LytteApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClaroSpeak Plus or LytteApp?
ClaroSpeak Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, and LytteApp fortnightly. Most recently, ClaroSpeak Plus was updated on October 8, 2026 and LytteApp on September 29, 2026.

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