Comparison

WebOutLoud vs Readable Web

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

Head to head
About

WebOutLoud

Listen to websites, PDFs, and EPUBs with advanced text-to-speech technology. Features premium voices, AI summaries, and offline capabilities for a seamless reading experience. Organize content into playlists and collections for later.

Highlights
  • Listen to websites, PDFs, EPUBs
  • Premium voices from Amazon Polly, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
  • AI content summaries & chat
  • Offline capabilities
  • Custom pronunciations
  • Playlist creation
  • Safari and Chrome extension
Features
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Listen to websites, PDFs, EPUBs, any text using text to speech. Perfect for Web Novels & Fanfiction. Includes premium voices from Amazon Polly, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and others. Custom pronunciations, AI summaries, PDF text-to-speech, offline capabilities, desktop integration, iCloud sync and Dark Mode.* You can save articles, e-novels, PDFs and EPUBs to read later, or listen to them one after another in a playlist. Includes Safari extension where you can listen to websites without leaving the browser. No Longer Limited to Websites! - Use WebOutLoud to listen to EPUBS and PDFs*. It highlights words as it reads and remembers where you left off. - Use WebOutLoud to read aloud any text on your device. - Organize your saved content into collections. - Custom substitutions including regular expression support - AI content summaries & chat. Instantly summarize and ask questions about documents and websites up to 300 pages in length.* About WebOutLoud's Leading Website Reader: It's simple! Just navigate to any web page using the in-app web browser and touch play. Web Out Loud will read web pages using a wide selection of voices, from those freely available on your device to the high quality premium voices from Amazon Polly, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and others. Reading requires way too much of your attention. Multitask like a champ! Listen to articles in your car or while you work. - Reads any web page, PDF or text document - Highlights words as it reads - Scrolls the page automatically as you follow along - Tell the app where to begin reading using Touch Assist, or enable the powerful Reader View to eliminate ads and isolate readable content automatically. - Dozens of supported languages, each with their own unique voice - Chrome and mobile Safari browser integration - Custom pronunciations and word substitution - AMP link blocking But how does it know what to read!?!? WebOutLoud uses hand-crafted AI to read web pages to you Out Loud. ---------------------- * PLEASE NOTE: PDF Text to Speech requires, and custom substitutions require a Basic subscription. A Premium subscription is required for AI content summaries and premium voices (i.e. voices by Amazon Polly, Microsoft Azure and others). Listening to web pages and text using the voices that are built-in to your device is free with an occasional ad. ---------------------- WebOutLoud Full Version is a 1-year auto-renewable subscription Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew up to 24 hours before your next subscription payment is due via your App Store settings page. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Service http://wol.bretlester.com/terms_of_service.html Privacy Policy http://wol.bretlester.com/privacy_policy.html

About

Readable Web

Features
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This Safari extension will convert standard english web page text into Readable English (RE) to support RE customers as they improve their reading skills. You must be logged into your RE account to use this extension.

Screenshots

WebOutLoud4 screens
Readable Web2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Readable Web at none against WebOutLoud's 9. Readable Web also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. WebOutLoud sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Readable Web asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WebOutLoud versus Readable Web: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWebOutLoudReadable Web
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (767 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings767 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBret LesterReadable English LLC

Bugs and requests

WebOutLoud

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent reading behavior, skipping words or paragraphs
  • Login and account issues, unable to access subscription features
  • Compatibility problems with certain websites and content
  • Resets to the beginning of content when paused

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for Bluetooth
  • Improve PDF reading capabilities
  • Provide more natural-sounding voice options
  • Allow customization of pronunciation for specific words

Readable Web

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

WebOutLoud

Subscriptions8
  • WebOutLoud Basic Monthly$2.991 Month
  • WebOutLoud Premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • WebOutLoud Premium$9.997 Days
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  • WebOutLoud Basic Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • WebOutLoud Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • WebOutLoud Premium$29.991 Month
  • WebOutLoud Premium Yearly3 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • WebOutLoud Premium Yearly$119.991 Year
One-time1
  • 1 Million Premium Characters$39.99
None

Readable Web

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WebOutLoud free?
WebOutLoud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readable Web free?
Readable Web is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WebOutLoud or Readable Web have ads?
Neither WebOutLoud nor Readable Web shows ads.

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