WebOutLoud vs VDWrite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
VDWrite
This writing app offers text-to-speech proofreading to catch errors, a word finder for better vocabulary, and an active outline for organizing and restructuring documents. It's designed to help users write more effectively and efficiently.
- Text-to-speech proofreading
- Phonetic and meaning word search
- Active document outline
- Voice dictation support
- iCloud synchronization
- Cloud storage integration
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Voice Dream Writer helps everyone write better: Text-to-speech proofreading reduces mistakes, phonetic and meaning search help you use the right words, and an active outline helps you organize and improve the structure of your writing. • Featured in the US App Store Education Collection. • "Voice Dream Writer's technically designed for people with reading disabilities, but it's useful for just about anyone who needs a little help proofing." - Lifehacker Text-To-Speech Proofreading. Professional proofreaders recommend reading out loud as the best way to catch mistakes. Like a personal proofreader, Voice Dream Writer reads your writing using text-to-speech, so you can easily spot awkward sentences, grammatical errors and typos. Also, it can read words and sentences as you type or voice dictate. This way, you can type faster because you no longer have to look up to check the text you just wrote. Word Finder. Voice Dream Writer helps you find the right words using phonetic search and meaning search. For example, search for "inuf" phonetically, and you will find "enough", and search for "Fast Africa Cat" by meaning and you will find "Cheetah." Word Finder also shows you the dictionary definition of a word as you type without you having to select anything or open another program. Outline. As you write, Voice Dream Writer automatically creates an outline of headings, paragraphs and sentences. The Outline helps you structure your document better by giving you an always-on overview. You can also quickly navigate to a section in a long document without endless scrolling. Finally, you can drag and drop elements in the Outline to organize your writing. No more selecting, cutting and pasting large blocks of text. Besides these unique features, Voice Dream Writer also comes with everything you would expect from any great writing tool: • Comprehensive settings for text appearance • Uncluttered writing area • Search for text • Search for misspelled words • Word count • Synchronize and backup with iCloud • Import and export for Dropbox, Google Drive, and Box • Preview and print with multiple themes • Markdown support for formatting • Export to Microsoft Word format (compatible with Apple Pages) • Support for Bluetooth keyboard The app is not only fully accessible, it was designed with students and adults with print disabilities in mind. There are special tools for VoiceOver users to manage the cursor, select text, and find and correct misspelled words by stepping through them. Voice-based Proofreading and Phonetic Search are invaluable for people with dyslexia. Also included is the research-proven Dyslexie font. Voice Dream Writer will continue to evolve. We would love to hear from you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WebOutLoud at 4.6 against VDWrite's 4.1. WebOutLoud also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (767 vs 65). VDWrite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and review sentiment (68% vs 60%). 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
Both are free to download. WebOutLoud sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. VDWrite asks for nothing beyond the download.
WebOutLoud holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WebOutLoud has 767 ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of WebOutLoud's written reviews are positive against 68% of VDWrite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WebOutLoud ships an update weekly, VDWrite monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WebOutLoud | VDWrite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (767 ratings) — better | 4.1 (65 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 767 — better | 65 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bret Lester | Opus Noma LLC |
Customer experience
WebOutLoud
VDWrite
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
VDWrite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WebOutLoud
- 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
- 1 Million Premium Characters$39.99
VDWrite
No in-app purchases








