Talking Reminder Lite vs Voice Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Talking Reminder Lite
This app provides timely reminders with spoken alerts in over 20 languages. It offers various reminder types, including one-time, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and interval options, with customizable talking speed and volume. It can also display messages in the notification bar when the device is locked or other apps are in use.
- Spoken reminders in 20+ languages
- Multiple reminder types (daily, weekly, etc.)
- Customizable talking speed and volume
- Notification bar alerts
- Import text from clipboard or files
- Active/sleep status for reminders
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Main Features: 1. Run the reminder at the indicted time 2 When the App is launched, the reminder could talk the text in more than 20 international languages at the indicted time. 3 When the device is locked or the user is using other App, the App could reminder the user by playing 26 talking sounds in English and also display the message in the notification bar. 4 The App includes the following six standard time reminders:One Time reminder, every hour reminder, every day reminder, every week reminder, every month reminder, Interval reminder. Detail features: 1 import the text from the paste board, soft keyboard or text file. 2 In the main list, each table cell contains one cycle button at the right side, after tapping the right button,the user could change the reminder status between active and sleep. In the sleep status, the reminder will be ignored. 3 When the reminder record is running, the right button will be stop button. So tap the stop button could stop the current reminder job. 4 The user could select the talking speed from the setting view. 5 The user could control the talking volume from the setting view. 6 In the main list view, at the tool bar, the right one is the wizard button. Tap the wizard button, the user could select the every day template, every week template or the every month template. 7 In the main list view, at the tool bar, the left one is the clear button. Tap the clear button, the user could delete all the reminder records from the database and the notification list. Screen shots description: in the screen shot, if there are only one main title line in each cell , the notification sound is the default iOS sound and only the talking text is displayed. If there are two main title lines in each cell of the main list view, one line is for the talking notification sound. the other line is for the talking text. In the main list view, if we tap the + button at the bottom tool bar, the menu list is displayed. From this menu, the user could select the reminder type. In the main list view, if one reminder event cell is displayed, and we tap the active button, the status of the event will be changed to sleep status. The lite edition includes the iOS default notification sound and 26 talking sounds in English. Below is the notification sounds list: 0 iOS default Notification Sound 1 Go home 2 Go to school 3 Go to work 4 Go to the cafeteria 5 Do some exercise 6 Get up 7 Go to bed 8 Set out 9 Go back 10 Take a break 11 Make a reservation 12 Go dating 13 Call up 14 Send an Email 15 Go to the bank 16 Go to the hospital 17 Attend a meeting 18 Go to the grocery 19 Check out the internet 20 Check the email box 21 Play the sound 22 Play music 23 listen the talking 24 Have an afternoon Tea 25 Go to a party 26 Go shopping
Voice Reader
Convert typed text into natural-sounding speech with over 20 languages and accents. Adjust voice pitch and rate, load PDF files, and save your text for later. Bring your written words to life with this versatile tool.
- Text to voice conversion
- Support for 20+ languages and accents
- Adjustable voice pitch and rate
- Load PDF files for listening
- Save text for later use
- Sleek user interface
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Voice Reader Studio helps you turn reading into listening. Read PDFs aloud, create short audiobooks, paste text, choose a natural Apple voice, and save generated audio clips in your library. It is designed for students, readers, writers, professionals, and anyone who wants to listen instead of reading on screen. What you can do: • Turn text into natural audio • Import PDFs and listen page by page • Create books with multiple pages • Generate audiobooks from your own writing • Choose Apple voices installed on your device • Adjust speed, pitch, and volume • Save generated audio clips • Replay audio from your library • Use enhanced Apple voices when available • Organize reading and listening in one simple app Voice Reader Studio is useful for: • Reading documents aloud • Listening to study notes • Creating audio from written content • Turning short stories into audiobooks • Reviewing PDFs hands-free • Listening while walking, relaxing, or working The app uses Apple speech voices available on your device. You can add more voices from iOS Settings when supported. Simple, private, and focused on reading aloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Voice Reader at 80% against Talking Reminder Lite's 0%. Voice Reader also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 9 months). Talking Reminder Lite's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.2). On 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
Talking Reminder Lite is free to download; Voice Reader costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Voice Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Talking Reminder Lite's written reviews are positive against 80% of Voice Reader's.
Talking Reminder Lite ships an update every 9 months, Voice Reader every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Talking Reminder Lite | Voice Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 方 沈 | Gursimran singh Sodhi |
Customer experience
Talking Reminder Lite
Voice Reader
In-app purchases
Talking Reminder Lite
No in-app purchases
Voice Reader
No in-app purchases
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