Comparison

ClaroSpeak vs Dewie

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

Head to head
About

ClaroSpeak

This app provides advanced text-to-speech functionality with customizable voices and visual highlighting to aid reading comprehension. It also includes word prediction and OCR capabilities to assist with writing and document import.

Highlights
  • Text-to-Speech with human-sounding voices
  • Synchronized visual highlighting
  • Customizable font and layout settings
  • Word prediction for writing assistance
  • Import documents (Word, PDF, EPUB)
  • OCR for capturing text from photos
Features
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ClaroSpeak is a high-quality text-to-speech reader capable of speaking any accessible text with a range of human-sounding high-quality voices. ClaroSpeak offers the option of visual highlighting in-sync with the 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. PRODUCT FEATURES • Text-to-Speech - Type into ClaroSpeak and then speak it back. Users can check text and proofread quickly and easily. - You can import documents into ClaroSpeak from apps such as Mail. 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. • Text to Speech Voices ClaroSpeak Free uses the iOS system voices. Buy extra high-quality Nuance Expressive and Acapela voices in-app. • Word Prediction Word prediction helps with writing more quickly and accurately. Train dictionaries from the current text so the best suggestions come up first. • Visual Highlighting Text is highlighted as the text is read back. Highlighting allows users to coordinate reading and listening. ClaroSpeak lets users pick the color and style of highlighting required. There are four highlighting modes to choose from: None, Word by Word highlighting, Word Trail highlighting or 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. • Send Text Text created within ClaroSpeak can be emailed, sent via SMS, or copied and pasted into another app, like Safari – great to help ensure everything is right. The Apple spellcheck works in ClaroSpeak too, further helping accuracy. Sending to Facebook and Twitter lets you join in with social media. • Dropbox and Google Drive Integration Open documents stored in Dropbox or Google Drive directly in ClaroSpeak. Unlock ClaroSpeak Plus features in-app and get the following great extra features: • Capture text from photo (unlimited OCR) ***Minimum camera spec: 2MP*** • Save to Dropbox and Google Drive integration • Speak in background • Insert images into your documents • Claro autocorrect For the latest news, tips and advice follow @ClaroSpeak on Twitter.

About

Dewie

This app offers a holistic approach to early childhood development, providing a school readiness bootcamp, progress monitoring, and a variety of engaging activities. It connects parents with educators and specialists, fostering a supportive community for seamless learning journeys.

Highlights
  • School readiness bootcamp
  • Holistic development monitoring
  • Low-resource activity search
  • Book sessions with specialists
  • Parent and educator community
  • Nursery/childminder pairing
Features
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Many apps claim to give you personalised advice on how to support your child’s development. Many focus on a single area of development or the curriculum. You might have several on your phone. How about if you just needed one…? That’s why we built Dewie. Reviewed by UCL and featuring Cbeebies presenters Ben Cajee and Joanna Adeyinka-Burford, Dewie helps you map your child’s development holistically. We then support you and your child to learn the way you like to learn, working towards helping you both make a great start in school. Informed by world-leading academics from Europe, US and Canada, Dewie is designed to be your early years sidekick. What can you do on the app? You can: ⁃ Access the world’s first school readiness bootcamp for you and your child to work through together. ⁃ Use our Dewie Development Monitor to understand your child’s development stage and understand if they might need additional support in a specific area ⁃ Search fun, low-resource activities and stories across our development areas- activities are a mix of active, desk-based, audio and video activities ⁃ Book time with teachers and development specialists ⁃ Join our new, supportive community of parents, teachers and early years practitioners ⁃ Pair your profile with your nursery or childminder, so you can provide a seamless learning journey for your child. This is V1 - it is just the beginning. Terms of Use: https://dewie.io/terms_and_conditions

Screenshots

ClaroSpeak4 screens
Dewie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dewie at 100% against ClaroSpeak's 14%. ClaroSpeak's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 20 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. ClaroSpeak sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Dewie sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClaroSpeak ships an update every 3 weeks, Dewie every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ClaroSpeak versus Dewie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClaroSpeakDewie
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size736 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClaro Software LimitedDewie L&D Project Ltd

Customer experience

ClaroSpeak

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

Dewie

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ClaroSpeak

One-time10
  • Daniel$1.99
  • Ryan$1.99
  • Tracy$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Vani$1.99
  • Geeta$1.99
  • Biera$1.99
  • Elle$1.99
  • Unlock Standard Features$4.99
  • Unlock Plus Features$4.99
  • Unlock Standard & Plus Features$9.99
11 purchases

Dewie

Subscriptions5
  • The Core Plan (Monthly)14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • The Personal Plan (Monthly)14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Dewie Personal$9.991 Month
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  • The Core Plan (Yearly)14 Days trial$29.001 Year
  • The Personal Plan (Yearly)14 Days trial$79.001 Year
One-time6
  • Reception Ready Beta Programme$19.00
  • 1:1 support (1 hour)$30.00
  • 1:1 support (2 hours)$59.00
Show 3 more
  • 1:1 support (3 hours)$79.00
  • 1:1 support (4 hours)$99.00
  • 1:1 support (5 hours)$119.99

Questions

Is ClaroSpeak free?
ClaroSpeak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dewie free?
Dewie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ClaroSpeak or Dewie have ads?
Dewie shows ads; ClaroSpeak does not.
Which is updated more often, ClaroSpeak or Dewie?
ClaroSpeak ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dewie every 20 months. Most recently, ClaroSpeak was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dewie on October 13, 2026.

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