Comparison

Speaking Email vs Luxsmart

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

Head to head
About

Speaking Email

This app reads your emails aloud and allows you to manage them using voice commands. It's ideal for hands-free and eyes-free email access, benefiting drivers and individuals with visual impairments or motor difficulties.

Highlights
  • Reads emails aloud
  • Voice commands for replies and management
  • Hands-free and eyes-free operation
  • Smart content detection
  • Multilingual email support
  • Secure connection to various email servers
Features
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Reads your email out loud, lets you reply and manage mail by voice commands. Ideal for visually impaired users, driving, or anytime you'd like to check email hands free & eyes free. Premium Edition is free for 7 days. Then you are automatically switched to Basic Edition. (Note for CarPlay users: see our other app 'Speaking Email CP') — WHY DO I WANT IT? — FOR DRIVERS Get more time in your day when you check your email on the move. Most people spend 1-2 hours in their inbox. With the help of Speaking Email during your daily drive to work, you can easily cut this time in half. Get more done, stay on top and keep a clean inbox. Voice commands and simple gestures designed to be safe to use while driving give you the ability to archive, flag or even reply on the move. (Note for CarPlay users: see also our other app "Speaking Email CP") FOR ACCESSIBILITY Makes email easy to use for those with visual impairment, blindness, dyslexia, stroke, motor dysfunction. Designed to be used without needing to see or touch the screen, Speaking Email works as a fully voice operated email app. Note: a sighted assistant or VoiceOver is required to sign into your email account and configure the many preferences to your liking. The rest is all voice controlled! — HOW DOES IT WORK? — Speaking Email reads your latest emails out loud from your inbox, one by one. Swipe left and right to play your inbox like a jukebox. Whip through your inbox, clear clutter, flag important items and make inbox zero a reality - all while on the go. You can interact with your email using full screen taps, swipes and voice commands. Voice recognition needs a trigger. You choose when to pause for a command - on full screen tap, every 30 seconds, at the start/end of emails. — FEATURES — - Smart content detection skips over disclaimers, reply headers, and email signatures to speak only the content without the clutter - Multilingual mode automatically detects the email language and switches voices to match, using Apple text-to-speech voices - Makes use of the latest Apple speech recognition technology lets you dictate your reply, which is read back to you before sending - Our simple Ignore Sender command puts you in control, allowing you to avoid hearing emails from the sender in future - Connects securely to all email servers, including Gmail (using Google Sign In), Microsoft 365 (aka Office 365 - using Microsoft Sign In supporting Intune, MFA and OAUTH), Exchange (via ActiveSync), IMAP, POP, iCloud (using app password), Outlook/Hotmail (using Microsoft Sign In), Yahoo (using Yahoo Sign In), AOL (using AOL Sign In) - Voice commands and buttons include: Next Back Archive/Done Flag Trash Reply Forward Ignore (thumbs down) Important (thumbs up) Block Sender Rewind Fast Forward Compose Search Voice Slower Faster People When - Many preferences to set up your experience how you like — QUESTIONS — Reach us at feedback@speaking.email See our FAQ: http://www.speaking.email/faq Feature tour: http://www.speaking.email — RECOGNITION — - Gizmodo - "Highly Recommended" by Marc Saltzman in USA Today - TV3 News (NZ), Sky News - The Australian, Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph - NZ Herald, National Business Review - Featured by Apple in Best New Apps - Voted Most Fundable App by Context.IO - Finalist in NZ Hi Tech Awards — QUOTES — “This is a nifty app, and one that will make driving a little safer for inbox addicts”—NBR “My eyesight isn’t as it was years ago, and your Speaking Email makes it so much easier for me to keep in touch with folks” — Willis Hargrave “I absolutely love the app and being an outside sales rep in the car 4-6 hours a day find it incredibly helpful. It is literally freeing up and hour or 2 of time for me every day I am on the road by having a lot less time at the desk doing email. THANKS!!!” — Scott Middleton https://speaking.email/page/privacy https://speaking.email/page/terms-of-use

About

Luxsmart

Features
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Access your LUXSMART from anywhere in the world. You'll always feel a little bit at home with LUXSMART. YOUR HOME, YOUR RULES Automate your entire home with Flow. Create automations that combine your devices, internet services and music. LUXSMART provides world-class solutions for home automation. We combine our end-to-end software solution for HA with in-house developed HA devices to cover lighting, security, safety, energy management and other aspects of the fast-growing home automation markets. In combination with LUXSMART gateway device our client application for iOS handheld devices allows the end user to: • Control and monitor its ZigBee, Z-Wave and IP-based HA nodes • Manage its account • Manage the list of associated gateways and their configurations When used outside local network the application connects to LUXSMART cloud service and provides the same user experience for home control and monitoring. New features: - Dashboard - Device provisioning - Device history - Backup/Restore - OTA - Primary/Secondary Gateway New devices: - Universal input - Multi zone audio

Screenshots

Speaking Email4 screens
Luxsmart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Luxsmart at none against Speaking Email's 5. Luxsmart also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). Speaking Email's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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. Speaking Email sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Luxsmart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speaking Email ships an update every 3 weeks, Luxsmart every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Speaking Email versus Luxsmart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeaking EmailLuxsmart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (206 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings206 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB178 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBEWEB LTDLUMI VIET NAM JOINT STOCK COMPANY

Bugs and requests

Speaking Email

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Keeps crashing
  • Doesn't work reliably
  • Granting Gmail access is buggy
  • App crashes after an update
  • Doesn't save place in emails
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  • Cannot skip forward in emails
  • Cannot connect to emails
  • Times out from mail setup screen
  • Frozen in settings page
  • Emails disappear after reading
  • Unstable with Exchange
  • Archived emails disappear
  • Doesn't recognize passwords
  • Cannot delete the app
  • Hidden icon floating around screen
  • Browser cookies disabled error for Gmail
  • Too loud with AirPods
  • Emails don't load properly

Requested features

13 requests
  • Ability to search using voice command
  • CarPlay support
  • Apple Watch App for interaction
  • Support for Exchange using Active Sync or Outlook Web Access
  • Dark mode option
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  • Better voice quality
  • Option to turn off voice command prompts
  • Ability to set to only pull 'primary' for Gmail
  • Improve editing of responses
  • Better battery optimization
  • Clearer understanding of settings
  • Ability to save place in emails
  • Search functionality

Luxsmart

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Speaking Email

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription Annual$34.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Plan$4.99
  • Premium Plan 3 Months$14.99
  • Premium Plan 12 Months$49.99
None

Luxsmart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speaking Email free?
Speaking Email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Luxsmart free?
Luxsmart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Speaking Email or Luxsmart have ads?
Neither Speaking Email nor Luxsmart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speaking Email or Luxsmart?
Speaking Email ships an update every 3 weeks, and Luxsmart every 6 weeks. Most recently, Speaking Email was updated on October 24, 2026 and Luxsmart on October 27, 2026.

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