Verithiathe honest score on any app
Updated July 2026 · real, multi-region App Store reviews
Head-to-head

ElevenReader vs Manobook

ElevenReader 4.7★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner ElevenReader
Manobook 4.6★ · Free + IAP 60

ElevenReader offers superior AI voice quality and more flexible content import options, making it better for those who want to listen to their own books, while Manobook is a better fit for users who enjoy reading original fiction and are willing to engage with its coin-based monetization system.

Full reviews: ElevenReader · Manobook

ElevenReader excels with its high-quality AI voices and versatile text-to-speech capabilities for user-imported content, despite recent bug reports and subscription confusion. Manobook offers engaging original stories but faces significant criticism for its expensive, chapter-based monetization and ad frequency.

Head to head

Features & Content edge: ElevenReaderR3R5R6R8
ElevenReader ElevenReader is praised for its 'spectacular' and 'wonderfully realistic' AI voice quality, with many users finding it the 'best TTS app' for listening to fanfiction, academic papers, or personal writing R6R8. It allows users to scan pages to read, import PDFs, and supports various content sources, though some struggle with importing files R3R15. Users appreciate the free access to expressive AI voices and features R5R23.
Manobook Manobook offers 'fun stories' and 'engaging' original fiction that keeps readers 'addicted' . Users enjoy the 'large library of stories' and the ability to find new reads easily . However, some stories are criticized for quality issues like 'weird plot holes and jumps' or mixed-up character names .
Ease of Use & Reliability tieR6R7R8R10
ElevenReader ElevenReader's user experience has reportedly 'degraded over time,' with frequent bugs like losing its spot, desynced text highlighting, random jumps, and infinite word repetition R6R8R12. Users report issues with signing in, app delays, and content not loading correctly R7R10R15. Some find the import flow 'not usable' and wish for CarPlay support R15. The app also has buffering issues, especially with imperfect internet .
Manobook Manobook is generally considered 'simple to use' for reading . However, users find the coin/point system 'extremely confusing' and report issues with converting points to coins or receiving promised coins for reviews . Some experience broken ads, leading to lost coins .
Price & Value tieR1R5R15R16
ElevenReader ElevenReader is advertised as 'Free + IAP' but many users feel it's 'not free as advertised,' citing a $99 annual fee after a short trial R1R22. Some users appreciate the 'free facilities' and '100% free' useful features, especially for those with reading disabilities R5R23. However, others find the pricing 'draconian,' with only 3 minutes of free listening or high monthly fees R15. There are also reports of unexpected charges and difficulty canceling subscriptions R16.
Manobook Manobook is a 'Free + IAP' app, but users widely criticize its high cost, calling it 'very expensive,' a 'rip off,' and a 'money trap' R63R64R69. Chapters become more expensive as one progresses, costing up to 250 coins per chapter R63R69. While there are options to earn free coins or watch ads, users find these insufficient and time-consuming, with ads sometimes being 'endless' .
Support & Policies tieR16R25R31R58
ElevenReader ElevenReader users report issues with customer support, including being banned from the free tier for 'suspicious activity' after recommending the app to household members, and being unable to resolve account access problems R25R58. There are also concerns about policy changes, such as new terms allowing recording of user activity after a paid membership, with no option but to stop using the app R31. Some users feel there's 'no way to cancel the subscription' easily R16.
Manobook Manobook users report confusion and frustration with billing, with some being charged weekly for coins they didn't believe they signed up for . There are also complaints about not receiving promised coins for writing reviews .
Pick ElevenReader if

you prioritize high-quality, natural-sounding AI voices for text-to-speech, want to listen to your own documents, PDFs, or web content, and are willing to tolerate occasional bugs and potential subscription complexities R5R6.

Pick Manobook if

you are looking for an app with a large library of original, engaging fiction stories and are comfortable with a coin-based monetization model, even if it means watching many ads or making frequent in-app purchases .

Evidence note: Reviews for both apps highlight significant issues with monetization and pricing clarity, making a definitive edge difficult in this dimension. ElevenReader's free tier issues are primarily about unexpected paywalls and account restrictions, while Manobook's are about the high cost of content and the coin system.

Frequently asked

Is ElevenReader truly free?
ElevenReader offers a free tier with access to expressive AI voices and features, but many users report that core functionalities or extended use quickly lead to an expensive paywall, with some encountering a $99 annual fee after a short trial R1R5R22R23.
How does Manobook's pricing work?
Manobook uses a coin-based system where users pay coins to unlock individual chapters, with chapter costs increasing as the story progresses, leading to high overall expenses for completing a book, often requiring frequent in-app purchases or extensive ad watching to earn coins R63R64R69R72.
What are the main issues with ElevenReader's performance?
ElevenReader users frequently report bugs such as the app losing its place, desynced text highlighting, random jumps in playback, infinite word repetition, buffering issues, and general unresponsiveness, especially with longer texts or imperfect internet connections R6R8R10R12.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R3] ElevenReader 3/5 · US Love it, but don’t: Love the scan to read option, but all the books are expensive just to buy for one lesson so if you have a book and you don’t feel like reading it scan it and listen to it
  2. [R5] ElevenReader 4/5 · US Accessible and Free: okay, when I first downloaded this app, I was honestly irritated. Because of my reading disability, I had already gone through 4, 5 different read-aloud apps just trying to find one that actually worked. every single time, the natural sounding AI voices were locked behind an expensive paywall, making it even harder for people with disabilities to access something as basic as re
  3. [R6] ElevenReader 3/5 · US Declining app quality for otherwise spectacular voice quality: This is a confusing review to leave. On the one hand, the voice quality and selection from ElevenLabs is spectacular, and it's something I use nearly daily. But on the other, the quality and experience of using the app seems to have degraded over time. Frequently with longer text, the app loses its spot, and the text highlighting gets
  4. [R8] ElevenReader 5/5 · US Wonderfully realistic speech makes everything more enjoyable: I love the new features that are added, but it does seem like each update introduces weird new bugs that make using it hard at times. Latest issue is fast forwarding sometimes randomly jumps playback to some random point far earlier.
  5. [R7] ElevenReader 1/5 · US I can’t sign in!: Why I can’t sign in? Email or Apple ID neither.
  6. [R10] ElevenReader 2/5 · US Buggy AF: Nearly unusable due to bugs. The app delays 10+ seconds on buttons, sometimes just hangs indefinitely: Confusing UI, changes to voice do not take effect for several minutes, if ever. Imported content is just stuck on whatever first voice was used. Mispronounces obvious words like “the”. Pretty disappointing.
  7. [R1] ElevenReader 2/5 · US Not Free as Advertised: I didn’t think I had to pay for this product and yet there is a few days trial and then bam, $99 annual fee. You all need to be honest with your advertising!
  8. [R15] ElevenReader 3/5 · US Partially worked: I could not get this to work right with loading books no matter which method I choose except taking a photo. I was able to load two books using a workaround, but really they need to make it accessible through third-party or file or something else. I’m not gonna pay $11 a month with that amount of limited access.If I can load my own books, then it’s worth it. I tried loading from
  9. [R16] ElevenReader 1/5 · US Beware Scam: Signed up for the free trial to see if it liked the app. It was ok, but didn’t like it enough to continue beyond the free trial. Guess what? There’s no way to cancel the subscription. Then bam, charged for a full year. After the charge hit, I can now cancel. Scammers. Guess I should have known.
  10. [R25] ElevenReader 1/5 · US If you recommend this to others: Your free tier access might be banned. I made the great mistake of recommending this app within my household and now NONE of us have free tier access because it’s “suspicious.” Really? There are just three people here. It’s not like 30 people were using this app from the same IP address. EVEN AFTER CONTACTING SUPPORT (at which point presumably they could’ve checked
  11. [R31] ElevenReader 1/5 · US Bait and switch: I paid for a one year membership, and halfway in they changed the terms to say they can record everything I do here and if I don’t like it, my option is to stop using the app I’ve already paid to use. I’m a writer and use this to listen for editing. No, you can’t record me! So six months of paid use left that I can’t use.
  12. [R58] ElevenReader 2/5 · US Unusual activity: I don’t know if it’s because I’m using my VPN or what but the fact that you just canceled my account access to the free service and are saying I need to pay is rather screwed up. The fact that I don’t even know why and I just get some stupid ominous message about activity being suspicious is literally unhelpful. I didn’t think I was going to be accused of something when trying t
  13. [R22] ElevenReader 1/5 · US NOT FREE!: Has a horrible selection of books and cost money. It practically can’t function without payment.
  14. [R23] ElevenReader 5/5 · US This app is amazing: I love that you can use so many useful features and tools straight from the app and 100% free🎉 if you’re looking for something to read your books or your apps I recommend this as a MS2!! It has been so helpful to get my books read to me. Thank you and I will not stop bringing this app up to my friends and colleagues!!!
  15. [R63] Manobook 3/5 · US Good story but expensive: Hard to earn coins, expensive to buy. The further you progress through a story the more coins each chapter costs!
  16. [R64] Manobook 2/5 · US Expensive: The stories are good but very expensive. If they had a monthly fee then I could get on board with that. But $15 to $25 a week is a rip off
  17. [R69] Manobook 3/5 · US Gets expensive: As much as I love this reading on this app, it gets too expensive. 250 coins for a chapter is robbery! And not many ways to get coins except buying, as much as I love the app I’ll have to delete it. Three star for the ridiculous amount of coins it cost for a chapter after you’re already caught up in a book and want to know the ending.
  18. [R72] Manobook 3/5 · US I like reading: There should be an option when we can just buy the book to read. It is annoying when you have to get points for every chapter.
  19. [R12] ElevenReader 3/5 · US New version is glitchy: The app worked great a few weeks ago, idk what happened. Maybe they started vibe coding. Pausing and unpausing fasts forward about 20 seconds.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store