ElevenReader vs Apple Books

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. [R2] ElevenReader 5/5 · US Wow!: I just downloaded it and i already love it. Only got one request. I got a bunch of books in my apple books. Most of them are off free websites and most my pdfs are on there as well. Can you please make it where the book will upload to eleven reader? I have so many books id like to listen to while working!!! Please. Thanks.
2. [R41] ElevenReader 5/5 · US Best TTS App: I’ve tried out at least a dozen different AI text to speech apps and websites. All of them either had character limits, voices that were too robotic, or everything was behind a paywall. This app has THE MOST expressive AI voices I’ve ever heard and the best part is they’re completely free! And I’m not aware of any character limit yet. This will be my go-to app to listen to fanficti
3. [R62] Apple Books 5/5 · US Great for kids!: There are so many great books on here you can filter out all of the books that you want!
4. [R65] Apple Books 4/5 · US Good but search engine sucks: The app overall is very good and is easy to navigate and usually has good recommendations however the search for this app is so unorganized and unreliable that it is hard to find what you want
5. [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.
6. [R34] ElevenReader 1/5 · US It can randomly stop working: This app is absolutely terrible. There are much more better options but that’s not even my main reason. For no reason, it suddenly stopped working. No, it won’t work even on a new account, it won’t work even on a different device, so i resorted to trying a vpn. Nothing works. It became entirely unusable on all devices for absolutely no reason, so if you have a lot of
7. [R63] Apple Books 3/5 · US Navigation sucks!: Overall, I really enjoy using this app and appreciate the reading experience. My only suggestion is to improve accessibility for frequently used features. I wish there were a one-touch option for the Table of Contents, themes, and reading settings. Right now, it feels like I have to go through multiple hoops just to access features I use every day. A quicker, more streamlined in
8. [R76] Apple Books 2/5 · US Great for reading books, lousy for finding new ones: Generally, I love being able to carry my library wherever I go or picking up wherever I left off even when on a different device (iPad, Macbook, iPhone) and read it at a font size and style that is comfortable. I really dislike searching for new books though, the search interface is generally weak and poorly designed for advanced searches.
9. [R61] Apple Books 1/5 · US Apple books: It has bugs and close app suddenly & lost its function
10. [R70] Apple Books 1/5 · US Hard to purchase books: It doesn’t always work when I wanna purchase a book
11. [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!
12. [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.
13. [R75] Apple Books 3/5 · US It’s pretty good: I like the books, love the app, but the cost of the books aren’t very cheap. I kind of wish the costs of the books were lower.
14. [R87] Apple Books 3/5 · US All books cost money💵: Books is pretty good.though, all the books you have to pay for!As a guy who loves reading,I don’t like that we have to pay $10 just to read a book!I understand you have to make money, but maybe something else,like a pass for most books, and some books get separated payments.Plz read the review and make a small update.Also, make some books free for people who don’t have money
15. [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
16. [R64] Apple Books 1/5 · US Syncing Problem: Why won’t it stop syncing to my backup ? I physically click it off and it says “no data” I then backup my phone, check and it’s still there ???
17. [R112] Apple Books 1/5 · US How to cancel a purchase!: I clicked on the Books app and searched for a title but I discovered that doing a search resulted in automatically purchasing the book! I now have two books that I didn’t want to download and that have been charged to me. How do I cancel these download/ purchases? I plan to delete the Books app so this doesn’t happen again.