Text to Speech! vs Voice Aloud Reader

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] Text to Speech! 5/5 · US Best free text to speech app: Love how this app is free! I also like how simple it is. Definitely worth having.
2. [R8] Text to Speech! 5/5 · US Text to speech: I recently had a double jaw surgery and this app helped me communicate to everyone including plenty of my nurses and my family members.
3. [R61] Voice Aloud Reader 1/5 · US Bait & Switch Scam: I THOUGHT I was buying a pay-once product. But the voice for that product is a sub-1980s robo voice. Unlistenable. To get a better quality voice, you have to make a SECOND purchase, and that is for a SUBSCRIPTION. The app should be banned from the App Store.
4. [R69] Voice Aloud Reader 3/5 · US Upgrade is a money grab: In the latest upgrade they took away one-time- payment voice options and made the ones that are available worse. I used the ‘Adam’ voice for years and I used this app all the time for ebooks and for text books. Opening to find my voice of choice gone and a monthly subscription paywall for any voice that is actually understandable was disappointing. I would have given it
5. [R17] Text to Speech! 4/5 · US I love this app but there are a few things I don’t like: So for one this is an awesome app but even if you pick out a good voice out of the few choices for some words it can sound very demonic, for another thing is yes there are adds but of course there are, also it can take a while to type out what you need to say. So if you need a temporary way to communicate it is a great app. I also love how
6. [R23] Text to Speech! 5/5 · US Powerful because it’s simple: I titled my review powerful because it’s simple as an absolute compliment. By simple I mean it’s easy to use. The interface is clean and clear and I can listen to the very long emails and newsletters that I received from my students and my professional organizations… Things that normally take me forever to get through there’s so many coming at me all the time, but wit
7. [R64] Voice Aloud Reader 1/5 · US Frustrated!: I purchased the ability to use premium voices for $9.99, and I’ve tried everything to change from the horrible robot voice and nothing works. I also can’t contact support for help! Cancelling this one!
8. [R70] Voice Aloud Reader 1/5 · US terrible: it’s a good app for a day until they restrict you to 10 minutes of listening and then make you wait 30 minutes to listen again or pay for no ads
9. [R11] Text to Speech! 4/5 · US Problems recently though: Love the app had it for a few years works perfectly up until last month. When it started freezing. Had to delete app and reload now it seems like it’s happening every couple days. If not sooner is the latest update the problem? Is there a resolution for this? Please fix the app Thank you.
10. [R12] Text to Speech! 3/5 · US Amazing app but freezes a lot: The app freezes a lot but other than that it’s amazing please fix it asap
11. [R76] Voice Aloud Reader 1/5 · US Absolutely unusable. Do Not. Download!: This had previously been my favorite and most used app on my phone. Being able to make ‘audiobooks’ to listen at work, school, and commuting was something I did frequently. After updating the app is now entirely unusable. Previously a purchase meant full use of the app features and choice of voice. Now they have locked any ‘bearable’ voices (extremely AI sou
12. [R82] Voice Aloud Reader 1/5 · US Subscription purchased, unusable: I purchased a monthly subscription to use the more realistic voices. Unfortunately, the next day I am unable to use any subscription features. I’ve tried restarting the app, restoring purchases, and uninstalling and reinstalling it, to no avail. I’ve also tried reaching out to the customer support team and was unable to send the email for whatever reason.
13. [R14] Text to Speech! 5/5 · US Perfect!: I lost my voice temporarily a while ago due to sickness. This was key to communicating with family and doctors. Absolutely genius, and ads are not as intrusive as other apps. Thank you, it’s perfect.
14. [R66] Voice Aloud Reader 3/5 · US Money waist: Paid for pro because of the listening limit and it gave me additional voices. A few months later it took them away. Also changed the listed features to say they aren’t included when it was before. I feel like my money was waisted.