NaturalReader vs Speechify
We give NaturalReader and Speechify the same GPA: 2.8 out of 4.0. NaturalReader grades higher on the free plan. Speechify grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
NaturalReader
Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents, with a voiceover app
Speechify
Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents and web pages
How we grade them
| 2.8GPANaturalReaderGood | 2.8GPASpeechifyGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CAs a reader, Plus is $9.92 a month billed yearly ($20.90 monthly), a bit under Speechify's Premium. For voiceovers you need Commercial Starter: $16.5 a month billed yearly for 500,000 credits, spent per character at a rate that depends on the voice. Middle of the road both ways. | CPremium is $139 a year or $29 a month, a little dearer than NaturalReader's Plus. For voiceovers you'd want Studio instead: $100 a year with commercial rights, which the listing says buys about 24 hours of voiceover. Fair either way, and pay yearly if you pay at all. |
| Free plan and trial | BGraded as a reader, it's one you can live on: unlimited listening with the free voices, plus 5 minutes a day of the better ones, and no card needed. For voiceovers it's no use, as it's personal use only with no MP3 downloads. | CThe free plan never ends, but it's 10 robotic-sounding voices at up to 1.5x. Natural voices, scanning and the AI tools are Premium, whose trial charges the yearly plan on day 3. Studio's free plan has no commercial rights, so it's no use for voiceovers. |
| Features | BIt reads PDFs, Word files, ePubs, web pages and photographed pages aloud, turns documents into podcast-style episodes and quizzes, and has a Commercial app with Gemini, OpenAI, Azure and ElevenLabs voices and cloning. Both jobs are covered, in separate apps. | B1,000+ natural voices in 60+ languages, up to 5x speed, Scan & Listen, AI summaries, chats and podcasts, voice typing and a voice assistant. As a reader it covers the whole job. Voiceovers and cloning live in Studio and the API, sold separately. |
| Ease of use | B4.55 from 9,134 App Store ratings. Open a document and press play. The only confusing part is that reading and voiceovers are two apps with two subscriptions. | B4.66 from 526,597 App Store ratings, just short of an A. Open a PDF or a web page and press play. Nobody needs a manual for that. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone, Android, a Chrome extension, and Windows and Mac software. That's every device, but no API or integrations are listed, which keeps it off an A. | AiPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and the web, Chrome and Edge extensions, imports from Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive, and an API. Wherever you read, it's there. |
| Best for | listening to documents, with voiceovers on the side | listening to anything you'd otherwise read |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: NaturalReader and Speechify. How we grade
Price against what you get
NaturalReader starts at $9.92 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Speechify starts at $29 a month and scores 3.3.
Speechify scores higher, and starts $19.08 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI voice generators on the chart, 1 scores higher than NaturalReader for less, and 1 scores higher than Speechify for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- NaturalReader starts at $9.92 per month, billed annually ($20.90 billed monthly). Speechify starts at $29 per month, billed monthly.
- Speechify also covers dictation.
At a glance
| NaturalReader | Speechify | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9.92 per month, billed annually ($20.90 billed monthly) | $29 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Free personal plan: unlimited listening with the free voices, 5 minutes a day of Plus AI voices and limited AI features. For personal use only, with no MP3 downloads. | Listen anywhere at up to 1.5x speed with 10 robotic-sounding voices, text to speech features only. |
| Free trial | None listed | 3-day free trial of Premium in the app; the yearly plan is charged on day 3 |
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| Made by | NaturalSoft Limited | Speechify Inc. |
| Price read from | naturalreaders.com | speechify.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
NaturalReader
- Students and readers who prefer to listen to documents and web pages
- People with dyslexia or other reading difficulties
- Schools that want group or site licenses
- Creators who need licensed voiceovers from several AI voice models
Speechify
- Students and professionals who would rather listen than read
- People with reading difficulties or eye strain
- Listening to long PDFs and articles on the move
Worth knowing
NaturalReader
- Audio from the Free, Plus and Pro plans is for private listening only; publishing it, even for internal training or a nonprofit, needs a Commercial plan.
- Commercial is a separate app and subscription, and its downloads need a paid plan. Commercial subscriptions are non-refundable.
- Paid personal plans cap MP3 conversion at 1 million characters a month, and Commercial credits are spent per character at a rate that varies by voice.
- The desktop software is sold apart from the subscriptions, as one-time licenses of $99.50, $129.50 or $199.50.
Speechify
- The free plan is limited to 10 robotic-sounding voices at up to 1.5x speed; natural voices, scanning and the AI features need Premium.
- Voiceovers for publishing need Speechify Studio, a separate plan: free with 600 credits and no commercial rights, or $100 or $300 a year with commercial rights.
- Studio credits are spent per second: 1 for voiceover, 3 for dubbing and 30 for avatars, so $100 a year buys about 24 hours of voiceover.
- Cloned voices need the voice owner to pass Speechify's verification or a written business agreement; users must be 18, and politicians' and deceased people's voices are barred.
Key features
NaturalReader
- Read anything aloud
- Listen to text, PDFs, Word files, ePubs, web pages and photos of printed pages, with an OCR scanner on the paid personal plans.
- AI reading tools
- Turn a document into a podcast-style episode, get a recap of its key points, ask questions about it or generate quizzes.
- Chrome extension and mobile apps
- A Chrome extension reads web pages where you find them, and iOS and Android apps let you listen on the go.
- Commercial voiceover app
- A separate app for voiceovers you may publish, with voices from Gemini, OpenAI, Azure and ElevenLabs models in more than 90 languages and delivery set by prompt.
- Voice cloning
- Commercial plans include cloning, which NaturalReader describes as recording or uploading your own voice to make a multilingual AI voice.
- Desktop software
- Windows and Mac software for personal use, free with basic voices or sold as one-time licenses that add natural voices and MP3 export.
Speechify
- Listen to any text
- Have PDFs, documents, emails and web pages read aloud in natural voices, at speeds up to 5x on Premium.
- Scan & Listen
- Photograph a printed page or book and listen to it. Scanning is a Premium feature.
- AI summaries, chats and podcasts
- Premium can summarize what you are reading, answer questions about it and turn it into a podcast-style episode.
- Voice typing and voice assistant
- Dictate text in other apps with voice typing, and talk to the Voice AI Assistant about a website, book or anything else.
- Apps and cloud imports
- Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows, extensions for Chrome and Edge, and imports from Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive.
- Studio and API
- Speechify Studio, sold separately, makes voiceovers and dubbed videos with commercial rights. The API lets developers add Speechify voices and voice cloning to their apps.
Plans
NaturalReader
Free$0
Unlimited listening with free voices and 5 minutes a day of Plus AI voices, for personal use only.
Plus$9.92
per month, billed annually ($20.90 billed monthly)
Personal use: Plus AI voices for 500,000 characters a day, MP3 downloads of 1 million characters a month, AI features and an OCR scanner.
Pro$13.25
per month, billed annually ($25.90 billed monthly)
Personal use: everything in Plus, with Gemini and OpenAI voices whose tone and emotion you set with a prompt.
Commercial Starter$16.5
per month for 500,000 credits, billed annually ($29 monthly)
Commercially licensed voiceovers for a single user, with Gemini, OpenAI, Azure and ElevenLabs voices and voice cloning.
Commercial Creator$24.75
per month for 2M credits, billed annually ($49 monthly)
The Starter features with 2 million credits a month, for a single user.
Commercial Team$16
per user / month, billed annually ($33 billed monthly)
Sold from 2 users with 4 million shared credits a month. Each extra user is $16 a month and adds 2 million credits.
Speechify
Free$0
Listening at up to 1.5x speed with 10 robotic-sounding voices, and text to speech features only.
Premium$29
per month, billed monthly
1,000+ natural voices in 60+ languages, 5x speed, Scan & Listen, AI summaries and chats, AI podcasts, voice typing and cloud drive imports. $139 a year billed yearly.
Ways to pay less
NaturalReader
- Annual discount
Save about 50% with yearly billing
Plus is $119 a year ($9.92 a month) against $20.90 monthly, and Commercial Starter is $198 a year ($16.5 a month) against $29 monthly.
- Education
Discounted group and site licenses for schools
NaturalReader EDU sells discounted group licenses, or site licenses for a whole school, with one license covering several platforms. The page lists no prices.
Speechify
- Annual discount
Premium for $139 a year
Yearly billing costs $139 against $29 a month on monthly billing; the pricing page says this saves 60%.
