# Audioread review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Turns articles, PDFs and emails into audio for podcast apps Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Audioread converts web articles, PDFs, Word files, forwarded emails and RSS feeds into AI-voiced audio. It lists nearly 1,000 voices in over 150 languages, and the audio plays in its own app or syncs to a private podcast feed for other players. A free tier is limited to three short articles a month. - **Category:** AI Voices & Text to Speech - **Made by:** Audioread - **Website:** https://audioread.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you listen to many articles, as Basic allows 3 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Audioread has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.99 per month for Pro. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic is free: 3 articles a month, up to 3 feeds and 1,000 characters per article. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $0 | 3 articles a month, up to 3 feeds, 1,000 characters (about 1 minute) per article. | | Pro | $9.99 per month; yearly rate not confirmed | 1 million characters a month, unlimited article length, premium voices, audio downloads and RSS feeds by URL. | | Team | $8.99 per user / month for 2 to 9 users | Everything in Pro with central billing. $7.49 per user for 10 to 49 users and $5.99 for 50 to 199. | Read from https://audioread.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Audioread before buying. ## Key features - **Many input types:** Converts links, PDFs, DOCX and plain text, forwarded emails and RSS or Atom feeds. - **Private podcast feed:** Finished audio appears in a playlist and a private feed that works with Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other players. - **Voices and languages:** Nearly 1,000 AI voices across more than 150 languages. - **Offline listening:** Audio can be downloaded through a podcast app for listening without a connection. - **Team plans:** Volume pricing for organizations with central billing and optional admin controls. ## Good for - People who want to listen to a reading backlog while commuting - Students and readers who prefer audio for long documents ## Worth knowing - The Basic plan allows only 3 articles a month at 1,000 characters each. - Extra characters are sold in packs: $15 per 1 million Pro characters or $15 per 200,000 Premium characters. - The page has a Monthly and Yearly toggle, but only $9.99 was readable, so the yearly rate is not recorded. - The FAQ mentions a 7-day trial, but its terms were not readable. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Audioread turns articles, PDFs and emails into audio in your podcast app. The free plan allows 3 articles a month at 1,000 characters each. - **Value for money: C.** $9.99 a month for Pro, at the category's $9.99 middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Basic is free: 3 articles a month, up to 3 feeds and 1,000 characters per article. - **Features: C.** Many input types, a private podcast feed, voices, offline listening and team plans. The free plan is capped hard. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and you connect a feed to a podcast app. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android, with Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Slack. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Audioread's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI voice generators - Audioread's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 30 of the 72 other AI voice generators we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 39 of 72) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $9.99 a month, against a middle price of $9.99 for the category: 25 of the 50 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-voices ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Audioread you would be making a voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $119.88 a year. - You could make: Read later: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Slack among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Slack **Tags:** Text to speech, Read later, AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [Speechify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speechify): Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents and web pages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/audioread-vs-speechify) - [NaturalReader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/naturalreader): Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents, with a voiceover app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/audioread-vs-naturalreader) - [ElevenReader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/elevenreader): Reader app that reads your files and audiobooks aloud in AI voices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/audioread-vs-elevenreader) - [Voice Dream Reader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/voice-dream): Accessibility-minded reader app that speaks PDFs, books and web pages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/audioread-vs-voice-dream) - [TTSReader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ttsreader): Online text reader with free voices, premium AI voices and MP3 export. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/audioread-vs-ttsreader) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://audioread.com/pricing - https://audioread.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/audioread Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).