# ElevenReader review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Reader app that reads your files and audiobooks aloud in AI voices Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. ElevenReader is a listening app from ElevenLabs. You upload PDFs, EPUBs, Word files or text, or paste in articles, and it reads them aloud in a choice of AI voices. It also carries a catalog of audiobooks, with some free titles and some premium ones that count against a monthly allowance. - **Category:** AI Voices & Text to Speech - **Made by:** ElevenLabs - **Website:** https://elevenreader.io - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you read a lot: free stops at 10 hours of text-to-audio a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, ElevenReader has a free plan, and paid plans start at $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 10 hours of text-to-audio each month, 1,000+ voices, free audiobooks, sync between web and mobile, up to 4x speed, sleep timer and bookmarks. - **Free trial:** 3-day free trial of Ultra. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 10 hours of text-to-audio per month, about one 400-page book, with 1,000+ voices and free audiobooks. | | Ultra | $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly) | Unlimited text-to-audio for imports, 20 hours of premium audiobooks a month, offline downloads, custom voices and priority support. | Read from https://elevenreader.io/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ElevenReader before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 25% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows Ultra at $8.25 a month billed annually against $11 billed monthly, a saving of $33 a year. Source: https://elevenreader.io/pricing - **Black Friday: 30% off the first year** (Other savings): A banner on the site offers 30% off the first year of a plan. No end date is shown. Source: https://elevenreader.io/pricing ## Key features - **Read your own files aloud:** Upload PDFs, DOCX, EPUB, Markdown or TXT files and listen to them. Ultra skips headers, footers and filler text on import. - **Voice choice:** The site lists 1,000+ voices and narrators in 90+ languages, and Ultra can create custom voices. - **Audiobook catalog:** A catalog of 200,000+ audiobooks; the free plan has a selection of free titles and Ultra includes 20 hours of premium titles a month. - **Playback controls:** Speed up to 4x, a sleep timer and bookmarks on every plan, with sync between web and mobile. - **Offline listening:** Ultra can download books and articles for listening without a connection. ## Good for - Listening to PDFs, papers and articles while commuting or doing chores - Readers who want some audiobooks alongside their own files ## Worth knowing - The free plan caps text-to-audio at 10 hours a month; unlimited listening to your own imports needs Ultra. - Premium audiobooks are limited to 20 hours a month on Ultra. - Offline downloads and custom voices are Ultra-only. - The site shows a Black Friday offer of 30% off the first year with no end date; it is listed under offers, not in the plan price. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. ElevenReader, from ElevenLabs, reads your PDFs, EPUBs and articles aloud in 1,000+ voices, with web, iPhone, Android and a browser extension. Free gives you 10 hours a month, unlimited listening to your own files needs Ultra at $8.25, and offline listening is Ultra-only. - **Value for money: C.** Ultra is $8.25 a month billed yearly ($11 monthly). The middle for voice tools is about $10, so this is ordinary. A Black Friday offer is shown but not counted. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free plan: 10 hours of text-to-audio a month, about one 400-page book, with 1,000+ voices and sync. One person can live on that, but it stops mid-book for heavy readers. - **Features: B.** Uploads PDF, DOCX, EPUB, Markdown and text, 1,000+ voices in 90+ languages, a catalog of audiobooks and playback controls. Offline downloads and custom voices need Ultra. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. Upload a file and press play, with nothing to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS, Android and a browser extension, synced across them. No desktop app and no integrations are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ElevenLabs'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 - ElevenReader's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 67 of the 72 other AI voice generators we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 63 of 72) and worst on value for money (C, above 5). - Its paid plans start at $8.25 a month, against a middle price of $9.99 for the category: 18 of the 50 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs 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 ElevenReader 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 67 of the 72 other AI voice generators we grade. It costs $99 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: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 11,340 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6479373050 **Tags:** Text to speech, AI features, Read later ## Alternatives - [Speechify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speechify): Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents and web pages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elevenreader-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/elevenreader-vs-naturalreader) - [Audioread](https://toolgpa.com/tools/audioread): Turns articles, PDFs and emails into audio for podcast apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/audioread-vs-elevenreader) - [ElevenLabs](https://toolgpa.com/tools/elevenlabs): AI voice platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elevenlabs-vs-elevenreader) - [Speaktor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speaktor): Text-to-speech reader and voiceover tool for documents and video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elevenreader-vs-speaktor) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://elevenreader.io/ - https://elevenreader.io/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/elevenreader Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).