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Best Read Aloud Apps for iPhone (2026)

11 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Speechify - Text to Speech PDF is the top-ranked of 11 read aloud apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 526,959 ratings.

  1. 1
    Speechify - Text to Speech PDFS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 526,959 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    ElevenReader: Read Books AloudS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 10,830 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    Voice Aloud ReaderS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 18,823 ratings · score 94
  4. 4
    NaturalReader - Text To SpeechS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,143 ratings · score 92
  5. 5
    Speak4Me Text to Speech ReaderS
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 13,683 ratings · score 90

What belongs in this list

Have text from books, PDFs, web pages or documents spoken aloud so they can listen instead of reading.

Not here: An audiobook store alone with prerecorded narration; A reading-practice app for learners alone; A phone screen reader setting alone; A music or sheet music reader alone; A general chatbot alone that could be prompted to read text

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
SpeechifyElevenReaderVoice AloudNaturalReaderSpeak4Me
A
Voice DreamPeechAI ReaderText to Speech
B
None at B yet
C
None at C yet
D
Read4MeText To Spee…
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Speechify - Text to Speech PDFS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 526,959 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    ElevenReader: Read Books AloudS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 10,830 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    Voice Aloud ReaderS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 18,823 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  4. 4
    NaturalReader - Text To SpeechS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,143 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  5. 5
    Speak4Me Text to Speech ReaderS
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 13,683 ratings · score 90 · best in class
  6. 6
    Voice Dream - Natural ReaderA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 14,409 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  7. 7
    Peech: Text to Speech ReaderA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 8,878 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  8. 8
    AI Reader: Read Aloud Pdf BookA
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 199 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  9. 9
    Text to Speech - Listen AIA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 6,028 ratings · score 82 · excellent
  10. 10
    Read4Me - Talk Browser PDF DOCD
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,318 ratings · score 60 · weak
  11. 11
    Text To Speech Audio ReaderD
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 2,305 ratings · score 52 · weak

Questions people ask

What is the best read aloud app for iPhone?
Speechify - Text to Speech PDF, S tier, ranked #1 of 11, rated 4.7 by 526,959 people.
Which read aloud apps are free?
11 of 11 are free to download: Speechify - Text to Speech PDF (S), ElevenReader: Read Books Aloud (S), Voice Aloud Reader (S), NaturalReader - Text To Speech (S) and more. 1 of them sells in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which read aloud app has the best App Store rating?
ElevenReader: Read Books Aloud at 4.7 from 10,830 ratings.
How many read aloud apps reach S or A tier?
9 of 11. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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