Compare · ElevenReader vs Voice Dream Reader
ElevenReader vs Voice Dream Reader
ElevenReader: ElevenLabs’ mobile reader app that reads aloud any text, book or document with AI voices. Voice Dream Reader: Text-to-speech reader for Apple devices for listening to PDFs, EPUBs, Word documents and web pages. Here is how they differ, and where Book2Speech fits if what you want is your books as audiobooks.
Choose ElevenReader if…
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Offline listening on the phone (Ultra: 150 hours of downloads a month).
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A very large voice catalogue, including celebrity narrators and custom voices.
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A large catalogue of premium audiobooks for Ultra members.
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Native Android app available today.
Choose Voice Dream Reader if…
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Fully offline: “All voices work offline and play in the background even with the screen locked.”
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Long-standing accessibility focus, including Bookshare books, finger reading and a pronunciation dictionary.
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Skips PDF headers and footers automatically.
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Runs across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision.
Or, for your books: Book2Speech
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Any book, not just the bestsellers that got an audiobook: fewer than 1 in 100 books ever does.
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Unlimited free listening in English with Standard voices, no trial clock.
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A real audiobook file to keep: M4B with chapters and cover, or MP3. One is included on the Free plan.
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Built for whole books: the book’s own chapters, a start past the front matter, page clutter left out of PDFs.
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265 narrators in 42 languages, and 70,000 free classics ready to play.
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Paid plans from $4.99 a month.
Notes on the comparison
Prices in USD from the vendor pricing page on 2026-10-07 ($11/month, or $99/year = $8.25/month).
Pricing page: “audio files can’t be exported from the app”; the vendor FAQ says export is only on the ElevenLabs web platform, so in-app export is marked no.
App Store listing says uploads of “PDF, doc, ePub, or article link” and “other text files, docs”; DOCX and TXT are not named explicitly and are shown as not verified.
Skipping headers, footers and filler text (“Smart file imports”) is an Ultra feature.
Prices in USD from the US App Store listing on 2026-10-07; the vendor homepage shows no pricing. The listing says “A subscription is required to access the app. A free trial is offered to new users.”
Format list from the App Store description: PDF, plain text, MS Word, PowerPoint, RTF, Google Docs, web articles, Bookshare books, EPUB. MOBI is absent.
Audio export, a sleep timer, chapter detection and a top speed were not stated on the fetched pages; the homepage’s “export” refers to highlights and notes.
Questions people ask
Which is cheaper, ElevenReader or Voice Dream Reader?
ElevenReader: Ultra $11/month or $99/year (unlimited text to audio, 150 hours of offline downloads a month); the US App Store also lists Plus at $10/month and 10/20-hour packs. Voice Dream Reader: In-app purchases on the US App Store: Monthly Subscription $4.99; Annual Subscription tiers at $39.99, $59.99, $79.99 and $89.99; Premium $79.99; premium voices $4.99 each. For books, Book2Speech starts free and from $4.99 a month.
Which has a better free plan, ElevenReader or Voice Dream Reader?
ElevenReader: Free: 10 hours of text to audio a month, no offline downloads. Voice Dream Reader: No free plan: free download with a free trial for new users, then a subscription is required. Book2Speech’s Free plan has unlimited English listening with Standard voices.
Can I download audiobooks with ElevenReader or Voice Dream Reader?
ElevenReader: no audio download. Voice Dream Reader: not confirmed on its own pages. Book2Speech downloads an M4B with chapters and cover, or an MP3, and the Free plan includes one.