Compare · NaturalReader vs ElevenReader
NaturalReader vs ElevenReader
NaturalReader: AI text-to-speech app for personal use that reads PDFs, documents, books, webpages and study materials aloud. ElevenReader: ElevenLabs’ mobile reader app that reads aloud any text, book or document with AI voices. Here is how they differ, and where Book2Speech fits if what you want is your books as audiobooks.
Choose NaturalReader if…
•
MP3 download of narrated text on every paid plan (1 million characters a month).
•
A pronunciation editor for correcting how words and names are read.
•
A free tier with unlimited listening using the free voices.
•
Voice cloning on Plus and Pro, and an OCR scanner for printed pages.
Choose ElevenReader if…
•
Offline listening on the phone (Ultra: 150 hours of downloads a month).
•
A very large voice catalogue, including celebrity narrators and custom voices.
•
A large catalogue of premium audiobooks for Ultra members.
•
Native Android app available today.
Or, for your books: Book2Speech
•
Any book, not just the bestsellers that got an audiobook: fewer than 1 in 100 books ever does.
•
Unlimited free listening in English with Standard voices, no trial clock.
•
A real audiobook file to keep: M4B with chapters and cover, or MP3. One is included on the Free plan.
•
Built for whole books: the book’s own chapters, a start past the front matter, page clutter left out of PDFs.
•
265 narrators in 42 languages, and 70,000 free classics ready to play.
•
Paid plans from $4.99 a month.
Notes on the comparison
Pricing shown in USD on 2026-10-07 from the vendor help centre; the US App Store also lists a Premium plan at $9.99/month or $59.99/year.
Formats from the App Store description: PDF, Word (.doc and .docx), PowerPoint, RTF, TXT, DRM-free EPUB and images. MOBI is absent.
Offline listening is through downloaded MP3 files (“listen offline”), a paid-plan feature.
The help centre mentions jumping to headings (Contents) but not chapter detection, so it is shown as not verified.
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.
Questions people ask
Which is cheaper, NaturalReader or ElevenReader?
NaturalReader: Lite $13.90/month or $79/year; Plus $20.90/month or $119/year; Pro $25.90/month or $159/year (Personal version, USD). 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. For books, Book2Speech starts free and from $4.99 a month.
Which has a better free plan, NaturalReader or ElevenReader?
NaturalReader: Free: unlimited listening with free voices; AI voices limited (20,000 characters a day with Lite voices, 4,000 with Plus voices); no MP3 conversion. ElevenReader: Free: 10 hours of text to audio a month, no offline downloads. Book2Speech’s Free plan has unlimited English listening with Standard voices.
Can I download audiobooks with NaturalReader or ElevenReader?
NaturalReader: MP3. ElevenReader: no audio download. Book2Speech downloads an M4B with chapters and cover, or an MP3, and the Free plan includes one.