Compare · Speechify vs Audible
Speechify vs Audible
Speechify: Text-to-speech app that reads text aloud across documents, web pages and email, bundled with voice typing and an AI assistant. Audible: Amazon’s audiobook store and membership: professionally narrated audiobooks and podcasts from its catalogue, rather than narration of your own files. Here is how they differ, and where Book2Speech fits if what you want is your books as audiobooks.
Choose Speechify if…
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Reads web pages, email and any on-screen text through browser extensions and the Mac app, not just book files.
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A much larger voice catalogue on the paid plan: 1,000+ voices in 60+ languages.
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Faster top listening speed on Premium (up to 900 words a minute).
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Scan & Listen for printed pages, plus Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive imports on Premium.
Choose Audible if…
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Professionally narrated audiobooks from a very large catalogue, including Audible exclusives.
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Premium membership includes thousands of titles in an all-you-can-listen catalogue plus a monthly credit.
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Immersion Reading highlights the Kindle text as the narrator reads, when you own both editions.
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Offline downloads, a sleep timer, and playback on Apple Watch, CarPlay and Alexa devices.
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
Pricing shown in USD on 2026-10-07 from the vendor pricing page; the US App Store lists different in-app prices (Premium Monthly $11.99 or $24.99, Premium Annual $139.99–$159.99).
Upload formats verified from Speechify’s own upload guide: DOC, DOCX, PDF and EPUB. TXT and MOBI were not listed on any fetched page.
MP3 download and offline listening are Premium features (“Offline MP3 Download” on the vendor’s Free vs Premium page). Word-for-word highlighting is from the App Store description.
Pronunciation editing, chapter splitting and a sleep timer were not confirmed on a fetched vendor page; a Windows app was not named on the fetched pages.
Prices in USD from the vendor membership page on 2026-10-07; the US App Store lists different in-app prices (e.g. Plus Monthly $7.99, Premium Plus Monthly $15.99, Annual $159.99).
Audible plays audiobooks published to Audible and has no text-to-speech for your own files: its pages describe narration made by authors and publishers, not listeners. Its AI-narrated “Virtual Voice” titles are produced by authors through Kindle Direct Publishing (US beta), not by listeners.
Amazon’s Kindle app (not Audible) can read Kindle-store books aloud with the device’s own voice through Assistive Reader.
Read & Listen requires both the Kindle ebook and the Audible audiobook of the same edition.
Audio file export, voice choice, pronunciation editing and a top playback speed are not stated on the fetched pages (the App Store says only “Adjustable playback speed”).
Questions people ask
Which is cheaper, Speechify or Audible?
Speechify: Premium $29/month (monthly billing); yearly billing advertised at 60% off. Premium includes at least 150,000 words a month (1,000,000 a month through 2026). Audible: Standard $8.99/month (1 audiobook a month); Premium $14.95/month or $149.50/year (12 credits) or $229.50/year (24 credits), with the all-you-can-listen catalogue. For books, Book2Speech starts free and from $4.99 a month.
Which has a better free plan, Speechify or Audible?
Speechify: Free plan: 10 basic voices, listening speed up to 1.5x, 5-file limit, text-to-speech features only. Audible: 30-day free trial, then a paid membership. Book2Speech’s Free plan has unlimited English listening with Standard voices.
Can I download audiobooks with Speechify or Audible?
Speechify: MP3. Audible: not confirmed on its own pages. Book2Speech downloads an M4B with chapters and cover, or an MP3, and the Free plan includes one.