# NaturalReader - Text To Speech

> #1 Popular TTS APP

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1487572960](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1487572960)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1487572960`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** NaturalSoft Limited
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (8,986 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.46
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-24
- **First published:** 2020-08-10
- **Size:** 66 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/naturalreader-text-to-speech/id1487572960)
- **Website:** [https://www.naturalreaders.com/app/](https://www.naturalreaders.com/app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.naturalreaders.com/policies.html](https://www.naturalreaders.com/policies.html)

## Description

NaturalReader combines 200+ AI voices across 99+ languages to read PDFs, Word documents, online articles, and even images aloud. This Chrome Extension, part of NaturalReader's cross-device ecosystem (Mobile App, Online Reader, and Chrome Extension), delivers options like MP3 export, PDF OCR, a camera scanner, and a dyslexia-friendly font to improve readability and focus.

With over 1 million monthly users and 15 years in AI-powered text-to-speech, it offers customizable voices, reading speed, dark mode, word highlighting, closed captions, and an advanced pronunciation editor. AI text filtering helps remove distractions, making it ideal for study, commuting, and accessible reading on the go.

## Rankings

- #19,095 — Overall
- #3 — text to speech
- #12 — speech
- #13 — reader
- #20 — speech to text
- #68 — interface

## Review summary

Overall, users praise NaturalReader for its natural voices, broad voice options, and usefulness for studying, accessibility, and turning text into audio. It’s easy to use and supports converting ebooks, manuals, notes, and photos into spoken content. However, repeated concerns center on the cost: the paywall and limited free voices frustrate many users, with some feeling the free options are degraded. Reliability also emerges as an issue, with reports of crashes and glitches. Complex documents like PDFs with tables can behave poorly. Despite these drawbacks, many reviewers view it as a game changer when price and stability improve.

### Pros

- Wide variety of natural-sounding voices
- Great for studying and accessibility (ADHD/dyslexia)
- Easy to use with a solid UI/workflow
- Can turn ebooks, manuals, notes into audiobooks (and read from photos)
- Supports multiple languages/accents and realistic AI voices

### Cons

- Expensive subscription/paywall with limited free voices
- Free options degraded or not accessible (built-in iPhone voices no longer available)
- Stability issues: crashes, glitches, unreliable performance

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1487572960)