# vBookz PDF Voice Reader

> Business

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id489447533](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id489447533)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id489447533`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mindex International Ltd
- **Category:** Business
- **Rating:** 1.70 / 5 (42 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-25
- **First published:** 2012-05-10
- **Size:** 231 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vbookz-pdf-voice-reader/id489447533)
- **Website:** [http://www.vbookz.com](http://www.vbookz.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.vbookz.com/privacypolicy-english](https://www.vbookz.com/privacypolicy-english)

## Description

This premium app has got a new face with endless new updates.

The cutting edge vBookz PDF Voice Reader has an advanced text-to-speech high quality voices with 17 languages. It's the best way to follow and read documents on iPad, iPhone or iPod. vBookz adds orientation and navigation tools that enhance the reading experience.

This is a sample version. We can't guess what is your preferred language? So, we've added an In-App purchase that enables the full version of your favorite High Quality voice language. vBookz can read 17 different languages. 

vBookz reads PDF files out loud, from 'Dropbox', 'G-Drive' and 'iOS Files'. 

Downloadable voices 
■ Built-in English US voice.
■ 17 Premium voices from the best voice engine Acapela are available through in-app purchase and integrated iOS voices.
■ Languages: English (UK), French, German, Greek, Finnish, Dutch (NL), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Danish, Norwegian, Czech and Russian. 
■ Male and Female voices.

Voice Reading
■ An easy play-pause button.
■ Change voice and reading speed (100-500 words per minute) on the fly.

Visual Reading
■ Great design and layout.
■ Switches between original layout and text-only view.
■ Synchronized word and line highlighting. 
■ Text auto-scrolling.
■ The original 'Dyslexie' font.
■ Helvetica, Verdana and Georgia fonts.
■ Font size up to 30 points.
■ Special color themes.

Getting Content
■ Open files directly from eMail, Dropbox, G-Drive or Files.
■ PDF files. 
■ Enables PDF sharing through email. 
■ Show PDF documents with their original layout.

Navigating
■ Drag and drop cursor navigation.
■ Remembers speech and visual location where you stopped.
■ Elapse time.

Here are some of our on-shelf PDF (English) titles:
■ Tim Cook's Speech
■ Steve Jobs Speech
■ The Declaration of independence

Notes
■ © vBookz is under license and enabled by patented technology.
■ DRM-protected content is not playable.
■ Scanned image PDFs should first get OCR.

## Rankings

- #274,801 — Overall

## Review summary

User reviews show a divided experience: many rely on vBookz for PDF-to-speech reading for studying and driving, but licensing and restoration problems (re-purchasing on new devices, hard-to-use restore) are the most persistent complaints. Updates often bring instability, degraded voice quality, and removed features, leading to crashes or inability to load books. Fears of fraud or repeated charges and limited voice options further color sentiment. Despite these issues, some users still praise the app when it works and would recommend it.

### Pros

- PDF-to-speech reading that enables studying and listening to PDFs on the go (useful for long drives and study sessions).
- Long-term usefulness and continued use by some users over years.
- Strong perceived value when the app works, with users recommending it to others or considering it worth the cost.

### Cons

- Repeated restore/purchase issues: being asked to pay again on new devices and difficulties restoring purchases.
- Major updates degrade performance: voice becomes unnatural or stops periodically, features are removed, and overall usability drops.
- Crashes/restarts and failure to load books after OS updates or app updates.
- Billing/frustration: reports of fraud-like behavior, being charged again, and general pricing concerns.
- Limited voice options and poorer speech quality (robotic voices) with fewer customization options.

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