Voice Dream - Natural Reader

Name: Voice Dream - Natural Reader
Rating: 4.5 (14226 reviews)
Author: Voice Dream LLC

By: Voice Dream LLC App

Text to Speech - Read Aloud

Overview

Version:

5.5.8

Last updated: 2026-08-18

Features & Capabilities

Voice Dream - Read Aloud is an Apple Design Award-winning text-to-speech app that lets you listen to PDFs, textbooks, web pages, emails, and eBooks. It supports 36 built-in voices across 27 languages and over 200 premium voices, all usable offline, in the background, and without an internet connection. The app handles a wide range of formats (PDF, Word, PowerPoint, EPUB, DAISY, HTML, and more) and includes a built-in scanner to convert printed text to speech. You can customize pronunciation with a personal dictionary, and your data remains private on-device.

Features include multiple reading styles (auto-scroll, distraction-free mode, finger reading, and speed-reading), highlighted text to improve comprehension, and accessibility options like high contrast, large font, VoiceOver, Braille, and switch control. Practical tools include bookmarks, highlights, annotations with export, full-text search, a built-in dictionary, and automatic skipping of PDF headers/footers. Library synchronization via iCloud across devices, native integration with cloud services, and a subscription model with a free trial round out this comprehensive education and accessibility solution.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Accessibility AI Books Content

By:

Voice Dream LLC

Rating:

4.50

(14,226) 45 new ratings

Version:

5.5.8 Last updated: 2026-08-18

Version code:

889646036

Creation date:

2012-02-09

Compatible devices:

Size:

267.03MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-01

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 14,751 ▲ 10

Other rankings

#29 in Essential Education Apps

#8 in text to speech keyword 72

#14 in reader keyword 66

#23 in voice control keyword 10

#28 in speech keyword 65 ▲ 4

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Developed by:

Voice Dream LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voice-dream-natural-reader/id496177674

Website:

http://www.voicedream.com

User Reviews

Overall sentiment combines strong appreciation for accessibility and utility with significant frustrations over pricing, voice quality, and support. Reviewers praise Voice Dream as a life-changing tool for the blind and a reliable way to read diverse content, including books, articles, and emails, at work or in daily life. Yet many complain about auto-renewed subscriptions, short trial periods, and refund hassles; voices changing or sounding robotic; and a frustrating login/support experience.

Pros

Significant accessibility benefits for visually impaired users, enabling reading text aloud.
Ability to read a wide range of content (books, articles, web pages, emails) via text-to-speech.
Useful as a daily/work tool and favored by long-time users who rely on it for reading content.

Cons

Subscription and billing model issues: short trial periods, automatic annual charges, and confusing cancellation and refund processes.
Voice quality concerns: voices can sound robotic or less natural, and certain paid voices have been removed or replaced.
Account access and customer support friction: convoluted login flow and reliance on bot support, making help slow or unhelpful.

Recent reviews

Hate it why do I have to pay for it

by Ny*****, 2026-08-22

Fix the bugs!!! The app shuts down for no reason. It speeds up or slows down, it turns off and it takes days to upload books. Most importantly tho my books are starting to disappear 🤦🏽‍♀️ 08.11.26 For some reason all of my covers are reverting to a standard VDR cover 😡 the standard cover books go to the top of the list hundreds at a time. I’ve created a folder to put these books in just to get them out of the way, however every few days they come back. In the middle of reading my book will stop I press play and it reads back a few sentences. When I go back to my home page all those books are right back again. I’ve moved 1300 books that have lost their covers. This is why I cancelled my subscription.